I'll admit, she could have guessed or simply put 2 and 2 together, but it still freaked me out.
Do you believe in psychics? Can they know the future?
Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading
If it worked, someone would have been able to claim the $1,0000,000 offered by the James Randi Foundation (One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge). The challenge is open since 1964, only then it was $1000.
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You don't see the writers of Jean Grey and professor X writing them as palm readers or ghost hunters do you? That would be stupid... They write them in an amazing fashion much like real psychics would be if it actually existed.
I got a reading via eBay, the "psychic" said I was going to get engaged in Dec. Well no I didn't get engaged that month. My ex and I broke up.
Recently went to one in regards to a love reading. All she talked about was my career and how I was going to get another paid position. How I was close to my 2 year old niece. Because we were kindred spirits.
My favourite bit was picking cards with pictures on it. Out of 80 cards I picked one randomly which had "Cleaning to start afresh." Now that was odd. Other then that I felt I wasted an extubrant amount of money for an hour reading only to be told that I need to learn to love myself and that I will get another higher paid postion.
I already love myself and as for the higher paid position no I have not been offered any and it has been about four months since I had that reading.
Again I look at it for maybe advice and light entertainment. I have had some good readings and there have been some bad readings.
I study Yoga (Not just the exercises , they are only about 10% of the lifestyle).
In meditation you can see past present and future events. you can predict the future for yourself. over time clarification seems to clear the way and you can see future events for others, but here's the crux, Choices changes events, and not only the choices made by the person you are reading for but also the choice people around them make, so why would you give a reading with out the explanation that choice makes changes . ok so if choice makes change then how can one person charge another a fee when the reading that sits today could be nothing more tomorrow. I read tarot cards for family and friends. i speak to spirits. it is part of who i am. but i see several outcomes and i write or record them. I am quite actuate.
but I wouldn't charge a person for this information because like i say it could have several outcomes and who in the public wants to be told oh yes you are going to get married on the 21st of June in Piccadilly circle at the hour of noon, hmmm unless that girl in the wet t-shirt at the pub he is going too tonight decides to break up with her current boyfriend and is out to achieve revenge sex and your man is her target oh wait her boyfriend will appear because he still wants her and his choice to stop her is up in the air?
As vague as some readers are, it is due to be thrown into a bowl filled of little pieces of paper, all of them choices made around or by the person, you have to go through them and pick and choose what is the strongest feeling.
We know little of our Minds abilities, and the more i study the yoga meditations and spiritual awakenings within,the more i would never say never to any possibility.
Scientist have been studying this for years, they are now in a race to try and force kundalini experiences because these not only hold the future but also can heal people beyond medical help (they are researching a severed spinal cord that has fully mended under yoga meditation and healing, all recorded in MRI's, xrays and many doctors viewing them. There are people in India who don't eat, their own bodies supply the nourishment required from the gland in the brain, they do not eat and they do not defecate but their organs are in high functioning order).
Ok so I got off subject. so answer Yes i believe and i also believe we haven't even scratched the surface of abilities.
But, do I believe that the mind has hidden powers that we don't yet understand? Yes. Properly supervised scientific studies, especially with identical twins, have shown to a very limited extent that there can be communication. How? What? no-one yet knows. Is it a brain function that has not been trained? Maybe....
Sadly probably not for my lifetime.
Maybe one day the I-psych will replace the I-phone. Quote by Magical_felix
How come all these psychics are poor n shit? Can't they ever predict something useful for themselves? I mean what person with the ability to see the future chooses to make pennies by reading strangers palms rather than benefitting themselves from their psychic ability. It's bullshit.
You don't see the writers of Jean Grey and professor X writing them as palm readers or ghost hunters do you? That would be stupid... They write them in an amazing fashion much like real psychics would be if it actually existed.
I dunno about where you live but psychics around here are pretty pricey.
That said, I think it's a giant load personally.
We are our own limitation.
It's like that friend who's beautiful but was never told they were and now feel ugly no matter how beautiful they really are. It's hard to believe.
If you believe, cool, have at it. If you don't, save your money, or give it to a charity.