Do readings affect how the psychics feel?

Readings can have a big emotional impact on clients. Surprisingly, they can also have a big emotional impact on readers, especially when the readers are empathic.

Psychics work hard to retrieve information as clearly as possible. Most of them need to concentrate in order to hear, see, or understand messages. This work is easiest when clients are open and comfortable. But that is not always the case. Some people are so worried about what they might hear, that have trouble hearing the information which actually comes through. Other people come for a reading, but are really just trying to test the psychic's ability. They are closed off and skeptical. These situations can make it more difficult for the psychic to convey information.

One of the psychics explained, "When someone comes for a reading who is skeptical and closed, and I am trying to connect to my soul, it is a hard feeling because I feel them being closed off." She added, "I open myself up to share this gift with people. For clients, it's just their time, but for me, my heart is out there. I can feel everything they are feeling during the reading. When they feel closed down, while I am so open, it can be difficult."

In addition, some people continually interrupt the reader and this can be distracting. And some people just won't stop talking. Instead of listening to the reader, they are busy providing background information, hoping that the psychic will give them the answer they want to hear.

Many clients come to a psychic reader because they have emotional traumas they want to discuss or because they have recently lost a loved one. They are seeking answers to life's big questions. Some psychics report that it can be emotionally and physically draining to deal with the client's aching issues. Readings can be exhausting!

One psychic told me that contacting loved ones who have crossed over affects her emotionally and physically. It drains her energy. She is empathic and open to people's emotions. Sometimes, the client is very intense and that is hard on her. She absorbs all of their emotions.

On the other hand, one of the energy workers mentioned that, "Sometimes I feel very connected to the people I work on. One day I was working on a woman I knew and, in my mind's eye, I saw a ray of gold light come down over her and illuminate her whole body and all of her chakras. Then, the light spread and encompassed me. Wow. That was amazing."

Most of the psychics feel very fortunate to have a gift which helps people. It feels very good when people want a reading or a consultation. One woman with intuitive abilities remarked, "I feel like every message I give, I am also getting something. Just like when you teach, you learn. It's a great gift."

How do you feel when you give a reading? If you have any thoughts, please e-mail them to me at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com. Thanks!

Gail

Rapid Change is in the Air

Events are rapidly moving in the world

if you have not yet done so
go within your center
your place of refuge

to find peace and strength in these times of changes
focus on what is need of nurturing
in your life and with your loved ones

as people watch the quickening of
political and earth changes
many will lose focus on the peace that is within

Let Nothing distract you from peace

focus on The Source of Love and Nourishment
that lives within your heart

from this place send out love and peace to the places and people
who are in the midst of changes and are calling out for help

Delphina Nova

Quote from a Psychic:

"We need to focus on improving the economy. We don't have to say how to improve it, we just have to focus on improving it. You don't want to picture anything. You just need to hold the thought, 'I want our economy to improve.' This allows the Universe to come in and do what is right.

"If we adopt an attitude of unity, we can help each other and together we will get through this. Together, we will be fine. If we are selfish, we are going to fail. We are going to perish. We are going to come together as communities, we have to."

Cecilia Nemmers

Good morning. One of the questions I am researching right now is, "How do psychics feel when they give a reading?" Do psychics feel good when they give readings or are they worried that information might not come through? Do they bristle when a client interrupts their flow, or is this okay? What about the client who keeps shaking their head. Does this throw off the psychic? From the psychic's point of view, what does it feel like to give a reading? If you are a psychic, please send an e-mail to me at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com and let me know what you think.

Okay, on to today's topic: Why do readers use cards, candles or other tools when they do readings?

Some readers use Tarot cards, crystal balls, astrology, numerology, candles, crystals, muscle-testing, or other tools when they work with clients. Other readers don't need any tools and can just look at someone and read their energy. Readers who use tools say that the tools either help them access the client's energy and bring in fresh ideas and information, or that they don't really need the tools, but they like having them around. Crystals and candles enhance the setting for the reading. Tarot cards provide pretty pictures for everyone to examine. In addition, cards provide a bit of a barrier between the readers and the clients so that the readers can maintain their personal space. The cards can also provide a nice distraction from the intensity of the reading. Several readers told me that some individuals are afraid that the reader can read their mind and it scares the client. By using cards, it seems as if the information comes from the cards and is just being interpreted by the readers, instead of having the reader directly access a client's energy or information. This makes the client feel more comfortable.

Each psychic has a unique style of working. One way or another they will attempt to access a client's energy so it's important to relax and try to keep an open mind.

Here are some of the summarized, paraphrased, answers to: Why do you use cards or other tools when you do readings?

I use tools to improve my ability to access information

☼ I use crystals because of their strong, clear vibration. Depending on the person I am reading for, or where I am going to get data from, a certain crystal might align with their energy and I will know to bring that crystal with me. I also uses flower essences because they shift my energy into a state where I can more-easily hear, or receive, guidance.

☼ I use astrology charts to go back to the past and come forward to the future. Before I meet with someone, I have them fill out a form which asks about their birth date and time, and the birth dates and times of the people who are related to them. The astrology charts provide the technical answers. I try to look at the technical charts then paint a picture. This is my gift. I can read the charts and I can also get additional information.

☼ When I do a Tarot card reading, I do a general reading which includes work, life, relationships, and the house they came from. Then the client and I discuss their priorities, problems and goals; slowly we move towards those goals. I like to use the Tarot cards. I like the visual images, I like the stories. I am very visual.

☼ I like the cards because I have a trust issue. I like having the cards between me and the other person. I am a very emotional person and I cry. I like having the cards in between us so that I can stay out of it. I just say what comes to me.

In addition, the cards open up things. I see the cards, get ideas from the cards, and then things open up. I tell people what I see. I also get a feeling about it, an atmosphere. I am picking up the energy surrounding things. I will sometimes get flashes of something which mean nothing to me, but might mean something to someone else.

