to ask if anyone has had a psychic reading that was extremely accurate?

If science was arrogant enough to believe it had discovered everything, it would stop by definition.

However, science has already established that the dead stay dead and you can't talk to them. Not sure how you missed this memo.

I wouldn't make a million bucks. That would take a million hours and I have a day job. Perhaps you could though, by holding seminars on how much bollocks it all is.

Yes, just after my mother died and before the funeral I want for a massage. The person I usually see had been held up and another masseur asked if I would be happy with them. As soon as she touched me she stopped and said she needed to get a drink of water as she had a headache. When she can back she told me she was a psychic and had a message from my mother for me. She said my mother was telling me not to worry, she was fine now and with my Dad and Betty (my aunt). She also told me several things about my dad, who had died 30 years before, that no one would have known.

Also, quite a few years ago, I was approached in town by someone wanting to "read my hand". I started to say no but she grabbed it and started garbling on. I thought it was mostly a lot of rubbish as she was going on about a medical condition which I didn't have. She did mention things about my sons which no one knew about and my recent miscarriages which was weird. I have since developed the medical condition.

I now believe some people have "the gift" but would never seek them out.

Not really, Compos. I it's already known then why is there so much research into proving otherwise. We are like a cell on fruit fly's arse that has landed on an Brontosaurus. That is the sum of what we know about the universe's workings. It's rather arrogant to assume that all we have to know is in our consciousness and what we already have discovered.

So you're in a position to prove once and for all that psychic powers exist-and get a million bucks for your favourite charity and you choose not to. Right.

I've never said I believe in woo only shared an experience that my friend had. I'm just glad my friend was reminded to call me

With great powers comes great responsibility. Stan Lee 1963.

But fack you aren't saying I don't know. You are saying quite the opposite. You are filling a void in human knowledge with unverifiable nonsense that completely flies in the face of what is already known

East, well aren't we both in this stalemate together then? At opposite ends of the spectrum, granted, but I am respecting your opinion and you're not really respectful of mine. We'll find out one day. Hopefully not for many years for both of us.

If I go first I'll be waiting on you to say 'ah-haa!! Gerrit up ye East!!'

I have many charities I'd like to donate a million bucks to. I now have a profession in which I don't want to be known for psychic work. I feel really bad saying that but it's these kinds of attitudes that put me off. I can only really be known for one or the other for now IMO. It's not that it would be frowned upon but I want the focus to be on my profession for now without people being distracted by the other.

I guess, but she had only recently moved to the city and I know no one there.

So do you consider it more likely this woman can speak to the dead or get on a bus??

Coincidence
Cold reading (conscious or unconscious)
Confirmation bias.

A very, very powerful trio.

Fackinell, why not accept that if we don't have proof for something we don't understand, then leaping to an explanation that defies everything we know about the nature of the Universe is barmy?

I've always offered, Talkin. Most don't bother though. When I did it regularly it was before phones that could do that but I did have a tape recorder. I don't do it anymore other than for family or friends. I told one friend off recently (nicely) for telling someone who didn't know to ask me for a reading. It's a shame really as the giving side is so worthwhile. I like to see it make a positive impact, kind of like what the person said about it being like therapy.

Yes, there are many cases when a reading has proved to be entirely accurate.
They are called coincidences.

"have actually been 'tested,'I did readings in a group with only a piece of jewellery or keys belonging to the person. There were maybe fifteen people"

Do you not have a favourite charity that could use a million bucks?

fackinell
Do you allow people to record your readings on their phones : full video, so they can listen to what you say again later?

East, why not accept that some things we will never understand until proven otherwise and leave it at that. I'm not sure why you are directing all this at people who have a belief system that works for them.

Kua, I think it's lovely that your mother came through to give you strength when you needed it, regardless of whether or not you'd normally believe in the woo.

I understand the need to protect vulnerable people, I'm an advocate of it. I prefer not to read the recently bereaved but usually do because I know I won't be exploitative about it.

Forgot to comment on the tube of Pringles, if people want to tell me it's a load of old shite after a reading then they don't pay. They've actually gained in that case with my wine and Pringles. More power to them for it.

I guess, but she had only recently moved to the city and I know no one there. They did have a quick chat comment after the comment in which she mentioned that she had a special skill and that she would not normally comment to a stranger but that it needed to be said.
Whoever , she was I'm glad she did.

kua
Coincidences are just that - because people are more mobile, chances are you can bump into people who know people you know : the Kevin Bacon game.
Nothing psychic.
Does your friend remember the comments from people who did NOT strike a chord?

Someone who knew who your friend was but your friend didn't recognise, presumably. Isn't that more likely than a message from beyond the grave?

I've never had the inclination to have a reading even for fun.

That said, I lost my mum 5 years ago and was feeling particularly low around 6 months later due to Christmas and a big birthday looming. Also, the initial support from friends had tailed off.

My oldest friend (best friends since 4) had just started working in a shop in another city. She had just finished serving a lady who was just about to leave when she turned back to her and told her that Kua ' s mum was worried about Kua and that she should get in contact asap, of which my friend did.

Neither friend or I have any idea who this person was and years later we still chat about it.

So you did approach her. She didn't approach you at all.

I didn't approach someone in a nightclub. She was within earshot of this haranguing woman and I merely said I had something to tell her if she wanted to hear it. She could have said no and walked away. I'm not all psychic Sally or Long Island Medium about it but in very rare occasions I'll be urged to pass on a message to a stranger. It's happened twice.

X-post.