Is That Thought Really Yours? How the Astral Realm and Lower Energies Influence Your Mind

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The truth about your reality in this human experience is that you are receiving a lot more than you realize, in terms of your thoughts and inspiration. And what you receive then influences your behavior.

In episode 619 of Soul Elevation, I explore my recent experiences with telepathy and relate that to my experiences in the astral realm. I share what I've observed through a telepathy group I've been hosting throughout the summer. These experiences have opened up fascinating insights about how we communicate energetically, what we're actually receiving from the people and energy fields around us, and how our spiritual development affects what we are able to perceive.

Each time I've met with my telepathy group this summer, I've noticed that we are becoming more and more dialed in. Our process for exploring telepathy is intentional. We aren't only attempting to connect mind-to-mind, we first create a connection through the heart. We intentionally create an energetic field of harmony and coherence before beginning our telepathic exercises.

One person knows the target image and works with others to mentally transmit it. Everyone else receives whatever impressions come through and records them, often by drawing what they perceive. We aren't all receiving telepathically in the same way. Some people see images in their mind's eye. Others hear something, while some receive a more subtle impression that is difficult to describe.

We have had amazingly remarkable results! People have been able to draw elements of the target image with clear accuracy. But what fascinated me even more were the similarities between things people were receiving that weren't necessarily part of the intended transmission. And this has me thinking about what we receive beyond what we realize. This is where my experience with telepathy and the astral realm begins to intersect.

If we can intentionally transmit an image or thought to another person, what else are we picking up from the energetic field around us?

In our telepathy group, we've had multiple examples of multiple people receiving the same images or impressions even when those particular images were NOT intentionally being sent. For example, several people independently received impressions of cat ears, pillars, a pillow, or a caterpillar. None of those things were what was officially being "sent," and yet multiple people were "receiving" them and drawing them. Which points to people receiving the same message from somewhere or something or someone. Or even (maybe even likely) from each other. We are experiencing sending and receiving from within the group, even when our intention is just to send OR receive.

These experiences made me think about how much information we are receiving without consciously realizing it. Of course, we receive information intentionally when we're listening to someone, reading a book, or watching something we want to learn from. But we are also receiving impressions, emotions, thoughts, and energetic information that aren't intentionally being communicated to us, that we often are not even consciously aware we are perceiving.

As such, we want to be mindful about what invisible realms of information we might be subconsciously tuned into.

Understanding the Astral Realm

When I talk about the astral realm, I'm not talking about everything that exists beyond the physical world. As consciousness expands beyond the physical realm, there are different levels and layers of experience. In my experience of expanded consciousness, the astral realm is one part of that larger reality that is invisible to our human eyes and ears, and there are other levels beyond it that become increasingly coherent and lighter.

In this episode, I'm particularly focused on the lower astral realm because of its proximity to our physical experience (here is another episode where I talk more about this). The lower astral realm can be understood as an energetic layer very close to the physical world. Although it isn't perceived through our ordinary physical senses, it influences the collective field of thoughts and ideas around us. This is one reason developing greater awareness of our own energy and consciousness is so important.

If we are constantly receiving information from our environment and from energetic fields around us, then an important aspect of spiritual development is to become more discerning about what we allow to influence us. The stronger we become in our connection to our own higher self, our spiritual essence, and high-vibrational light, the more grounded we can become in who we truly are.

This is just like what happens psychologically when we become stronger in our values and convictions. We're less easily swayed by other people's opinions or agendas. So it is energetically as well.

As we strengthen ourselves spiritually, we can become less susceptible to influences that aren't aligned with our highest good. We become more conscious of the thoughts and ideas moving through us and better able to distinguish between what is truly ours and what may be coming from somewhere else.

Creating Space to Connect With Your Spirit

Spiritual development and connection doesn't necessarily have to feel like hard work. In the beginning, it may require changing our behaviors, priorities, and routines, which can take some adjusting of our habits. It may mean creating more space for stillness, contemplation, breathwork, meditation, or simply being quiet enough to access our deeper spiritual nature. The more we create that environment within ourselves, the stronger our spiritual connection can become, and the stronger our energy and spiritual strength then becomes.

Eventually, that spiritual connection becomes self-perpetuating. We begin to experience the fulfillment that comes from being more connected to who we really are, and we naturally want more of it.

My experiences with telepathy have made me think differently about the amount of information we may be receiving all the time. What thoughts are we receiving every day without realizing it, and how is this informing our behavior and our lived experience? What thoughts are truly ours, or are we assuming thoughts that make us feel badly or hopeless are "our" thoughts when they are really coming from lower vibrational entities? What thoughts are you picking up from the people around you, and are their thoughts in your best interest? What are you absorbing from the collective consciousness? And how can you strengthen your connection to your own spiritual essence so that you become more discerning about the information moving through your field?

These are some of the questions I'm continuing to explore through my own experiences with telepathy, consciousness, and the astral realm.

The more we strengthen our connection to ourselves, the more clearly we may begin to recognize what is truly aligned with who we are.

Listen to the full episode of Soul Elevation to hear more about my experiences with telepathy, the astral realm, energetic influence, and strengthening your spiritual connection.