Voices and their relationship with the voice hearer
Last updated 11/06/2007
Introduction
In our view it is no longer sustainable to think of voices as part of a disease, such as schizophrenia, instead hearing voices can be regarded as a meaningful, real (although sometimes painful, fearful and overwhelming) event, that speak to the person in a metaphorical way about their lives, emotions and environment.
For instance, people experiencing distress as a consequence of abusive or commanding voices can often recognise their voices as those of their actual abusers and the voices have the effect of attacking their sense of self-esteem and worth. It should not be forgotten however, that some people experience helpful and guiding voices, also arising from times of trauma and stress.
Having discovered these kinds of relationships the next step has been to develop techniques to assist voice hearers focus on their experience and get to know their voices better. This is in contradiction to most psychiatric and psychological orthodoxies that assume that such psychopathological symptoms are not open to insight and talking treatments and instead would attempt to distract patients with such symptoms from their voices.
This turns out not only to be bad advice, but actually counterproductive, as such approaches disempower the voice hearer by denying to them their real experience and disarming them from taking on the voices and standing up for themselves. The new approach requires the voice hearer to make space for the voices, to listen but not to necessarily follow, to engage, but in their own time and space essentially to learn how to control them in their own terms, according to their own beliefs and explanatory framework. This acceptance of the voices is crucial to growth and resolution, voice hearers who have learnt these techniques can now say "I hear voices, they are part of me and I am glad they are".
Exploring the meaning of voices
It became evident that it was important to explore the relationship between the hearing of voices and the life history of the voice hearer in order to see if it was possible to help them to solve their emotional and other problems. This approach emphasises the importance of understanding what the voices were saying to the voice hearer and required them to focus their attention on the voices as a way of finding a resolution to the difficulties they caused. In doing so, however, it was considered very important to develop a way of working that was cooperative and based on mutual trust.
As a result the Professor Romme, Sandra Escher and the Maastricht team investigated the following features of the voice hearing experience:
What triggers voices?
As a result of this research, which was carried out using questionnaires and one to one interviews the following important information was found out about the triggering of voices: they often arise when experiencing certain threatening or overwhelming emotions such as:
Gaining power over your voices
The research also showed it is very important to recognise that the voices know the person who hears them very well, that they always say things that are especially relevant to them and that are related to their problems. The voices usually refer to unsolved problems in daily life and/or emotions related to a trauma that has not yet been resolved, or to unrealised hopes and aspirations that, in some cases, are impossible to realise. Therefore in working with a voice hearer it is not valid to reject the voices’, instead, it is more appropriate to stimulate the curiosity of the voice hearer about what the voices are saying. As long as the voice hearer is only able to react to the voices in an emotional way, they disempower them and it is therefore difficult to stimulate their curiosity. This process is difficult to accomplish and over the last five years the Maastricht team have been exploring techniques that appeal to people hearing voices.
This exploration was conducted in cooperation with people hearing voices and as a result the following constructive techniques used by people hearing voices to improve their coping skills have been identified:
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The voice hearing was a project geared at communication between the spiritual (heaven) and the physical (humans). For the most part the project was successful until the Devil found out about it and started using it for his propaganda. As of today this project is now over, Heaven would like to thank all humans who were involved, you know who you are. Much wisdom was taught to all of you use it wisely, share it with others, live well and prosper. Father loves you all very much and will see you when you arrive in Heaven, he says you are my heros and you all did very well. God Bless you all my children. Amen
