How Douglas Developed His Intuition

Inspired by what he had experienced first-hand with a genuine intuitive, a young Douglas began to study everything he could on the subject. He felt as if the blinders had been removed and wanted to know as much as he could about the unseen spiritual world. He began to learn in earnest about the chakras, the aura, energy healing, and, of course, meditation. The more he investigated this unseen world, more and more teachers, guides, and gurus came into his life to assist him in his development. Douglas began to study religious texts from the world's major traditions. His quest took him to places all over the world, including Ross Peterson's school in Michigan.

Aided by his family doctor and his chiropractor, Douglas began conducting experiments in deep trance meditation and remote viewing. At first the images he saw in meditation were fuzzy, but the more he practised, the clearer the information became. The medical doctor and chiropractor were able to provide Douglas with the verification that what he was seeing were not just figments of his imagination. As Douglas's confidence and trust in this ability grew, he was able to relax further and deeper, letting go of his ego and entering deeper and deeper levels of consciousness.

In time, these experiments began involving more and more subjects, who returned with their friends and relatives. The local press also took notice and began publishing articles about Douglas and his ability. But as his reputation grew, so did the demand for his time. Self-described followers of Edgar Cayce came to test Douglas's ability. What had started as investigations into health problems had evolved into readings of past lives, contacting deceased relatives, locating lost persons. Some came with racing forms and treaure maps.

December 7, 1977 was the fateful day that Douglas resigned his very secure position with the Toronto Daily Star (Canada's largest newspaper) to devote his time to giving Deep Trance Meditation consultations to the public. He was doing four hour-long meditations a day, seven days a week. After a number of years continuing in this way, Douglas has a vision in which Edgar Cayce came to him to correct him about this sin of overworking. In an effort to deter people from coming, Douglas began to charge more for his consultations, but it had the reverse effect. Interestingly, the "caliber" of clientele changed, and Douglas began seeing more serious-minded clients for his invaluable services.

Since 1975, Douglas has given an estimated 24,000 such consultations (or "readings"), all of which have been recorded on audio cassette (from 2004 onward, the DTM consultations have been recorded digitally). His clients include people all over the world, from literally all walks of life, backgrounds, social castes, and spiritual faiths.

Throughout his career, Douglas has continued in his quest toward enlightenment and spiritual development. His mystical studies have taken him to schools, churches, temples, ashrams and sacred sites in Europe and India and throughout North America. He has studied with the Freemasons as well as the Rosicrucians. He has not led an easy life, however, and Douglas has faced financial hardship and abuses at the hands of those who strive to taint his reputation. He constantly struggles against bias and prejudice for his spiritual beliefs, not to mention those who find the claims of his intuitive ability to be too amazing to be believable.

On June 28, 2009, Douglas was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by the Spiritual Science Fellowship (SSF) and the International Council of Community Churches. On July 3, 2009, Douglas was awarded a Level V Certificate from the SSF’s International College of Spiritual & Psychic Sciences. This is the equivalent of a Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy (Specialization in Therapeutic Counseling) degree with the Open International University for Complementary Medicines in Colombo, Sri Lanka.