☼ I always have a candle lit because it brings helpful energy towards the reading. Like a flash light in the dark, it shines light where it's needed.

☼ I use numerology because it is a tool to get me to a certain point. First, middle and last names all have a strong impact on the individual. That's why we have those names. We choose our own names.

☼ I work with the One Brain system. This system uses muscle testing to understand what a person is experiencing. Muscle testing provides bio-feedback and information from the body. I don't know what someone's truth is, or their story, but their body knows it. Muscle testing is the body's validation of the person's own truth. I just touch their arm and I ask "yes" and "no" questions. I talk really fast so that their brain doesn't get in the way. I do a light touch and it is almost like a pendulum test. I ask the body how it signifies "yes" and "no" then I ask questions and allow the body to answer them. Their forearm provides biofeedback. In Chinese medicine this is known as pulse testing.

☼ I like candles because they draw spirits in and out. I think they help our thoughts go out into the Universe. I think they help me focus. I also like rocks and stones. Quartz crystals seem to channel energy.

I use tools to help both myself and the client

☼ I use Mah Jongg cards. I have done Tarot card readings and I have a collection of card decks. Decades ago, I started with the Tarot cards and I find that they have many layers of meaning and symbolism. When I started collecting cards, I found the Mah Jongg cards. I changed my focus to the Mah Jongg cards because they provide more-immediate information and that is what most people want. They reflect the here and now without going into a lot of esoteric information. I also have worked with the Akashic records.

☼ I typically read cards for people. They are called Shustah Divination and Meditation cards and they are similar to Tarot cards. Shustah Cards have the same philosophy as Tarot cards, but they are a different deck with different pictures and numbers. In order to read the cards, I have the person shuffle the deck so that their energy is in the cards. I work with energy. If they have a specific question, I ask them to focus on that question. If they want a more-general reading, I ask them to focus on their breath and relax so that they don't get nervous. Once they give the cards back to me, I spread several of them out in a crescent moon shape. Then I read the cards. The cards trigger something in me and they give the client something to look at. I also like having cards to look at. If I did a five-card spread, the client would be the center card, with half of their cards in the past, and half in the future. Then, it triggers a story or an event and I just have to tell the client whatever comes to me.

I use tools to help the client

☼ I really like stones. I had a teacher who told me that stones were atomic medicine; they worked with the energy of the atoms of the body. I like to make the setting look nice for the clients.

☼ I use Tarot cards for the person I am reading, not for me. People feel more comfortable if there is something they can look at. Or I can just open the calendar, lay it down, and read the calendar. However, when I just sit down and read people, it freaks people out because they don't have to say anything in order for me to read them. They can bring me somebody's name on a folded pieced of paper, or a photograph, and I can tell them about the person and about the things that have happened in that person's life without ever seeing the person, without having the person near me. People don't have a frame of reference for what I do. That's why I use the Tarot cards. People think that the cards are saying something, but they have no idea how much extra I am getting.

One of the difficult things when I do a reading is telling the difference between "spirit time" and "people time." There is no time over there and there is time here. In spirit time, "soon" could be anything from tomorrow until three months from now. With the Tarot cards, I can be very precise about time. The cards makes it easier for the person being read.

☼ Most people are frightened when you don't have a tool in front of you. That's why I always play with the numbers. It keeps them grounded and from thinking that I am reading their minds. I don't read minds, but I do pick up the vibrations of what is taking place.

☼ Before I go out to do a reading, I ask the crystals what I should bring today, then I pick what I like. I think it makes the client feel better. I don't use cards or numerology. I'm just out there on my own and if I have stones around me maybe clients think I am a little bit more legitimate.

☼ I place a quilted table runner on the table because it is soft on people. I like something soft on the table. It is as if I have set a place for the reading. I also put out a sacred holy card, with the drawing of a hand, which has a protective energy. I also put out a holy card of Mary and a holy card of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. These cards bring in the highest and best energy.

I also have Tarot cards, but I only pull them out when people ask for them or when Spirit tells me to use them. Some people need the cards for a distraction or as something to focus on. When I have read for someone several times, I don't want them to think that I am just remembering the things I told them at a previous reading, so I pull out the cards. The cards are impartial. I do my spread of the cards, I turn the tape recorder on, and I begin readings.

☼ I use sage. Native American sage and sweet grass are used for purification of the environment and the person. Sometimes, I use a drum or feathers.

☼ I use Tarot cards because the public likes cards. I can also work with stones which people have carried with them or held. I shuffle the cards until Spirit tells me to stop shuffling, then I interpret the cards the way Spirit wants me to interpret them - I just listen. The cards help organize the reading and the thoughts. I can also read shells and use a crystal ball. When I use the crystal ball, I see things in it. I get messages through the crystal ball. I can also do sand readings. I place my hand on the sand to get vibrations and then I sprinkle colored sand on top and do readings.

☼ Sometimes when I do a reading I use Tarot cards. I can use the cards but, because I am clairvoyant, I don't need to use them. The cards are a tool, but I don't know what half the cards mean! Even when I use the cards, I ask Spirit to help me to step aside so they can work through me. I ask my Spirit Guides and angels to talk to the client's Guides and angels so that I can help them for their highest good for what ever reason they came to see me. I hold their hands for a moment and feel their energy, then I look at the cards and (in my head) I ask Spirit what they want to tell me. I step out of the way, then I hear the message and I tell the client. After that, I move on to the next card. Sometimes its about the future and sometimes it's about the past or the present. Sometimes I will receive a message from a loved one. Often, I receive self-help tools to give to the client. I am activating people and helping them with their life's purpose.

I also have a beautiful crystal wand with gemstones in it. I use it in my healing work. I hold it in my left hand because the left hand receives energy. I use it to cut things out of a client's aura. I do psychic surgery and it is my psychic scalpel. It amplifies the energy. Energy comes in through the left and the crystal amplifies the energy.

