Category: Psychic Readings


Do I Have to be Psychic to Communicate with My Spirit Guides?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I am wondering if it is possible for me to learn how to communicate with my spirit guide given the fact that I’m not psychic. Is it possible to do this if you don’t have any special psychic ability? I would love to see my guide and know his/her name, and perhaps even communicate with my guide regarding various questions I may have about my life. Thank you!

Archie

Dear Archie:

Communicating with a spirit guide is definitely a psychic activity, but just because you haven’t yet noticed any psychic gifts doesn’t mean you can’t develop this ability. In fact, I think you would be wise to begin your foray into psychic territory by working on building a strong, clear connection to your guides. It may also encourage you to know that your interest in meeting your guides suggests that you are being called in this direction.

Many people move into psychic exploration through neighborhoods that can be a bit tricky to navigate. They may be drawn down certain paths by their curiosity as well as the exciting neon lights advertising palm readers, crystals, ghostly encounters and the like. This can be lots of fun until they wander off the main drag and get roughed up by some astral bullies or ripped off by a so-called guru. By contrast, if you build a strong relationship with a guide before you go exploring, your guide will naturally tell you where you need to go in order to achieve your aims, and will direct you and protect you from undesirable experiences every step of the way.

Spirit guides are one of the greatest resources you can have both in terms of psychic work and life in general. When you have a strong, clear connection to a wise guide, you can simply ask whatever you need to ask and get an answer. In terms of general psychic development, this is invaluable because so much psychic input is vague or cryptic. When I am doing a reading for someone, I constantly check my interpretation of what I’m shown by asking my guides for validation and clarification.

Since having a good relationship with your spirit guides is so helpful, you may be wondering why everyone doesn’t seek a guide before delving into psychic practices. I think most people don’t realize how important and helpful having a guide can be. Beyond this, developing clear, strong communication with a high level guide requires an extraordinarily high vibration. Anyone can pick up a Ouiji board and call in a random spirit to get the planchette moving or learn how to read tarot cards or runes. Spirit communication requires far more finesse and development. As spirit guides are from a dimension far more rarefied than the physical or the astral, communication with a high level spirit guide requires the ability to get into a very high spiritual vibration, which can take a lot of personal growth and development.

Since like attracts like in the Universe, to connect with a wise spirit guide, we have to be in harmony with the guide’s energy. If we don’t master our vibration before we pursue this sort of experience, we’ll either end up frustrated by failure or attract lower spirits who may pretend to be someone they are not. As I have written a great deal on how to achieve and maintain a high vibration in other columns, I won’t go into that here. You might see Raise Your Vibration for Spirit Communication, Asking Spirit to Guide you in Psychic and Spiritual Development and Aligning with a High Level Spirit during Spirit Communication for starters.

Once you have achieved the ability to shift into a very high vibration at will, to telepathically communicate with your guide, shift into a high vibration and meditate for a few moments to quiet your mind. Affirm your intention of connecting with a wise, benevolent spirit guide. Then begin to ask questions telepathically. You can ask whatever you want to know. You might begin by asking Are you there? and listening for a response. You may mentally hear a voice answer you and assume you are imagining it or making it up. Don’t immediately dismiss it as an illusion; instead, suspend your disbelief during this “experiment” and see what happens.

Remember that you can always meet your guides in your dreams. You can probably even remember dreams in which this took place – you just didn’t realize that the invisible person you could sense beside you was your spirit guide, or the so-called stranger who gave you a cryptic message was your guide in disguise.

Begin to look for your spirit guides in your dreams, paying special attention to teachers, people who give you directions or answer questions, protectors, trusted companions and familiar “friends” you don’t know from waking life. Books, maps and written messages can hold messages from your guides. You can even program yourself to dream about your guides before you fall asleep. The beauty of this method is that you don’t have to figure out how to consciously achieve a high vibration, for we all meet with our guides in dreams; our vibration naturally skyrockets when we fall asleep, which is how we are able to travel through the dream world.

If you don’t get clear answers in your dreams or meditations, don’t give up. In my experience, the answers always come, but if we’re not in a high enough vibration to get them directly, they may come through the usual channels spirit guides use such as signs and synchronicities. If you’re paying attention, you will see the answer come to you via a random conversation, billboard, song on the radio, etc. You will know it by the way it grabs your attention and by the strange, special feeling that something is happening. The more you pay attention and notice such signs, the easier it will be for you to develop the ability to get them telepathically.

You might begin by asking for the best way for you personally to contact your guides. Meditate and listen for answers, and if you don’t get anything clear, start watching for signs and synchronicities. Someone may mention a class or you may feel drawn to reading a certain book. It’s important to trust your own inner knowing as well as your guides to lead you to the best way for you, especially in this primary matter of learning how to connect with them. Speaking of books, you’d be wise to read all you can about spiritual matters and especially books by and about spirit guides, such as those by Jane Roberts, Sanaya Roman, Neale Donald Walsch and Sonya Choquette. Of course, reading about the law of attraction and consciously working with it can help you manifest a great relationship with your spirit guides along with anything else you may desire.

Finally, know that your guides want to connect with you. They have been with you throughout your life, guiding you via your impulses and intuitions. Their job is much easier if you pay attention and cooperate, so of course they want to help you get to know them. For most of us, a sincere, conscious desire to know our spirit guides naturally results in success because our guides will find a way to lead us to whatever we need in order to move toward this goal, as is true of all the other heartfelt goals we set for ourselves.

– Soul Arcanum

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Do Clients Influence What Psychics See?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

What do you think influences a psychic the most when doing a reading: what the client wants to hear, what will be good for the client, or the truth/reality? I recently took action that went against what a psychic had seen and the advice she’d given me. I have no doubt that what I’ve done is in my best interests at this time, yet I don’t necessarily think the psychic was wrong. Do my actions demonstrate how free will can change a previously foreseen course, or might my actions still be in line with what the psychic saw somehow? Might the purpose in all of this be for me to learn a particular lesson, and would the psychic know this to be the case but not share it?

S.

Dear S.:

There are so many factors that come into play here that my best answer is “it depends.” If a psychic takes charge and maintains a strong, clear intention, then her intention will prevail. Not every psychic sets such an intention, however; some just try to answer the questions posed to them. In those cases, the client is really leading the reading and will have a greater influence on what is seen. Of course, some psychics are also more skilled and gifted than others. Since some only read their clients’ energy, when the client is emitting a strong signal, the psychic may pick up on that and mirror the client’s hopes and fears back to them.

To produce a truly healing, empowering reading, a psychic must be able to shift into a high vibration where things can be seen in an objective light. At this level, the attachments people form to specific outcomes fall away. Not all psychics are capable of this level of vibration. If the psychic has any fear, such as fear of displeasing the client or fear of being wrong, it will influence the quality of the reading and what is seen.

