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Ever pondered what the future has in store for you?
Sure you have. Everyone has.
But, not everyone has been to a psychic. For some people, they may have not had the opportunity to see a real psychic (or intuitive, as I like to call them).
For others, the idea of someone actually being able to tell the future is bull shit. Then there are those who fall in between, and this guide is for you.
I feel it’s important to note that to me, seeing a psychic is more about finding out what is happening for you on an energetic level than anything else. I don’t necessarily believe any person can tell you what your future holds, because there are endless possibilities. What actually happens depends on the choices that you make.
But while most of us can easily tap into what is happening for us physically, mentally, and to some extent, emotionally, quite a few of us don’t understand what is going on with what is sometimes described as our aura, or qi. And this is where an intuitive can shed light that helps you in making decisions about your future.
Here are five ways to make your first time seeing a psychic…ahem, intuitive, a success.
1. Get a recommendation.
I’ve only had the pleasure of seeing one “psychic” who I thought was recommended to me, but actually wasn’t. Turned out the other woman who worked at the “parlor” was the one I was supposed to see.
Anyway, this woman was awful. And although she “read” my palms and got a couple of things right, as soon as she said I was going to be married and have two kids (code for: ‘this is what I tell everyone’), I thought, “WRONG! I’m outta here.”
Trust me, it is best to see someone who at least two people you know really well, or at least 25 people on Yelp!, would lay their lives down for. This means no random woman on the street when you are in Thailand and have an extra $5, because when she is completely off base, you’ll deem every intuitive a fraud. No need to waste your time or money.
2. Go in with an open mind.
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If you are set on not believing what the intuitive is going to say, again, you might as well not waste your time and money by going to see them. It is a much more enjoyable experience if you actually think they may have some good advice to give you.
And if you follow rule number one, than you pretty much have a guarantee that they will give you at least one or two juicy little tidbits.
3. Refrain from asking questions about your future.
‘What?’ you ask. ‘Why?’ you demand. “Isn’t that the whole point of seeing a psy…I mean, intuitive?”
Apparently, you aren’t reading carefully. Ok, you caught yourself on the whole psychic/intuitive thing, so I will give you credit there. But as I mentioned before, seeing an intuitive is mostly about finding out what is going on for you energetically.
And honestly, you can get into some sticky places if you ask specifics about your future. A friend had an intuitive tell her that her dad was going to die within a year or two, which actually made sense since he was a walking-heart-attack-waiting-to-happen.
My friend freaked out and ended up living with her parents again due to this and several other circumstances. Although he had some health scares, he is still alive four years later.
I think intuitives can be of great help in seeing what is happening with different issues in your life. I also think they are horrible at timelines and accuracy of the future (not through any fault of their own–again, things happen due to the choices we make).
4. Be up front with the intuitive about what you want to hear and what you don’t.
Personally, one of the most helpful things that came from meeting a great intuitive was digging deeply into some childhood stuff.
All the pieces fell into place and I thought, “Oh, now I get it…”
This was the very same stuff that it had taken me three years of therapy to simply to scratch the surface. All the pieces fell into place and I thought, “Oh, now I get it…”
But we were dancing around an area I wasn’t quite ready to face, so I told her I didn’t want to go there. She had already “read” that I wasn’t ready to touch the subject, but it was still good for my own sake to assert myself and boundaries. Do what is right for you at the moment.
5. Work with someone more than once.
Just the same as a doctor, therapist, or tattoo artist, when you find an intuitive you connect with, stick with them for a while. It’s not that you need to see them weekly or anything – I find that every six months to a year, or as I’m encountering a big life change, is plenty – but you get to build on what you’ve already discussed, and “dig a little deeper” each time you go in.
That can end up being 20 times as emotionally rewarding as cranking up that visualization CD when you go to bed every night (not that Deepak doesn’t have his place). It feels a bit like hypnotherapy on crack.
Right before leaving for my current trip, I went to see the woman I call when I need a little guidance. She helped me to take a look at some of the stuff that I was trying my damndest to ignore concerning my travels.
Just remember, sometimes awareness sure can muck things up.
Do you have any recommendations about seeing a psychic for the first time? Share your thoughts below.
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It sounds like psychics play a role similar to a therapist, or psychiatrist.
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Perhaps in the near future, “intuitives” will be just as accepted as acupuncture and other naturopath techniques.
<<A future to be dreaded. “Acupuncture and other naturopath techniques” — specificaly, homeopathy — have been so roundly debunked as effective remedies that the mind boggles that they are accepted at all. One shudders to think of the burden on an already nearly crippled health care system if it’s forced to admit tinctures of oregano and other such nonsense. To be sure, there are many natural substances which have healing qualities, but when this is the case, these qualities are testable and repeatable — not the matters of pure faith a belief in “homeopathy” requires.
