Big Thoughts from PGH Medium, Rev. Rivera

  What is Spiritual shit?  First let me tackle "Spiritual".  Spiritual In general, includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ones "self",  and it typically involves a search for meaning or purpose in life. Folks  may describe a spiritual experience as  sacred , mystical, metaphysical, intangible,  transcendent or  transforming in  an event or series of events that have a deep sense of interconnectedness. Some people call having Spiritual awakening "getting woke". Having a Spiritual awakening is a first step in what may be a very long, maybe even a life long journey. The journey is where the fun explorations start... I think that many things can be a Spiritual practice.  You can walk, breathe, eat dress, bathe, create music, art or poetry,  have sex, study, heal, read, write, travel, or live Spiritually. I am certain of these examples, because I have done or participated in them all, with intention and Spiritual focus. I think that the conditi

  The creep factor. Before I got married, I had dated people who had called my job interesting but slightly creepy( unwise choice). This is why I didn't marry them HAHA. I married the person who loved everything about me, including my interesting job. There's a common misconception about Mediums, ( and Psychics) that we sit around talking to ghosts all day waiting to ambush you at the gas station or post office to tell you who has been pestering us all day.  I am here to set the record straight. I would never ambush anyone, it's just rude.  Us Mediums don't sit around talking to ghosts all day. We do talk to Spirits though. There is a difference. Spirit people are people who have passed out of the physical body and who live in the afterlife, aka " The Light". This is where all the Angels, and Spiritual Guides and Ancestors are. There are many names for the Afterlife but Heaven is my favorite.  Ghosts are NOT the same as Spirits. Ghosts are the people who have