Naturally, psychics are people and everyone has good and bad days. The best psychics are so experienced at getting into the vibration necessary for excellent reading work that they can do it almost anytime and anywhere. This is like the difference between an Olympic athlete and a high school athlete. Just as an Olympic athlete knows how to consistently “bring it,” the best psychics have the skill, experience, training and development to know how to produce excellence 99% of the time.

To do this, the psychic has to remain in charge of the reading and ask the right questions on her end. I won’t even schedule a reading until I feel I can truly be of help to someone because the right questions are being asked from the right frame of mind. When someone poses a question that is rooted in fear or ego, I work with them to align with a higher level of experience before moving forward.

When what psychics see is in line with what their clients want to hear, readings are relatively easy and straightforward. When there is a clash between what the client thinks she wants and the way things are heading, there is always a way to communicate the truth, but this can require a great deal of wisdom, love and skill. It can be hard to love someone rooted in negativity into a higher perspective, but a sincere reader who is flowing divine love can work healing miracles.

I do relay all that Spirit gives me for a client, but that doesn’t mean the client will be able to hear it at that time. Often it is only in retrospect that clients understand the full wisdom and power of a reading. In fact, when dialoguing with clients after a reading, I’m often struck by what they focus on and what they filter out. I may hear from people months and even years after a reading who tell me that at the time, they couldn’t hear all of what the reading was saying, but they came to appreciate its wisdom and see the lessons they were in the process of learning.

Of course, clients and psychics do attract each other because they are on the same wavelength or because there is something to be learned or gained from the experience. For example, one of the first psychic readings I ever had was terrible and yet it blessed me nonetheless. I had seen a medium giving messages who stood out as really different. Where most mediums are gentle, loving and compassionate, this medium was comical and quite a show-woman. Though I felt a little intuitive hitch when I thought about pursuing a reading with her, I liked how different she was, so I went ahead.

At the time, I was interacting with spirits daily and having one mind blowing psychic experience after another, so I asked her about my own psychic potential. Her response was that I wasn’t really all that psychic and would never be a successful spiritual counselor. She then proceeded to talk about herself and her own dreams for the next half hour.

When I left, I was disappointed in myself for choosing such a terrible reader. How psychic could I be to have chosen her? Then I began to look for the good in the experience and a couple of insights came to light.

First, since I was overwhelmed by all the amazing psychic experiences I was having, maybe she was wrong. By using the psychic senses she had denied me even having, I figured out that she was ego-driven and threatened by anyone else being psychic. I then realized that it was time to stop giving my power away to other supposedly wiser people, and trust my own inner knowing. This proved to be a major turning point for me.

Second, this reading was such a vivid example of what NOT to do as a psychic that it motivated me to become the sort of reader I wished she had been. When I realized how much I had learned about how to give a good reading from watching her give a terrible one, I laughed out loud and decided my money had been well spent.

I share this story because it illuminates a couple of key points. First, we must always listen to our own inner knowing above all. Ironically, when a psychic’s advice or predictions strike us as off, it can make us much clearer about what we already know deep down inside, so both a really bad and a really good reading can help us find new clarity.

Second, if a psychic says something that doesn’t feel right or prove true, it can still be just what we needed to experience by mirroring our vibration, answering a bigger question, fulfilling a deeper need, shifting our course or changing us in some important way.

As everything comes back to the law of attraction, the quality of your reading experience must somehow be a match to your vibration. Many times people consciously think they’re ready to hear the whole truth but their egos are limiting and distorting things. When you’re aligned with receiving clear guidance from Spirit, it can and will come to you through all sorts of channels, a psychic reading being just one obvious option. Often people have only to articulate what they really want to know in a reading for the Universe to begin sending answers to the longings and questions in their hearts.

Finally, the best psychic readings are not those that accurately predict the future but those that empower you to shift course if need be in order to create what you want. If you make new choices in light of psychic advice and end up in a better place as a result, the reading has served you well.

Soul Arcanum

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How to Find a Psychic Who Can Help You Change your Life

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I’ve been seeing a psychic for a couple of years now, and though she seems genuinely caring and many of her predictions have come true, nothing in my life seems to be getting better. As I’ve gotten to know her, I’ve come to realize that her own life is a mess; in fact, she may have even more problems than I do! This has come as quite a surprise to me, and it makes me feel uneasy. Is it normal for gifted psychics to not be able to solve their own problems or to be in constant turmoil? Do you think I should leave off working with her and look for a new psychic reader?
– Jane

Dear Jane:

Before I go into the main issue, I think it’s important to point out that even the wisest advice in the world won’t help you if you don’t act on it. Many times people receive the answers they need from all sorts of different sources over and over again, but nothing changes until they acknowledge those truths and allow those insights to shift their thinking and their approach. Occasionally I have clients come back to me months or even years later with the same old problem, and it’s not because the advice given in the last reading didn’t work; it’s because they never acted on it, and are still hoping that they can keep doing the same thing they’ve always done but get different results.

Now let’s explore your unnerving discovery that your psychic’s life seems to be a bigger mess than your own. Many gifted psychics do have all sorts of problems. Most may say that this is because they can’t read for themselves, but I strongly believe that we are wise to judge others’ wisdom not by what they say but by who they are and how they live.

To be psychic is simply to be sensitive enough to consciously pick up on subtle energies that can’t be perceived with the five physical senses. While psychic abilities are a natural result of general spiritual growth and development, they can also kick on spontaneously. For example, psychic abilities can be awakened by a serious illness, traumatic accident, or the stress of childbirth. They can also be launched by experimentation with mind-altering drugs.

Having psychic ability does not necessarily make people wise, loving or enlightened, nor does it make them good spiritual counselors; developing those qualities requires spiritual devotion and lots of personal growth. One must purify the heart and mind and cultivate a rare level of honesty with one’s self and others to be a channel for divine wisdom and healing.

In fact, in the early stages of psychic development, there seems to be an inverse relationship between psychic ability and everyday competency. I think this is because people get top-heavy in their chakra development, which leaves them ungrounded and partially disconnected from physical reality. They may thus be able to do things that most people can’t do, such as see auras and spirits, but be unable to do other things that most people find unremarkable, such as hold a job, maintain good health, keep their house in order, etc.

In my view, psychic guidance is only as valuable as it is useful and helpful, so though you may find a psychic’s predictions accurate, they won’t do you any good if you keep repeating the same underlying habits that caused your problems in the first place. We must look beyond quick answers and surface details to uncover and heal the core issues preventing you from manifesting greater fulfillment. This personal growth and healing is what will empower you to truly change your life.

Scam artists aside, I believe that all psychic readers have good intentions but some are incapable of seeing themselves honestly and clearly because their egos are blocking the light. As a result, they tap into less than the highest and best in the spirit world and mistake what they receive as being from a higher source. It’s not the highest guidance available, it’s just the highest guidance they are capable of accessing at that point in their development.

Of course, the law of attraction is always in action, so there is a psychic match for every client. Since we naturally attract people who mirror our own energy, folks who are really struggling financially tend to be attracted to psychics with prosperity issues, and people who feel loveless tend to be drawn to psychics who don’t know how to create happiness in love.

