Lecture - Sunday, 15 December 2024

Presented by Alan Bennett

Importance of the Spiritual Connection

Alan began his lecture by saying how he often ponders on the lack of interest many people have about the true reality of life and how it relates to human existence in our lifetime.

“I have had many experiences of Spirit dimension, and it has proved rock solid evidence to me of the existence of a much higher intelligence than mine; an intelligence that is available to assist and guide us throughout our lives.

I will just give a couple of examples that have happened to me; at 14 years of age, I had an operation on my appendix, during which I had an out-of-body experience. I was floating below the ceiling, and I was in a very peaceful place. Peace was all around me. I had no idea about how ill I was. It was much later that my mother told me the doctor had said, “If he makes it through the night, he will be alright.” I still have that recollection all these years later and it is as strong as when it happened.

Another time, one night in the sleep state, I was taken into the higher realms, and I received spiritual guidance of upliftment and again it was a wonderful, comforting experience. It was very positive because, at that time there was a lot of stuff happening in my life, and receiving this coaching from the Higher Spirits was very, very powerful and very very, real.  When talking about this stuff to most people they will say it’s your imagination, but it is not!

It is a connection of Spiritual people, one in the etherical body above earth and the other in Earth and the ones above have to work very, very hard to lower their vibrations so that we can lift ours a little bit and get that spiritual connection. This is what our whole philosophy is based on, that connection to Spirit.

Lots of things have happened to me during my life that have taken away any doubt I may have had about whether Spirit has had a hand in how things have turned out. Over the years I have been told many things. For instance, I was told that I would be the President of the VSU. I said, “No, I live too far away from that place.” But, sure enough, a year later I did become the President of the VSU.

One of my very first experiences with healing was in a private home where I was given a healing. Now, five years earlier, I had damaged my lower spine to the extent that there was very little space between the vertebrae and the sacrum and there was a lot of pain but five days after they gave me a healing, I had no pain. The first time in five years! Today, I am still upright. I have to watch what I am doing but I have no pain.

It was not too long before we had our own healing group which outgrew our home, we were getting over 25 people attending. One day a man asked us if we wanted the use of one of the old army camp buildings and so we got our healing room and we had a terrific healing group going for many years. All these things came about from Spirit. You know, when you get the inspiration, you have to act on it and that is how it works.

There are solid teachings of Spiritualism in our philosophy. Imagine a world full of people who understand the reality that every human being; every male, every female, every young or old person, all are eternal beings. No beginning. No ending. We are eternal beings. Spiritual entities spending a little time on the planet Earth for various reasons which we choose to recognise in our current incarnation in this time and place.

And when you think about the things that are happening in the world, I think we did very well to choose our place here in this country, in this state, in this town, because there are a lot of other places that are screaming out for the truth to be lived but it does not happen because the people have no idea about the truth. Some of the old religions and belief systems are losing their power over people and the reason is because they are not embracing the reality of living with Spirit.

Those of us who have been blessed to be able to live with the knowledge of those in Spirit do our best to fulfil our role, but we know that if we stray off track a little, they are there to guide us and help us progress. It matters not if we are wealthy or poor. The fundamental purpose of every spiritual person is to maintain a strong connection with the Spirit world and work with them towards eliminating the horrors of war, greed, poverty, and aggression enabling the progression of peace and harmony and healing to be presented.

It starts with each one of us. We can always improve on our attitude knowing that our loved ones in the Spirit world are always with us. We need to make time for meditation and relaxing. Find the stillness of body and mind which gives the space where our energies are can be in tune with Spirit. Spirit are ready and willing to always help and guide us. Every person in this room has someone in Spirit just waiting to be called and to help in their daily lives.

Believe me this is the true pathway. It is the positive progression for self and others and, when our time comes to return, we will be greeted by those loved ones who have worked with us throughout our lives, our parents, our teachers and our guides. It will be a wonderous time for us all - going home.

I hope that my talk has hit the spot and thank you very much for listening.