Has anyone ever done silent birth and what was it like?
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I am a Scientologist and gave birth to 2 kids, one in 1979 in London UK and the second in 1984 in Toronto.\nBoth times I would have preferred to have a home birth where I could better control the environment for myself and my babies, and keep\nunnessary noise and loud voices, or talking to a minimum, but my choices were very limited back then.\nSo I had to make do with a hospital environment both times, and deal with any negative effects after the births.\nThis whole subject of giving birth and the best methods are all in the realm of "Preventative". You want to prevent trauma that will effect this new life and the natural bonding between mother and baby.\nThis "silent" aspect of the Scientology method is explained fully in  Chapter 10 of the book "Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health" called " Preventative Dianetics"\n\nNot so long ago most babies were delivered at home and mid wives were the best authority on the subject. This  should still be the case in mmy opinion. Birth was never the ream of medical science particularly, until recently.\nIn many cultures and societies this has been preserved.\nIn fact in some cultures mothers just go off on their own somewhere quiet to give birth without any interference or complications.
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Yes, but it was in that good way.  I used to do that stuff pretty hardcore and had some really intense and awesome personal spiritual stuff happen on it.  I think it really vibrates you to a different level, however it can really mess you up as well.  Sometimes there were these things I knew as guardians or watchers and they were pretty freaky.
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Yes, it was not done by a magician and it is not what people tend to picture it to be. Some moron does not sit there and wave something in front of your face and tell you that you are getting very sleepy either :D\n\nI was in a nice room and I was asked to lay down and make myself comfortable. I was told to focus on something that was relaxing to me, there were pictures of nature, and there were flowers and nice things like that. WHile I was focusing I was told to breathe in and out slowly and deeply until every limb of my body was relaxed. then I was told to close my eyes and visualize myself to be wherever it is  I wanted to be. I was hypnotized to relieve mental stress. :)\nYou are basically so relaxed and you are filtering the bullcrap out of your mind so that you can tap into your subconcious. It is the coolest thing . The professional slowly talks you back to "reality" and you come out of feeling so calm and relaxed, it is awesome.  You would be amazed out how you can find the solutions to your problems. \n\nEveryone has their opinions of what it is like or how it feels, but I thought it was great.
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I once saw a one legged witch turn a storm.\n\nMy first ritual, we were all comfortable throughout the ritual, but the instant the ritual ended, we realized that the room was cold. The heat hadn't been on and the whole time and it was spring equinox.\n\nI do spiritual healing with singing bowls. I play the bowl in someone's hand, and feel the vibrations as they extend through the person, and can tell them where the vibrations are and what they're doing.\n\nI used to work with a Reiki master who could put healing energy into people and tell people many details about their lives while we were doing our energy work. Very specific things\n\nI have this one singing bowl which plays differently, responding to the place where it's played, or what chakra it's played on. I use it to locate blockages for spiritual healing. I also used it to find the perfect place to set up my tent the first time I camped in Kansas. One night the wind ripped through the camp. By morning, just about every tent had blown over except mine.\n\nFor a while, a friend and I maintained a karmic connection through an object which was divided and each of us kept half, and sometimes I would smell something, and call her up, and it was exactly what she was smelling.\n"Did you just make cookies?"\n"Was the dog just breathing in your face?"\n"Did you just disinfect something?"\n\nAs a child the chandelier used to swing from side to side, and the radio would turn on by itself in the middle of the night.\n\nOne time on a camping trip I was walking back from the bathrooms at that moment right between day and night and I saw someone walk across the front of the site and stop behind a tree. So I figure one of the people is going to jump out and try to surprise me, so I pull out my flashlight, walk up to the tree, turn on the light, and there's no one there.\n\nOne time I was alone in a house, and I felt a presence. I looked at a mobile hanging motionless, and said, "If there is anyone else here, make the mobile spin." The next moment, the mobile began to spin.\n\nOne time I was driving into Ponca State Park to set up a large camping gathering, and the sides of the road were lined with spirits. All standing there, clearly visible to everyone, calmly welcoming us back.\n\nOn another camping trip, we felt a spirit near the bon-fire. We had a ring of 40 tiki-torches around the bonfire. It was a still and windless night, but all the tiki flames near the spirit bent in. One of the people in the circle had a fancy camera. After the campout she went to get the film developed, and all the photos from before the visitor turned out, but after that all the film was blank. She took the camera in to be repaired. The repairman asked if she'd been in a nuclear power plant. All the innards were fried from electromagnetism\n\nMy grandmother died while my niece was in utero. After my niece was born, she would look up at areas where no one was standing, and laugh and giggle. We all knew that she was looking at gramma, so we never showed her any pictures. Finally, at about a year old, she could speak, and my sister showed her the family photo album. My niece picked out her photo and said, "That's Old Gramma."\n\nOne time, on a camping trip, it was an especially magickal night. At some point, everyone in the camp noticed that something was missing, including a necklace from around one woman's neck. The area where we were camping was separate from any other areas and so no one came into the area. Suspecting activity of the Fae, everyone put out offerings, except for the woman who lost her necklace. She cursed the fairies. The next morning, everything was returned except the necklace. To this day, the necklace has never been found.\n\nOn another camping trip, I put my tent right in the middle of a natural faery ring. When I camp, I always have a flashlight with me at all times. The only place I could have lost i
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I did.  I went with a guy friend of mine.  I believe there were 10 people we each spoke to.  5 Minutes each.  It was like going on 10 job interviews.  Being interrogated 10 times in a row is tough!  One guy I spoke to kept being interrupted by his...girlfriend....calling him on his cellphone.(Jerk).\n\nMy friend felt just as frazzled as I did after wards and we had to immediately go have a couple of drinks.  \n\nI did have lunch with one of the guys later, but no sparks.   I don't think I'd ever do it again.\n\nHope this helps!!
