Kelvin Cruickshank - Finding The Path: Awaken Your Connection To Spirit

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

Ive been blessed with the gift of seeing and communicating with spirits since I was little. In fact, I cant remember a time when I couldnt see people who werent there, or talk to imaginary people. I just thought it was normal.

Sometimes it scared the living daylights out of me! I can remember as a little kid just curling up in a ball under my blankets at the end of the bed, trying to hide from the people I was seeing. Now that Ive learned how to manage my gift, I love seeing spirits and working with them to help people. Its a daily miracle in my life.

Often thats why spirit will turn up when Im around they know that I can act as a go-between, bringing messages to their loved ones who are still living. But they dont always want something from me. Sometimes they just like to hang out with their living family and friends who might not even know theyre there. But I do.

Not long ago I was out in my boat in the Bay of Islands, anchored out by the Cavalli Islands off Matauri Bay, which has to be one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Fishing is one of the things I most love to do in life. Its my idea of heaven, and if heaven involves a boat, a fishing rod and a beer or two, I cant wait to get there! But for now, Matauri Bay will do.

I was enjoying a quiet day, being part of the intense blueness of the sea, appreciating the dark green fingers of land that are part of the nature reserve there, and pulling the odd kingfish out of the water.

There was only one other boat bobbing around out there that day, a little tinny with a canvas hood nothing flash. There were two guys on board, and all morning I watched them, the young guy holding his rod over the side, and what looked like his grandfather fussing round, cutting bait, fixing up the other rods. They seemed very companionable and I enjoyed keeping them in sight, as it reminded me of my own Poppa.

When I up-anchored and got ready to head back, I took one last look at where they were and sure enough their boat was still there. But now there was only one guy in it! The young guy was still sitting there with his rod but where was the old guy? I called out as I went past, Hey, whered your mate go?

The young guy looked up, a little puzzled. Only me, mate! Just out here by myself today!

Youd think I would have learned by now! This young guy had no idea hed spent the day with his grandad in spirit, but I bet if Id had the chance to talk to him about it he would have told me that hed been thinking about the old guy, maybe remembering how they used to go fishing together. You see? We might not always know theyre here, but they are, just keeping a loving eye on us.

Every day Im reminded of this miracle that through my gift I can link the ordinary, everyday physical world with the world of spirit, of white light and pure, eternal love. Spirit truly is the bridge from the impossible to the possible.

But the really incredible news is this: anyone can do it. Okay, I do believe that some people are especially gifted just as some are especially gifted at being teachers, artists or builders. There are those of us who have always seen, heard, felt and smelt spirit, and for us the challenge has been to learn how to control this relationship so that it doesnt drive us crazy. Spirit can be very persistent and if you dont know how to handle it, youll go nuts believe me, I know all about that!

There are far more people who intuitively believe in spirit but struggle to get a sense of certainty in terms of their own personal experience. There are lots of reasons for this, and well explore some of them as we go along here. But my strong message in this book and my reason for writing it is that you dont need people like me to be the bridge between you and spirit. You can access spirit in your own life if you have the desire and the courage oh, and the discipline. That last one, discipline, is really important, because without it, you wont make the progress you wish for.

Were all human; we all fall short of our own expectations at times. Let me tell you though: when you build a regular habit of sitting quietly by yourself, using some of the techniques that Ill show you to get in the meditative, spiritual zone, youll find the experience so beautiful and satisfying that before long it wont seem like discipline, but more like something you simply wont want to miss.

Communicating with spirit in that quiet, meditative setting is one of the great joys of my life. It fills me up and makes me happy, it takes away any feelings of loneliness or aloneness that I might be experiencing, and it gives me the strength to go out into the world and do the things I need to do. To be in the presence of the Creator which is what I believe Im experiencing when Im communicating with spirit is to feel unconditional love. And isnt that one of the best feelings of all?

Theres only one feeling thats possibly better than the feeling of being loved unconditionally, and that is to love. I love my kids man, Id do anything for them and thats such a cool, powerful feeling. I love my work: through my contact with spirit, Im able to help so many people, and that gives my life and my gift meaning.

Increasingly, I am sure its through love that we touch the divine: that through love we can actually get close to spirit and begin to understand what the real truth about life is.

I have been so empowered in my life by my spiritual gift that now I want to share it. Thats what my workshops are about and, to a lesser extent, my shows. Theyre designed to help people understand the process of spirit connection as weird and wonderful as it is.

Of course, throughout history there have been people who have the ability to access the spirit world, to heal physical and mental illnesses, to prophesise, to bring forth messages from loved ones and yes, sometimes to do harm as well. However, these people often held official positions within their community. In other words, they were treated as experts or professionals the oracles of ancient Greece, the soothsayers of Rome, the stargazers of European courts, the sangomas of Southern Africa, Native American spirit guides and so on.