What it’s like being psychic
I suppose that, for many of us, we dream about being psychic, having abilities which would allow us to know things that other people don’t know. We would know what our neighbors thought of us, what horse to put our money on, find hidden treasure and the like.
However, this article on the national website of Wales (http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk) paints a somewhat different picture.
And it’s one worth considering in detail.
The full article can be read here, but I’ll pick out the salient points for you.
It’s an interview with a lady called Diane Lazarus, officially the UK’s top psychic (although I’m hazy as to how that title got awarded).
She’s helped police murder investigations and also works with her lawyer husband in his cases. She sees visions of people who talk to her, and she just ‘knows’ stuff. She now runs an agency to deal with the influx of people asking for her help in finding lost pets and people, and where their cheating partner is and so on.
She says it is something she can switch on and off at will and she prepares for work by not eating but drinking plenty of water.
You would think that, being this successful, having this ability to ’see’ things, would be wonderful, wouldn’t you? But it might be surprised to find out that she would not choose to have her gift if she had her time again.
It’s not a simple, single reason, either. Oh there’s the obvious about always being asked to find out what a person is thinking
It might be that a mirror mists up. That, for her, is a sign of something wrong, like the time her rear-view mirror misted up as she drove home to find her dog had died. But, it might also be knowing
“It’s not always a blessing to have such a gift. It can be a curse at times. You don’t always want to know things.”
The readings she gives can leave her feeling weak and drained of energy. She blows light-bulbs and computers up. She can witness horrific crimes and share the pain and suffering of the victims.
It hardly reads like someone enjoying their gift , the gift which the majority of us would seek to have.
But she is also aware of the difficulties children have who share such a gift. She has produced a CD specifically to help them not feel like outcasts and help them cope with what happens to them.
All in all, Diane strikes me as a worthy person who feels that she has been given too much of a burden and that she’d be happier just to let it go and let someone else take it from her.
So, next time you are wondering what that cute person you met really thinks about you and would a relationship really work out, why not stop and think about what you might be wishing for? It might not be what you think it is!
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