In order to create big changes in your life, you have to consciously break this pattern and reach for something higher, so instead of going to someone who feels comfortable, you’d be wise to seek out someone who really impresses and inspires you. To tap into greater personal potential, you have to be willing to stretch yourself in new ways.

I’m sure there are many spiritual counselors who surpass me in wisdom and power, but from my present perspective, I define great healers as people who possess certain traits and habits. For example, great healers never blame or condemn anyone for anything; they see the divine in everyone and emphasize the truth that each one of us is creating our own reality. Great healers never advocate manipulation or control; instead, they encourage love, forgiveness, faith, peace and personal responsibility.

They also don’t set themselves up as superior to you or foster your dependence on them. Instead, they guide you to clear awareness of what feels right and true, help you reconnect with your own divine creative power, and leave you feeling centered in love and compassion for yourself and everyone else involved.

If you decide to look for a new psychic reader or teacher, I recommend you keep these qualities in mind. Also, seek someone who is enjoying the quality of life you’d like to manifest for yourself. Judge their level of spiritual development by who they are, the effect they have on others, and how they live. If a psychic is constantly broke, stressed out, anxious, angry, depressed, ill or frustrated, you probably do not want to follow in their footsteps. If she radiates calm faith, peace, love, well-being, abundance and joy, then clearly her approach to life is sound and effective.

Also, remember that the bright face people present to the world can mask a lot of shadows. When we first meet people, they naturally put their best foot forward, so after we get to know them better, we may be disappointed to discover that they are not who we thought they were. If they’re trying super hard to impress, they may suddenly flip out or break down when the strain of maintaining their facade becomes too much to bear. We can save ourselves a lot of time and heartache by listening to our intuition and at bare minimum expecting the people we choose to put our faith in to be fundamentally competent.

I hope I don’t sound harsh or judgmental here, for everyone is just where they are supposed to be, doing what they need to do in order to learn whatever they need to learn. I’m simply pointing out that we are wise to choose our mentors carefully. It makes sense that if you want to get fit, you’d hire a trainer who can lead you by example, not someone who is even more out of shape and lost on this path than you are.

To predict for yourself the results you can expect from working with a particular counselor, it’s wise to study that individual’s life, for that is an undeniable manifestation of their wisdom and vibration.

– Soul Arcanum

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When Helpful Psychics Cost a Fortune

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I have been working with a psychic who has been accurate and very helpful. The only problem is that she is so expensive! I’ve spent about $40,000 to have her remove a lot of negativity from my life, and while my life has improved greatly, I can’t get over how much this has cost me. What do you think about the high cost of this psychic help? I’ve spent over $80,000 in the past with other psychics, as they just won’t stop asking for more. They say that they work through the power of money. What do you think is right and reasonable?
– R.

Dear R.:

When I first read your letter, I was nearly speechless for a couple of reasons. First, this is an outrageous amount of money. Second, I receive many emails from people being scammed by so-called psychics who charge a fortune and make lots of promises to remove curses or conduct spells for them, but then never actually deliver. Spending thousands of dollars on psychics but believing that the help received may have actually been worth it is far less common.

NO psychic works through the power of money; that is a total falsehood designed to sucker you out of more cash. What you want is a psychic who works through the power of God or the power of divine love – who gives all credit for the help and healing she channels to a higher power. You don’t pay her for this wisdom or healing energy, you pay her for her time. If a psychic says she works through the power of money, what she is really saying is that money is her God, because she’s surely selling her soul to get it.

From a practical business perspective, psychics are free to charge whatever they desire for their services, just as customers are free to shop around for a more reasonable deal. We might compare this to what one pays for a hair stylist: if you want someone high profile or a really fancy salon experience, you may pay many times what you could pay for the same basic services.

I particularly like this analogy because when people complain about psychics charging anything at all for their work, I’m always struck by the truth that no one needs a psychic reading in order to survive: people pursue psychic readings because they want them. No one would expect a hairstylist to cut and color their hair gratis, so it baffles me when people get in a huff because psychics don’t devote their lives to helping others without expectation of anything in return.

Everyone has a right to use their personal talents to earn a living. Further, it takes a lot more than natural ability to be an excellent psychic reader. Even people with extraordinary psychic gifts must devote many years to developing the knowledge, skills and habits it takes to be great.

As for how much you should you expect to pay for someone accurate and truly helpful, I can assure you that you can receive the same benefits at a much lower price. Remember: you are only paying for someone’s time and expertise, NOT “magic.” My own rule of thumb is that I would never charge others more than I would pay for the same service. If I didn’t charge anything for my readings, I wouldn’t be able to do them anymore, and I know that this would really disappoint all my clients who are quite happy to pay a reasonable fee for my time and energy.

Finally, I can’t condemn this psychic for putting a huge price tag on her time, and I don’t doubt that your life has improved, but I definitely find fault with her approach. While it wouldn’t morally outrage us if a celebrity hairstylist charged $500 a haircut, it WOULD if that same hair stylist tried to con people out of more money by scaring them into thinking that if they didn’t hand over outrageous sums for special products and procedures, they would go bald and end up disfigured and miserable.

The real problem is the fact that instead of empowering you to create what you want in your life when you are stuck or in need of support, psychics like this one disempower you so that you become dependent on them. Instead of helping you heal your fears and cultivate faith in your power to create what you want in your life, they stir up more fear of so-called “negativity” in order to rip you off. This makes them criminals in my book.

You might be protesting that this psychic did help you: that before you started handing over huge sums of cash to her, you were broke, lonely and depressed, and now you’re just (more) broke. Most likely, however, you have been seeing positive changes while working with this psychic because she has led you to focus on what you want and to EXPECT things to get better because you believe in her (and you need to believe that all of that money is not going to waste!)

If a psychic tells Bob that he is cursed by negativity and Bob believes it, Bob will begin to manifest evidence that he is indeed cursed. If the psychic then tells Bob that she has just worked some sort of magic for him involving angels of the highest order, enchanted horny toads, ancient fairy dust and a spirit guide named Chief Kicksumass, Bob will expect miracles to happen. Then Bob’s vibration will rise, he will expect everything to get better, he’ll look for evidence that his luck has changed, and that will be his experience.

I’m not saying that spiritual counseling is a waste of money. In fact, I regularly witness clients manifesting huge breakthroughs as a result of our work together. However, divine guidance works miracles because it helps people heal the fears and illusions limiting their potential, and it reconnects them with their own divine creative power to create what they want in their lives. Spiritual counseling should empower, uplift and free you, not leave you feeling at the mercy of negative energies and dependent on outside help.

My ultimate goal is to empower everyone I work with by guiding them to conscious awareness of their own connection to Spirit. You are already being guided by Spirit every day, and you already possess all the power you need to “release negativity” and create what you want in your life. In fact, while others may help, guide and inspire you, you are the only person who can change your life.

