posted October 20, 2008 07:36 PM           

Unfortunately, such 'psychics,' including Sylvia Browne, probably discourage some people from going to legitimate ones. In a private 'reading' over 23 years ago, she didn't demonstrate she was psychic. She was so general and flat-out wrong.

However, I have been very fortunate in that I've had many genuine psychic readings.
One woman described what went wrong with my foot surgery three years before the event!
I didn't pay attention to that segment because my foot had no growths at the time. I didn't even remember that prediction when I saw the surgeon for a consultation. So that's why I went through with the surgery even though I felt uncomfortable about it.

She began my mother's reading with a question, "Do you have a friend named Irene?" Irene was my mom's best friend and the psychic couldn't have done research because the info wasn't public. She described my mom's friend accurately.

There were other astounding predictions, including our move to Escondido, a decision made by my mother without the knowledge of my reading.

posted October 20, 2008 09:08 PM         

They are only after your money and will tell you about love spells, making special candles (of course they cost you $$) or saying prayers for you day and night over a long period of time. All the time telling you that you "have to believe and have faith" or you are doing something wrong and that person won't fall in love with you.

Walk away from them and don't give them a cent. If they are using fear and doubt or false hope to lead you along then be suspicious.

posted October 20, 2008 09:11 PM           

I knew intiutively that, now ex, we were not soul mates but was in denial about it. Dad said, there was something wrong with his head and he was right! I was in denial about what love had to do with it. Nothing, ex that is, to do with love but a noose around one's neck!

posted October 20, 2008 09:34 PM         

Having said that, lots and lots of people on the site I work on are charlatans...there are a few really genuine, good readers...but for the most part, it's crap, and a shame. Spiritual advisers are meant to give you the truth and make you realize that you are NOT helpless...no matter how terrible a situation is, a reader is meant to empower you by guiding you and showing you that you have choices, even if you thought you did not. A reader is meant to HELP you find your OWN intuition so that you do not become reliant on them. I want to send my clients away - it's like a doctor (well, an honest one, I would hope lol)...the less I see of you, the better, because hopefully that means you're in decent health.

As for soulmates...well. I don't believe we only have one, I feel we can have several. And a soulmate is NEVER (to me anyway) a guarantee that a relationship is meant to last, nor is it even a guarantee that it's going to merge into the kind of relationship *you* might like. It's just a special relationship where you are both meant to learn something important from each other, and you have the free will to turn away from it any time you want...and you can do with it as you please.

I just want to say here that there are several warnings of BS psychics(if I may be so blunt)...first of all, that word 'soulmates' is tossed around too much by far too many readers...second of all, ANYONE telling you ANYTHING about 'negative' energy in such a vague way is full of it. Like, what 'negative energy' are they talking about ? Their job is to be specific about the negative energy...and they are not, because a lot of the time they are lying.
Also...no psychic is 100% accurate...and some of them SAY they are, and they are not. No one is 100% accurate. It's just good to remember when you are looking for a reader. Avoid those saying they are 100% anything besides ethical and honest.

As for spells...well, to each his own. Yes, they work, but you have to use someone you trust. No, you cannot bind someone to you who doesn't already care for you, and even if you do, well, you're just binding yourself in there anyway...it always goes both ways.

I'm sorry if I seem blunt here, it's just really irritating to me when I hear about spiritual advisers manipulating clients this way, playing on their weaknesses and hopes and vulnerabilities, etc.. It goes against the very essence of the job. We're meant to help, empower, give awareness, and sometimes predict. We are meant to cut through the fog and see a situation and call it for what it is. So it just saddens me when I hear such things.

posted October 21, 2008 02:36 AM           

I've had some excellent 'readings' for free by people who volunteered their time and their talents. One of them told me I had a pinched nerve that was causing shoulder/arm pain and she said I'd pinched this nerve when I was a little girl. In fact yes, I'd been getting this arm pain since I was a child. She told me I would need to go to a new doctor who could fix this, and that I know a female who had the name of this doctor. I knew that this female was Mr Gem's older sister, who had seen an excellent osteopath - I went to him and he relieved the problem instantly.

I've also had excellent medium readings from one person (again for free), and I was able to distinctively identify one very special person in particular - he came through again in another reading too.

posted October 21, 2008 04:26 AM         

Sometimes I just know things. But I'm not setting myself up as anything special. Most of us do this every now and then, particularly Lindalanders who are more drawn to this side of life than is average.

Someone who sets themselves up as a psychic, can they turn this on and off? I don't know, I'm not one of them.

I visited a psychic. She asked a lot of leading questions and seemed to be trying to slot me into a role of a woman downtrodden by an emotionally abusive father. Which started to annoy me because it just isn't true. If I had been a more vulnerable person maybe I would have gone along with it and said, yes I'm in denial. But I said 'that's nothing like him at all', which she didn't like.

On the other side of the street I visited a psychic fayre and had my palm read. I wished I had recorded it, it was so accurate I started to laugh. It wasn't all flattering, I can tell you. Also, he refused to tell me what I wanted to hear. He wouldn't be drawn.

My friend introduced me to his new girlfriend, I said I thought he should marry her. I just knew. He must have done as well, because he smiled and said nothing. He did marry her soon after.

It's quite common for people to 'just know' someone is their "soulmate"/"person for them"/ "the one". I can't see how it can be forced with a spell, or anything else. It will just happen when it happens (and it might not end happily ever after).

posted October 21, 2008 05:47 AM         

PLF, long distance psychic readings and distant healing are possible. Even modern science says that two things don't need to be at the same place to have a real-time connection to each other.

posted October 21, 2008 11:19 AM         

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Cosmic energy is the energy that our souls are made of, the energy that the universe is made of, the energy that links us all together and as one humankind links us to the universe and connects us to the Spirit. It links our destinies as individuals and the connections between us, plots our pasts, present and futures.

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posted October 21, 2008 09:36 PM         

Kismet:
"That's when she said if I want her to BRING him to me and she asked me if I REALLY loved him or not. She never mentioned a love spell, she just said she needed to cleanse me first and then he will come. I don't understand that but....She said it would cost 300 dollars for the cleanse!"
WTF, thats hilarious. She really thinks alot of herself huh?
If her so called "cleansing"really worked I think she would be alot more famous than she is. But to each his on I guess.
That reminds me so much of the bible account of when people were selling animals for the Jews to make offerings in the temple to have there sins forgiven and Jesus got all ****** . I can only imagine the Karma people like that bring on themselves.
lol