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Believe what a medium has said?

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wellhelloyou · 07/04/2019 06:53

Has anyone had a reading from a psychic medium (or like) and had something exactly came true? Not something vague but something specific almost word for word?

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LouH1981 · 08/04/2019 19:02

I don’t know. I saw one after my Dad died. My friend booked it in her name, neither of us on Facebook to check details etc.
She got some things right which at the time was a comfort to me. Despite this I remain skeptical...I think if Dad could have spoken with me he would have gone straight in with other subjects! (He’d died from Alzheimers and we hadn’t been able to verbally communicate for about 2 years).

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 19:05

Oh yes. Psychic Detectives. Real proper evidence that is!

suriza · 08/04/2019 19:07

The spiritual realm is real. I believe all spirits know the past and I know the past too. I think if you rely on a spirit using something from the past to open your heart to receive info about the future - that is a problem and that’s deceptive, unless we are talking about the Hoky Spirit.

suriza · 08/04/2019 19:09

Typo* Holy Spirit!!

MadameAnchou · 08/04/2019 19:10

Oh yes. Psychic Detectives. Real proper evidence that is!

Oh, that show was hilarious! I watched it with my 83-year-old father once and then he was perplexed. 'You mean, they didn't find the killer?' 'No, Da, they just told the police about their psychic feelings.' He just shrugged, 'What a load of bollocks!' and walked away.

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 19:13

Suriza-i’m really sorry, but I did laugh at “Hoky Spirit”! Many a true word........

cauliflowersqueeze · 08/04/2019 19:13

I used to watch Colin Fry and thought he was amazing.

Then I went to see him live. What a crock of shit.

“Ok my love.... I’m getting someone with a J in their name.... no maybe it’s a B... could be first name could be middle name could be last name....”

Hmm
Youhadmeathello1 · 08/04/2019 19:17

After my father passed, many years ago, my Mum went to see a medium. Unknown to her. She told her that he was still bringing her a rose each week. Every Sunday Dad gave Mum a single rose. She got the single part right, could have easily said a bunch. Also wanted to know what was purple on the bed as he was tucking mum into bed with it. It was her dressing gown that she laid over her bed covers at night. Agree there are many charlatans but for a few there is no explanation. However in my teens I visited lots in the hope of a msg from my Dad, never got a mention!

MadameAnchou · 08/04/2019 19:19

Colin Fry! Haahaa! I used to smoke weed and get drunk with mates and watch him for a laugh. He was such a bullshitter.

suriza · 08/04/2019 19:24

Lol I cringed at my typo.

I’ve been at Christian conferences where prophets were present and saw people getting their “mail” read. I was sceptical... until it happened to me with details NO ONE knew.

Christian prophets today - Shawn Bolz, Gary Morgan, Julian Adams and if you want to know more...I will post.

riceuten · 08/04/2019 19:24

Mediums are complete fraudsters who do cold reading of people and say what they want to hear. Anyone who takes them seriously needs to have a look at their life, they really do

Fifflefaffle · 08/04/2019 19:24

At the risk of sounding bonkers happy to if it warns other people away I would never see a medium again. I saw a friend (in the capacity as a friend) who's a medium and became far too interested in the spirits she connects with. Two days later there was poltergeist activity in my house and all sorts of evil going ons. I kept it to myself and broke down at my church 3 weeks later. It took 2 months to remove and a blessing on our house. The worse thing was when my little girl saw a 'man' in our hallway and was terrified.

I know how this sounds but if it stops one person paying out to be deceived then to have something nasty around their family after, I'm happy to be ripped into!

suriza · 08/04/2019 19:27

It’s no BIG deal to me if any Spirit knows the past... but I believe that once I realized something so personal came up for me (a convo I had in the morning during prayer) was brought up in the message to me and then shared info about my future, family restoration and my children’s talents and gifts. I feel that one moment healed a deep pain in my heart.

AwkwardAnnie · 08/04/2019 19:29

I've never been to a psychic, but I'm intrigued by then as I get wierd feelings myself. Unfortunately they're usually about horrible things so I can't say anything.

