What are the benefits of a psychic reading?
Throughout the history of most cultures, people have consulted ‘the wise one’ — the shaman, the elder, and so on — for advice. Kings, queens, statesmen and politicians have all been known to seek the help of psychic advisers, including astrologers, in dealing with their extraordinary and sometimes overwhelming responsibilities.
Many people today visit psychic advisers, some simply for entertainment, and others because of a genuine need for guidance in dealing with a particular situation or making a decision. A psychic reading can sometimes be of tremendous benefit. Psychic advisers are similar in some ways to personal counsellors, but they may be able to home in on a person’s problem more quickly, using whatever psychic skills they have. They may be sensitive to auric information transfer, skilled in psychometry, or even gifted in clairvoyance or precognition. In some cases, a psychic adviser may also receive spiritual help.
It’s important to realize, however, that a psychic reading is only an aid. Too often people become so dependent on readers that they end up being ‘psychic slaves.’ They may fool themselves into thinking they’re just looking for entertainment, but in many cases, their need goes deeper. Their underlying reason may be to have their problems solved for them, or even to get someone’s undivided attention. If a reader is unaware of the client’s motivation in coming for a reading, it makes her job more difficult. Many of us go to readers because we have a problem, yet we pretend that we are going just for entertainment. We withhold information about why we have come, expecting the reader to use psychic means to find out. This is like going to a doctor and refusing to say where it hurts.
Just as we are sometimes less than honest about our needs as a client, readers can also make false claims about their abilities. An unprincipled reader may prey on her client’s underlying need, offering him a shred of hope by suggesting that there is the possibility of relief in the immediate future, whether it be through a letter, an encounter with a stranger, or some other event. If she goes on to tell him that she may have more information for him the following month, he will probably feel compelled to return. When he does return, again for the sake of ‘entertainment,’ he is lured back for yet another visit with the promise of something more next time. If we put our faith in readers such as these — ‘sellers of hope’ — we risk becoming psychic slaves.
