When I began interviewing psychics, I assumed their lives would be easier than most human beings because they knew more about what was happening, and what the future held, than the rest of us. During the interviews, I discovered that people with psychic abilities still had to work jobs, pay bills, raise children, and deal with life and love. They, too, were here to have human experiences.

Today, I’m sharing a blog post from Mark Janssen. Mark is a mystic. He has always seen angels, interacted with G-d, had near-death experiences, and battled demons. In this blog post, Mark explains why being a mystic/psychic isn’t easy. Here’s Mark:

“Many times over many years I’ve heard it said what a great life I have. Being an unconventional person with unconventional gifts, my life is easy compared to everybody else in the world.

“I’m a mystic, a psychic.

“I’m clairvoyant, clairaudient and a whole bunch of other clairs. In theory, I am not supposed to have any of these gifts and abilities. I make powerful people uncomfortable. That bit of social determinism, in turn, has been passed on to the world in general. If we truly fit into neatly defined little boxes utterly lacking in uniqueness or originality, we would be dull as dust.

“The fact of the matter is that I have always had these gifts. Whether or not I use them, to whatever degree I use them, varies moment to moment.

“My life is supposed to be better than other peoples’ since I know things. I can see things. I know what’s worth pursuing and what is not.

“That’s true. Sort of. But not really.

“Generally speaking, I can see what is going on from a spiritual perspective. Finance, politics, sports -- things that have a lot of people involved with a lot of variables both human and other – somewhere along the line I lost interest in following from the front. It’s possible that I could use my psychic intuition to investigate who will be the next American president or what will happen with the stock market over the next X number of years.

“I could, but I don’t. It’s simply not worth my time. I figured out a very long time ago that humans are incredibly irrational. You can get them to sit down to a large turkey dinner every November, but to ask them to vote every fourth year for the people who will best serve their long-term interests would take a miracle. Not even God wastes His time on that whopper.

“I could spend my time on the stock market. Lacking the socially acceptable college degrees, nobody wants to pay to take my advice. So, I keep it to myself. Life is just fine like that.

“The reality of the situation is that no mystic or psychic has a free pass in life. We all have to deal with the same things as everybody else. Rent, food, clothing, we deal with all of the same bills as everybody else. We have to hold nine-to-five jobs because other people are rarely willing to pay for our knowledge and services. Humans are, in my experience, cheap and unwise. They foolishly want us to give away what we know and perceive.

“That is not how life works.

“Psychics are like car mechanics or plumbers. If you don’t pay for our services, we can’t pay our bills. It’s that simple.

“If you have never been without a home or wondered where your next meal will come from, I am just one of many psychics who can tell you what that’s like. We have knowledge of things that can’t be learned from books. We also have human lives to live.

“A year or two ago I performed an exorcism on friends’ home. After I’d left, they found a hole in a wall where I’d dragged out demons who had been hiding from me. I threw the demons outside and batted them over a courtyard wall. The soul of my twin brother and some of our friends from heaven were waiting there. Those devils will not be back to bother anybody any time soon.

“That’s what I do when I’m not busy with other things.

“In the midst of an epidemic I spend most of my time reading at home. I answer some questions. I deal with life outside these four walls as needed. Much of that has nothing to do with what you might consider normal human activity.

“Rather, it’s my norm.

“It’s dealing with spiritual matters where and when I am needed. It’s letting other humans do whatever it is you do. Lord knows, all of my life I have found humans to be a strange lot. Others, in turn, have found me to be at least as much an oddity.

“Being mystic, psychic, whatever, is no ride in the park. It’s harsh and unrelenting. There are no days off. No coffee breaks. There are no times when someone comes to relieve us of our work until it’s all over and the lights go out.

“Not until it’s time to go Home.”


Mark is LinkedIn blogger. He also the author of “Reach for the Stars.” You can contact him at MarkJanssenPsychic@gmail.com .

You can read Mark’s blog at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/knowing-things-mark-janssen/. If you scroll down below the current blog, there are links to other articles written by Mark.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

A blog reader sent this image to me saying, "In the evening, I was outside admiring the beautiful moon. This was after an aunt had passed away. I have two pictures: one with the beam and, two seconds later, another one without."

In the last week, I’ve had to disengage from two people with psychic abilities who also espouse political conspiracy theories. It’s too much for me. It’s not just the theories, but it is the mean-spirited intent behind the information being shared which makes me have to cut off these relationships. I wonder, “How can people who espouse spirituality and have psychic gifts, believe in and promote anything mean-spirited?” And, why do they mix the spiritual and the political?

I asked a couple of my psychic friends why they thought this happened. The first one told me that everyone sees life through their own filter. Even people who are psychic/spiritual/enlightened will believe the things which make sense in their lives.

