Following a Twitter Tweet, I called into a radio talk show where a psychic was answering questions. No newbie to the psychic scene, because I’ve had psychic experiences since childhood, I decided to call in, curious to see what response I would get. 
When I called in and was asked for my telephone number for a call back. So I waited for almost three hours, and finally the long-awaited ring resonated throughout my house. I answered and was told to hold on, then after a few minutes heard “hello, we have N from California on the line, with psychic so and so, what is your question”? My question was that I was a crossroads in my life, and wanted some direction, on which road to choose. His answer was definitely not the one that I was expecting. First of all, he told me that I was not at a crossroads that a crossroad is really many roads. Then he went on some rant about wanting to lose weight, and how when he stopped thinking about his “fat Butt,” he lost it, plus the weight. That phone call was like a book with a bad ending; unsatisfactory and a complete waste of time. This man is supposed to be a psychic who helps the police on missing person’s cases. On his website, he has made some predictions that most psychologists could have come up with had they studied the suspects. He is still trying to locate the body of the man’s wife, and hasn’t been able to do so. Is this man a charlatan? Sounds like one!
I’ve spoken with many psychics throughout the years, and some of them have come up with details about my life that only a close friend could have known; no psychological guessing could have given them the insights either, or can they? Others guessed their way through the reading, coming up with the usual, “you will meet a tall dark stranger,” and other such nonsense.
Then of course, there are the gypsies/psychics. They are ones with the bright neon signs lighting up their storefronts. Beware of these shops; those are definitely not fortune tellers, but rather “your fortune snatchers.” They will probably tell you something vague about your love life, and culminate the reading with the “curse.” To remove the supposed curse, you will have to pay more money. If you choose to do so, you will actually be cursed, but with an empty pocket.
I’m not entirely sure if psychics are real or not. So far no one has been able to prove that they are not simply just sham-artists, or very clever observers of human nature. James Randi, a psychic investigator, who is a prior stage magician, “The Amazing Randi,” and scientific skeptic, has offered $1 million dollars to any psychic who can demonstrate evidence of paranormal, supernatural or occult power, or event under test conditions agreed by both parties. No one has been able to pass this test yet, and no world-famous psychics have volunteered – I wonder why? That makes me think that these so-called psychics are all fakes; if I had real psychic abilities and an organization was offering me $1 million to prove it, well, I’d be the first in line. The question is why should only a handful of people be privy to such powers? The answer is “no one has these powers, and if they did then what else can the human mind do? Would we all be like the characters on “Heroes”? Are people who claim to see and hear the disembodied telling them about the person in front of them, delusional? Maybe some are, but I’ll just bet that the rest of them are just schemers out to get your money, and some charge astronomical fees to give you the answers that you already know yourself. After all, don’t we know more about ourselves than others?
JREF, James Randi’s institute and his million dollar challenge Banachek, also a self-taught magician, and a mentalist, invited of New York psychics to participate on Primetime Nightline. Unfortunately, no psychic could prove their abilities, though all swore after they had failed to pass the test, that they were still not swayed about their powers. Delusional, maybe, psychic “NO.”
I agree with Banachek that it’s disgusting that these psychics are telling the parents of missing children that they are alive or not, or anything at all! How far are these so-called psychics going to go before they realize that they have caused devastation and chaos, in the lives of those grieving their missing children? Sylvia Browne did exactly this, during a taping of “The Montel Williams Show,” she told a couple that their missing son was dead. I’ll never forget the grief-stricken look on their faces as the camera crews zoomed in on them. Well, years later, their son who had been kidnapped, managed to escape and return to his parents, “ALIVE.” This is unacceptable, and I cannot imagine why people continue to pay hundreds of dollars to speak to this woman who is obviously a fraud!
If you are seeking psychic help, ask a close friend for advice instead, or someone else who is reliable. Otherwise, just get out a piece of paper, draw a line down the middle, and on one side write pros and on the opposite side write cons, then compare the two and come up with your own answers. Yes folks, there is no easy answer or an easier way out of life’s nuances, then to do your own homework and come up with a solution for yourself, and this way no one else can interfere in your life without your consent.