I don't need any tools, but they make me feel good

☼ I have a beautiful prayer box. I am drawn to holy objects. I picked up this prayer box and it felt right. I didn't even know what it was used for. I came home that night, laid in bed and asked for information on the box. I saw an image of a monk sitting in a lotus position with this box hanging around his neck; it was like his altar. It has been a traveling altar and it has great energy. I think there is still a monk attached to it who is one of my Guides. Sometimes when I am going to a psychic fair or to do Reiki work, it says, "Bring me."

☼ Occasionally I put something on my table, but not as a tool. Sometimes I just want something on the table so I will ask, "Who would like to come with me?" and I will take something. I take a little castle or a candle with an essential oil; it just depends. I need the room on the table to do card readings so I don't take too much.

☼ I think crystals are pretty.

☼ I started out with a couple of crystals and people have brought me new pieces. Other times, I have found interesting stones and added them. I don't really know stones, but when I find something that feels good, I use it. Crystals have energy. I have a labradorite piece that always seems to end up at the front of the crystals.

I don't use them at all

☼ I don't usually put anything on my table. I just put out a sign which says what I do.

☼ I don't generally put anything on my table when I read. Sometimes, I use Gypsy cards. They are similar to Tarot cards, but you read them forward. I can also read sea shells. I only use the cards if someone asks me if I read Tarot cards. I tell them that I have Gypsy cards and I can use them if they are interested. I shuffle them, then I ask them to pick cards for a 10-card spread. I just read off the card and sometimes it shows me what the client needs to know.

☼ I have a Doctor's bag! My bag is always by my side when I do readings. I don't always open it up, but it is nearby. My bag contains Florida water (part of the hoo-doo tradition) which is used to cleanse and clear. I am able to call on several entities who work with me to open up energies. I also have my Mother Peace book which I received at the Harmonic convergence; my Mother Peace Tarot cards; my Medicine cards; my Animals Speak book; and a pendulum which I was directed to make.

The imagery on the cards can sometimes trigger information and bypass the rational mind. It's a tool. I rarely use the tools anymore, but they are always here just in case I need them. Once in a while, I will use the reference materials.

☼ I have a desk and on the top of the desk there is a handmade spirit house which contains a stone statue of Kwan Yin. On her house I hang my jade mala beads and a jade bracelet with Kwan Yin on it. There are two stones, one is jet and the other is quartz. Those represent balance in all things. I have a small statue of a Buddha who is faced towards Kwan Yin. I do not use a Tarot card deck unless I need more information that I, for whatever reason, can't see for the reading. The cards do not make me more psychic. However, they give a second opinion on what I have already said or they offer more insight. Do I need these things to be a better reader? No, but to me they represent balance and that is what my clients seek.

If you have comments, or would like to tell me how you feel when you give a reading, please contact me at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com. Thanks!

"They say you are what you Eat,
but clearly, you are what you Think.
What you think determines your reality thus, think Wisely.
Think Positively. Think Love, Peace, and Joy.
Think the Life you want to Live,
and watch it come True . . . "

Gary C. Kossmann
Gckoss@Juno.com

I recently returned from a long weekend in Boulder, Colorado. At the Art Mart on the Pearl Street Mall, I found greeting cards by Gary C. Kossman which I really enjoyed. These are philosophical cards called "Thoughtwork." One of the cards is quoted above.

Here is another one:

"Relax . . . No matter what, everything is okay.
If you go, then enjoy it. If you stay, that's cool, enjoy that.
If this happens, enjoy it. If that happens, then enjoy that also.
The problem arises when you beat yourself up for staying instead of going, or wanting this to happen instead of that.
Go with the flow and just enjoy the ride, wherever it may take you.

Life is a grand adventure,
don't try to predict or force what you think "should" happen,
Just enjoy it, all of it, and for God's sake,
Don't worry about it, or fear it, unless you want to, then enjoy that too.
If you choose to appreciate every moment then your life will truly be blessed."

I like Gary's positive attitude towards life. If you are interested in his work, you can contact him at Gckoss@Juno.com.

Delphina Nova sent a message to me which she would like to share with you. She feels that the "Divine Feminine" is now pouring onto the Earth to help assist us at this time. She added that in the past two days many women have felt a shift in their hearts and bodies. Here is the message which she received:

Messages of the Divine Feminine Pouring Onto the Earth 8.11.10

To the Women:

Women, you are the one you seek.

The one who nurtures, guides and supports you is here pouring love on Mother Earth right now to each of you. No man can fulfill that for you. I am your Source of Love and Nourishment. No one outside of yourself can do this. No man can fulfill this role which only I can give.

No man can lead now. No man on the planet knows how to lead at this time of Birth on Earth.The women know what needs to be done, what is important in the world to sustain each other, their children, their husbands, fathers, sons. Look not to Man for your Provider. Each woman must remember her Origins. She must remember she is Sacred. The men are waiting for you, the Earth is waiting for you. The men will support you.

I am the Divine Feminine, la Virgen de Guadalupe, Mother Mary. Thank you for responding to my Call.

Hello! For those of you who are in Tucson, I want to let you know that the Psychic Fair will be held this Sunday, August 8 at the Windmill Inn. I won't be there this Sunday, but lots of readers and healers will be available to help you on your journey. However, there is a chance that a specific psychic might not be able to read you. Why? Today's blog topic is:

What does it mean when a psychic says that they can't read for someone?

People have told me that a psychic refused to read for them and that they were frightened that it meant that the psychic didn't want to tell them that something terrible was about to happen. What does it mean when a psychic says that they can't read for you? Not much. It just means that at that particular moment there wasn't a connection. Or, it can mean that there is a different psychic who would be better able to convey the message you need to hear. The psychics have told me that sometimes they know that a different psychic has just the right words, or the heart connection, that a client needs. Perhaps, a different reader can say things in just the right way so that the person will really understand what they need to hear. Often, one psychic will send a client to a different psychic. Most of the time, that is all it means. So don't worry if a psychic says that they can't read for you at a particular time. Just find someone else.

