Brief Summary
Cheryl Paige, a former scientist and clinical researcher, shares her journey from tragic loss to spiritual awakening and mediumship. She discusses discovering "vibrationships" with spirits, the distinction between imagination and the imaginal, and connecting with spirits like Nikola Tesla. Cheryl emphasizes the importance of listening in meditation, seeking wisdom over evidence, and being a blessing in uncertain times. The conversation explores the nature of the afterlife, dimensions, and practical tips for connecting with spirit, including a live reading with the host's grandfather.
- Spiritual awakening after loss led to discovering "vibrationships."
- Importance of listening in meditation and distinguishing between imagination and the imaginal.
- Seeking wisdom over evidence and being a blessing in uncertain times.
Cheryl’s awakening after loss
Cheryl Paige experienced a spiritual awakening in 2017 following the tragic loss of her partner, Scott. Despite the initial pain, she recognized the event as a "backwards blessing," a wound through which light could enter. Cheryl knew Scott's essence couldn't be extinguished, but her scientific background lacked a framework for understanding how he could still exist. Dissatisfied with the oversimplified notion of heaven from her Catholic upbringing, she sought to understand the possibility of continued connection.
Discovering vibrationships
Cheryl embarked on a quest to find out if Scott still existed and how to access him, but she lacked contacts in the mediumship world. Introduced to Suzanne Geeseman, a mystic and mentor, Cheryl miraculously received a reading after a cancellation, despite a two-year waiting list. This reading opened her up to the possibility of connecting with Scott. She describes her unfoldment happened very quickly. Scott communicated the concept of a "vibrationship," defined as meaningful connectivity between two people on different vibrational octaves. Cheryl emphasizes that signs from the deceased are new memories created in real-time, strengthening the vibrationship.
The journey from science to spirit
Cheryl discusses the mesmerizing bias of what we think we know and how spiritual experiences can break through our established understanding. She shares Suzanne's wisdom that prayer is asking and thanking, while meditation is listening. Cheryl provides a formula for meditation: A (activity) + B (intention) = C (outcome). Her intention to connect with Scott led to her outcome of connecting with him and others in spirit. She highlights that spirit can push thoughts into our conscious awareness, which is essentially mediumship.
Meditation becomes listening
Cheryl emphasizes that in meditation, one is not trying to steal their mind but rather waiting for spirit to push thoughts into their conscious awareness. She explains that spirit utilizes our senses to convey information. About a year into her journey, she asked Scott what their relationship was now that he was in spirit, and he replied that they have a "vibrationship," which he defined as meaningful connectivity between two people on different vibrational octaves.
How to tell if it’s real
Cheryl addresses the common question of whether one is making up the thoughts or if they are genuinely from spirit. She advises that like in a scientific experiment, one piece of evidence isn't enough; it requires accumulating multiple pieces of evidence over time to move from hope to belief to knowing. She highlights that we have been led to a misunderstanding about our imagination.
Imagination vs imaginal
Cheryl distinguishes between imagination and the imaginal, explaining that imagination is a tool with a setting for "imaginary" (made up) and "imaginal" (non-local points of consciousness coming through). She compares imagination to intuition as talking is to singing, emphasizing that imagination is the tool through which spirit conveys information. Over time, one learns to notice the difference between imaginary and imaginal thoughts.
Spirit connections begin expanding
Cheryl shares that her hierarchy of importance initially prioritized evidence before wisdom or guidance, but now she values wisdom more. She uses the metaphor of a gold box to illustrate that the value lies in the wisdom received, regardless of the source. Six weeks into her listening practice, she received a clear message: "Christopher Tassel 1954 airplane." She emphasizes the importance of writing down the message without immediately trying to interpret it.
First spontaneous spirit message
Cheryl shares her first spontaneous spirit message, "Christopher Tassel 1954 airplane." She resisted the urge to immediately interpret the message and instead wrote it down. After her meditation, she researched the name and found an obituary for a man born in 1954 who died in 2014, as well as another man with the same name who was a jet airline pilot.
Calling a stranger with a message
Cheryl describes how she was prompted by spirits, including Scott and John Denver, to call Christopher Tassel's family with a message. Despite her initial reluctance, she found herself calling the man's son, a jet charter pilot. She fabricated a story to avoid sounding crazy but ultimately shared the message that his father was still present and loved them. The daughter of the deceased man confirmed that every year since his passing, he found a way to let them know he was still there, with Cheryl as the messenger this time.
What the afterlife is like
Cheryl admits she hasn't focused much on the specifics of the afterlife, as she's more interested in connecting with the people who reside there. She explains that while we live in a 3D reality with infinite space and linear time, spirits live in a dimension of infinite time. This allows spirits like Nikola Tesla to communicate with multiple people simultaneously. She uses the analogy of sending people to different parts of Norway to illustrate that individual perceptions of the spirit world will vary.
Dimensions and understanding
Cheryl clarifies that her understanding of the afterlife comes from her present level of ignorance and is not the absolute truth. She explains that the idea of multiple lives lived consecutively is a linear construct. Instead, she believes everything exists "now," which is why spirits are always there to meet us, even if they have reincarnated. She uses the analogy of having multiple jobs to explain that we are always in the spirit world, and our current life is just one of our "day jobs."
Meeting Tesla and evidence
Cheryl shares a story about her encounter with Nikola Tesla during meditation. Tesla told her that if she was going to use the word "infinity" in her book title, she needed to understand what infinity is. When she asked for evidence that it was really him, he told her to look up his time living in Colorado Springs, which she verified. He then gave her the title of a book and told her to look it up, which turned out to be a real book.
Books that read you
Cheryl recounts how she bought and read the book Tesla recommended, which led her to contact one of the co-authors. The co-author revealed that his father had worked with Tesla. She shares the importance of the book "The Temple Within," which she feels upgraded her energy centers. Tesla told her, "You are reading the words little W and the words capital W are reading you," meaning the book will only give you what you're prepared to receive. She emphasizes that a book can be a point of consciousness, and inviting the author in spirit to sit with you while reading can provide different information.
