Willa White's Blog

Thank you to everyone who came to hear my lecture and messages at the Sunday church service at the Church of the Living Spirit on April 12th!!!  That day, the church was packed.  When we ran out of chairs, more had to be added.  And when we ran out of hymnals, folks shared.  Then, at the luncheon, they ran out of food.  Thankfully, my family and I were the last few people in line, so we were able to just go home for our mid-day meal.  I was glad it didn't happen to someone who was visiting Lily Dale for the day as they would have had to go off-grounds for lunch.  I expected at least a little grumbling from my boys, but they all took it graciously in stride.  I whipped up food in short order, and our family bowed our heads and blessed our time and meal together.  In the days following the church service, many of you have approached me to let me know how much you appreciated my lectur...

As part of my Spring lineup of classes, I will be teaching the following class at Jamestown Community College: "Harmonizing Mind, Body, and Spirit" Wednesday April 29, 2015 at the Jamestown NY campus In this class, we will take a deeply personal look into self-discovery and one's search for individual and spiritual meaning.  During the in-class guided meditations, you will have the opportunity to increase your soul awareness, to achieve a deeper level of self-mastery, and to begin to discover the messages of your mind, body, and soul.  We will discuss how to harmoniously blend the three aspects for a balanced and vibrant life . To register, contact the JCC Continuing Education Department at 716-338-1005 716-338-1005 .

It's time for my Spring classes at Jamestown Community College!   I will be teaching: "Working with Spirit Guides" Wednesday April 22, 2015 at the Jamestown NY campus Do you want to learn to be better attuned to your spirit guide?  If so, then take this class which is an excellent introduction to spirit guides - their nature, their purpose in our lives, our relationship to them, and what to expect.  Participants will learn how to meet and interact with their spirit guides, practice sensing their spirit guides and receiving guidance from them, understand the ways they enrich our lives, and discover how their spirit guides are working with them on their spiritual path. To register, contact the JCC Continuing Education Department at 716-338-1005 .

On Sunday April 12th, I will be the Featured Speaker and Medium at the Church of the Living Spirit. Church services are held at the Assembly Hall in Lily Dale, NY at 10:30 a.m. For those of you who are not familiar with a Spiritualist church service, here is a basic outline of events: •Lecture from the featured speaker (me, this Sunday) •Healing time - opportunity to receive beautiful, channeled energy from one of the healers •Messages from Spirit - demonstrations of mediumship are presented by the medium (me, again!) giving short messages to those in the audience •Music - songs with live music accompaniment So there you go - if you are coming to church, you will see me! For more info, visit http://www.willawhite.com/ and http://www.churchofthelivingspiritlilydale.com/ .

It has been a long, brutal winter. Lily Dale usually gets more than its' fair share of snow, but this year takes the cake.  This winter has been especially fierce.  The snow is higher than average and the temperature colder.  On the nicer days, my older son enjoys climbing the highest snow banks created by the snowplows --- some over 10 feet tall.  Bitterly cold temperatures have frozen water & heat pipes, along with noses and toes.  Thus far, our lowest temperature during the day has been -24 degrees F and windchill has made it -40.  Ice and snow damage have effected many in Lily Dale.  Large pieces of ice have fallen on roofs, vehicles, windows, and more.  Ice damming has produced leaks and discussions of where to put the bowls and buckets to capture drips.  But today, after this avalanche of snow and ice, we have sunshine, blue skies, and sightings of red-breasted robins (the generally accepted harbingers of Spri...

Our lives are so busy in modern society.  Our appointment books are completely full and we're always running here and there.  We often complain there isn't enough time for cultivating the Spiritual Path.  However, whenever we have a spare moment, we work more or fill in the gap with other activities.  We have time for many other things, but we hardly ever have time to nourish ourselves spiritually by attending spiritual development classes and meditating.  This is a common refrain from my students, clients, and peers. As a wife and mother with a young family, I understand this.  Right now, I am in the child-rearing phase of life.  And my time is largely taken up with mundane living.  I must "chop wood and carry water."  Occasionally, in the midst of a task of drudgery, I sigh and look longingly at my book waiting for me on the table.  Or I will think about the church service or spiritual class I...

Often, I will say to a client: "These are your spirit loved ones private words for you.  You may not wish to share them with anyone else."  After her reading today, one of my clients told me that she had a reading with me six years ago and she enjoyed it very much.  She went on to share with me a surprising feature of her recording from that reading.  Back then, I was still using audio cassette tapes.  She says when I began the reading I tested the cassette tape in front of her, then rewound the tape back to the beginning, and recorded the session.    After the reading, the person she had traveled to Lily Dale with wanted to listen to her reading.  She didn't feel comfortable but she let them pop the tape into the car's cassette player.  The tape didn't work.  It was blank!  She felt enormously relieved. She knew that tape functioned because I had tested it in front of her.  So later on at ...