What I don’t understand is the meanness.

I asked a second psychic about this and he wrote a whole blog post regarding conspiracy theories.

This is an excerpt from mystic Mark Janssen’s blog post.

    “Some people who are psychics, who are supposed to be spiritually enlightened, believe in political conspiracy theories.
    
    “The first thing to remember is that we are all mere mortals. PC theorists can use their free will to espouse whatever they want. Doing so does not make them spiritual. It does not mean that they are exercising their spiritual gifts or talents in any way whatsoever. It means that they are indulging themselves in what are, in their social circles, politically correct theories.
    
    “Espousing such theories under the guise of being spiritual is utter rot. It displays spiritual immaturity. It may well help to explain why I am not a fan of those men and women who would waste their time—and mine—with such nonsense.
    
    “The kindest thing I can say to them is it’s time to grow up and put on your big boy pants.
    
    “If you espouse conspiracy theories, expect to find yourself cut off from people. You may have known some people for a long time. You may think you’ve known them well. But you have placed some not-so-spiritual ideas before your friendships, before the relationships which spiritually tied you to the Divine and each other.
    
    “Political conspiracy theories are wild-eyed tomfoolery which drive humans apart. Truly spiritual people are those who constantly work to tie themselves to that which is outside of themselves. PC theories are narrow and confined. They fail to bring us to the life of the Spirit.”
    
    You can read the entire post by clicking here.

Synchronistically, today’s Huffington Post had an article about why people believe conspiracy theories. One of the things I took from the article was that people try to organize information so that they can understand what is going on. They take two completely different facts and link them together so they have a story about what is happening.

My example: The sun is shining. My husband’s neck hurts. Sunshine makes his neck hurt.

This example has no facts. No underlying truth. But it appears to explain my husband’s neckache. It doesn’t. The only thing which could make this theory worse is to take it to the next level: We must obliterate the sun to reduce neckaches. Then, we move to “The other political party refuses to obliterate the sun.”

You can read the Huffington Post article by clicking here.

Instead of believing whatever we read, we need to look for facts. We need science. We need to listen to people who are experts in their field. Not just the outliers, the experts too.

The thing about science is that it evolves. Maybe we thought something was correct two months ago. Now, we have new evidence, so scientific advice changes. And the science will continue to change. These updates are based on facts, not on whimsy or political advantage.

I like to think that spiritual people hope for good outcomes for everyone and are willing to pull together to make the world a better place. I’m naive. I want to think that people who tap into mystical sources are spiritual all the time. However, they are human too. Maybe that’s the answer. There is a tension between high-minded and being in a body. Sometimes, enlightenment wins. Sometimes, being human wins.

When enlightened people espouse theories I don’t agree with, I can at least wonder if there might be some truth to the theories. But when they promote meanness, I am out of there. Bye.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

After last week's blog post about the area between life and death, a blog reader sent this photo to me. She said,

"The figure walking towards me, I feel it was my brother-in-law who passed away many years ago. I was in an old town hall where he would’ve frequented."

She felt that this figure had protected her during a near-death experience two months later.

She asked me to share this photo with you.

Today, I would like to share a few things I have heard about the grey area between life and death. We all know what it’s like to be alive in a physical body and we may have a sense of what it is like to be alive as a spiritual consciousness on The Other Side. What about the area in between?

Some psychics have told me that when they are doing readings or meditations, they go way out into the non-physical universe. Prior to his death, my friend Randy said he spent as much time on The Other Side as he spent on this side. Another psychic told me that when she went way out during readings, it was sometimes difficult to get her consciousness back into her body.

John Hunter said something similar. He explained that when he visited the non-physical universe, it could be difficult to come back. He had to step down his energy to fit it back into a body.

People who die naturally and are resuscitated often recall near-death experiences (NDEs). They have a clear recollection of all, or part, of their experience on The Other Side. Some psychics recall NDEs complete with the tunnel, the Light, and the choice to stay or to go. People who had been through NDEs told me that dying didn’t hurt, but coming back into their body hurt. When they died, they felt light weight and extremely peaceful. Coming back into their dense bodies, which had been ill or in accidents, was very painful.

People who are held in drug-induced comas often report a different kind of experience. I’ve read a few books written by people who went through this situation. Their experiences were more confusing, and less peaceful, than the experiences of people who had survived natural comas or NDEs. We will have to see what COVID-19 patients report after their drug-induced comas.

On the other hand, one woman told me that when she was in a drug-induced coma, she remembered being in a very peaceful green room with healing energy. She did not experience an NDE. It was more like being in a state of suspended animation.

Another woman said that when she was in natural coma (not drug-induced), things were very calm. She didn’t feel alone. She knew there was a presence with her all the time. She thought he was Jesus.