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Voices-Spirits how they affected me-share this with all who are interested and affected-by Jorge Gallardo Jr. At the age of 4, I felt a presense in my bedroom, I heard a voice say "that's him" another said "he does not look like much". When I was 13 years old, I heard these voices again, this time, I was told I had a special purpose, I could feel and sense four presenses around me but, I could only see two of them, a human named Lucifer, and briefly a presence that looked like an angel behind me. I was not told everything that this purpose involved, but two names were mentioned, Clarence and Clareese, this purpose involved three contracts, spiritual in nature. I could see them, but could not read them, I was instructed by a trusted individual to sign only one of them, after this I was told to go and live my life. Throughout my life, I found it increasingly difficult to accomplish goals, as though I was being sabotaged, after I married in 1984, the first 3 years of my marriage were trubulent, my wife and I were married for 17 years. We had 3 children, I was a cold father and husband, no doubt these spirits were affecting me in everything I did, I could not understand these negative feelings about me. In the year 2000, my marriage was falling apart, I prayed for help, but heard a voice say,"God doesn't care". In 2003, my wife and I divorced, again I could hear the voices telling me to indulge in sinful things, telling me it was ok to do these things. As they spoke to me, I could feel them holding my shoulders and arms, around the elbow area. My life fell apart, my house was dark, filthy and my demeanor changed, I became very angry and introverted, I had no real friends. In the year 2006, I felt I was near death, I called out to God for help, then found myself cleaning my house thoroughly, I was still being spoken to and influenced by the voices, but now I could physically see, audibly hear and feel them like I could physical humans. They could see me and hear me so, I communicated with them, they often posed as dead family members, individuals from heaven and hell, even people whom I had known and knew. They subjected me to mood swings, as well as, physical pain, thoughts not my own, sexual attacks against my will, slavery to their whims also, entering and exiting my body at will.I see two groups of spirits, one white to my right, one black to my left, the right, self righteous in nature (Heaven) was always judging everything I do, the left, corrupting and evil (Hell), wanting me to always commit sin. The right influenced me into quitting my job of 17 years before retiring and the left into squandering the retirement money I had saved, I was often tortured by both sides if I refused to to followed their commands. I wrecked my house in fits of anger, when I tried to repair it they would attack me, making me feel so weak, I could not do any work, I sold my house at much less than it was worth, due to the damage. They often caused me to forget what I was doing, I found myself trying to accomplish several task and not completing any. Finally, I gave my furnishings to charity, sold my house and moved from Florida to New Jersey to live with my sister, I had given up trying to live on my own. I moved in late December 2007, and after 7 months of unemployment, found a job with an apparel imprinter, in March 2008, still being attacking by these spirits, I found it hard to do the job I was hired for. I could feel how they were sabotaging my body, moving vertebrae in my back out of place, sticking me with pins, biting me, causing my flesh and my muscles to atrophy, as though it was dying, causing my skin to itch. I would often feel my hands and arms go numb, see and feel spiritual hands holding on to my hands, as well as other parts of my body, swords being plunged into my body. I could see and feel them insert items, spiritual in nature, into my head and body, as a means of controlling my body and mind functions, this caused me much pain and suffering. This apart from the arguements and constant conversations, that occurred around me and in my mind, they manipulated my conscience and sub conscience, as though battling to control my mind. One time I went three days without sleep, I found it hard to sleep because they were always talking, I had to take a P.M. medicine, so that I could sleep. These spirits would often try to instruct me on how to do things, but were almost always wrong and would get angry at me if I did not do things according to their instructions. They often manipulated Bible scripture, to their favor, revealing things about Heaven and Hell, the average person would not know. For example, these spirits guided men during old testament era, but were fired, because they lacked God's wisdom or applied it improperly, due to their own corruption. Spirits are not suppose to sin, human bodies can sin, but these spirits often use human bodies to commit their sins, this is absolutely forbidden by God himself. This ocurred during the time of Jesus Christ, he gained God's wisdom and that is why, he replaced these spirits as our guide and ruler, Jesus tested these spirits, using God's wisdom and they failed. This is the same wisdom God and Jesus teaches men, these spirits have been taught and tested by God for many generations, humans have always bested them and these spirits have always failed, due to self righteousness and committing sin (corruption). They are the reason, men are allowed to sin and our Lord Jesus Christ had to die for our sins, they in turn, have no forgiveness, they were suppose to be teachers of men, but men became their teachers. This is due to their lack of learning and obedience to God, these spirits are and were angels, they were created to serve God, but chose to serve themselves. The battles that occur between these two groups, are what cause men to become bitter and indifferent, this is due to their affect on our bodies. Men (Humanity) are created to be inherently good Just like our Father in Heaven, so were these spirits, but they became evil, when they disobeyed God. Men are free to chose their behaviors and actions, thanks to Jesus, but when acted upon by these spirits, often become self righteous and evil. One day God will eliminate them completely, men's (humanity) problems will disappear and we will live in peace and harmony forever and ever. Amen