If you’d like to get way more for your money, I strongly recommend you buy some books on the law of attraction and then really study them and work with their exercises and suggestions. There are many wonderful books available on this subject and an endless number of websites devoted to these teachings. (My latest great discovery is a book calledQuantum Success by Sandra Anne Taylor.) I find it helpful and empowering to regularly read books of this nature, for it keeps me mindful of the power of positive thinking.

Finally, if and when you do start to feel stuck, lost, or intuitively drawn to seek spiritual help and healing, I suggest you look for help from someone with the qualities you would seek in any other professional: someone who is honest, sincere, and does excellent work for a fair price. Naturally, you want someone who has unwavering integrity and guarantees your satisfaction.

I have always offered a money-back guarantee on my reading work. This doesn’t mean that the truth conveyed will be exactly what you’re hoping to hear, but it does mean that the information relayed will prove to be accurate, and the guidance offered will empower you to create what you want in your life – if you choose to accept and act on that advice.

– Soul Arcanum

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Do Some Spiritual Arts Conflict with Others?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

Do you think I may be limiting my success or working against myself by trying to improve my psychic skills and spirit communication abilities while at the same time studying Wicca and spell crafting? – Kim

Dear Kim:

I think it’s natural and healthy to explore all sorts of different paths and teachings in search of what works best for you. Most people who consider themselves to be spiritual as opposed to religious have done this to at least some degree. In my opinion, it’s a sign of true intelligence and open-mindedness! After all, how do you really know the best path for you until you explore your options?

That being said, there is definitely a difference between spiritual dabblers and spiritual teachers or masters. For one thing, the dabblers are seeking something, while the masters have found something and chosen to pour all of their beings into that path. This does not necessarily mean that one is in some way ahead of the other, for every time we evolve into new potential, we begin to seek new truths and practices that resonate with who we have become. As we need different things at different stages in our journeys, our inner beings are ever calling us toward whatever we need most at that time.

I’m wondering what is behind your concern, and whether it arises from a sense that what you’ve been doing isn’t really working for you, or whether it’s a question that came up because of some outside comment or influence. Discerning the difference is the real issue here, for you are in the process of learning to trust your own judgment and inner guidance.

Your question reminds me of when I was in training to become a Spiritualist minister, and one of my teachers occasionally made disparaging remarks about Wicca. As I had practiced Wicca for a number of years and had some of the most incredible spiritual experiences of my life in Wiccan rituals, my ears really perked up.

Since I greatly respected this teacher, I found myself questioning my own experiences with Wicca. My own truth rang through strong and clear, however, while what my teacher was saying did not reflect my experiences. I then gave up questioning my views and instead tuned in to try to determine why my teacher was so down on Wicca.

When I asked Spirit about this, I was made to understand that she had had a very different quality of exposure to Wicca, and that her understanding of it was superficial. She didn’t know what Wicca could be or is really all about. This would be comparable to someone forming an opinion of the Catholic Church based solely on what they had read in the paper about priests sexually abusing children.

This surprised me, as this teacher was clearly very spiritually open otherwise. It also made me realize that everyone makes snap judgments sometimes, myself included. For example, if someone mentioned they were into Satanism, I know I would instantly have a negative reaction to the whole subject. I must also confess that I don’t know much about Satanism, have no desire to know more, and am quite closed minded on the matter!

I have since often encountered a disparaging attitude toward Wicca not only in traditional Christian religions but also in other Spiritualist circles. While much of this can be explained by people not having true understanding of the Wiccan/pagan path, it can also be attributed to at least two other main factors.

First, Westerners have been socialized in a culture that is still strongly influenced by the Catholic Church, which of course condemned and persecuted pagans for centuries and falsely demonized earth-based religions. Sadly, not many people are intelligent enough to think for themselves and question all of this, or ambitious enough to seek out a true education on the subject. (Believe me, what we’re taught in school is not what really happened!) It is only those who have explored these matters for themselves who know how hypocritical the Church was in demonizing earlier religions, for most of the rites and rituals of the Catholic Church are pagan in origin.

The second reason I think there is a bit of a clash between Spiritualism and paganism is because pagans and other earth-based religions tend to work with lower vibrational energies of the earth, nature spirits and the elements, while Spiritualists reach for the divine and planes beyond the physical. Again, we have been socialized to view the earth as less than heaven – the body as sinful while the spirit is divine.

To sort this out, I strongly urge you to listen to your intuition and pursue whatever calls to you, for in this way, ultimately you will end up with what speaks most to your own soul and works best for you. You are wise, however, to ask yourself what teachings and practices will best help you fulfill your personal goals.

If you want to develop your mediumship abilities to work with the grieving, Spiritualist training is a great choice. If you want to be able to see fairies or work magick, then Wicca might be better. Please remember that you can do both and more, of course! In fact, if you want to become a medium in order to free earthbound spirits, a combination may be best, because you would be connecting with spirits of a lower vibration. If instead, you want to channel divine healing and messages from guides and angels, you might find it easier to attain the high vibration needed for that sort of thing through Spiritualism or some other channel.

I am not in any way suggesting that any one path is better than another, as I do not believe that is true. That would be like saying that the color blue is better than the color red. I do, however, believe that we all travel a natural order of progression, and are ever rising in vibration. Thus people tend to get interested in more earthly psychic phenomena before they are drawn to explore higher realms. We must also remember that evolution is not a straight line; it’s more like a spiral. If we focus on only one aspect of development, we’ll only get so far before we are led to circle back and bring the rest of our being up to speed. So someone who was a master at working with earth energies could be much more evolved than a dabbler who happened to be into angels at the moment. On top of all of this, we are all unique, and are wise to honor our special gifts and pursue our personal passions.

In summary, the ultimate authority on what will work best for you is YOU. Trust your own experiences and your own inner being/intuition, and don’t let anyone else tell you what you should be doing on your spiritual path, or what you should stay away from. Remember too that often the paths that people may fear and warn you against are simply both misunderstood and very powerful.

I recommend you ask Spirit to guide you to whatever you need now, and forge your own path by taking the best of what you find along the way and leaving behind whatever doesn’t resonate with you as true or useful. With this approach, you will naturally tailor your spiritual journey to your true Divine self, and honor your connection to Spirit as the most sacred, personal relationship you could ever have.

– Soul Arcanum

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She’s Nervous about a Psychic Who Knows Her Embarassing Secrets

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I visited a local psychic about three times, so naturally she got to know all my personal problems. I was very surprised when I saw her at the gym that I attend, and it made me feel uneasy. Then in the locker room she had the audacity to ask me outright if my son is still doing drugs, along with some other personal questions. I felt disgusted because in my opinion, she should not discuss the matters from my readings somewhere else. I motioned for her to shut her mouth, and she replied “Not to worry.” I have also noticed that when she talks to me, she stands very close, fixes her eyes on me, and asks personal questions. I think she’s reading me, and I feel uneasy every time I see her. I have made it clear that I no longer desire her services, and I’m no longer friendly with her. Can she harm me in any way? How do I prevent her from reading me?
– Liz

Dear Liz:

A dear friend of mine is a popular local psychologist, and I’ve had other friends react with similar nervousness when they realize I know him. While some worry that he’ll share their secrets with me, for the most part, they’re uneasy because who they are in public is so different from who they are when they’re in his office and getting “real,” so they don’t know how to act around him in a different setting. Since he would never betray their confidence, the real problem is the chasm between who these people really are and who they like to pretend to be in “polite society.”

