Spiritual Hopscotch, Diary of a Skeptic

By Kristin Callahan

SPIRITUAL HOPSCOTCH, DIARY OF A SKEPTIC explores the development of a spiritual mindset regarding things unseen and unknown, despite an innate desire for facts and proof.

You will get a glimpse of the afterlife, through those who have had near death experiences. Explore why God would even allow humans to enter into life only to experience tremendous hardships and despair. How does the world of psychics and mediumship appear to a person who is bent on proof? What about the thought of coming back to live on the Earth through reincarnation - is it even possible? Expose yourself to the simplistic but immense power of thoughts, and how they can hurt, how they can literally heal. Understand the miracle of synchronistic events, and what they are telling you. Are simply pawns on Earth with God playing a grand game of chess? Do we create our own reality, or are things a by-product of fate? How was the world, the universe, and our souls created? How is it possible to simply allow and have faith when you are continually searching for proof?

This book will challenge your way of thinking about the world. It will get you asking questions you had never thought of, and afford you a peek into the unknown, by taking a leap of faith.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kristin Callahan
• Release date: Jun 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310363917

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Table of Contents

Coming Out Of The Closet

Life After Death

The Veil

The Creator Moved

Reincarnation and Past Life Regression

Psychics and Mediumship

Thoughts Create Your Reality

Synchronicities

Follow Your Joy

Faith

Shine Your Light

Coming Out Of The Closet

Spiritual Hopscotch, Diary of a Skeptic reflects my journey into the world of spirituality. My approach to learning is akin to the hopscotch-like process of learning from one spiritual teacher, taking the bits and pieces that resonated with me and simply leaving behind those which did not. I would then hopscotch to a new process or teacher, building upon my learnings from the first. I might stay there a while, then leap frog over a few boxes to land on my next journey, which I will take you along with me today.

Because I am one that favors fact over faith, my learning path was laced with a hint of skepticism. This is due to my personal nature of being hard-wired towards facts and proof. I say hard wired because we are all born with certain personality traits- such as extroversion / introversion, and the like.

There is a personality profile test called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, which uncovers your psychological type and innate tendencies. My profile shows that I approach life by paying attention to physical reality: what I see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. I'm concerned with what is actual, present, current, and real. You can see how this may be a detriment for someone moving along a spiritual path that is largely based on faith. The importance in my sharing this with you is that my understanding and deepening intuition and faith became greater as I reached for more and more spiritual growth, but ultimately my personality remains largely hard wired towards facts.

In sixth grade this facet of my personality was making itself known. Our biology class had to separate in two, and each side present an argument for what we believed to be true: Adam and Eve versus Evolution. The Adam and Eve story didn’t ring true to me and seemed so far-fetched and fanciful, therefore I stood on the side of the Evolutionary group. It was an amazing process. The class exercise didn't change my opinion after hearing from the Adam and Eve group, but it did solidify my impression that if someone believes something enough (which the Adam and Eve group did!) they can become very passionate about it and may have a hard time opening their minds to other ideas. This experience has forever stuck with me, teaching me to have empathy for others with differentiating viewpoints. As we take this journey together, I hope you afford me that same gift, knowing that this is but my personal perspective that I share with you.

Throughout my life, I found myself drawn to multiple spiritual teachings and teachers, and I absorbed them as fully as I could. I would read countless books, watch videos, listen to podcasts...anything I could get my hands on. After years and years of research I was so full of knowledge I felt I could burst. However, because many of the spiritual teachers are by no means mainstream, I did not share this side of myself. My husband knew... a little bit. I developed an entirely fake Facebook profile to hide behind, whereby I would freely subscribe to groups that I wanted to learn from, without fear of what any of the people in my ‘real world’ would think. It allowed me a complete freedom that I to this day cherish.

However, I was hiding a growing piece of myself from my friends and family, because I didn’t want to upset anyone, nor did I want them to think I was strange or begin saying, She’s really out there. I found myself with these two Facebook profiles, and I would begin to wonder, which one was the ‘real’ me?

It is said when you ‘change your vibration’ (which is a fancy term for changing your ideals or values, down to the simplest thing of what you choose to watch on TV) that the people who you are surrounded by will change. People may drop out of your life. Some may follow along right with you. However, the empty space where the old friendships lie makes room for new friendships- those that resonate with your new vibration, or who you’ve become.

This is exactly what happened to me, and I’d like to use Facebook as a simple example of how this process transpired in my life. I had tons of friends that I would see on a regular basis, and over 700 friends and acquaintances on Facebook. I loved to entertain throw parties. I was the organizer all of the monthly girl’s night outs. I was truly the glue that pulled this group of girlfriends together. Well, I changed. And with that, so did my desire to be more conscious on whom I surrounded myself. There is a saying that goes, You are the average of the top five people you surround yourself with. I began to get rid of large groups of Facebook ‘friends,’ like a purging that went in spurts. I dropped 150 in one day. I felt lighter. This continued on, and years later, I now hover in the sixties. I simply didn’t want to be around the same people. Did I miss the fun and excitement? Me, who loves to entertain? Well, yes. But not to the extent that I wanted to continue what I now felt were inauthentic relationships. So I became encapsulated within my family unit- my husband, two kids, three dogs, and extended family. I kept a few friends that were real and dear