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Do psychic readings stop us making our own progress?
elcaliente:
I think it was sapphire21 who said to me that a psychic reading should be treated as a roadmap of the route you are on with respect to your desires. Psychics should not be consulted to get you to your destination...but they can show you what you might encounter along the way and therefore this roadmap can prepare you for what you might encounter. You simply get a snapshot of where your current path might take you. The route shown on the roadmap is determined by the energy of the situation at the time of the reading. This "insight" can be helpful. It's akin to writing a speech several days before a presentation, versus attempting to do it extemporaneously without preparation. Sure there are some that can think on their feet, but in sensitive situations, a little preparation can be of huge benefit.
--- Quote from: jdd2003 on September 18, 2012, 09:45:03 PM ---I was just thinking about this and thought I'd pitch the idea...
Over the last few years I've spoken a lot to psychics and feel like I am way to dependent. I am trying to stop myself from doing this as it's not necessary. Other people get through life perfectly well without speaking to psychics so surely I can do the same. Today something dawned on me though...
Yesterday I spoke with Aries Intuition. I really like her and find her very accurate. She predicted that I would communicate with my guy within a one. I did indeed speak to him today. However, I am the one who initiated the contact. It was a fantastic conversation that's had me smiling all day. The reason I decided to contact him myself is because I stopped and thought about it realistically- he is blatantly into me, so surely it's not offering encouragement if I am always waiting for him to contact me. Perhaps he thinks I must not really be into him since I never contact him. I could have sat and waited for him to communicate, and maybe he would have initiated it today, but doesn't that take away my control from me? So, technically, AI was right in that it was within a one that I spoke to him. But it did get me thinking on how many times I might have missed an opportunity because I was so hung up on what a psychic said that I would almost be frozen to action.
I think it's really dangerous to get caught up in these readings like I have in the past. It strips control from us. I think a lot of people stay in something instead of walking away because a psychic sees x,y or z. Or we don't take actions because predictions. I could rely on readings that he will do this or this, or you'll hear from him in so many days, but I realised I run the risk of ruining things. Psychics are like a security blanket. Isn't it better to just let go, go into life with your whole heart and live in the moment?
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elcaliente:
I think that depends upon how you define passive. If you mean that you use the information from the psyhic to govern what choices you make, regardless of what your inner voice is telling you, then I agree. A good psychic should always advise that you should listen to and tune your own intuitive powers. We all have them; we just may not be as aware of them.
My view of the value of a psychic reading (assuming we are speaking of a reading with a reputable professional) is that it serves as a second set of eyes, not jaded by the emotions of the situation, that can see through the fog that clouds our own vision. By the way, that emotion sometimes causes us to react in a fashion that might not be in our best interests, if only we had the ability to see the entire picture from an objective standpoint.
--- Quote from: loops77 on September 18, 2012, 10:42:20 PM ---I think there is a tendency to get passive from readings...you do forget to stop living and do what you would normally do in some situations. Definitely. There is a time to be passive, as well as a time to be active. Its just a matter of learning how to balance it.
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jdd2003:
Loops, the word 'passive' almost sums it up. I don't think it's that I become passive, more that I feel like a bunny in the headlights and don't know whether to do a or b. I really thought yesterday that this is utterly ridiculous, this is a two way street and if I like him, why worry about contact instead of just initiating it myself? There are two people here and more likely than not, he's just as happy when I start a conversation as I am when he does. We're all human and it's nice to know someone is thinking of you and wants to speak to you/see you/etc.
I do think really think that by and large readings can stop us from taking action...especially as we wait to see whether something the psychic has told us will manifest or not. I could have waited for my guy to contact me and I would have missed out on our chat yesterday. Why? Because I initiated it out of something that sparked a little humor. He loved it! I shall now congratulate myself on my wit. ;D
I find I am a lot happier going with the flow and being in control. The anxiety crops up after a psychic reading and I feel the need to go back and revalidate what was said. The reading I've had from Aries Intuition ws basically that this will be slow going as he goes through some things, but once he's done with that, he'll be able to offer a stable, loving relationship if I am still interested. She gave me some timing....8....could be eight months, eight weeks....frankly, who really cares about worrying about that when I get such a kick out of him right now. I still believe in fate and feel like whatever is meant to be will be. I'm also a lot more confident and a lot more myself without the psychic readings as there's no extra info playing in my mind and I can just enjoy the moment
tjoy12:
One way that I started to look at readings was that if what I'm holding on to is only because what readers are saying and not what my situation validates - then there is a problem.
I have a hard time now believing what they say because my situation looks opposite to that.
I had a reading on Friday, but before that, I had gone 2 weeks without having one and honestly, I felt great and in control of the situation. I told myself that I was going to pull back if contact did not progress. Well, it did not progress and so I was prepared to make the decision to cut him off.
Dummy me - called Kisha on Friday and was given the same prediction about him having a convo with me in October in regards to the relationship moving forward. So naturally i felt conflicted.
This is how readings affect you and I hate it.
So now I had to think - if I didn't have readings and looked at the situation for what it is, what would i be thinking - that he's playing games - so i now have to base my decision off of that.
It's crazy because when you stop having readings, it's like going through a detox as you flush out that stuff in your head and you can then begin to see and think clearly based on what you see.
I was set back a bit just by one single reading and am getting back to looking at reality.
elcaliente:
All very valid comments. If you have arrived at a point where your inner voice clearly says to stop, then by all means do so. That's the guage for me. Perhaps I will reach that point, also.
I feel it important to note that there are lessons to be learnt from all of these experiences. Maybe one of those lessons is personal growth and optimism. Don't get me wrong, I, too, do not wish to be placed in a position where the readings I have received permit me to operate on "false hope", and certainly in my case that is a distinct possibility I will admit. But even if the hope is not founded in reality....does the "hope" real or otherwise have a value of its own?
What if that hope allows me to face each dawning day with more optimism?
What if that hope propels me to shed the depression and begin to step forward on my path "knowing" that what I desire is just around the corner?
What if that hope brings new energy within me that is palpable to others that I interract with?
What if that hope lifts me out of despair and the new energy created by it magentically draws other people into my life?
What if that hope allows me to be myself again - the person that my ex once loved beyond all - the person that could walk in a room and everyone would notice?
What if that hope "prepares" me to be a newly invorgated me, that would attract a new opportunity that I otherwise would have missed while wallowing in the self-doubt that these situations tend to create?
Would then the hope (false or otherwise) have helped me?
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One way that I started to look at readings was that if what I'm holding on to is only because what readers are saying and not what my situation validates - then there is a problem.
I have a hard time now believing what they say because my situation looks opposite to that.
I had a reading on Friday, but before that, I had gone 2 weeks without having one and honestly, I felt great and in control of the situation. I told myself that I was going to pull back if contact did not progress. Well, it did not progress and so I was prepared to make the decision to cut him off.
Dummy me - called Kisha on Friday and was given the same prediction about him having a convo with me in October in regards to the relationship moving forward. So naturally i felt conflicted.
This is how readings affect you and I hate it.
So now I had to think - if I didn't have readings and looked at the situation for what it is, what would i be thinking - that he's playing games - so i now have to base my decision off of that.
It's crazy because when you stop having readings, it's like going through a detox as you flush out that stuff in your head and you can then begin to see and think clearly based on what you see.
I was set back a bit just by one single reading and am getting back to looking at reality.
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