In closing, I welcome this blog as a source for great information on travel and life around the world, and for frequent information regarding better ways of living in terms of mitigating the repercussions of one’s life on the rest of the world. Around the world, we see time and again the rancid fruit that is borne of belief in superstitious nonsense — the resistance to AIDS medications, for example in favor of “homeopathic” or “naturopathic” remedies, for example.
I would hope that the next time this blog provides “how to” advice, it will be something practical and useful, and not something that falls under the heading of “how to be a credulous fool and hand over your money to charlatans.”
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I had no doubts that some readers would take issue with this subject matter, and that is certainly your prerogative.
But I’m curious as to where you are getting the information that “Acupuncture and other naturopath techniques — specificaly, homeopathy — have been so roundly debunked as effective remedies”? Considering I spent four years researching and learning about these methods, reading quite a bit of the research and literature out there, and have had countless friends and clients heal due to these remedies when “modern” medicine failed them, I take offense.
Sure, there is plenty of “evidence” that “debunks” these remedies. There is just as much, if not more and more every day, that backs them. Just a few years ago, acupuncture was decried as a simple placebo effect (funny how placebo effects often rank at 40 or 50%, yet they are “flukes”), and now the NIH gives quite a few dollars to researching it. Hell, even Kaiser covers it in many of its hospitals. As for homeopathy, here’s a little tidbit:
In 1991, three professors of medicine from the Netherlands, none of them homeopaths, performed a meta-analysis of 25 years of clinical studies using homeopathic medicines and published their results in the British Medical Journal.4 This meta-analysis covered 107 controlled trials, of which 81 showed that homeopathic medicines were effective, 24 showed they were ineffective, and 2 were inconclusive. http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=942&xcntr=3
Those results certainly are better than some of the FDA “proven” medications on the market, many of which get yanked 3-5 years later because of their deadly effects.
Lastly, homeopathy, acupuncture (which is simply one small part of the much larger system of Chinese Medicine), and Ayurveda have been around a lot longer than allopathic (western) medicine. Sometimes thousands of years longer. To take something we have created in the last 150 years, the scientific method, and try it put it on something that was measured by the case study method–millions upon millions of case studies–has fatal flaws. And our tried and true scientific method often yields conflicting results in studies that take place apart from each other.
To me, people should have the health care choices that they believe in. None of this is to say that there shouldn’t be research, or testing, etc. In fact, I think there needs to be a lot more testing on both sides, with the company developing the product not being allowed to put money into the testing.
People should also be able to choose an approach that much of the world outside of the West believes in – intuitives, gurus, etc. – if they like without being called a “credulous fool.”
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This blog has always aimed to inform and entertain the open-minded. Clearly, it appears you’ve closed yours.
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Here’s a similar perspective, with regard to reading Tarot cards…
http://www.learntarot.com/less1.htm
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I really enjoyed this article, Christine. I’m not religious or New Age-y, but I confess (should have added this to our guilty travel pleasures list!) that I like seeing psychics or readers every once in a while– usually when I’m in Mexico.
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Follow those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it
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Thanks for this piece – an interesting perspective. I’ve recently begun reading my horoscope and always enjoy the perception of insight.
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On that topic, does anyone know any good psychics in Toronto? Just wondering.
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I believe that going to psychics might be quite dangerous. It’s like playing with fire – you can easily get burnt. Provoking forces that you don’t quite understand cannot lead to anything good. It is certainly good to have “open mind” which however should not lead you to accept and try everything. As the Bible says “you can try everything but not all of it is good for you”. I don’t think that any psychic is able to calm you down or help in any positive way. He/she will rather bring more chaos to your life and spiritual well-being.
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It can be “dangerous” – if “dangerous” means learning more about yourself that falls outside of christian dogma. You can definitely risk a good smiting by doing this – the other christians will kick you out of their club and you won’t get the ‘bro’ deal at the used-car lot.
Why do christians think that their version of god is a jealous co-dependent lover? That if you seek ANY spirituality outside of their faith you should fear the consequences (god will be jealous and yell/break dishes/break up with you)? You would figure that people so confident and unshakable in their faith of the invisible man in the sky would not feel so threatened by a mere human reading your aura (telling you things about yourself that you have already revealed).
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Great point, written in a darn funny way
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There are several excellent psychics/intuitives in Toronto. One that I would highly recommend is Deborah Levin http://www.deborahlevinpsychic.com/
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