I seem to be very sensitive to those I care deeply about. My question is, every time something major or even just upsetting happens in my life, I get jolted awake by my phone ringing in the middle of the night. When I go to answer the phone, there is no one on the other end. My caller ID display also doesn't even register the call, but the ring is so real and sounds so identical to my real phone that it wakes me up. The other night a close male friend of mine and I worked out some serious issues that left me feeling peaceful but also very drained. Around 1:00 a.m., I woke up to the phone ringing, and assumed it was him, but no one was there when I picked up, and no number registered. I then lay in bed thinking and praying for my friend. I often know and feel what he's feeling when we are apart, and I am learning to either turn this off when it gets to be too much for me, or send some loving energy back to him if I feel he needs it. This is just one instance of many. What really baffles me is how I can actually hear the phone ring if it's not really ringing. What is this? Or who is it? And is this truly connected to upsetting experiences in my life?
Noelle
Dreamchaser:
You're actually dealing with two separate things here, so I'm going to break them down. The first is the phone ringing. As I have said many times here, spirits are REALLY great at manipulating the telephone. You hear your phone ringing because it really IS ringing.
When you get down or troubled, every being/ entity around you wants to help, but they can't until you ask for that help. Once we ask, they are like little worker bees scurrying around DOING for us. You said you were laying in bed thinking and praying for your friend and your phone rang. I think that is an amazing example. That is Spirit's representative saying, "We hear you and we are on it." I think that is FABULOUS!
Often people can find LOGICAL explanations for events like the phone ringing, the TV turning on or off by itself, the radio turning on or off, lights flashing, etc. In my opinion, it is very hard to see a logical explanation for continued phone activity with no call displaying on the Caller I.D. and no voice on the other end. Spirit wants to give us signs and that is what is happening here. We can try to find logical reasons for it, or we can just accept it for what it is.
The other thing that you are dealing with is the energy transference that you described that is happening with your friend. We CAN feel someone else's emotions when we are emotionally tied to them (or even when we are not - but that is another column).
You are doing really well in seeing that you can protect yourself from this sometimes draining energy, or turn it around and send LOVE back. That is a VERY important lesson. When we have people who are tapping into our energy in any way, we need to learn how to protect our energy. We can choose to wrap ourselves up tight and not allow anyone to access our energy. We can also choose to go into a bubble so our energy can get out, but no one else's energy can get in to access ours.
Finally, we can be an open channel that just is free-flowing LOVE. I am glad that you see the difference, and are learning how to gauge your energy levels. Your situation with your friend did NOT make the phone ring. It was not him and it had very little to do with him. You were in bed praying for him and sending him LOVE. Your spirit workers simply wanted you to know that they heard you and they were carrying out your requests.
You can ask them to chill with the late night phone calls! They have no concept of human time.
I wish you more wonderful signs from Spirit!
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Astrea:
Most of us try to be sensitive to those we love. I can easily accept why you think your caring nature can run deeper than other people's. When you love someone, it's always true and deep, and the level of understanding you feel with those people does seem "MORE" to you in some ways than what other signs allow themselves to feel and communicate.
The phone is probably just ringing in your head, because you don't have to hear the telephone actually ringing to get the message. This is a SIGNAL for you to pay more attention to something that you've either just experienced or just chosen. Somewhere in your past, an elderly aunt or grandmother told you a story (or more than one!), and at the end, she said, "And then I heard a little bell go off in my head, and that's when I knew..."
Your subconscious registered this phenomenon as a small child or young adult, and now, whenever you are facing a difficult problem, situation, or event, YOU hear "that little bell go off in your head." This alerts you to something that is actually going on that can affect you - something you need to pay more attention to.
Everyone gets these "messages" differently. I usually get hit on the head literally, because I'm too stubborn to recognize something as subtle as your telephone sound! I know other people who see a certain item when they are supposed to be paying more attention, such as a color or a feather, or the wind blowing around them in a certain way. To others, these messages come in dreams or visions. Those people are VISUAL, where you are more AUDIAL in the way you receive your messages. "Hearing" the telephone ring alerts you to something you should be examining more closely.
Your Guides have given you a form of communication that seems REAL and CONCRETE whenever you need their help and guidance. It even works for you when you don't know you need to ASK for it. The telephone ringing reminds you that you are never alone, that you are being watched over from Spirit, and that there is always a place where you can get information and understanding about any situation you might find yourself in.
You're lucky! The phone ringing (whether in actuality or in your head) is something to clearly alert you to the fact that you may not have seen every angle of a certain situation. It gives you the opportunity go back and view all sides of a problem. Expect this to happen and use this "alert from Spirit" wisely!
Astrea:
Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.
Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!
While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!
I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!
As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.
I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.
You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!
Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.
A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.
You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.