Psychologists are trained and required by law to maintain strict confidentiality, and while psychics should follow the same protocol, there is no official training or laws governing this sort of work, so it’s natural for clients to worry. I maintain strict confidentiality for my clients and would never disclose that someone had even asked me for a reading, much less what we had discussed. This is especially important when someone else may know my client, or my client is a well-known celebrity or other public figure. So I certainly agree that this psychic is not handling herself in a professional manner! (I’m also doubtful of her psychic sensitivity, for she should be able to sense your uneasiness and respond accordingly.)

At the same time, I have to say that I don’t pick up any malice from her. Like so many psychics, she is probably just socially quirky. Psychics tend to be extraordinarily open and honest because so much that escapes others’ awareness is quite plain to us. While many people ONLY get emotionally naked in very private settings, we see through people’s social masks all the time.

Just the other day my son complained, “Having a psychic for a mom is so not fair! Not only do I get in trouble for the things I say, I get in trouble for the things I DON’T say!” He was referring to both my ability to sense his true thoughts and feelings, and my habit of insisting on bringing the truth to light.

I do this because I believe it’s a waste of time and disrespectful of everyone involved to be anything but real. Further, whenever we are false, we disconnect from our personal power to create positive change. In addition, on some level everyone knows the truth – they may not know it consciously, but they still know. When we use words to hide the truth or twist it around, we’re just playing games.

Life is not a competition to see who can keep their act together more than anyone else, it’s an experiment through which we all cultivate new wisdom and understanding. Everything we feel and experience happens for a good reason. We are all divine spirits living out big dramas here on Earth, and we’re in this together. So if someone is being false with me by lying, avoiding, denying, etc., I will usually communicate what I feel is really happening because I see no reason for anyone to hide. (As you might imagine, I have often been told that I’m very intense and honest to a fault!)

Given all of this, I see no need for you to block yourself from being read. Instead, I recommend you heal yourself of the fear of being exposed for who you really are, and the belief that if people knew the real you, they would find you somehow unworthy of their love and respect.

If you are honest with yourself, you’ll realize that the reason you want to keep your secrets hidden is because deep down, you’re ashamed of yourself for some reason. You’re afraid that somehow you’re not as good as other people, or your children aren’t as good as they “should” be, which must be your fault. If you recognize that everyone struggles with all sorts of problems just as big as yours, hopefully you’ll realize that there is no reason for you to feel bad about yourself.

It’s easy for psychics to forget that not everyone is like us. For example, we hear everyone’s most scandalous secrets, greatest fears and deepest regrets, and if we’re coming from a higher vibration as we should be, we don’t judge anyone for their problems and decisions. From Spirit’s perspective, there is nothing to feel ashamed about and therefore nothing to hide because you’ve not done anything wrong! There is only compassion for you and all you’re going through.

This is one of the qualities that makes great therapists true healers: they see you as divinely perfect just the way you are, and they help you to see your own divine perfection as well. In this way, you make peace with yourself and your life.

If I were you, I would thank this woman for showing you that she cares, and gently explain that you’d rather not talk about these things when you’re at the gym, for you’re not mentally prepared to deal with them then, and just want to get in a good workout.

Then instead of keeping all those skeletons buried in the back of some metaphorical closet, I encourage you to work on finding compassion for yourself. Whenever you feel the urge to cover something up or pretend to be someone you’re not, recognize that your ego is kicking in, and try to relax and let go of needing others’ acceptance. Remember that gaining others’ approval by pretending to be someone you’re not is pretty silly, and it will just fill your life with all sorts of meaningless, hollow relationships and interactions.

Remember too that getting emotionally vulnerable takes love and faith in yourself, and if you open up about what you’re really going through, it will encourage the people you talk with to do the same. Trust me – everyone feels the way you do – we all want to look good in others’ eyes. So instead of worrying about impressing others, try to give them what you’d like to receive: acceptance and understanding for who they really are and all they’re really going through.

If you do this, you will end up in some powerful, meaningful relationships wherein you know you can truly be yourself and be accepted for who you really are. Ironically, this approach will also bring you the respect and admiration of some wonderful kindred spirits.

 

– Soul Arcanum

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Psychic Celebrities: Are They the Best in the Field?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

Do you think the mediums we see on TV are the best? I have been trying to get a reading with a famous medium for a long time now, but their waiting lists are incredibly long and their prices are really steep. Do you think it will prove worth it?
– Susan

Dear Susan:

From what I’ve seen of the top celebrity mediums, they are very gifted, do excellent work, and have stellar integrity. We must remember, however, that when it comes to television, we only see the most dramatic, entertaining and impressive moments. Whatever actually happened may be edited, recreated for the camera, or otherwise enhanced to produce a certain effect.

I have personally never met a medium who can bring through evidence from any spirit at any time. This is because a gifted medium is only one part of the spirit communication equation.

As a medium myself, I have had many amazing experiences, such as accurately bringing through names, nicknames, visual descriptions, and other identifying details from spirits. At first I assumed this ability would only grow stronger and more reliable, but that has not been the case. I may have a fantastic spirit communication session, then a number that fall flat, and then another great one. I’ve also seen some very gifted mediums give amazing readings, and then a few years later seen those same mediums seem vague and unsure. As a result of all of this, I don’t believe that spirit communication is something that any medium can guarantee.

Some of the difficulty lies in what we consider evidence. It’s rare for me to get nothing when I tune in. Sometimes I feel like I have a connection, but I can’t be sure it is with the spirit being sought. The only way to know for sure who I “have on the line” is if they give me clear identifying details, which doesn’t happen all the time.

I believe one reason is because the spirit world is a realm of emotion. As we don’t HAVE names or physical bodies in the afterlife, it is far easier to get an emotional message from a spirit (such as a message of love and affection) than to get the sort of details that skeptics may consider evidential.

So even if a medium is a clear channel, for her to bring through evidence, the spirits involved must also be able to summon the mental clarity and focus to remember details that don’t matter to them anymore, and then somehow translate those into mental messages and skillfully communicate them.

Let’s say that years ago, you took a college history course. What from that class do you remember? The professor’s full name? The course description? The title of the textbook? Can you remember what you learned in the class?

If you’re like me, you can’t remember most of those details. One or two things may stand out in your memory, such as the girl who always sat in front of you and ate pomegranates during lectures, and some startling bit of trivia that the professor threw out one day that you thought about long after. You may remember how the classroom looked, and where you sat, and the color of your book bag. The friends you went to class with, however, may share none of your memories because they have their own unique set.

