Ouija Boards (megathread)

my friends, my sister and i were havin a bit of fun with one a few years ago. One of the lads was walkin over to the middle of the floor to join in and dropped his phone in a cup of coffee! very funny!

So anyway, they sat down, started asking questions, got no reply! then, it came up that "noel says hi", noel was an irish friend of my sisters she met in Germany years ago when she lived there so no one else knew him. She got really freaked out, naturally! and then, the guy who dropped his phone into the coffee got a message! that alone stumped everyone cos it wasnt working. the message said "still dancing up here, cant wait til you join me!"

my sister later told me that when they went out drinking in germany he could never get off the dancefloor, he was always hyper! nice to hear it.

Hi gillyfromlyre

Well here is my opinion from a "spiritualists" point of view.

Our natural home is actually the spirit world which is made up of many astral/spiritual planes.

The lower astral/spiritual planes are where you will find spirits, beings and energies that contain a lot of anger and fear. This area is very dark and not nice!

As you go up higher and higher through the astral/spiritual planes where there is a lot more light you will find many different spirits that are at different learning stages.

Right at the top is where the purest spirits reside. Many call this heaven.
This area is pure white light and all spirits residing here are pure (no ego, anger, fear) just love and knowledge and hence generally have no need to reincarnate again.

So the lowest contains anger/fear and the highest contains love.
Our aim is to reach the top.
To do this we incarnate onto earth many times to learn several life lessons (predetermined by you) and even burn off karma you created from your previous incarnation.

On which astral/spiritual plane you reside on when you pass over (die) depends on how you acted in this incarnation.

Spirits on the other side also learn various lessons and when they try and contact us, it is to let us know they are ok
While on the other side they are free of the constraints of a physical body and can fly freely..

So when someone is innocently using a ouija board, they generally don't know who is contacting them and from what astral/spiritual plane. Hence my word of caution as you can receive false guidance.

Please note that many people will argue with what I've said.
However it is my belief coming from a spiritualist's point of view.

We don't necessarily reincarnate straight away.

We are a spirit inside a physical body. When we pass over (die) we are the same person on the other side.

When we reincarnate we enter a new body with no memories of our past life and we start a new life on earth with a new set of lessons to experience.

If you will, imagine playing the same computer game again but as a different character...

The dark tunnel you go down when you die is your spirit heading to the other side.

When you pass over to the other side your family, friends and guides are waiting for you to meet them. You then look back at your life and how it compared to the original plan you set.

Some spirits might be anxious by their new surroundings so they receive help from specific spirits guides.

You then may start learning on the other side or take some time out and relax into your new surroundings!

You can then if you wish start to prepare for another incarnation by choosing the lessons you wish to learn.

kshiel:
Yes the state of mind of the user/users plays a part.
However there are better methods to contact spirits.

A psychic/medium would have greater control on what spirit comes through while using an ouija board. Where as a group of fearful newbies with no experience might unknowingly communicate with a spirit up to mischief pretending to be someone else.

Like attracts like. When entering anything spiritual you should do it from love
When I had that (once off) negative experience (nothing major to be honest) it was totally my fault. I was very inexperienced and failed to do below what you should always do before any spiritual work:
Invoke protection and stay positive and loving.
Fail to prepare and prepare to fail they say! I learned my lesson!

You are the one in control and with the power. No on else.

Tonight on Sci-Fi Channel: Witchboard III: The Possession

Brian, an out-of-work stockbroker, is introduced by his landlord Mr. Redman to a new source of insider information: the Ouija! The Ouija makes him rich, but when Mr. Redman kills himself and Brian suffers a freak accident, Brian's wife starts noticing changes in her husband ...

Hi kshiel.
A psychic or medium generally wouldn't use an ouija board or try to communicate with the other side if they weren't in the right frame of mind.

However if "Joe Soap" (as you say!!) used an ouija board and he was going into it with the right intentions, full of love and positive, it is still not a recipe for success because it's not all down to like attracts like. As "Joe Soap" probably doesn't know how to invoke protection. Also "Joe Soap" probably doesn't know how to close the session to make sure the spirit leaves the room when finished. The ouija board can be used by some mischievous spirits and whether you are positive and loving or not, you are creating an opening and asking for spirit to come forward and communicate.

The fact that a lot of psychics/mediums recommend that the inexperienced stay away from using an ouija board says a lot.
However it's up to you whatever you decide to do or believe at the end of the day.

Great topic. Id say keep away from Ouija boards if you're just doing it for fun. I've never touched them after an experience in secondary school. Eight to ten girls playing it for weeks, laughing about questions they asked and answers they were getting. I observed, didn't play. They were given the intials of one of the girls who was going to die. She did two months later in a horrific road crash. I had strange experiences in the school during my time there and so did my sister which we never realised until recently, when we talked about it. It also emerged that the school was known for hauntings among its staff during my time there, which would explain the terribal reaction from teachers when they found out about Ouija board in one of the class rooms. It also emerged years later that it was one of the schools run by the nuns in the 60's and 70's as an orphanage, which was under investigation for child abuse. So my experiences from my time there add up now. I'd say, never play Ouija board for fun, why mess with some thing so controversial, with the possibility of some horrific consequences.