i ask them about outcomes and good or bad choices.

Samsara wrote:i ask them about outcomes and good or bad choices.

that's a good idea. i usually just talk to them about the outcome of an event/choice after it has already happened. i should try asking before, too. they are very good teachers.

darklordmidnight wrote:Well, I find the best way to learn about the spirits is just to talk to them, the little things that pop up in conversation can be very telling.

I am fascinated by what, in our realm, THEY find fascinating. Human technology inspires as much interest with some of them as their magick inspires in us. Computers. Smartphones where we can look up any info right away. Airplanes and helicopters. Running water. Air conditioners.

I had one convo that amused me not long ago, with an unbound whose culture has a saying that, basically, translates into "No one knows everything" or "Not everything is knowable". The expression itself is, "Who has seen the tops of clouds?" Well, having been in an airplane, I can honestly answer that question in the affirmative. But I wanted to be respectful, so I my response was more along the lines of, "Ummm, wellll, actually...", lol. Which sparked discussion of what it looks like to be IN a cloud (like fog), and what the tops of clouds actually look like. I even live close enough to an airport that if the weather conditions are right, cloudy and relatively low cloud cover, you can see a departing airplane ascend until it penetrates the cloud layer and disappears from view. And it was a point of interest that once the plane breaks through and is above the cloud layer, it's sunny and clear up there.

And that's just the kind of conversation that can happen when we are explaining our culture to them. We can also ask questions of them about their lives and their culture. Asking how they would have handled situation X, for example, would be one thing. We solve problems one way, and other cultures would approach the same issue from a different perspective, and possibly have an entirely different solution. Maybe if their way would work even better than ours, we can examine it to see what lessons we can take from it.

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darklordmidnight wrote:Well, I find the best way to learn about the spirits is just to talk to them, the little things that pop up in conversation can be very telling.

I am fascinated by what, in our realm, THEY find fascinating. Human technology inspires as much interest with some of them as their magick inspires in us. Computers. Smartphones where we can look up any info right away. Airplanes and helicopters. Running water. Air conditioners.

I had one convo that amused me not long ago, with an unbound whose culture has a saying that, basically, translates into "No one knows everything" or "Not everything is knowable". The expression itself is, "Who has seen the tops of clouds?" Well, having been in an airplane, I can honestly answer that question in the affirmative. But I wanted to be respectful, so I my response was more along the lines of, "Ummm, wellll, actually...", lol. Which sparked discussion of what it looks like to be IN a cloud (like fog), and what the tops of clouds actually look like. I even live close enough to an airport that if the weather conditions are right, cloudy and relatively low cloud cover, you can see a departing airplane ascend until it penetrates the cloud layer and disappears from view. And it was a point of interest that once the plane breaks through and is above the cloud layer, it's sunny and clear up there.

And that's just the kind of conversation that can happen when we are explaining our culture to them. We can also ask questions of them about their lives and their culture. Asking how they would have handled situation X, for example, would be one thing. We solve problems one way, and other cultures would approach the same issue from a different perspective, and possibly have an entirely different solution. Maybe if their way would work even better than ours, we can examine it to see what lessons we can take from it.

what a beautiful answer and example. thank you!

I get visual "flashes" and impressions when I meditate with them. Like, when they say that you don't think in a language? It's like that. I don't get words from meditation+telepathy. I get impressions on my intuition. When I have questions that have "wordy" answers, like "Where did you live?" I use the cards. And I get more conventionally verbal answers that way.

Past life relationship, if is new then I ask opinion what they think about me.

Like I must be the most annoying person to my spirits I literally have so many issues going on all the time I'm constantly venting to them. There in a master vessel in my ring so there with me the whole way but I just get so upset and am constantly on the verge of tears lately


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Oh, and I just thought of one other aspect of human life that isn't shared across every culture. Literacy. Some cultures don't have a written application of their language, and some cultures do not have mandatory schooling or widespread teaching of reading and writing. So if they see through my eyes when I'm looking at a sign or a billboard, for example, and suddenly those marks on the sign are WORDS and have MEANING, this is a source of fascination to any visitor who is unacquanted with the sensation of reading.

Heck, even the ones who DO know how to read and write one or more languages, don't necessarily read and write English or use the Roman alphabet. So it's still a point of interest to look at the marks and shapes that they normally wouldn't have been able to understand, through the eyes of someone who reads them fluently.

Given my own personal history, I am also able to explain both braille and sign language. That's fun.

Alys wrote:I get visual "flashes" and impressions when I meditate with them. Like, when they say that you don't think in a language? It's like that. I don't get words from meditation+telepathy. I get impressions on my intuition. When I have questions that have "wordy" answers, like "Where did you live?" I use the cards. And I get more conventionally verbal answers that way.

i get a lot of visual flashes and impressions too. they're always interesting! i get words sometimes, but it's often more of a feeling. i would love to try cards out.

dragynraken wrote:Past life relationship, if is new then I ask opinion what they think about me.

the past life relationship is usually one of my first questions for them! with most of them that were a part of my past, i get a strong feeling of "yes" and visions of moments we had together. they can make me quite emotional.
i really want to try out asking them of their opinions of me.. thank you!