This is like being a spirit trying to remember a certain relationship experience from the life just left. The little details fade out quickly, but the overall feeling of the experience remains. Your loved ones on earth may not remember any of the things you remember, and yet they are hoping you will produce the details that were most important to them.

In light of all of this, I consider it a miracle every time I AM able to bring through details that send the grieving soaring with hope and amazement. I also try to judge the value of my work not by the facts I am able to bring through, but by the effect they have on the person I’m working with. Sometimes I bring through all kinds of evidence, and it’s not what the person I’m reading for was hoping to receive, and they’re disappointed. Other times, I don’t bring through what I consider to be amazing evidence, but it means everything to my clients, or they can feel the spirit of their loved ones coming through.

Even after all these years, there are days when I consider giving up my work as a medium. When I feel bad because I have failed to produce for someone, I am reminded of all the amazing readings I’ve done in the past. When I get down like this, Spirit also encourages me to imagine what it must be like to be a doctor who is unable to cure a patient. If they all quit when this happened, we wouldn’t have any doctors!

Psychic celebrities are working with all of these challenges, plus some. For example, many psychic celebrities are actually on their way down. By this I mean that they once had great ability, but then a dose of big success fanned the flames of their egos and led them to want more fame and financial success. Succumbing to the ego like this will lower our vibration, which will diminish our spiritual abilities.

Other famous mediums may be motivated by a sincere desire to help people, to remove the stigma associated with everything “psychic,” or to share with the world the discovery they hold most dear: that we do indeed continue on after death. I am grateful to those spiritual teachers who are willing to put up with all the headaches that come with fame. I have often marveled at mediums like John Edwards, for I know I couldn’t handle the pressure and lack of peace and privacy he must deal with every day.

In my view, the trappings of fame could weigh down even the most sincere and gifted psychic. (Psychics are extremely sensitive, of course, so just the commotion would be unnerving!) For one thing, there is only so much one person can do. To me, psychic reading work is a bit like running. I can only run so much before my body starts to ache, and instead of growing stronger and fitter, injuries and exhaustion take over.

It’s the same with psychic work: trying to do too much of something so spiritually demanding is a recipe for psychic breakdown. When I imagine the demand that psychic celebrities must have for their work, and how much pressure they must feel to “perform,” I figure they must burn out pretty quickly.

Further, celebrities tend to attract hangers on – people hoping to hitch their wagons to a rising star. Celebrities then hire agents, publicists, assistants, etc., and feel responsible for being able to pay those people, which often tempts them to consider doing things for money that they might not otherwise.

So while I do believe that some of the respected mediums on TV are talented and sincere, I also believe there are many “undiscovered” mediums who are just as gifted, who charge reasonable fees and are far more accessible. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for a celebrity reading and waiting more than a year for your appointment, I recommend you explore the work of readers who are a bit more down to earth and charge a reasonable sum for their time and energy.

Then if you do get an excellent reading, don’t assume that you could get something even better from a “star.” While you might be right, the opposite could also be true, for over the years I’ve heard from many people who invested a lot in a celebrity reading and were sorely disappointed.

I also believe you can manifest what you want by consciously working with the law of attraction. Ask Spirit to guide you to the right reader for you, and then vividly imagine how you will feel when you get the best reading of your life. If you do this, what you desire will naturally evolve in your experience.

– Soul Arcanum

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Unsolicited Psychic Information – To Tell Others or Not?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I have kitties, and some are not doing too well. One has been diagnosed with oral cancer, the other has no definite diagnosis, and almost all of them developed upper respiratory infections. I recently learned about Quantum Touch, and had been using it on them when I got the feeling I should meditate. To shorten the story, a person in my meditation told me a certain thing about the infections they were all experiencing. I accepted what he said to be true, even though it’s a bit “out there,” and the next day, they were all basically “cured.” What do I do with this information? It sounds pretty wacky, but it seems to work. There are many ramifications to letting people know about it, however. I am really confused. I am thankful I was told this, and amazed at how well it’s worked, but what do I do with this spiritual information now? Thanks and many blessings!
– Joanna

Dear Joanna:

Welcome to my psychic world!

Your question reminds me of the television show Medium, which I started watching recently, even though I don’t generally watch TV, and certainly steer clear of shows that are dark with violence such as those about crimes. Everyone kept telling me about this show, however, so I checked it out. As soon as I saw it, I told my family, “They definitely have a real medium consulting on this show!” (I didn’t know yet that the character of Allison Dubois is based on a real medium of the same name.)

So many elements in the show’s storylines ring true to me. For example, no one knows what Allison does for a living, or that she is even a medium, except for her husband and the people she works with. Even her kids are basically in the dark about what she is really doing. Due to society’s general view of “psychics” as either nuts or frauds, many remain “in the closet” about their ability for a long time � some never come out.

Allison also often doesn’t know what to make of the dreams she has or the information she receives herself. Instead of being all-knowing, she is usually just as baffled by her experiences as everyone else. When we first open psychically, this is just how it is. We don’t know how to explain what is happening or how to figure out what our experiences “mean” – we just know that we had them and that when we pursue their meaning, it usually takes shape in amazing ways.

I’m mentioning all of this because one of Allison’s many struggles with her psychic perceptions is figuring out what she should do with them. She often doesn’t know if she should share the information she receives via visions and dreams. When she does share them, the people who receive her insights usually don’t know what to do with them either. She faces a lot of judgment and rejection by skeptics, yet she always finds a way to trust her own truth above all else, and when she does, things work out.

If you haven’t seen the show yet, I encourage you to check it out, for it will help you to make sense of what you pick up and the best way to deal with it. I must warn you, however, that it’s not for super sensitive folks who lack faith that all is well, for it centers on solving violent crimes.

Like Allison, if we trust that we receive information for a reason and we trust our own intuition when deciding what to do with that information, everything will work out just fine. This doesn’t mean that everyone will be open to hearing what we have to say, or that our lives will be simple and carefree. If that’s what you’re hoping for, you might as well ask Spirit to turn your psychic abilities off right now – and move to fantasyland while you’re at it.

When we first begin to have amazing spiritual experiences such as the insights you were given and the healing that followed, it’s natural and kind to want to tell the whole world about it. After all, when we figure out that we are the creators of our own experiences, and thus there is no need for anyone to suffer ill health or lack of any kind, we want to tell everyone who is still walking around in a dark cloud of disempowerment how they can use our truth to create something better in their lives.

It can be especially hard to watch loved ones struggle with problems that we know how to solve, such as the health issues you describe. Similarly, it can be very hard to watch loved ones heading for a huge mistake and not try to warn them, even if we know they won’t listen. If we do try to warn them, it can be even harder to sit back when they refuse to listen to us.

On top of all this, we have to figure out what to do with the information we pick up for perfect strangers. We have less at stake personally there, but how in the world does one begin to approach such a subject? Perhaps hardest of all is determining what we should do with messages for people we don’t like very much, or who don’t like us for some reason. For a couple of months now, I’ve been sitting on a message about impending health problems for woman who really resents me. We never speak, so I’m not about to ring her up with the “bad news.”

