Turning to Psychics and Mediums for Information

Robb...I am open to the idea that all sciences or all thoughts that we have some grain of truth in them. So yes, those ghosts though I do not believe in them - may be true. My idea is the brain cannot come up with something that it has not seen or experienced. Why is it that you never see yourself walking with your hands touching the ground and legs up in your dream. Because gravity and the way we walk is embedded deeply in our thinking so deep that we do not understand it...it is almost genetic in nature. There is a lot about us we do not understand. One thing is certain..we are made from chemicals. Organic or inorganic. The disintegration of chemicals and reformation of other bonds is happening constantly in our body. Each chemical as you know can only react in specific ways. But presence of other chemicals in the vicinity determine which of those ways it would react in. I however believe that everybody can become a psychic. That ability is also written in our genes. We as humans or animals are designed for self preservation and that is the sixth sense that we are talking about. When we are in despair or upset about something or extremely happy or calm too, there may be these senses that emerge and they perceive what is happening when other senses take a break. I believe there may be a way to tap that energy but as humans we cannot do it after all we have one thing too many interfering with our concentration. May be when computers improve much more, we may manage to come up with accurate predictions. I also believe that cosmic energies also have subtle effect on the chemical reactions in our body. Logically speaking tides and full moon are related, right? Similar movement of liquids in our body can also be happening. Reactions because of full moon we know. We do not know what reactions our systems undergo because of mars or venus or jupiter, or saturn. Just saying...for now psychic ability is a myth but it does not mean that there is no possibility of it.

@vandana7 As Hamlet would say "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." We still don't understand the nature of human consciousness. Our five senses feed into our brain, but who or what is experiencing the movie? Are we part of a collective consciousness? Is the mind/soul/consciousness a separate entity from the physical body, or maybe all matter is conscious and becomes "organised" when a new person is born? Where were we before birth? Do twins share a collective consciousness or are they just so closely "synced" together that they know what each other is thinking? (I wonder have any studies been done on this which showed statistically significant evidence of ESP ability)

I suppose if people get comfort from psychics or mediums maybe that's all that matters. So for instance if they are told that one of their loved ones who has passed on is in a good place and is looking out for them, even if this is information contrived by the medium or they actually believe in their psychic abilities, it might help. Psychics can put on a great show, but it can be downright dangerous if for instance a person refuses medical treatment because the psychic suggests an "alternative". I don't think I would like to be treated by a psychic surgeon either, like those on therapies dot com.

Yeah...it sure gives them hope or relief.

Well none of them have won James Randi's million dollar prize yet. I take your point though that people look for solace and resolution to their problems/worries/losses, so if it helps to resort to psychics, good luck to them!

@EugenesDDen Perhaps James Randi does not understand what he is asking for.

Some psychics and mediums believe in themselves and consider the information they provide genuine. So I suppose there is a sort of nobleness in that, even though the information may be nonsense. However should they request payment or just a donation?

@Namelesss So did the adviser predict the exact day and year of her win?

@EugenesDDen Some psychics are genuine, why shouldn't they be paid for their services? No different than consulting any other service adviser. One of my best friends consulted an adviser who told her she absolutely would win the lottery and when, triple digits. Ten years later, right on time, my friends wins $100,000. Not a bad return on $2.95 phone call. Me? I've never consulted a psychic except the one time I received a reading as a birthday gift. THAT psychic was a fraud, I knew it the moment I walked in but went through it anyway to satisfy my other friend who had paid for it. Now, YOU answer your questions.

@ataboy You're right but you missed my point. My point was simply I like to read more of what the person posting the discussion thinks in the body of the discussion rather than just in the comments. Not pessi or opti (mistic) just personal preference. As you can see I have very much taken this where I wanted as has everyone. Like I said, it's a win for Eug. Shorties just usually don't attract my attention.

Two or even one question is bittersweet! You can see it a limiting your answer the post (which I might consider a little pessimistic), or you can use it as a place to just go off in any direction from a shared central theme (more optimistic). You stretch the questions in one way I do another and soon we have 10-20 different perspectives or angles to approach the same general idea. If there were 5-10 questions mixed in the whole thing that it's just a free for all and not much central theme is shared. I'm pretty sure @EugenesDIYDen doesn't mind what way you run with the discussion, although I don't speak for him. You're a creative person, @Namelesss, so surely something related comes to mind that effectively increases the number of questions from you're point-of-view! There's talk of ghosts, dreams, science and experiences and all sort of ways to look at it above. Your actual answer is spot-on in my opinion. It's hard to elaborate on such an ideal and concise answer.

OK, Understood now, @Namelesss. I took "...only two questions." to mean as opposed to more questions, whereas you meant more discussion. I understand what you're saying now. Of course, I'm a little offended about the "shorties" slight though!

I have had a lot of psychic experiences in my life time. Do I believe in Psychics? Yes I do. I've actually met one that was amazing on a day to day basic life (as compared to the county fair turban wearing woman with the crystal ball.) Am I a psychic? NO. Would I pay one for information? Maybe if I was desperate but I've never considered it important enough to do it so far.

I like the fact that you are open to the idea, and also that you still would not be willing to pay for something that is not yet confirmed. That is the way to go baby.

@PainsOnSlate ...with so many horoscope sites who would want to pay. lol