One psychic explained, "It doesn't mean anything if a reader can't read someone. It just means that, at that moment, the psychic can't read them. There might have been a connection from another lifetime. Or the client's energy stunned the reader and threw them off-guard. A reader needs to be in their zone and if they are stunned sometimes they just can't get into their zone. It is nothing more than that. It has nothing to do with the person. The reader is just not the person to read them that day."

Of course, there are people who come for readings, but really just want to test the psychic. If they close their energy to prove that they can't be read, they will be right - they can't be read. They win . . . and they lose . . .

Here are some additional insights from the psychics:

Some psychics can read everyone

☼ There isn't anybody I cannot read. I can read anybody, even if they don't want me to read them. If they don't want me to read them, I won't do it, but if I really have to, if I feel like there is something odd going on, I will read them just to warn them that there is something they need to know about. I don't usually invade their space uninvited.

☼ I was doing a class and there was one guy who no one could read. I tried reading him and I read him just fine. I knew where he lived as a child, I knew addresses, and I knew what the house looked like. I opened my eyes and looked at the guy and beads of sweat were rolling off of him. He looked at me and said, "Wow." I said, "See, it doesn't hurt." He sat back and suddenly three other people could read him. He had been so blocked that no one could read him.

☼ If they come for a reading, I can read them. However, I don't read people who don't ask me to read them; it is a violation of their privacy.

Sometimes it is difficult to read people

☼ I can read some people more easily than others, but I haven't come across anyone who I have not been able to read. However, I might not get as much information from some people because they are afraid and it might take me a little longer. After a half hour or so they relax and I can get additional information.

☼ I have never had that happen when someone has hired me to do a full reading. Occasionally, I have drawn a blank with someone at the Psychic Fair. They will sit down, we will chit chat, and I will be sitting there with nothing. Either I will tell them to see another reader, or I will take a breath, look at the cards, and go back to basic readings from the book. As soon as I do that, it begins to flow. It is something in me. Either something about that person is a challenge to me, or there is something I am going to say to that person that I also need to hear. I need to get past my own block. If I start with the basics, it always starts to flow.

☼ Any time someone has asked me for a reading, I have been able to read them. The only people who I have not been able to read have asked on the spur-of-the-moment at public venues. Typically, if I can't give a reading it is either because I am very distracted by something which is going on, or because that person is very distracted by something which is going on. If the two of us can't hold our intention of coming together for the purpose of new information coming through, then we don't have the connection to bring it through. I prefer phone sessions, rather than meeting with people, because people don't get as distracted by body language.

Sometimes people can't be read. This is why it happens:

☼ Some people jam your radar. There are people who are very intense, and they don't want to tell you anything about themselves. They close off their energy so you can't read them. If you want a reading, you need to keep the energy open. I tell them, "You're really uptight. Why don't you walk around and try to loosen up a bit then come back." Then they say, "Well, I thought you were psychic," and I say, "I am, but your energy is closed off."

☼ To me, it means that I am not the one to deliver the message. Someone else has the correct vocabulary or the heart connection to be able to give them the information which they need. I tell them that today is just not the day for us to connect. Some people think it's because they are too skeptical, but that doesn't have anything to do with it. Often, I give information to people who are skeptical and later they tell me that the information was correct.

☼ When I sense that the person wants their healing to come from me versus the healing coming from the universe, I will tell them that they need to trust more in the healing energy. If I feel like a person is blocking their own healing energy, I will ask them why they have come for healing. I can read people pretty easily if they allow themselves to surrender to the process of healing. If someone doesn't want healing, they won't allow themselves to be healed. For example, they can eat all the right foods, but they won't allow themselves to be healed. Some people would rather just be sick. They go to healer after healer, psychic after psychic. They want the attention, but they don't want the healing. That person is not going to get better. I tell them that they need to find another healer or another psychic.

☼ I am not sure what it means when I can't read someone. Perhaps I just wasn't the right reader. I didn't have the answers which they were looking for.

☼ This happens when the person is afraid, or doesn't believe I can read them. It is like they are in their own little castle and they won't lower the drawbridge so that I can get in. I don't know why they come for a reading. Maybe so they can de-bunk the idea that they can be read. They want it, but they don't want it. Their logical mind is saying, "No, it can't happen."

☼ When a reader tells someone they can't read for them, people think it's them, or that something terrible is going to happen to them, but that's not it. That's why it's important that the Intuitive tell the client the reason they can't read. Others have told me that sometimes they don't want to read for someone because they know what they are going to have to tell them. Other times there is no connection between the reader and the individual. However, the person who is supposed to get a reading will get a reading.

☼ Sometimes I have a bad day and my energy is not there, or sometimes we are just not connected. The main reason that I may not connect with a client is that the client has come to test me and really isn't interested in getting a reading. In that case, it does not work.

☼ There are times when I can not read someone. If the person has decided to play "stump the psychic," use illicit drugs, or alcohol, or intentionally try to deceive, it is difficult to read for them. What does it mean? It means that Spirit will not allow me to mingle my energy with the person who is asking questions.

☼ Sometimes I can't make a connection and I tell them that I can't read them. Some people put up a wall and I can't pick up anything. I suggest that we reschedule the reading and try again.

☼ When I do bodywork, I test the person and ask permission to do this work. If their body says we can't do it, we can't do it. If their energy is blocked, they need to shift their energy. If their body is telling me it's not for their highest good because the timing is wrong or the person isn't ready for the information, we can't work. I have to trust that the body knows best.