One psychic did a reading on someone’s aged, ailing dog and reported that the dog, Vincent, didn’t care if he was dead or alive; it was all the same to him. He was not ready to exit, even though his body was tired. He didn’t see the difference between the vessel and his continuous energy. He had the wisdom to know that when the body wanted to be shed, he would keep going freely until he decided to incorporate into another body. He was living in that in-between state.

Prior to death, some people seem to slip from one world to another, then back again. Hospice workers have written about their observations of these patients. They have listened as the living have conversed with the dead.

In some cases, people aren’t sure what to do. Should they stay? Should they go? During a channeling event, Leah Taylor brought this message through:

    “A lot of times, as someone is leaving their body and going to The Other Side, they will feel that they need to come back to tell everybody that it is okay on The Other Side. They will try to get back in their bodies. They think, ‘I’m just going to tell them it’s okay and then I am really going to go,’ and then they end up being in the flesh again and going through more of the disease process; or the death process takes longer.”

She added, “As humans, it’s wonderful to have glimpses of The Other Side so you can see that it is okay. These glimpses give you faith because you know from personal experience, because you remember, because you have touched that in Spirit or in meditation.”

I think sleep provides another grey area. Sometimes people slip to The Other Side, experience vivid dreams or out-of-body travel, then return to their bodies and wake up. Psychics have told me how they can work in their dreams. They can astral project and help people in need. They can experience a world beyond their bodies, then wake up in the morning.

Fascinating stuff.

Let me know if you have had similar experiences.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

Quote from a Psychic - The Future

"There are a lot of things that you can do to change the future. You can turn situations around. You have freedom of choice. Everything you do is a choice which lays the groundwork for another choice."

Cherie Fraine

Many psychics use Tarot cards when reading for clients. Tarot decks consist of 78 cards. To begin the reading, the psychic will often have the client shuffle the deck to put their energy into it. Then, the reader will lay out the cards and begin the session. The cards work in tandem with the reader’s psychic ability. The energy coming in psychically activates the cards which then reinforce the energy.

One reader explained that he can do readings just using Tarot cards. Or, he can do readings just using psychic ability. However, when he uses both the cards and his abilities, the readings are better. His Guides influence the cards so that they reinforce the messages he receives.

Tarot cards provide pictures for everyone to view at the same time. The psychic and the client both see what is happening.

In addition, cards provide a barrier between readers and clients, so that the readers can maintain their personal space. The cards also provide a nice distraction from the intensity of the reading.

Tarot cards often help the client feel more comfortable. Some clients don’t like to think that a psychic is reading their mind. When Tarot cards are used, it seems as if the information comes from the cards and is just being interpreted by the psychic; not like the psychic is directly accessing the client’s energy or information.

Here are a few thoughts from the psychics about Tarot cards:

    ☼  I like to use Tarot cards. I like the visual images. I like the stories. I am very visual. When I do a Tarot card reading, I do a general reading which includes work, life, relationships, and the house they came from. Then the client and I discuss their priorities, problems and goals; slowly we move towards those goals. (Shirli Millmond)

    ☼  I like the cards because I have a trust issue. I like having the cards between me and the other person. I am a very emotional person and I cry. I like having the cards in between us so that I can stay out of it. I just say what comes to me. In addition, the cards open up things. I see the cards, get ideas from the cards, and then things open up. I tell people what I see. I also get a feeling about it, an atmosphere. I am picking up the energy surrounding things. I will sometimes get flashes of something which mean nothing to me, but might mean something to someone else. (Marta Taylor)

    ☼  I typically read cards for people. They are called Shustah Divination and Meditation cards and they are similar to Tarot cards. Shustah Cards have the same philosophy as Tarot cards, but they are a different deck with different pictures and numbers. In order to read the cards, I have the person shuffle the deck so that their energy is in the cards. I work with energy. If they have a specific question, I ask them to focus on that question. If they want a more-general reading, I ask them to focus on their breath and relax so that they don’t get nervous. Once they give the cards back to me, I spread several of them out in a crescent moon shape. Then I read the cards. The cards trigger something in me and they give the client something to look at. I also like having cards to look at. If I did a five-card spread, the client would be the center card, with half of their cards in the past, and half in the future. Then, it triggers a story or an event and I just have to tell the client whatever comes to me. (Gina Stanfill)

    ☼  I use Mah Jongg cards. I have done Tarot card readings and I have a collection of card decks. Decades ago, I started with the Tarot cards and found that they had many layers of meaning and symbolism. When I started collecting cards, I found the Mah Jongg cards. I changed my focus to the Mah Jongg cards because they provide more-immediate information and that is what most people want. They reflect the here and now without going into a lot of esoteric information. I have also worked with the Akashic Records. (Marta Taylor)

    ☼  I use Tarot cards for the person I am reading, not for me. People feel more comfortable if there is something they can look at. Or I can just open the calendar, lay it down, and read the calendar. However, when I just sit down and read people, it freaks people out because they don’t have to say anything in order for me to read them. They can bring me somebody’s name on a folded pieced of paper, or a photograph, and I can tell them about the person and about the things that have happened in that person’s life without ever seeing the person, without having the person near me. People don’t have a frame of reference for what I do. That’s why I use the Tarot cards. People think that the cards are saying something, but they have no idea how much extra I am getting.