To make matters even more complicated, because we create our own realities, we are juggling a lot of responsibility for how our words will affect others’ outcomes, for if we tell them they’re heading for disaster, it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. We don’t want to be proven right just because they believe our dire prediction and go on to manifest it.

To figure out what we should do with certain information, we have to develop a clear conscious connection to Spirit. This is where a spontaneous medium like Allison Dubois’ character is at a disadvantage. Her impressions come to her randomly, spontaneously – it’s like she is at their mercy. By contrast, a developed medium will have cultivated strong relationships with guides in Spirit, and know how to receive answers and guidance at will. A medium who has mastered her abilities like this will then just ask Spirit what she should do with certain information, and receive a clear answer. For example, when I ask Spirit what I should do with that health information for the woman who doesn’t like me, I hear, “wait, watch and see.”

Anyone who has spontaneous psychic experiences or receives insights and information from Spirit like you did should further develop their abilities like this, so they can ask Spirit for guidance on what to do with their perceptions. There are no hard and fast rules we can learn, for each individual and situation is unique. We have to be able to ask our intuition in the moment, and trust it enough to act on it.

Ponder this possibility: sometimes we are actually meant to deliver information to someone who will reject it, because this will prove more powerful than preventing a “mistake.” When they realize we were right and wish they had listened to us, their spiritual belief system could be blown open. So even if our impressions are rejected up front, it doesn’t mean it was all for nothing. Some people have to walk through a lot of pain before they’ll change their ways and views.

As for what you might do with general spiritual epiphanies, such as knowing that we can heal with the energy of our minds, again – ask your intuition. Perhaps this experience/knowing was a gift just for you. Perhaps you will feel compelled to share it with certain individuals you meet along your journey. Maybe you’ll end up writing a book about the knowledge you’ve been given, and enlighten the world at large.

If you feel compelled to share your insights and experiences in some way, then there is nothing more important for you to do. So long as what you are sharing is of love and light, and your overall intention is to be helpful, you can’t go wrong.

Whenever you don’t know what to do, remember: you can always ask Spirit!

– Soul Arcanum

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How Much Does the Reader Affect a Psychic Reading?

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I’m wondering about having psychic readings on the same subject from different readers. Is it possible that some people connect or respond better to one psychic versus another? How much does the reader affect the outcome of the reading? I have had a variety of readings and wondered if perhaps it was just me. Thank you for your insights.
– Kay

Dear Kay:

Thank you for this great question. Let’s assume that talent and accuracy are not issues here, for obviously if one psychic is more gifted than another, her readings will tend to be more accurate, useful and satisfying.

Even when psychics have the same level of talent, skill, experience and perhaps even wisdom (which is pretty darn unlikely), they may deliver markedly different readings. I consider psychic work an art, not a science, so the results will be as unique as the person producing it.

To get a sense of how the individual reader will affect the reading, imagine that instead of hiring a psychic to tell you what they see in your future, you’ve hired an artist to paint a picture of your past based on various stories you relate, some snapshots you show them, a few pictures you draw on paper, perhaps even a family video or two. The artist’s job will be to create a collage that accurately and satisfyingly depicts “your past.”

You can only imagine how different this collage might be based on many different factors. Some of those factors you will contribute, such as your own energy, what you choose to focus upon, how good you are at opening up, how you’re feeling the day you speak with the artist, how prepared you are with your own materials, how clear you are about what want to cover – even the weather will affect the way things go.

The rest will depend on the artist herself, such as how well she listens; how she interprets what you tell her in light of her own life experience; whether she’s more visual, audial or kinesthetic; her personal style, etc. Even if you had a panel of several similarly gifted artists before you at the exact same time, each one would produce a very different work of art.

One might have had a fight with her husband that morning and be feeling rather gloomy. As a result, she may have a harder time than usual seeing the bright side, choose murky colors, and focus on the more negative details you share with her.

Another may listen very well and accurately understand what you tell her, but she may have a hard time translating that onto the canvas. Perhaps she just has a modern style like Picasso’s, and produces vibrant but disjointed pictures that leave you wondering exactly what is what. We might say she is a great receiver but not such a great communicator. In her mind it’s all perfectly clear, but that doesn’t really help you much.

Yet another artist may be a genius with all the talent and skill to produce just what you are looking for, but as a result of her giftedness, she may have grown a big ego. She may care more about showing off than about your satisfaction with her work, and thus though her art may be “amazing,” it may just leave you cold. (Sadly, lots of gifted psychics lean in this direction once they become “famous.”)

Hopefully at least one artist on your panel would be both highly skilled and able to provide you with a wonderful, comforting, inspiring picture that exceeds your expectations. So as you look for the right psychic reader for you, think about how you’d choose an artist, and look for someone gifted and caring who has a style you personally find appealing. Shop around until you find someone that you really click with, someone whose work leaves you feeling satisfied and whose messages prove useful and accurate over time.

At the same time, please be realistic. So many people give up on psychics altogether after one or two experiences that don’t do much for them. Think about it: finding the perfect spiritual counselor for you isn’t any easier than finding a reliable, affordable, available babysitter you love and trust completely with your newborn baby, or finding a doctor you feel totally comfortable with who never fails to immediately diagnosis and fix your “problem.”

Further, most psychic work involves probabilities. Like stock brokers, we can evaluate lots of different factors to predict what will happen in this or that area, but that doesn’t mean this prediction is set in stone. Our own unique personalities will also affect how we interpret various factors. For example, if a psychic views teenagers experimenting with drinking and soft drugs as just a natural part of growing up, she may reassure a mother that her kid is totally normal and everything will be fine. If another psychic sees such behavior as highly dangerous, she may warn the mother that danger lies ahead and advise swift action.

So you can see that even given the same client with the same questions, every reading will be highly unique. To find the ideal reader for you, I recommend consciously working with the law of attraction. This means instead of randomly trying this or that psychic, you would get very clear about the quality of experience you desire, vividly imagine how it would feel, and then expect that or something better to be yours.

I’ve done this myself, and it works. Clients aren’t the only ones who want a great psychic reading experience. Believe me, as psychics do readings all day, every day, it’s extra important to us that the experience is all that it can be. When I first began reading professionally many years ago, I didn’t set any conscious intention except for doing a good job and being able to make a living this way. After a few weeks of people asking me for winning lottery numbers or getting miffed because I didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear, I learned to ask Spirit to bring me only the highest and best in terms of clients.

This has worked amazingly well ever since. I continually attract the kindest, most spiritually aware people as clients. There are a number that are so gracious, appreciative and all around wonderful that I feel like I should be paying them!

So I encourage you to ask the Universe to guide you to the perfect reader for you. You might tell the Universe you want a reader who is skilled and accurate, caring, trustworthy, affordable, reliable, honest, sincere, wise, helpful, positive, and very good at communicating both with you and with Spirit.

