Apryl Nicole | Medium :
Thank you for posting this, Thomas John. I think it’s also important to highlight the difference between ego and purity of intention, kindness, and genuine service to spirit. There’s a noticeable difference between someone operating from ego versus someone operating from trust, humility, and care for the sitter.
I think where things may have gotten lost is in the appeal to hierarchy through “direct” versus “indirect” mediumship. When the focus becomes about proving the reader’s abilities or making one method superior to another, it unintentionally shifts the attention away from the person receiving the healing and connection from the spirit world. The reading then risks becoming centered on the medium rather than the spirit communication itself.
As readers, if we are operating from a place of strong evidence, continued validation throughout the session, trauma informed care, ethical development, and trust in spirit, then the direction in which spirit guides the reading should not matter. Spirit will always direct the space where it needs to go. I think what can happen sometimes is that trust in spirit gets replaced with the need to control, define, or elevate the self, and that’s where the work can begin to lose its heart.
2026-06-02 23:25:59