How to tell if my own thoughts vs Spirit
Hello everyone! I wanted to ask: how do you tell between your own thoughts/memories versus those that come from spirit? Last summer I had a spontaneous "awakening" and have been trying to embrace and practice my mediumship skills. One thing I've struggled with is doubting whether images I see in my mind's eye are my imagination or something else.
I've noticed that certain images and memories seem to arrive differently from my own. For example, when I normally think of a memory, it's the entire scene of that memory and it plays out like a story or scene from a movie. After my awakening, certain images and memories of the deceased person sort of "flash" into my head without warning, and they appear extremely vivid and almost tactile. The images are usually solely of the individual, with no surrounding "scene" or scenario, and are very close up and in high definition, for lack of a better term. These images/memories appear so suddenly and strongly that sometimes I'm startled and distracted by it (super inconvenient when you're on a Zoom call for work like I was today lol). It's very hard to describe. They definitely have a different feel to my normal, everyday thoughts.
Is this something anyone else has experienced? Like I said, it's so hard to articulate exactly how and what I see, and how it's different. Is there any way you can tell when what you're seeing (or even hearing or feeling) is from spirit? I'd love to hear others' perspective and unique experiences. Thanks for reading!