As so frequently happens on PalTalk, someone got on the mic last night and proceeded to tell the room just what spiritualism (life on the other side and our interaction with it) is all about. I have to admit I was only listening with one ear, as my sound is not that good right now (back on the AT&T connection) and what little I was hearing didn't jive all that much with my own experiences. But I was listening in a way while I worked on a cryptoquote in the newspaper, and asking myself 'who makes up all these rules?' Well, good ol' synchronicity comes into play once again – the quote worked out to: “Everything in nature tells a different story to all eyes that see and to all ears that hear”. (R.G. Ingersoll)

I typed that into the room – but only one person reacted – a hearty LOL – and the talker continued with their spiel.

It should be obvious to anyone who listens at all to the many stories of spiritual encounters that much of our experience in these matters depends on our beliefs.

What concerns me most though, is that many people have no beliefs regarding spiritualism until they hear or read of others experiences and or beliefs (a lot of people expound on the subject with having any actual personal knowledge). So as they begin to open to the possibility, they also find themselves open to all the fears that so many find necessary to encumber spiritualism. Naturally, when they do have an encounter, things often happen that they don't want to happen – the law of attraction. And of course, they relate that experience to others and spread the fear. (And isn't it interesting that the fear-mongers speak out more often and get more attention than those who have had more positive experiences?)

Which is a real shame, as it is apparent that we create these situations – and we create them on the basis of faulty information. If we drop the silent 'e' at the end of create and re-arrange the letters, we get react – the basis for much of what we create – reacting to what we see and hear rather than acting on our knowledge and wisdom. Reacting out of fear rather than acting with confidence.

The law of attraction is one side of a coin – the other side is the law of creation. Both are in play simultaneously, manifesting physically what we project mentally. Although this should be common knowledge by now (the principle has been around a long, long time), it's apparent that many don't know (and many have to be reminded frequently ).

The bottom line is that those who do know simply have to keep working the principle, becoming more successful with it and setting the example, while telling the truth as they know it to any who will listen.