This is a topic that has special meaning to me as I believe there are so many having trouble with this. I think there are those that have been given "gifts" and find themselves concerned and/or maybe even frightened by them. I hope when you read the following you will then be assured that you are not crazy and you will be able to act on these gifts better and with a clearer mind than before........
 

It is a very difficult position to explain the difference between reality and that "place" that is still controlled by the mind but manifests itself in spirit. It is an extremely fine line (boundary) that once stepped over is so amazing. It brings a whole new world of possibilities. This is where you can control time itself. In this side you may do all the things you can't do in reality. You aren't crazy and this is not a dream. Reality- the place that is mundane and all things are set in rules. Reality-- a place where we as a society has said that you can not be who and what you wish to be unless it (society) gives you permission to be. Reality is where the physical body requires sustanance and jobs and the workings of our lives that make us who we are in society. I am sorry that I sound so harsh on society but it is so hindered by its' own spirit of selfishness of closed off spirit-hood. In reality we are forced to heed the laws of both nature and of mankind. I guess because of my love for life and all peoples; I want so much more for them than to drudge their lives away in a forever pathway of working until you cannot work anymore and having to listen to all of those negative people all around. I wish I could just once give them  a wake up call. I think that is my problem---negativeness. The world is full of it. Listen to those around you sometime. The world is full of ... I can't .....you can't.... better not.....I wouldn't.... you shouldn't..... why do that.... after all we wouldn't do that so if you want to be one of us you can't either. Is it any wonder that our entire world is full of people with all kinds of sickness and mental illness?
This is what I am trying to get rid of in my "Dragons Universe" community. All of the negatives and adhere more to the positives. I hear from people "they can't" I ask them one thing "who said they can't". Who can say it can not be done until it is tried? Life is so beautiful around us and most of the time we miss it. Look at everything as you go through life. Smell the roses, smell the air... smell the way every spirit has its own smell. Sense everything around you and widen your perspective until the whole thing is your world. Remember this if you don't remember anything else..... In this life we walk our own paths but never froget to live. Always keep the flowers or animals or feel the heartbeat of life.  It can be done. 

Now I have talked mostly about the reality side, so allow me to talk about the other-side. When you meditate, do you feel a pull somewhere? We all have been taught about gravity and the world and its confines. I say this.... The only confines we have are in our mind. Let go. Those two words means so much. You may have to work at it at first but tell yourself that you can do it. You can reach the stars and touch them. Your "reality" mind is saying this is impossible. This is normal. But try to get past that by  teaching yourself there is no limit to what you can do when in that "astral" place of meditation. Each of us have certain gifts and we actually lessen ourselves by not using our very spirit, our very essence, to use everything we know and can do to expand ourselves to become one with the universe. How do we do this? The next time you feel like touching the stars. Reach upwards with your mind and do not be afraid to stretch. The only thing you need to fear is yourself and the power of negative thinking.

 

I hope this gives some of you a little bit of encouragement to keep trying. Comment on this topic if you would like. Bring it to a discussion. That would be good too. I await your comments.

 

hey there magnus. i have read your thoughts and i have to agree that maybe there are people with special abilities that are deeply afraid of what gift they have. it runs deeper too. the fear is not only of the gift, but of what the gift make them and what the gift means to their life. are they meant to be a good person? are they going to be bad? what does everything mean? and the fear also comes from other places to....how will my family react? who else has this gift? should i work on it, or should i ignore that i have it? i believe in god, did he give me this gift? if i have this gift, does this mean i have a higher, divine purpose? will god cast me out for having this gift? theres so much to deal with that most people, if they show any sign of a gift, its quickly buried and ignored. then there are the people who WANT a gift and try to make themselves manifest one. its really the preception of the individul person that would allow them to be open enough with themselves to accept it. all anyone can really do is just to accept people for who and what they are. you dont have to believe the same as another person in order for you to accept them. acceptance is the first step to becoming the best person you can be. accept yourselves and those around you, and you will be a better person. promise. you will become the person you are meant to be.

i knew there was something i forgot to add in there....i got so side-tracked. lol anyways, i was gonna add in something about the negativity of things. i believe that the negative feelings of people come from a couple things. 1. fear- people are afraid of the unknown. if you are raised with a view that is directed one way, and you find yourself on a new path, in a new place with new experiences, people have a tendency to be afraid of what will or may happen. its the 'what if?' problem. i want to do this...but what if this happens? these fears do not have to recognized by our conscious minds. its there. it can appear in our dreams, in our poetry or art. it can also manifest as anxiety or an 'unrecognizable' emotions or feeling. dealing with fear can be hard for most people. instead they ignore it or push it to the back of their minds, but its still there, trying to find a way back to the front of their thoughts. 2. respect- this part is called respect, but it has a few issues mashed together. lack of self-respect, lack of self-worth, low self-esteem and even a pre-conceived feeling of failure. all these things add to the fact thatpeople say they 'can't' or 'shouldn't', etc etc. when a person things they are useless, worthless, clumsy, stupid, fat, ugly, a screw up, or whatever, it makes them unable to perform when they want to. if you think you are going to fail, you will fail, so why try? its called programming. if you think that you are dumb when it comes to math, and you dont study because you think it wont help, then fail the quiz, it adds to the all ready programmed notion that you are not good at math. sections 1 & 2 often go hand in hand. also, programming can come from outside sources. school, parents, society...pretty much anything. school for example: above average is 90 or higher on a quiz. you get a 89. you are average. a lot of people feel defeated....they arent smart enough to get into the above average category. its not meant to be that way, but people

interpret things differently. as long as you work through the issues you have, whether fear or lack of self worth, you can be and do whatever you want. its up to you. anyways, this is long enough. laters!!