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Father of Heaven corrects Father of lies-True story-By Jorge Gallardo Jr Jesus was created, for a special purpose, to be the savior of humanity, the perfect sacrifice for sin. No other human can fulfill this purpose, Jesus body and spirit was created by God himself for this purpose. We all know that the devil is a liar, if you have been approached to be a savior for his spirits this is the devil trying to mimic God, for his own salvation, he can not save himself or his spirits. The devil and his angels, released sin into the world, this is why humanity can sin, these spirits cannot sin, when they disobey God, they sin. The bodies of humans today sin, therefore, they are not a suitable sacrifice for sin, the body of Jesus was created without sin, no sex. Human spirits are clean (do not sin), so is the spirit of Jesus, but his body was also clean, he never committed sin. How can the devil mandate such a task, that only Father God can, how can he command a human to become a sacrifice, when they are not even suitable. He cannot, this is ignorance on his behalf, he should know better, he is also telling humans that he is God and commanding them to worship him, something that Father God himself would not do. The sacrificing of Jesus freed humans to worship God, as they please and when they please, not as the devil sees fit. There are two parts to the devil’s entourage, the left side is his demon spirits (dead human worshippers), and the right side, his angels the self-righteous group, the left appears as a dirty spirit and the right appears as a spirit of light. God enslaves no humans, to fulfill his task, those that serve him do this freely, the devil is a task master and enslaver. If you encounter a situation where you are being enslaved, this is the devil. The devil appeared to me, he told me he was God and that I should worship him, I did thinking he was God, he lied to me, thus breaking the spiritual rule that states, he must reveal himself. He was not suppose to impersonate God at all, those who know who he is and worship him freely, are his worshippers, those who worshipped him thinking he was God, do not belong to him. If a human worships him freely, knowing who he is and dies without turning away from this sin, becomes a demon spirit, enslaved to him. The devil has often tormented people into worshipping him, this too is against spiritual law, when the devil breaks these laws, he is punished for doing so. The devil has 425 worshippers, who died worshipping him, when he reaches his full number of 666, the appointed time will be near. He claims to have his full number, but 239 of these spirits do not belong to him, due to his breaching of the rules, this is unacceptable to God and he will be punished for his transgressions. If you are a believer of God and the devil torments you, this too is a breaching of spiritual law, he is not suppose to torment people who clearly profess their belief in God. On the contrary, he is suppose to Leave them, for you have resisted him, by doing so, if he does not leave, ask God for help and Father will have him punished Thru Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen
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The Devil and His angels, the Bad host, mistreated the Servants of God-By Jorge Gallardo Jr. Page 1 PT7 The servants of God, who have long been tormented by the Devil, will receive Justice from God, for his actions against us. Devil, you will be punished for all your insolence and your angels alike, the scripture, “the parable of the vineyard”, was written, to describe the Devil’s actions against God. Every time, God has sent servants into the world, the Devil, has either tormented and or, killed them, for example, the way he has treated the people chosen to be Voice hearers. We humans, are subjects of his majesty, in Heaven, the Devil was suppose to treat us, with all due respect. He (the devil), instead used us, left us destitute, leaving us with out money, to pay our bills, nothing to live on. One would think, the Devil would treat us, like the royal citizens of Heaven that we are. Who authorized him to do what he pleased with us, furthermore, does he not know we are all brothers and sisters, children of God, who is in Heaven? Can he (the devil), even respond to these charges before the crown in Heaven? Can anybody help him, when he faces judgment, for his crimes. God can answer these questions and much more, who is the Devil but, a dying rebel spirit. Did Satan, forget what happened at the cross? Satan, Jesus took your place of honor in Heaven, you were created to be a ruler of spirits and men, you failed, so Father gave it all to Jesus. Satan, the rules are simple, like you, number one: you must obey God, number two: you must obey men (Jesus), God kept it simple so he would not get confused. God sees all things but, most of all he sees what you have done to his human children and what you did to his servants is unspeakable. God, knows our hearts, our minds and our thoughts, he knows what the devil, has done to all of us, on the appointed day you will have Justice. Satan should be very worried about his actions, he will have to answer for all he did, when he gets Judged, signed Jesus Christ, our Lord who speaks thru us. Amen
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I apologize for the fact that my writings are so long, I've published these writings on a website named spiritualaspects.com. Thank you intervoice and all who were and are involved for your help and cooperation. God bless you
