WitchAndShaman
Truth Seeker
Ahhh! See, you can control that list a bit of telepathy, premonitions, etc. It's within your power to shut them off if you wish or ignore them. HOWEVER, other living beings are beyond your control and can do what they wish. Took me awhile to get used to it at first myself. One of the reasons I mentioned I'm not good with the idea of channeling. I do not like the idea of "something else" in charge of me. Nope!
I'm sure there may be other fear factors involved for you, but for me, the idea of someone/thing doing as they will and I have zero control of it is unnerving.
Responding Debi with quote cross-posted from another thread but kind of relevant here. Your response is still really interesting to me and I continue to re-re-read it because I see some discovery of possible new truths in it.
Relevant to this seance thread though, and your point from the other thread about energies of the living versus spirits, I live just 2 1/2 miles from the Cassadaga spiritual camp. I’ve driven through it many dozens of times in past 14 years because it is one way for me to get home. I’ve only ever stopped and gotten out of my car there twice. Both times it seemed like either my occipital or parietal lobes were extra active. Not like the feeling of electricity on my skin nor the hairs standing up on the back of my neck. It was more like some of my senses were being over stimulated yet I wasn’t seeing nor hearing anything different than usual. Instead it felt more like a warm fuzzy blanket over, or a warm bath washing over, the back of my head. It made me feel like I could not focus my attention fully - like I couldn’t attend to any one specific visual input. (Almost the way certain antihistamines make me feel though I don’t recall taking any OTC stuff on those occasions because I choose not to drive when I feel that way.)
A friend has invited me and my SO to dinner in a few weeks at the hotel in Cassadaga. I know that two data points aren’t much to work with but I think I have to assume I might have a similar reaction the next time I’m there. So in preparation I’ll bring up my energy shield before I leave home and ensure I don’t OTC medicate so I might be sharp.