RE: Addicted to Readings.....
Many Mediums/Psychics dont fortell the future but provide proof that there is life after this one.
To get a message from a loved one saying you are on the right path etc can be very uplifting and can inspire you to move forward yourself.
It can be a very profound experience knowing that this is not the end.
The only life coach I have met was Antony Robbins and he was truly inspirational.
I think both can actually give the same result - belief in yourself & that you 'Can Do It'.
I do fear I am about to go[sm=offtopic.gif]... ha ha
RE: Addicted to Readings.....
Totally agree with Dedwydd - to me the readings that mean anything is about proof of life after death - this is also the reason why I have just requested and received a reading! Thank you Craig!!! Then again, every now and again I get a tarrot reading out of curiosity because sometimes something is said and you go wow!
I would not like to live my life by what somebody else has had to say (whether I paid for it or got a free reading!) - however, for some reason a lot of people do 'become addicted' and frantically want answers from any and every source. In June I was doing a development week in Stirling and got a young girls (early 20's) in front of me when we were working with pendels and crystals - she asked a question and I tried to get a reply - strange thing was that the pendel wouldn't answer (it just stayed still) - I got a yes and no from it again by asking different things, then asked her question again - again I did not get reponse - this realy puzzled me! After talking to her for a bit it turned out that she kept asking the same questions about her lovelife to everybody she could and doing tarrot readings for herself daily - when she did get an answer she either didn't believe it because it was negative or it was too good to be true!
I had a long talk to her about having to live her own life, making her own decisions and how she should be enjoying life knowing that the answer will come to her when the time was right. I don't think it made any difference to her because of where she was in her life but it did teach me that no matter what method you use to connect, if it is not the time for you to hear an answer you will either get nothing or a load of 'rubish'.
Must say, I take my hat off to people who offer these reading because they do get hounded eventually and it is a pity as some of them are realy good and it takes a lot of energy to do these reading. I was on another page and you had to have been a member for x number of posts or months (can't remember) before you could request a reading - maybe something like that should be considered or saying every member could only request 1 reading per month (then who would keep tract of that!) just trying to come up with solutions!
RE: Addicted to Readings.....
I do agree with everyone here - I am a professional reader but I tell people that their future is not set in stone and they can always change it if they're told there's something coming up they don't like! I also like to put an emphasis on what the client can do for themselves and that's where Tarot is a brilliant tool - it tells you what qualities are lacking and which ones need to be brought into play. You're right about people asking the same questions over and over again, and I've seen it on these forums and in my work too.Divination tools, and spirit of course,deserve the utmost respect and if you start messing about with them then they start to mess about with you and you get a nonsense reading (like the pendulum incident referred to above). I also reword people's questions sometimes to make it more empowering and shift the responsibility back onto the client. So "Will he come back to me?" becomes "What do Ineed to know about possibly renewing this relationship?" and "Will I ever find my soul mate?" becomes "What do I need to do to help bring my soul mate towards me?"
Unfortunately, Tarot has got a bad reputation because of the pure fortune-telling tendency, but if you use it respectfully and appropriately you get a session that's every bit as effective as life coaching and therapy!
There, rant over! I suppose it's like anything - it's not the thing itself it's how you choose to use it.
Love and light,
Sara
RE: Addicted to Readings.....
i'm in total agreement with the need of some people wanting to hear what they truly desire, and not being satisfied until they do- even then in some cases this validation is not enough and off they trot to the next reader with the same question ....:eek:!!
i also personally feel that for a variety of reasons, people cannot take responsibility for their own lives and rather than use the guidance offered by the reader as a step into helping themselves, they usethem as an emotional crutch and become more and more dependent. a person may even view the reader as their own personal counsellor, relying on them to make decisions and expecting them to take charge of their welfare .there is also the" fairy godmother scenario" who waves a magic wand and makes it all better and i truly believe this is what some people think readers can do!!
now that there is more pressures in society , there are more people turning to the tarot and unfortuantely there has been a boom in the business side, you've only got to look in the classifieds of papers and magazines to see this. to me, the art of tarot to some has been exploited somewhat at the expense of those who are going through a tough time by businesses whose main interest is the money to be made from someone's misfortune.
warm wishes- calla lily x
RE: Addicted to Readings.....
A close friend of mine has made such a burden on herself that over the last 18months she has spend fortunes on readings from a lady in our town - only asking the same question about a very much dead relationship of hers... she just would not believe that the guy was not coming back to her..
What makes it sadder that thereader in question keeps her hopes alive by not telling her the truth..time and time again..( she made a fortune)...she is a very good reader but just couldn't bring herself to tell her the truth for fear of upsetting her.. as she knew the girl would be back and back and back again.. she has pestered many of us, her friends, to the point we have refused to read for her. anymore.... and
sadly so has the tarot reader after recieving 25/30 texts from her in one day.. so sometimes it is very much a case of pulling the temperance card and heeding its message.
she has now gone on to the phone tarot lines.... what more can i say.. sad.. very sad.. just won't believe the cards... even though she can read them herself..[:o]