Learning from the teacher

As I settled into my seat in the auditorium, the lady in the next seat pointed to the words on my t-shirt: “MEDIUM RARE” – my sister, who was sitting next to me, was wearing a t-shirt that read “MEDIUM RARE” – and asked if this was referring to the famous psychic medium John Edward, whom we had come to see. “No, I am a medium,” I said. His gray eyes widened in surprise.

“Darling,” he said, “if you’re already doing this, why would you want to come here?”

“Because,” I replied, feeling like an art student who had been given the opportunity to see Picasso in his studio, “I want to see the master in action.”

Even though I have been a psychic medium for over 30 years and have hosted dozens of message events in Toronto, I feel like I can always learn more about my intuitive abilities and the opportunity to see John Edward, one of the best mediums in the world. the world, it was too good to pass up.

John took the stage to thunderous applause. Dressed casually in blue chinos and a beige button-down shirt, he warmly greeted the audience and for the next two hours, the exhausted crowd listened raptly as he delivered a swift blow. But he did more than convey messages from the spirit. He peppered his work with a little knowledge, and I was glad that he took the time to educate the audience on what message work is really about.

For example, when he said, “You can’t change someone’s beliefs,” I was reminded of people who come to me for readings and act like I have to convince them that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. Spirit does not aim to convert people; they want to help those who are grieving or connect with loved ones who have died.

“If you have an open mind, that’s fine,” he said. “But if you have a closed mind, why did you bother to come?”

Later, he said, “If you want to develop as a psychic, I recommend meditation, prayer and protection.” I totally agree with that; in fact, before each reading, I always start with a prayer asking for the best and highest energies to help me convey messages of love and hope.

What surprised me the most was when he said, “Interpretation can skew the message.” We get information from the spirit in flashes, he continued, and sometimes inadvertently we say things incorrectly, which confuses the person receiving the message. Sometimes the spirit will overexpress a symbol for the medium to grasp, but that distortion ends up puzzling the client. For example, at a recent message event, Spirit kept showing me a woman with a big hat. But the person I was interacting with kept denying that his mother wore big hats. “He was wearing hats, but not big hats,” the woman said. “Mom really loved wearing hats.”

John made that point by addressing a woman in the audience and saying, “I’m going to find someone who died in a fire. Was that her husband?”

She shook her head.

“I smell like smoke,” he said. “Did he die in a fire?”

Not again.

John wouldn’t let go. “He’s showing me a fire. And the cause of death was a fire.”

“No,” the woman repeated, “he died in a hospital. He had third degree burns.”

John nodded, proving his point.

Afterward, my seatmate asked, “So did you learn anything? Are you glad you came?”

“Absolutely,” I said with a smile …

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