What about reading animals? I asked the Animal Communicator and she told me:

"There are times when I can't read an animal. Sometimes an animal feels accused. For example, an animal may have had an accident in the house. This is upsetting to the humans and it is also upsetting to the animal, but the humans may not understand that. It could be that the animal asked to go out, but the human ignored the requests, or the human isn't doing something the animal needs so the animal is seeking attention.

"When I can't read an animal it can be because the human has such a bad attitude towards the animal that the animal is ashamed and afraid that something will happen or that it will be given away. Animals don't want to be given away, they want to fix what is wrong. If I can't read an animal, it can be because the animal has shut down out of fear of what might happen. I try to be neutral and not accuse the animal of anything. I don't want to put them on the defensive."

Sometimes the psychic can read the person, but doesn't want to read them

☼ I don't know if I can't read them, or if I don't want to read them. Sometimes it just doesn't feel right. It's not an energy with which I would want to be involved.

☼ I don't remember having a time when I couldn't read somebody, but I have had people sit down who were agitated and I could feel they were waiting for me to do something so they could say "Aha! You're wrong" or "Why are you saying it like that?" We have had people at the Psychic Fair and I have said that I didn't think I was the right reader for them, then I recommended that they talk to someone else. Intuitively, I knew that I was not going to connect with this individual even though the individual felt they were going to connect with me. The reader gets that feeling. I haven't told people that I couldn't read for them, but I find that some people are there to be a challenge; it's a test for them. We have had people who go to two or three readers, sit with their arms crossed, and say, "Tell me, what do you know." This isn't show and tell. I didn't come to them, they came to me. I can't help people who don't want to be helped.

☼ One time I was doing readings in a public place and a gentleman sat down with me. I was going to read him when Spirit rolled a shade down with a skull and cross bones on it. I looked at him and told him that I wouldn't read him. Spirit must have known something about that person's energy and given me a signal not to read him. I protect myself. When they told me not to read him, I didn't read him.

Here is another twist on "readability." One psychic told me that, "There aren't really times when I can't read a person. But there was a client who showed up and I could barely see her. There was a haze over her. I told her that I could barely see her and I asked what she thought it was. It turned out to be a huge level of grief which she had never dealt with. She thought she was coming for one thing, but we ended up dealing with this huge level of grief. When we finished the work, she began to look more solid."

What do you think? If you have additional insights, contact me at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com.

There is a big wedding today in Rhinebeck, NY. What a blessing! What a moment of bliss! A wedding is a symbol of hope. It's a joyous occasion. It is a moment of promise for the bride, the groom, the families and the guests. While the rest of the news focuses on catastrophes, I choose to think about the love within this moment. The love of the bride and the groom, the love of the parents for the bride and groom, and the excitement of all of the people who are going to witness this event with love in their hearts.

When we are dating and infatuated, we are walking on air. We can enjoy that moment of surreal love and amplify it by sharing it with the world. We can breathe in the love, circulate it through our energy systems (our bodies and our auras) and send it out to the world. Send out the peace, the excitement and the love of every thing. When we pass the point of infatuation and move into a more mature, calm love, we can also share that feeling of calm love with the world. Breathe the love in through our lives, swirl it around and steep in it (like tea), then send it out to heal the world.

Yes, I realize that we also have to deal with the difficult issues of the day, but maybe we can lighten the difficult moments by deeply enjoying the blissful ones. When we fully experience our joy and fully experience our despair, we are fully experiencing our lives. We all have joy, sorrow, hope, anxiety, frustration, and a full range of events and emotions in our lives. Which ones do you we choose to focus on? Let me suggest that when we focus on love and generosity of spirit, we improve our own lives and brighten the world.

All over the world, there are brides and grooms today. All over the world, people are falling in love. Let us use these moments of personal, epic love to beam love and healing out for the world. We can have our joy and share it too!

Quote from a Psychic:

"I have always felt as if I am a beloved of the Universe. I am one of the Universe's favorite children and so is every other child of the Universe. Most of us just don't know that. I have a hugely intimate connection with the Universe and with the Divine. Some schools of thought say that the Universe is impersonal, but that is not how I experience it. I am a human who needs a high degree of intimacy in terms of connection and depth. The Universe responds to this need very delightfully."

To-Ree'-Nee' Wolf, November 2008

Have you had a Near-Death Experience?

I think it is interesting that seven of the twenty-four people I interviewed have had at least one near-death experience (NDE). Plus, another person described an NDE to me, but called it "astral planing." I didn't directly ask people if they had had NDEs. These were just things which came up during our interviews. It's possible that additional psychics had NDEs, but these events didn't come up during our conversations. To me, seven (or eight) out of twenty-four people (29 - 33%) having NDEs seems like a high percentage compared to the general population. Anyone know what the rate of NDEs is in the general population?

Of the seven psychics who had near-death experiences,

2 people had a single NDE,
1 person had 2 NDEs,
2 people had 3 NDEs,
1 person had 4 NDEs, and
1 person had 6 NDEs.

The other person told me that she had gone to Heaven during a seizure and was told to go back; it wasn't her time. She called it "astral planing," but it sounds like an NDE to me!

In some cases, the NDEs led to enhanced abilities, but not always. Some people had NDEs complete with the tunnel, the Light and the choice to stay or to go. Other people were clinically dead and were revived, with no memory of the event. It's a "Near Death," but without the "Experience."

These are some of the things which the psychics told me about their NDEs:

☼ I believe that when you have a death experience you come back with a level of gifts that people don't understand. I am in an NDE support group and every person reports that their life is different than before they had the experience. Perhaps that contributed to my gift, I don't know.

☼ When I was giving birth, my blood pressure dropped and I was in the blackness. Most people talk about seeing a light. I was in the tunnel and it was black. I was conscious. That was when I was about 21 years old. After that, things really started happening.

