Your story touched me deeply. I have often “wished” that I was “psychic” and you know what Robin…my guides…my higher self…something spoke to me and just left me with the question…are you sure you really want to see? And I have never been able to answer yes. Because deep down I guess I know the answer is a no.

Today, I do continue to develop my intuition and with that, I feel that I see enough. Just by tuning into people’s energies I can get a great sense of what is going on with them…but I don’t need/want the details. This is another reason why when I was younger and thought I really wanted to be a psychologist, something within me, said “no, you don’t.”

I love helping people, but I find it is of course so much easier to help others when we see them as beings of light. For when the details come in, it does take a strong being to not be biased by those details or drained by that pain. I am evolving in that area too.

So thank you Robin for sharing your experience on the matter.

As for me today – my constraints are lifted. Life is joyful and fulfilling, but I am so grateful for that event last year, as it taught me a lot more than what simple Runes are…

However….I too would be intrigued by a psychic fair. Although, I’ve never been to a psychic. I was always so busy living. BUT oddly I was once asked to “DO” a psychic fair just as a fun community thing to raise money for some charity (I think – can’t remember what it was for). What I do remember is that one person did palm readings, another used a tarot deck, another used ruins, another used something else. And because I didn’t know how to use ANY of those divining tools, I simply set up a table and would have people sit down and not tell me ANYTHING. They only got to say their name very slowly, several times, until I told them to stop (whatever name they preferred). Then I asked them to sit quietly and I would tell them what came to me….It was all supposed to be in the spirit of just fun and play, but I saw too many things, Evita.

I saw a minister who was having an affair and I didn’t want to tell him or invade his privacy, but he begged me to tell him what I saw. So I whispered it to him and he was stunned and went on to confirm it and other things I saw about him and his father when he was a boy. I saw a woman who was dying of lung cancer (when I was done she told me she had quit the week before because her doctor told her to if she wanted to live.) I didn’t tell her about the cancer, I just asked if she smoked and said that I saw her lungs glowing bright red and inflamed. She too was stunned. So was I. Then I saw a young woman who was dancing joyfully around the room with tears running down her face (in my mind’s eye so to speak) and she later told me she was a dancer and had sadly given it up and missed it deeply, but hadn’t dared to tell her family felt because they felt dancing wasn’t a good career choice. I saw an elder woman who was dying from isolation and had lost all will to live. I saw and saw and saw and never did it again.

People had come there to have fun and I just saw too much. I also went home drained. I made good money as word got around that I could “see” and people left and returned with friends and family until I had a line a mile long. But I realized that day that it was too real for me and because I saw too much I had trouble down playing it to act light hearted, not when I saw death in someone. However what I did with those people instead was to encourage them to get out and live. I could “see” what they enjoyed and and would suggest that to them.

It was a wild experience. And one I learned has to be treated with great care so as not to lock someone into believing something, into believing they have no control over their lives. I’ve found that people do much better when encouraged to live, when seen, when loved, when appreciated and not judged….people will naturally change and blossom, will naturally want to live better lives and will turn to their own intuition and find their own unique path.

I think you did an astounding job of putting your experience into a healthy context. This is very well written, explored and expressed…and very grounded in it’s approach. Good for you Evita. It is both intriguing and yet solid, which allows for both being open but grounded.

Hugs to dear Evita.
Love,
Robin

That is fascinating to learn indeed. While I never familiarized myself with cold-reading (I didn’t know that was the actual term for it) I have been skeptical of things like this in the past. Today, I let my intuition guide me, and I have to tell you, although I dabbled a bit in Tarot cards and dowsing, I realize that when I just quite my thoughts, go within or listen to my inner being, I get all the answers I need for me.

I have one friend who is a true, gifted intuitive and even though I trust her counsel, I don’t rely on it. I want to connect more and develop my own intuition. I practice accountability in all areas of my life, so I don’t treat this any different.

And I love that you have shared this Steven, because I know it will help others be more discerning as well.

So thanks so much for the feedback – that was awesome to hear and look forward to more of your thoughts!

I hear a lot of these so-called psychics are actually nothing but really good cold readers (for a great book on the subject you can check out Ian Rowland’s “The Full Facts Book Of Cold Reading” – Rowland was actually featured in the 1996 Documentary “Breaking The Science Barrier” with Richard Dawkins, in an attempt to de-bunk psychics).

With that being said I do believe that real psychics exist. And I, like you, value intuition as a true means of helping others. But it is probably a good idea to familiarize yourself with cold-reading so you have a better grasp on what represents real psychic powers and what could be a hoax.

By the way this comment is in no way meant to judge the validity of your psychic experience, just to help you become better aware of these distinctions in the future.

Thanks for the post!

It is hard to believe that this was a year ago and today I have lifted those constraints and am living out my dream! This is why I really believe it when I tell people, dream your life and live your dream.

And thanks for the words of encouragement…I intend to never do so!

Even tho you have that full-time job to hold down you will tip that scales ever in favor of following your passion and end up in a win-win situation of helping others and living your dream.

Just never give up!!

The way I see it, and it wasn’t always that I was able to see this way, is that yes, we may not be able to control the fate of our country or the family we were born to, or other events. But we always have a choice in how we react to any event.

So it is exactly as you state, this is where we are pushed to grow, to evolve in terms of how we respond to the adverse events.

At every point now I realize, it may not be easy, but it is still up to us, how we choose to interpret a situation or what meaning we give it.

In cases like that, personal growth would revolve around how we respond to the adverse event that we couldn’t control.

Aren’t psychic fairs exciting? The most amazing things happen. At my first fair, one man read my mind. Just in a casual conversation, one of the others answered my own internal, unspoken question—out loud. I hadn’t asked the question! Talk about intriguing… :) Once you start widening the scope of your exploration, keeping an open mind, whole worlds will continue to unfold—just as has already happened for you with “A Course in Miracles.”

Both you and Lance touched on something I’ve long thought: that others (unseen) use all manner of tools and people to help us see things that will keep us on our own best paths. If we want to cooperate, our part is to attempt to do as asked. And sometimes that means to disregard the voices telling us about our constraints and to just know that everything will happen in due course. Patience and faith…and the willingness to act when the time feels right.

Now, I just need to see if I can follow my own suggestion! ;)