Interview with Barbara DeLong

I’m excited to have an interview with Barbara DeLong on my blog today. Barbara is an interesting, gentle soul. We met when she to meet me as a possible guest for her radio show. It was an instant connection! Without further ado, enjoy the interview.

Could you let the readers know how you got into the spiritual field?

The earth plane is just one of countless experiences of the physical reality that our spirit visits, experiences and draws from on its long journey. Each and every one of us carries within a seed of the source/creator and our human bodies are the avatar that the seed travels within to experience physicality and emotions not available in its natural state which is etheric. In a strange way all of us are not really in the spiritual field but rather are the spiritual field.

I have always been a seeker of sorts, asking questions as to who we are and why are we here? Like many, I graduated high school and then went off to college and at that time my awareness was that I would eventually get married, have children and live in a small house with a white picket fence and live happily ever after. Those who know me are well aware that is not at all what life held in store for me.

In my senior year an UFO landed on my campus and opened my awareness that there are indeed vistas and dimensions too numerous to mention that are open to us if we but accept the fact that they are there, and reach for them. It was almost as if a huge curtain was drawn back and I was invited into realms I never knew existed. In a way I was invited to reach for tomorrows that opened so much more to me as to the destination of my spirit and the possibilities that were there for me. Life didn’t shift radically but little by little I search and gathered, read my way through the library on many different topics and began to find talents and gifts within that continue to amaze me half a century later.

I believe that everyone has their own ah-ha moments it just depends on where they are when the invitation arrives … and if they decide to take it, for we all do have free will. Spirituality is a way of life, not a religion and as we become aware of the cosmic laws and begin to be a living example of them, we move along that pathway that is laid out before us by the spirit/seed of the infinite that travels within. It’s different for everyone for we are all on different levels of ascension. To follow another is to try to copy their journey and will always result in a dead end. The spirit within will never lead you astray, though often the pathway may seem unique or strange it is yours alone, created just for you, so stop and smell the roses, enjoy the sun sets and risings and know you are aimed in the right direction.

On your website it says you are a Spiritual Empath. Please explain this term in case someone is unfamiliar with it.

I have always been uncomfortable with labels. They feel as if they are restrictive and hold me back from what the future holds for me. When I consciously embraced the spiritual field, I struggled with what to call myself to identify what I was doing. Psychic was the first label that was applied and after a while it felt too limiting. Then came medium and channeler, both didn’t last long either. It became clear to me that when one has a title in many ways it limits them as to what others expect of them.

My late husband suggested that I use Spiritual Empath because it wasn’t a hackneyed title as of yet so I could make it be whatever I wanted it to be and expand on it whenever I wanted. Of course an empath is one who can touch into the energies of others and draw information from those energies. So a spiritual empath to me embraces all I am or will be and does not limit me. For a long time I called myself a light worker but now that term has been so overused it holds now meaning for me.

So far in this life I have been, a mother, a wife, a master teacher, a psychic, channeler, spiritual empath, medium, artist, ordained minister, documentarian, author, podcaster, intuit, gardener, and the list goes on and on. Each providing a piece to the jig saw puzzle that has become my life.

We all have the capacity and right to create a descriptive title that for that moment in time defines where they are at that very moment. The good and bad of labeling yourself is that it is, or should be something that is constantly growing and expanding the consciousness.

I keep the label, Spiritual empath, because it is so vague it doesn’t confine me, and out of respect for my late husband. Choose your label well so it doesn’t restrict you and always feel free to change it as the winds of time urge you in new directions.

I love the concept of avoiding the labels! You have been a host of Night-Light Radio for a long time. Why did you start your radio show? And how do you feel about it today?

I have been doing Night-Light radio since July 3, 2009. A friend had a podcast and asked me to be a guest on her show and of course I accepted and asked her where the studio was. She replied all I had to do was call into the show and I could stay in pajamas and be comfortable. This appealed to me greatly and after doing the show with her and her husband asked if I could watch them do a show and they kindly invited me to watch, so I did.

After watching I thought, “This seems easy, I could do this as well”. So I signed up and created Night-Light Radio. From the very beginning my intention has always been to become a Night-Light in the darkness of the times, a place where spiritual insight and philosophy could be shared and imparted to those who were seeking spiritual wisdoms.

The first shows were intended to make available to those who could not afford a psychic reading a free one. What better way to spread spiritual messages then to give away free readings. After many years of doing the free readings I realized I had created a huge following of do dependent followers who had fun in the chat room and would call in numerous times for free psychic readings …. Only problem, they weren’t taking the advice but rather just having fun playing.

So I change my approach to only giving them information I got rom spirit and not taking questions. That worked for a while but I still felt I wasn’t helping those who really were seeking guidance. Ultimately my methods evolved to what I lovingly called my “let’er Rip” readings where would give the person a year at a glance and give them information of the entire year, it usually took about 6 minutes and they were not allowed to talk. This worked well and I still will occasionally will still do a reading show now and then.

The radio show really went through a metamorphous about ten years ago when I turned it into an interview show. I find authors who have written amazing books, on all topics and have them on the show for two hour interview. To me the show has now become my PhD. I find material I really am interested in, talk an author who is an expert in the field and convince them to literally tutor me for two hours after I have read their books.

By now I think I have done about a thousand shows this way and have not only really learned a lot but have met and become friends with countless authors who have graced the air waves with me.