☼ When I was a teenager, I had an NDE which opened things up. I had a fatal asthma attack and I saw my grandfather, several angels and a group of people. I was out of my body and I could see the doctors and nurses, as well as my parents. They were frantic. I was dying and it was nice to be out of my body and to feel no pain. I was very light-weight. I was looking at all of these people and wondering why it was taking so long to die; I was ready to go. I heard them say, "We just want to make sure you really want to do this." Then I heard my mother bawling and I looked down at her and I said I couldn't go. I was only 16. I told them that I had to stay and immediately, as soon as I said it, I was back in my body. It was extremely painful! No wonder babies cry when they are being born. If their souls are coming in while they are being born, it hurts!

☼ At the moment of death, there are different experiences. From all that I have heard from people with NDEs, there is a life evaluation and they determine if it is time for them to go. If it's their time, they stay there. If it's time to come back, they come back and are sometimes told that they need to change their lives.

☼ [After a car accident] When I walked through the Light, I had a life/death experience. Walking through the Light was like trying to stare into the sun. When I walked through that Light I met a woman who said, "Come walk with me." I remember the beginning of the experience and I remember the end, I don't remember anything in between. In the beginning of the experience, she told me I was okay, I was fine. There was a beautiful, peaceful brook. At the end, I remember there were a lot of people I knew and it looked like we were in ancient Greece, although I knew we weren't actually in Greece. There were pillars for the house, but no ceiling. There were animals everywhere, including dogs and horses. I have a gift with cats and I know that they are my protectors. I know that I have lion cats who sometimes sit around me, but are not always here. At the end of the experience, she told me it was not my time and that I had to make a choice. I could either stay or go back. She told me that I had not yet done my greatest work. I asked about the guy I had been with in the accident and about his children who had also been in the accident. As soon as I thought about them, whoosh!, I was out of there and I was waking up.

☼ I don't have any recollection of what happened. I did not have an NDE or go into the Light. My parents told me that on several occasions I sat straight up in the bed and spoke to them in "non-language." It was a language not of this world. Some people might call it "speaking in tongues." It scared my parents. I was pronounced dead three times and I came back three times.

One woman who I interviewed had had four NDEs. She told me:

I remember waking up after one event and thinking, "Huh? I was on the Ponderosa Ranch from Bonanza." That was weird. I never saw any white lights or remember anything from being so close to death. My psychic daughter said that I appeared to her and I apologized for not being able to get back into my body. She saw me psychically. She told me to do what I had to do, but that she was not yet ready to let me go. She encouraged me to get back in my body. I could have been dead and I wouldn't have known it. Nothing happened to me. I didn't see anybody. But every time I came out of an anesthetic or an intubation, I was immediately conscious. I wasn't in a dream state, I was immediately aware of what was going on. I was also aware that I had no memory of what went on while I was out of it, or that nothing had happened. That was a real change for me. I believed in the white light, but I never saw it. I don't have a clue what happens. I have no fear of dying. I've been there and it didn't hurt.

In some ways I think that people get what they expect when they die. For example, seeing G-d, or ending up on the Ponderosa Ranch!

One of the psychics I interviewed had had three NDEs and described them this way:

The first time was when I was five years old and had an out-of-body experience. I was in a children's ward at the Cook County Contagious Disease Hospital. Because I was contagious, I was in a ward where the children had been taken away from their parents. I could see myself laying in my bed while I was floating up by the ceiling. A silver cord was attached to the base of my spine. A lot of children were dying and I could see myself just laying there. I remember a large white presence off to my right and then I was told that I could float around for a while, but that I had to go back to the body on the bed.

When I was 12 or 13 years old, I nearly drowned on a rafting trip. I was caught in a hole under a rock under the water. That was the first time I saw my life flashing before me; like a wide-screen movie. It was scary. Then I felt them grab my ass and push me up. There have been three or four times when I could have died, but I just didn't die.

People have "exit points" throughout their lives when they can die, but they don't die because it is just not their time.

I became more intuitive after 40 when I was ill and had a healing. After 40, it was like "Time to wake back up."

After the three near-death experiences I have had, I realize it is just a natural thing. Nothing to be afraid of. You are just afraid for the people who are left and you worry about how they will react. It's a win-win situation for the dead person.

One woman who I interviewed had had six NDEs. I asked her why she thought she had had so many of these experiences and she replied, "Each time . . . it's almost like I'm asking, ‘Am I done here yet?' I am no longer afraid of death at all."

She added:

After having these NDEs, I am ready to share these experiences to help people remember that they are not their bodies. So many of us are attached to our material things, our jobs, who we think we are. For me, I've gone through certain situations in my life to be able to help others.

So now I have said "Yes" to my life. I had been reluctant to say "Yes." Have you heard the story about the reluctant messiah? It's like asking, "Can't you find someone else?" I wonder if I have had these experiences so that they can keep asking, "Are you going to say ‘Yes' now?" When I was little, I knew why I was here. Then I was experiencing my life and thinking that I wasn't old enough yet to say, "Yes." I thought, "No one is going to believe me; I don't have the credentials." Now, I am coming from a place of love. Three of my dear friends passed away in the last two years. We had always thought that we would be here together. It keeps reminding me that I need to get this work done. I need to do this interview. I need to publish my book. Earthly time is limited. There is no such thing as time, but we have gone through many, many experiences in our lifetimes which need to be shared with people.

In addition to her six NDEs, this woman also had a Shamanic Death Experience. I asked her what that was and she told me, "It is an experience where you are in the body and who you think you are, dies. Your ego personality fragments. You see yourself completely shattered. You disappear as if you don't exist at all; there is an elimination of the ego. When you come back, you need to bring the personality back in so you can function on Earth, but you have a new understanding that you are pure soul and that this is a temporary body. I know, 100%, who I am. I am not my body. It all had to disappear so that I could come back and help people with healing and Shamanic work. I needed to remember that I am more than my body. In order for me to help people who are in life and death situations, I had to be able to go to the other side and come back. It is part of my training. "

Nearly every psychic who I interviewed told me that they were not afraid of death. They were concerned that the circumstances of their death might be painful or frightening, but they were comfortable with the idea of being dead. The overall attitude was that they had been dead before, and they would be dead again. It's what they do in between that counts.

