Do I have a spritual gift?

[notmyname]

Hi. I'm 16 and confused. My dad told me 6 years ago that I had a spiritual gift and that those kinds of gifts run in his family. He wasn't lying about that because he and my grandmother on his side have gifts that I've seen them use. Of course, I didn't believe that I had a gift at the time. But, around August of 2018 I started to have weird things happen to me. Like I heard whispers and footsteps when no one was home, my dreams started to get more vivid, my body would get literal vibrations (not shivers) when something happened, and I started having sleep paralysis again (I hadn't had it since I was 10). I don't know if that really proves anything though because I haven't had any incidents since then. My dad says that means it's starting so now he wants me to meditate every day "so God can show me my gift". I know my dad would never lie to me but I haven't felt anything in a long time and I'm not getting anything from meditation (except a few times when I "felt" someone walk in the room but no one was there). Is this real or am I wasting my time? 

[gruntal]

I think the term "gift" maybe inaccurate. Every person I have met or encountered that had something special going for them earned it in a past life. Even being born into a so-called "spiritual family" was more a karmic choice for further development. Like choosing a certain college to attend.

Having said that I also have to note all beings - at least all human beings - have a hereditary instinct to progress. Sooner of later that kicks in rather you want it to or not. Most people don't think so and think we naturally degrade.

The road to enlightenment isn't always smooth or pretty. In point of fact it may not be at all welcome at the time. Guaranteed the person struggling just to live in the material world doesn't find it very welcome to learn he or she is called for some higher purpose when just paying the bills or begging for social acceptance is hard.

As a person who never was able to meditate I am able at least to calm down in nightly sessions in my Rosicrucian Sanctum. Plus my feeble efforts there do unmistakably tell me that is where I get my inspiration. The reason being all the study and life experience amounts to nothing if you can not assemble it into something more then the sum of the parts. Just to realize nothing is a coincidence makes a huge change in your life but most of us are too busy living it to notice all the little synchronicities . The answer will be quiet and subtle and you can easily miss it. Hence the mediation or quiet sessions.

I am sorry if I can't be of more help but that is the problem: ultimately you have to do this on your own because for now it is only real to you. But everything is or will be connected and is never lost. You have all the rest of eternity to discover and connect so don't worry if it goes slow now. In any one life time you may only get a nudge to remind you of what is to come and pick it up later. But it will never go away ...

[notmyname]

Jan 13, 2019 0:13:18 GMT gruntal said:

I think the term "gift" maybe inaccurate. Every person I have met or encountered that had something special going for them earned it in a past life. Even being born into a so-called "spiritual family" was more a karmic choice for further development. Like choosing a certain college to attend.

Having said that I also have to note all beings - at least all human beings - have a hereditary instinct to progress. Sooner of later that kicks in rather you want it to or not. Most people don't think so and think we naturally degrade.

The road to enlightenment isn't always smooth or pretty. In point of fact it may not be at all welcome at the time. Guaranteed the person struggling just to live in the material world doesn't find it very welcome to learn he or she is called for some higher purpose when just paying the bills or begging for social acceptance is hard.

As a person who never was able to meditate I am able at least to calm down in nightly sessions in my Rosicrucian Sanctum. Plus my feeble efforts there do unmistakably tell me that is where I get my inspiration. The reason being all the study and life experience amounts to nothing if you can not assemble it into something more then the sum of the parts. Just to realize nothing is a coincidence makes a huge change in your life but most of us are too busy living it to notice all the little synchronicities . The answer will be quiet and subtle and you can easily miss it. Hence the mediation or quiet sessions.

I am sorry if I can't be of more help but that is the problem: ultimately you have to do this on your own because for now it is only real to you. But everything is or will be connected and is never lost. You have all the rest of eternity to discover and connect so don't worry if it goes slow now. In any one life time you may only get a nudge to remind you of what is to come and pick it up later. But it will never go away ...

I know what you mean but I don't think you understood. I meant something not earthly like "born into a spiritual family". For example my dad has visions and dreams about the future and he has the gift of discernment.

[gruntal]

We have a biological heritage but also a spiritual heritage. DNA testing can confirm who your parents were even as you can opt out of the family line between incarnations if you so choose. But there is something else - very advanced that I can not go into now - that for want a better term I would call a "soul group". It is a part of you and you are a part of it and it can not be dismembered. It pops up here and there in totally weird and unexpected ways and places. Indeed the whole concept of individuality does not work in the advanced stages because at that point the different realities must also be considered.

Any person - including your father - including me - giving you advice must be weighed against how limited their vision is. ALL of creation will eventually have visions and dreams and discernment so that in itself is nothing special. You exist in all eternity but only your immediate awareness is rooted to the present. So think of physical things - including time - as only a lesson because the real you is not anything you can touch or put into a container.

[aceofcups]

Hi Notmyname,

to me, the best GIFT/ is to be One with the PRESENT!

peace
aceofcups

[syedali2020]

Jan 12, 2019 21:49:15 GMT notmyname said:

Hi. I'm 16 and confused. My dad told me 6 years ago that I had a spiritual gift and that those kinds of gifts run in his family. He wasn't lying about that because he and my grandmother on his side have gifts that I've seen them use. Of course, I didn't believe that I had a gift at the time. But, around August of 2018 I started to have weird things happen to me. Like I heard whispers and footsteps when no one was home, my dreams started to get more vivid, my body would get literal vibrations (not shivers) when something happened, and I started having sleep paralysis again (I hadn't had it since I was 10). I don't know if that really proves anything though because I haven't had any incidents since then. My dad says that means it's starting so now he wants me to meditate every day "so God can show me my gift". I know my dad would never lie to me but I haven't felt anything in a long time and I'm not getting anything from meditation (except a few times when I "felt" someone walk in the room but no one was there). Is this real or am I wasting my time? 

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