I love the audio only format. I find that if there is a camera involved people are looking at your surroundings rather than listening to the words and wisdom shared. So we are 15 years in and the show is still evolving and as am I. From Blogtalk radio to websites, to YouTube channels, to writing books and creating Oracle cards, to the latest project of creating an App for the Cosmic Deck of Initiation and then … who knows …

Boy, can I relate to the people calling in for free readings when I used to do radio. It’s wonderful you found the format you love! What advice would you give to someone new to the spiritual path?

To those who are awakening to the awareness of the spirit within and the journey that spirit is on it really is so simple to blend into fueling that journey. The element of creativity is the key to opening those portals carried within for when we utilize our creative energies we blend with the energy of the creator and manifest that energy within our reality.

The key is that when genuinely opening to the creative energy within we experience the joy that is connected to that energy and spread the spiritual energy to all we come into contact with. Being creative is really very simple, but it has to be in areas that truly give us joy for while creativity is the portal to true spiritual energy, Joy is the key that unlocks that portal. You don’t have to become a master at anything, just get joy from the experience. It can be anything that you do actually that brings you pleasure that works.

Some have often asked, “How do you know you have actually experienced a spiritual event?” I got the answer from a very wise person long ago. If you find that when walking away you are full of joy and excitement, energized and eager to share and bursting with energy … you have most probably been in the presence of true spiritual energy.

When something energizes you it is usually because spiritual energy has been triggered within you. Whether it inspires you to try a new gift of find a way of expressing yourself in new and/or different ways so long as it is joyful for you, spirit is involved. It is really important that it need not be in traditional creative venues. It just must be joyful, from art or writing or gardening, or workshops of all sorts, or cleaning, or even working jigsaw puzzles. Just ask yourself if you are energized then spirit has been flowing.

I love that you are an artist, author of three books, and creator of an oracle deck. Let us know what inspired you to write/create them and what they are about?

I have always been open to inspiration and never really let my lack of talent stand in my way. If something gave me pleasure, so long as it was legal, I gave it a shot. One of the earliest times I was inspired is that I love to sing. For the record, I have no talent, as a matter of fact I think I’m actually tone deaf, but that didn’t stand in my way, I found that church choirs have to take anyone who wants to sing so for several years I was a member of the church choir where I worshiped. They just stood be next to the strongest voice and crossed their fingers. I still remember the highs that singing with the choir gave me and the joy I always got from being in that atmosphere, with full knowledge that I had no talent.

For seven years I studied in a Spiritualist church and each week there was a homework assignment given. One week we were told to create a mandala for a class member. While not really knowing what a mandala was I took to paper and paint along with a compass and ruler, and thoroughly enjoyed the assignment. As well as writing a brief explanation as to what the painting on his energy meant.

Though I am not nor have I ever considered myself an artist, this evolved into painting over 500 personal mandalas that are now all around the world. This process evolved into the deck of oracle cards called The Cosmic Deck of Initiation that was originally published by U.S. Games and lately by another publisher along with a handbook as to how to utilize the deck. And now lately an APP for use on cell phones. I need to point out here, I was inspired to do all this and the rest just fell into my lap because I followed the inspiration rather than “thinking” I should push something into reality.

As far as the books go … the poetry book came about because I did write some poetry in some of the readings I had done and the publisher thought they would make a good book. I still don’t think there is any real skill in poetry but the fact that the books were bought may well question my judgement on that.

The Roswell book happened because the publisher wanted to use material on my website and then suggested I coauthor the book with him, so once more, not my idea but one I followed through with. I hope it’s clear here that I follow through when I am asked to do something because it usually means that the universe may think I’m ready rather than my ego.

The handbook for the deck of cards happened when the publisher asked me to write it and I’m glad he did because I am really quite proud of the book was born because of his request.

I have always been open to inspiration and never really let my lack of talent stand in my way. If something gave me pleasure, so long as it was legal, I gave it a shot. One of the earliest times I was inspired is that I love to sing. For the record, I have no talent, as a matter of fact I think I’m actually tone deaf, but that didn’t stand in my way, I found that church choirs have to take anyone who wants to sing so for several years I was a member of the church choir where I worshiped. They just stood be next to the strongest voice and crossed their fingers. I still remember the highs that singing with the choir gave me and the joy I always got from being in that atmosphere, with full knowledge that I had no talent.

The APP as well was not something I pushed, though had often thought about it but the cost was absolutely prohibitive … until a chance statement from an author that was on my show. She mentioned a site that would do it for free and after investigating it found that it was true … so the app for the cosmic deck of initiation was born. The deck is in reality a spiritual guide for development disguised as a deck of cards.

I am ever guided by inspiration that comes in all forms that has never let me down. I try to always wait for the universe to make the call, for then I know it isn’t a wrong number. That’s how and why I became an ordained minister and later served in the pulpit of a spiritual church. I also try to always have creative projects at hand for that is the fuel that opens me to the inspiration that has led me to where I am today.

Do you have any services, classes, or groups for the audience?

I have a website where I share spiritual insights and information and that links to my radio show, Night-Light Radio as well as my YouTube channel. I do private readings by phone and provide an Mp3 of them upon request. From time to time I do workshops on spirituality and Remote viewing on my website as well. Learn more at
https://barbaradelong.com/

How can people get in touch with you?

They can email me at barbaradelong@gmail.com

Thank you, Barbara, for such a splendid interview!

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