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Actually happened to me.  \nEverybody let everybody go ahead and go first.  \nSometimes we waited in lines and exchanged stories with each other.   \nI didn't see anybody act greedy or rude or impatient.\nIt was a very humbling experience to see that human nature, during hard times, is extremely giving and tolerant.
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Ha ha.\n\nI went away with my bf once and his mum came too (mind you he is 37). We were sharing a motel room for 3 days and he and I were sharing a bed with her in a single next to us.\n\nWe were so worked up by the 3rd morning that we just couldn't help it but fucked quietly (which is very hard for us) while she was asleep snoring in the next bed. We stopped occasionally to check that she was snoring.\n\nNot recommended but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
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yeah...but it was not looking like it sounds like....i was in a climb trip in mountain and i got traped between two camps. all that i could do was do dig into hard snow and getting into it and wait and shiver til morning. it was like a cave but it worked great and protected me against wind for all night.i spent 10 houres in that hole and i had not any experience to make it .. it was QUITE a night...
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Hey we all get scared.  I thought I was IT until it was crunch time and then I just decided right then and there I could not do it.  Epidural helps IMMENSELY and make sure you have the experience YOU WANT.  Don't let moms and hubbys and in laws and nurses make those decisions for you.  You have to be able to tell people to shut up, or hold your hand, or sneak you food, whatever.  They work for YOU when you are in labor.  But I think we all forget about the pain, because after 10 years I don't think it is as bad as people say.  \n\nLike I said, EPIDURAL!!!
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You are fine.  There are lots of people that have music playing during spellwork.  It usually helps to raise the energy.  Besides if you are limited in the space where else are you going to put?  Don't worry about it.\n\nIn regards to what Kent.. said: Sacred space can be made anywhere.  You do not have separate the mundane because anything can become sacred.  Sacred space can be created in your mind.  You can do magic in your mind.  You do not need physical objects to have sacred space.   My best magic is done while I am walking in the metroparks.  I visualize sacred space around my body moving with me and I then focus and visualize on my intent.  \n\nHe does have a point though.  I am a kitchen witch and everything I use in ritual is not always separate from my everyday stuff.  I use what I have available around.  Example is the story about my walk in the park.
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yes i have.  (bad thing is it was a toll call and both of us fell asleep for about an hour or so!)
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My sister and I were discussing this last night. She said a good way is to put a tape recorder in a room. Press record and leave it alone for several hours. Then replay it, listening to the static. That is the only way you would hear them. \n\nBeyond that, it depends on how intuned you are to the paranormal. I am very intuned and I get chills down my spine in the presence of anything paranormal. I have only once experienced smell involved.
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O geeze--one of the scairest experiences ever.  I brought one back to university after Christmas.  Me and the Girls--the little pack I hung out with in school--had a party.  The board said "one of you will become pregnant in one year and a day...."  We ALLLLLLLL LAUGHED hehehehehehe.  And lo and behold, one of the girls in the group gave birth, to the year and the day........ SCARY MAN!!!\n\nIt really depends on the people using it.  If you treat it like a joke, you will get beings on the other side taking advantage and whooping it up, or trying to scare the crap out of you.  I don't recommend fooling around with it.
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I have, it scared the s*** out of me!  I woke up from a nap and could hear my husband and kids downstairs and couldn't move my body.  My brain was fully alert and I tried to holler to my husband because I was scared to death and I couldn't even do that.  I eventually convinced myself that I was still sleeping and having a bad dream...I must have drifted off because when I woke up again I was fine.  That is bizzare enough in itself.
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I haven't but that seems pretty cool. if you try it let me know how it goes..
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I tried that thing where you play an educational tape all night while you sleep.  I recorded myself spelling out words I had to learn.  It didn't work much.  I think it worked only cause it took me an hour to fall asleep cause of the noise, and I learned during that hour I was awake.
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I have not done that but I did have a full body massage one time and was left to relax afterwards with eye mask and headphones on and swathed in several towels. It felt totally weird for a while but just as I was getting used to it the therapist came back and released me.