An example. My Dad was due to have heart surgery, it had been on the cards for about 15 years and I was fine about it but when he was given the date I started with this complete feeling of dread. I was absolutely terrified. I cried when I last saw him before the operation. All totally normal and explainable though he was going to have heart surgery. So I wished him well and put on a positive face.
The surgery went very badly wrong, the surgeons were amazing, but his heart was in a much worse condition than anyone realised. He died on the table twice and a 4 hour op lasted 12 hours.
When he finally came out of surgery my brother phoned from the hospital and told me he was on life support, on dialysis and the only bit working unaided was his heart. They said he was "very poorly" (in Sheffield that's really bad news!) It was 50/50 whether he'd make it.
Note for the weird bit. I heard all this terrible news and had a feeling of complete and utter relief. I just knew he'd be okay.
He was in a coma for 11 days, in intensive care for 17 days and amazed the doctor's who thought he'd be in hospital for months by being well enough for home after about 3.5 weeks.

I've had other things such as feeling dreadful when people tell me they're pregnant and they have miscarried. When I was younger on 2 occasions I burst into years when the phone rang and it was news that a relative who hasn't been ill had died.

I think my Mum is the same. I've lost count of the times I've been thinking "I should phone mum, I'll just finish this"... And she calls me.

I'm not sure about the whole talking to dead people, that scares me. But I'd love to understand my own feelings better, and not just have negative ones!

Fifflefaffle · 08/04/2019 19:38

Suriza I definitely know about the spiritual really being real. I used to think there were good and bad ones. Now I know that there's just bad that deceive you into thinking they're a family member or good. It's sad that people are deceived into thinking it's a relative or someone who wants to help. And they definitely do know stuff about you because they watch 🙁

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 19:43

Here is a long and detailed account of how Shawn Bolz does his “hot reading”.

AliceAforethought · 08/04/2019 19:54

“Shawn Bolz” 😂

I think the clue was in the name!

Sweetlittlepug please tell us of any real cases where a psychic has actually helped the police and this has been corroborated.

Of the TV programme, “Psychic Detectives”, Wikipedia says this:

The series production does not investigate the claims of the psychics showcased or confirm their claims

suriza · 08/04/2019 19:54

I don’t believe that info about Shawn Bolz.

I know that I’ve “received” words for people and my first instinct is to keep notes so that I don’t recall details incorrectly and I believe Shawn Bolz would do the same.

Saying that I totally believe we need to be cautious. And even Shawn Bolz will say that he can get it wrong. Take what he says and weigh it up in your life (with God). If you listened to what Shawn Bolz says... it’s not to promote himself, He shares a perspective of God and Gods heart towards us. I believe it’s powerful and it is impacting people’s lives.

Louise2092 · 08/04/2019 19:57

I went to one a few years ago with my mum and gran not long after my grandad died. I was sceptical so didn't give anything away and she picked up on the fact that although i don't show it on the outside,i actually care what people think of me and want to be liked (not so much now... sick of bullshit lol).
She also said that I would meet someone at the start of the following year and there would be a difference between us such as an age gap or being from different countries- I met my fiance in the February and he's 11 years older and English (I'm scottish).
She also told my gran that there would be a baby in the family and it turned out my cousin was pregnant at the time but hadn't told anyone yet.

I sort of believe it now but would like to see another one sometime

TheSandman · 08/04/2019 20:04

If mediumship had ANYTHING going for it why did none of the mendacious bastards scoop the The James Randi One Million Dollar Prize when it was going?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 20:04

“I don’t believe that info about Shawn Bolz.”

Fair enough. There are people
who believe Derren Brown is a real psychic because “How could he do all that is he wasn’t?” They are wring too.

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 20:05

BertrandRussell · 08/04/2019 20:06

“she picked up on the fact that although i don't show it on the outside,i actually care what people think of me and want to be liked”

Show me someone that doesn’t apply to!

manicmij · 08/04/2019 20:06

Married a year, no intention of having children for 5 years (plan for house etc). Was coaxed into a reading by a medium. Was told would have three children but not for a few years. And, that I would have two very very close in age couldn't emphasis the closeness enough. Eventually had 1 child then being scared witless about the two quick children became pregnant two years later only to have twins, 8 mins apart. Was that psychic or not!

flabbymommy · 08/04/2019 20:06

I used to do this when I was younger. I would do “palm readings”. You start with a general statement that can fit to anyone. Eg oh I see that there is a trip in your future point at random area of the palm. then use their reactions to build on that eg shocked means unexpected trip not bothered means planned ect. There is nothing mysterious about it just being good at reading subtle reactions and manipulating them to fit your story