I once read that Dr. Raymond Moody sometimes used a mirror. (Similar methods have been used in various cultures for eons.) He sat in a comfortable chair near a large mirror, positioned so that he could see the mirror but not see his own reflection in the mirror. I believe he prepared for this by fasting the day before.
As he sat near the mirror, he sometimes held photos or momentoes of his subject. As he sat in this quiet and relaxing place, he practiced breathing cleansing breaths and relaxed further. At a certain point, the mirror often fogged and somewhere thereafter contact was made with his loved one, for about one minute.
His success rate was said to be very high, but he also proffered that when one becomes discouraged during this exercise, and more or less gives up, this is often when they actually experience the most profound connection.
I would venture to say, there is a myriad of methods used to see through the veil. But this one seems a bit too staged and hocus-pocus for me.
Do I have any readers who have experience with this exercise?
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As a toddler, Sue Baumgardner made up stories for herself looking at books she could not read and later spun tales for her younger sisters. After she had her own children, she told them tales and eventually wove a new pattern into the fabric of their lives. As the three sat together, one would begin with a story idea of her own. She spoke perhaps a paragraph or two or three, then pointed to the next who would take up the thread and continue with her own evolution of the story line passed to her, until she pointed to the next. The third person wove her own ideas into the story progression. After the three each had a turn, anyone could end the story, in their turn, whenever it felt complete to them.
After her children were adults, Sue studied writing, first poetry and then prose. After six semesters in adult education, she was thoroughly hooked on the story art form. Sue continued with dozens of classes, seminars and writing retreats. She studied writing and publishing under the likes of James Patterson, Peter Behrens, and Mark Dawson.
As a contributor to the Discover Maine Magazine, Sue received her first check for her prose.
Her poetry has been published in The Aurorian.
She has six of her paperbacks along with four ebooks published. They include fiction and nonfiction for adults and fiction for Middle Readers.
Her very first publishing though began with Greeting Card Universe, where Sue’s greeting cards with verse are sold across the world.
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