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Have you had a near-death experience? If you are one of the psychics who I interviewed and you have had an NDE, but we didn't talk about it, please contact me so that I can add your experience to this blog post. Thanks!

Anyone with comments is welcome to contact me at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

Gail

Guest Blogger
Delphina Nova

New Messages from July 5 - now . . .

Sudden Changes

Expect lots of changes to happen very rapidly in the world right now; from now until 2012. Many things that have been hidden will now come into view . . . 'out of the closet'. Archaeological discoveries will happen overnight. This will happen in the 'blinking of the eye.' This will shock and surprise many people. Many people will wake up.

Prepare

Prepare inwardly for the changes. Pray. Meditate. Stay calm. Begin speaking to your family, relatives and friends. Do not preach doom and gloom. Change is at hand. We will go through a whirlwind of earth changes. Have faith and trust. Know that we are protected, that we are embraced by the Great Spirit. There is a Golden Light coming to assist us. Do not be afraid of the changes - they must come now.

Bodily Sensations

Many people will now begin experiencing various sensations in the body whether in the form of headaches, pressure in the head and neck, skin eruptions, emotional release. See your medical doctor or naturopath if need be. Know that these bodily reactions which are affecting our endocrine and central nervous systems are akin to what is happening on Mother Earth. What is held in the body in the form of memories, past trauma, and suppressed emotions must be released. Nourish yourself. Get the rest your need. Have a massage or acupuncture. Listen to gentle, soothing music. Allow yourselves what you need to flourish.

Walk Softly On the Earth

Stand strong in your light and know that the power within you, that is watching over you, is life itself. Do not play 'small.' Your light is needed at this time. Speak out. Share. Be love on the path to everyone you meet. Forgive. Be very very gentle with yourself, your loved ones and friends. Mother Earth is recording every emotion in her body - she needs us to walk very gently right now on her body.

Star Nations

One of sudden changes that will occur now will be the appearance of what the Indigenous People call 'Star Nations'. UFOs will make themselves visible around the world to help us now at this time of Earth's transition. Something very huge is about to happen. Go within and be at peace as rapid changes and chaos happen around us. The Holy Ones are watching over us. Call on Mother Mary, Quan Yin, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and your guardian angels at this time. We are not alone. A time of great joy is coming as we go through this great transformation.

This is an interesting perspective from one of the psychics I interviewed.

How Psychic are you?

To me, "psychic" is a two-way street. If I have the answers, but the client can't hear them, then I have given them nothing. "Psychic" has to be that round trip where the client aligns with the information.

I can understand the truth, but the person needs to hook in so that I can present it to them in an accurate way. When people call me for a psychic reading they are looking for me to help them move from where they are on a certain topic, to where they want to be. I am very goal-oriented so that influences my perception of my abilities.

Beth Hayes
Integrated Essences

Knowing the Future

I want to know the future. How are things going to turn out? Will this project be successful? I live in my mind and I want to know things.

However, there are others ways of looking at the future. I asked the highly-intuitive Delphina Nova about her future and what she saw coming in her own life and I am posting her paraphrased answers. My questions are in Italics and her answers are in the regular font:

When you think about your intuitive and healing abilities, what do you see as your future?
Only G-d knows. I like living in mystery.

You like it or you have no choice because you don't know what is going to happen?
I actually like it. The place of mystery is where G-d really lives. The "not knowing." It's like the moment before a painting is created. The moment before it's manifested is the place of creation. That is where I thrive. The not-knowing, that is where the spark of life is.

It's a mystery. It's exciting. I just know that I am held in the hands of love and that there is a river of love which is guiding me. Ultimately, that river is guiding me to my highest good - to Love. I am saying "Yes" to the Divine. I don't need to know what is going to happen.

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It's like a whole different world than the world I live in!

Gail

Good morning. I have a few announcements, then I'll discuss today's topic: Predictions for Tucson.

First, I have done some work on the website which might make it easier to find the information which you are seeking. I added a Blog Index which lists the date and topic of each blog post. If you want to find the answer to a specific question, you can use the Blog Index to find out which blog post contains the answer, then click on the blog title to go to that set of entries.

Second, I have started the 2010 Blog, Part II in a new format. It has an XML feed and it will have a blog post archive. Once I have this all figured out, I think it will make it easier for people to find the information they seek.

Third, Tucson's Psychic Fair will be held this Sunday, July 11, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Windmill Inn on the southeastern corner of Campbell and River. I will be set up there with Wild Girl! pins and cards, chakra-balancing jewelry, an updated Blog Book, and a book entitled, Twenty Psychics Speak which contains 20 of the completed psychic interviews for this project. This book is for review only. I am looking for a publisher so I thought it might be good to provide hard-copy information from My Psychic Search Project. As the psychics say, I am bringing this information from the realm of thought into this physical dimension; manifesting in the third dimension. Please let me know if you know anyone who might be looking to publish a book about psychics and what they do.

As always, the psychics will provide 15 minute readings for $20. I learn so much from talking with these talented readers!
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Now, onto today's topic.

Predictions for Tucson

We live in turbulent times and reading the news from around the world can be shocking. As I talked with the psychics about the earth changes and what they might mean to all of us, I also asked them about Tucson. I live in Tucson. I asked all of the psychics if they had predictions for Tucson and 15 of them had answers. In fact, some of psychics had more than one answer to my question and, for the most part, I received reassuring responses.

There were four types of answers to the question: Do you have predictions for Tucson which you would like to share?

1) Nine psychics told me that Tucson is an energetically special area. Tucson is very spiritual.