    One of the difficult things when I do a reading is telling the difference between “spirit time” and “people time.” There is no time over there and there is time here. In spirit time, “soon” could be anything from tomorrow until three months from now. With the Tarot cards, I can be very precise about time. The cards makes it easier for the person being read. (Cherie Fraine)

    ☼  I use Tarot cards because the public likes cards. I can also work with stones which people have carried with them or held. I shuffle the cards until Spirit tells me to stop shuffling, then I interpret the cards the way Spirit wants me to interpret them – I just listen. The cards help organize the reading and the thoughts. I can also read shells and use a crystal ball. When I use the crystal ball, I see things in it. I get messages through the crystal ball. I can also do sand readings. I place my hand on the sand to get vibrations and then I sprinkle colored sand on top and do readings. (Jan Class)

    ☼  Sometimes when I do a reading I use Tarot cards. I can use the cards but, because I am clairvoyant, I don’t need to use them. The cards are a tool, but I don’t know what half the cards mean! Even when I use the cards, I ask Spirit to help me to step aside so they can work through me. I ask my Spirit Guides and angels to talk to the client’s Guides and angels so that I can help them for their highest good for whatever reason they came to see me. I hold their hands for a moment and feel their energy, then I look at the cards and (in my head) I ask Spirit what they want to tell me. I step out of the way, then I hear the message and I tell the client. After that, I move on to the next card. Sometimes it’s about the future and sometimes it’s about the past or the present. Sometimes I will receive a message from a loved one. Often, I receive self-help tools to give to the client. I am activating people and helping them with their life’s purpose. (Denise Singerline)

    ☼  When I shuffle Tarot cards and lay them out, I am not really using the cards. The cards are an excuse for me to tell people something. People are less prone to be offended when I use the cards and tell them the truth, than when I just tell them what I know. (Erik Assman)

    ☼ The imagery on the cards can sometimes trigger information and bypass the rational mind. It’s a tool. I rarely use the tools anymore, but they are always here just in case I need them. Once in a while, I use the reference materials. (To-Ree’-Nee’ Wolf)

One psychic who had traveled the country noted that people around the country wanted different kinds of readings. San Franciscans wanted “woo-woo” readings. New Yorkers wanted job and career readings. Other places were more practical.

You can read more about Tarot cards and other Tools in the book, “My Psychic Search: discovering what psychics do, what psychics know, and how they can help us improve our lives.”

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

          Quotes from a Psychic - Tarot Card Readings

Maryushka is a Tarot Card reader in Connecticut. When I interviewed her several years ago, she explained why she used Tarot Cards. This is what she told me:

“When we do a reading, I get what the client wants by asking them. First we do a soul reading. Almost everybody wants their soul reading. They want to see where they are in the world. They want information about themselves. But it’s not about specific situations; it’s about them in the world.

“Then, we can be as specific as they want. They can ask questions about anything, anybody, any person (living or dead), any situation. Most people have a situation which has driven them to come for a reading. Some come with a list of questions. Some come with a troubling situation about their mother. So we look at their mother in several different layouts until we have examined the question, or the situation, in many different ways and we are all clear.

“Information comes through the cards. The picture comes and what comes out of my mouth, comes out of my mouth. It comes from the Universal Source which I have requested. I say what I see. I say what I get.”

“I see three cards, I never use less than three of anything. They tell a story. They are all triads and they tell a story.”

“People have free will. That is why I don’t tell people what to do. I’m telling them what is. We are illuminating their situation. We are illuminating a story. What they do with this is what the person does with it. By helping them see it in many different ways, they come to their own conclusion about how they want to address the issue, think about it, jiggle it around in their gut. Nowhere am I telling them what to do.”

I asked, “What happens if you see something negative in the cards? Are you able to tell people bad news? How do you handle that?” Maryushka answered:

“Yes, I am able to tell them bad news. I am able to tell them that if they continue to do thus and so, this will be the result. We both see it in the cards and it doesn’t look pretty. What does that tell you? Time to make a change.”

You can read more about my interview with Maryushka by clicking here.

Contact Maryushka by e-mail: ooshy@aol.com .