Then visualize yourself wrapping up a psychic reading feeling just blown away. Vividly imagine the goose bumps on your arms, the catch in your breath, the excitement and the wonder of this experience. Summon the feeling of deep joy, gratitude and satisfaction of knowing you got more than you ever hoped for. Finally, just as you might release a dove that you’ve been holding carefully in your hands, send this wish off into the cosmos and expect the Universe to lead you to the psychic who can fulfill that vision.

Once you do find such a reader, hold onto her! For some reason people will continue to hunt for a better and better psychic when they would never do that with a therapist, lawyer, employee, etc. Endlessly second-guessing a psychic who has already proven herself to you is like endlessly getting a second and third opinion from a doctor because you’ve yet to hear a diagnosis you find appealing. While it’s fine to try other readers now and then, if you’re not going to trust and honor the advice you’re given in a reading, then pursuing one reading after another is a waste of time and money.

May you find a spiritual counselor who exceeds your expectations and empowers you to fulfill your dreams!

– Soul Arcanum

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Why Psychics are So Darn Weird

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Dear Soul Arcanum:

I’ve long had a secret interest in spiritual/psychic matters. I’ve kept it secret because of the general stereotype of “New Age” people. I’m sure you’re familiar with it: most “psychics” seem to be flakey, out of touch with reality and lacking in common sense. Further, they often seem to have trouble with some pretty basic stuff, like being on time and paying their bills. They also dress funny and freak people out with their strange views. For example, my brother’s wife is a very kind person, but she says some crazy stuff. At the wake following my father’s funeral, she announced to all within earshot that my dad was present and enjoying the party immensely. She made us get very quiet and then asked if we could feel him there too. While I believed it was entirely possible that my dad WAS present, I thought my poor mother would faint! Later when the family was talking about how freaky my sister-in-law is, I didn’t say a word, because I don’t want to viewed as a freak too. Why do so many “spiritual” people seem to be so darn weird?
Deanna

Dear Deanna:

While stereotypes often cause all sorts of problems, that doesn’t mean they’re totally false. You’re right: a lot of “spiritual” people have many of the traits you describe. What you probably don’t know is that there are whole lot of similar spiritual folks who slip past your weirdo radar. I know because I’m one of them. You don’t even know that we’re “psychic” or “New Agey” because we’re undercover!

Like you, we keep a low profile because sadly in this world, being a kind-hearted, spiritually focused student of esoteric wisdom often leads to social rejection. Being unconventional in any way has always been socially damning. At other times and places, being psychic or into the “paranormal” would bring one status and respect. It’s currently out of vogue in the Western world, however. This is simply a matter of “fashion” – the masses will eventually catch up with the world’s leading scientists, who are awakening to the wisdom of ancient mystical teachings via discoveries in quantum physics.

Additionally, a few high profile con-artists (like those %&*#$!!! psychic 900 lines) have created a climate where anyone who vocalizes an interest in psychic matters is deemed to be just plain gullible. Highly popular religions have of course never let up with what they do best either: demonizing freethinkers of every breed. There are many other reasons psychic subjects are treated with scorn, fear and ridicule. Suffice it to say that I learned early on how freaked out some people are by even the word psychic, so I wasn’t about to openly share my strange personal experiences!

For years I thus remained quiet about my spirituality in my personal life, and to a large extent, I still do. If you met me at the gym or my kids’ school, you would never guess what I’m into spiritually. The point of all of this is that you are probably surrounded by people just like you: people who have psychic experiences or are at least interested in these subjects, but never let on.

I’m not proud of being undercover. In fact, I admire people like your sister-in-law, who don’t seem to give a darn what other people think of them. As I grow older, I’m learning how to be more and more like them. I like people who say what they think, wear what they want, and seem unconcerned about what other people think of them. Personally, I couldn’t bear the thought of my children being ostracized from the neighborhood play group because their mommy is a weirdo. I didn’t want them to suffer just because many people are incapable of getting past their social conditioning.

In my unique psychic view, everyone is “weird” beneath the surface. The more “normal” we seem to be, the more hung up we are by our social conditioning. Thus people who seem “weird” have just grown very good at being themselves. When we honor who we really are and live from our inner truth, we honor the Divine forces that created us.

Those of us who are uptight enough to keep our idiosyncrasies secret also tend to be good at things like being on time and paying our bills. We dress normally and adhere to other social conventions as well. We certainly don’t tell strangers what we see in their futures, admire their auras, or deliver every message from Spirit that comes our way. Because we care what others think, we rein our “weirdness” in.

It only makes sense that people who don’t care so much what other people of them wouldn’t worry if they are on time, if others think they dress funny, or even if their creditors are happy with them. They’re less likely to adhere to all sorts of conventions, including organized religious teachings. These are free thinkers and free spirits, God bless them every one! They are my favorite sort of people, for they demonstrate something I truly long for: the courage to honor all of who they really are.

Perhaps being highly psychic gives me a unique appreciation for people like this. You see, a psychic can feel the chasm between what a person says and does and who they really are. I’m sure everyone has had the experience of knowing that someone’s polite responses were not sincere. It’s an unsettling feeling, and someone who is highly psychic senses things like this constantly. It’s thus very refreshing to meet a free spirit and to have no jarring feelings of incongruity. What they say and do is who they really are!

Now, why are spiritual people so “out there” to begin with? Well, first of all, the more we walk a conscious spiritual path, the less centered we’ll be in mundane reality. Our heads are literally “in the clouds.” We ponder profound ideas and pay more attention to subtle energies than to little details such as what time it is. As I mentioned, we’re also more into honoring our true spirits than worrying about what others think of us. Thus we do what we like, dress as we like, and generally live as we like instead of conforming to social conventions. Further, free thinking, spiritual types tend to be more right-brained. This makes us less logical and practical, and more artistic and creative – more prone to act outside the box of convention.

Ideally, we will achieve a healthy balance between grounded competence in the physical world and wise awareness and understanding of all that transcends it. Those who achieve this balance often become spiritual leaders and teachers, for they are recognized by those in the mainstream as being both “sane” and wise. It sounds to me like you’re a great candidate for developing that sort of balance, but first, you’ll have to overcome your socially programmed bias against non-conformity.

To explore psychic matters and spiritual growth, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. It’s not like you’re going to catch some syndrome that leaves you sailing around outer space in gypsy skirts, spouting off every far out notion that pops into your head. You don’t have to give up common sense to explore higher worlds! There are lots of us who question everything we encounter in life. We research and test it, and only trust our own direct experiences. I don’t believe in anything I’ve not personally experienced – I’ve just learned that we can experience with far more than our five physical senses.

I encourage you to rethink your view of “spiritual” people, for you’ll not find a kinder bunch of people anywhere. If they push your buttons, it’s because you’ve got buttons ripe for pushing, my dear. While you’re busily judging them to be flakey, I’m sure they’re not labeling you uptight and critical; instead, they’re probably really paying attention to what you say, noticing who you are beneath the surface, and wishing you great health and happiness.

– Soul Arcanum

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