2) Two psychics told me that they had moved here because they were drawn to the area and it just felt right. Other psychics also mentioned that they knew people who had felt drawn to this area and had moved here.

3) Four psychics reassured me that Tucson is safe from land disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.). One psychic noted that, "Spirit wouldn't put me somewhere which isn't safe for me to be."

4) Four psychics felt that Tucson had an identity problem: we just don't know what kind of city we want to be. They felt that we needed more cohesive leadership to solve problems with the economy, racism, transportation, and water shortages.

None of the psychics said that there would be natural disasters in the Tucson area.

Here are some of the more-detailed responses:

1) Tucson is an energetically special area

☼ I think Tucson is like a vortex, like Sedona. The vortex means that we are psychic in this town.

☼ I feel like our move to Tucson had everything to do with my stepping up and fulfilling who I was going to be in the future. When we moved here, we moved here because it just felt right.

I know a lot of healers from this area who have had similar experiences. They did not know why they came to Tucson, but coming here activated them to become who they are. I think that the Tucson area is a special energetic area, similar to Sedona. Tucson is a powerful place and a vortex of positive energy. People should really embrace that. If you want to be a healer, get psychic information, or influence the rest of the world, Tucson is the place to be.

☼ I think Tucson is going to become much more of a spiritual place. People will come here looking for spiritual development. Tucson is a place where people can spiritually feed their soul. Tucson is going to become a new "Mecca," a spiritual town. Tucson is very open to spiritualism and there are many beliefs and faiths here.

☼ Tucson is what is referred to as an "Ascension Site." This means that those who are becoming more consciously aware, more spiritually aware, can do so much more easily in a place like Tucson than elsewhere. The energetics of Tucson are conducive to opening oneself up to a connection with Divine Source. I have lived in many places in the U.S. and I know the energy in those places. Tucson is "clearer" than Detroit or the Bible Belt.

In addition to the energetics of the people who are in that mind set, it is also the geography of the area. There is less static, less interference than in other places. There is something about the high desert and the geological structure of the Earth which makes Tucson conducive to spiritual awakening. There are energetic portals in the Tucson area. There are sacred sites and energetic spots. That is why you find a lot of people who just had to move to Tucson. Energetically, you feel clearer here than in many other places on the planet.

This is a very good place to be.

2) I was drawn to move to Tucson

☼ I think this is a safe place. I was led here. I was in New Jersey and I didn't know where I was going to go. I kept following the signs which led me to Tucson. Now that I am here, I can feel the energy and it has opened me up psychically.

3) Tucson is safe from land disasters

☼ I figure if I am going to live somewhere, it is going to be okay, because I am there. Spirit wouldn't put me somewhere where something bad was going to happen to me. I have too much to do.

☼ I'm not that worried about Tucson but, personally, I would not live in the larger cities. I wouldn't live in Phoenix or any of the major cities in the world. With the earth changes right now, it's not a great idea to live in big cities if you can help it, or along either coast. People need to be ready for the changes which are coming.

I think Tucson is a safe place to be. There is something about being in the desert which makes me feel incredibly close to G-d. The desert dwellers and the indigenous cultures which have respected this area have always been able to be with this land.

4) Tucson needs better leadership to deal with our problems

☼ Tucson has an identity problem. Just like most of us don't know who we are, Tucson has the same issue. Tucson is a wonderful transition city to live in, to help you find your identity, but people can't agree if we are an old west town, or a new west town, or a modern city. We are all of those, and none of those, and people keep arguing about it. It is a good example of how people can keep moving and growing without moving forward. We just keep expanding. We need cohesive, like-minded people to decide what Tucson will represent.

☼ Tucson needs a decisive person to be a unifying energy for the different parties; to make a difference. We keep chasing our tails.

☼ We are going to have a water shortage. Definitely. We are going to have to deal with the "haves" and "have nots" over border crossing issues. It is going to become very ugly. The anger. Those who work hard are going to pay the price for those who want to cross the borders and steal and rob. That's the part that makes it difficult. You can't separate the good and the bad. There are too many people stepping up to the table for a free lunch and those paying for the lunch are getting worn out. There's not going to be enough to stretch anymore. We are going to have to look at resources and accountability. [excerpt from an interview in June 2008]

Finally, here is one psychic's multi-faceted answer to Do you have predictions for Tucson?

Tucson is a growing place. Tucson has a strong energy of minerals. I see Tucson evolving to become a broader, more-inclusive group of people. Instead of so much emphasis on the military, or immigrants, I see that people will become more blended and multi-cultural. I see more people healing here, and more people who are going to do healing work. The community is going to transform and this is going to be a beautiful place. It's going to take some time, but it is going to be a healing place for people.

One of the things I find disturbing is the murder rate. It's unfortunate, but I think it is some sort of a cleansing. As Tucson changes and some of the old structures break down, Tucson can evolve as an incredible jewel.

I asked, "What do you see for the economy?"

Same thing. It's got to break down structures first. The old structures, things which don't work, have to break down. When we see things breaking down it scares us, but to create a new world is awesome. What if we didn't have any blueprint? What if we could start all over? We could have more green businesses and more solar energy. That is what is happening. People don't know how it is going to work, but our world can be a better world than it is right now. It's a scarey time, but we have to have faith and trust in what each of us does. We all have to become empowered to do the things that are our greatest mission. This includes art, music, gardens, and engineering (building buildings). We need to keep the hope and we need to focus on what we want.

What do you think?

Let me know at gail@MyPsychicSearch.com.  

Gail

Quote from a Psychic:

Why are we here on this earth?
To experience and grow in ways that no other soul has the opportunity to do. I think that we are very honored to be here. No other souls that we know of, not even the angels, Guides, or masters, have the opportunity to taste. They can't spit, they can't make love, they don't touch. They don't have the senses we have. We are the lucky ones.

Cynthia Rae