SPIRIT IS SO LITERAL
- melodieholman
- Mar 13
- 3 min read
It Rarely Looks The Way I Think It Will...
When I do a reading, Spirit is super LITERAL. An image, a word, a thought.. when I catch a glimpse of a conversation, the part I am shown or hear is... at least from what I've learned so far is EXACT.
And then my very human brain - Lord give me grace - takes those fragments and builds an entire story around them. Sets the scene. Fills in the details. Decides exactly how it's all going to look when it arrives.
And then it arrives.
And it looks nothing like what Mel built in her head.
Every single time it is BOTH exact and also so off. I don't know how else to describe it so I'll share a few stories from readings.
The Baking Class
I did a reading for a friend and Spirit showed me two women talking about how something my friend had said was incredibly helpful to them. Then I saw my friend saying it was all worth it - whatever it was.
My brain immediately went to work. A lecture, maybe. A workshop. Something polished and intentional where she stood up in front of a room and delivered something profound...
What actually happened was a baking class that went sideways. Things went wrong. And instead of holding it together and pretending otherwise, my friend was open about it. Vulnerable. Real. And the women in that class walked away feeling seen and helped in a way they didn't expect.
When she called to tell me, we both laughed. Because that's what Spirit was showing me. Not a stage. Not a speech. Just a messy baking class and a woman brave enough to be human in it.
Worth it? Absolutely. The way Mel pictured it? Not even close.
The House Keys
In a meditation I saw myself handing keys to a house to our son and daughter in law. Clear as day and the feeling I got was that we, my husband Jimmy and I bought them the house. After that meditation and imagery I thought, OMG we're going to win the lottery!
That happened exactly as shown AND we didn't win the lottery (which they didn't show me). Literal. Precise. We did buy them a house, that we have a mortgage on and they pay us rent.
What Spirit didn't show me - and what my brain decided to fill in - was the why behind it. When rent prices BOOMED everywhere, the idea that they would pay rent for the same amount as a mortgage payment including escrow... helping buy a home seemed like the only reasonable thing to do.
Spirit showed me the moment exactly as it would happen. My brain just dressed it up in a bow it never had.
The Painted Room
I saw Jimmy and me standing inside an Ace Hardware, looking at blue paint swatches together. Also completely literal - that is exactly what happened.
What my brain decided was that we must be painting a brand new house. Something big. A fresh start for everyone.
What actually happened was our daughter and granddaughter moved downstairs, our son needed his own space, and we spent Christmas eve painting a small room blue for him as part of his Christmas gift.
Spirit showed me the paint store. Spirit showed me the blue swatches. Every detail exact. I just decided the reason had to be grander than a room swap.
So What Does This Mean?
Spirit is precise. My interpretation is the variable.
When I get an image or a word or an impression in a reading - for myself or for someone else - I've learned to hold it loosely. To say here's what I'm seeing without building the whole screenplay around it. Because what Spirit shows me is always exactly right. The story I wrap around it is where I get myself into trouble.
The friend who would help people? She did. Just through vulnerability at a baking class, not a keynote speech.
The house keys? Real. Literal. Just complicated and human and ongoing.
The paint swatches at Ace Hardware? Exactly as shown. Just a room for our son, not a brand new house.
Spirit gives me the image. Precisely. Exactly. My job isn't to decide what it means before it arrives.
It hard to learn to hold it loosely. Let it land the way it lands.
Energy reading growing pains.
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Mel