I would like to share some of my feelings and understanding of what spiritual counseling is all about.
The Psychic world has become a huge business. There are many psychic lines with thousands of readers all over the world. Big business is always much more appealing than truth.
When I started doing readings in Plano, Texas, in 1981 it was a taboo and in Plano at the time it was against City Ordinance to do such work. I then joined the Universal Life Church in Modesto California and became a Minister thus I had the right to conduct my work as a counselor which is my vocation.
From the early 90’ and on thousands and thousands have suddenly become “Psychics” and have daily grown out of tree branches. Of course we are all psychic as “psyche” in greek means mind, spirit, soul, breath… thus we all have that innate quality within us. It is part of our spiritual nature but no one has ever taught us about intuition so most of us do not trust it and, instead of listening to our Intuitive Self, we reject our inner feelings with rational and logical thinking. Personally I prefer the word “Intuition” as the word psychic is too abused and misunderstood. There are no miracle workers with magic powers. Oh…yes….miracles do happen every day in our lives, but only God can perform miracles.
I did work for several years on the psychic lines and it all started in 1990 with Psychic Friends which at the time was only a phone line as the internet was not yet ready available to most people.
Now, through the internet, you can find many psychic lines and you shall see how many of the people claim to have great and supernatural powers.
First of all I would like to clear the word supernatural. What we call supernatural is actually very natural as we are not just human beings inside a human body, but actually we are much more and our basic nature is totally spiritual. Here I am not referring to religions and I respect anyone’s belief system, but rather I am referring to the Power and Presence of God within us. And it is the same God for all regardless of race, color or religion.
“Be still and know that I am God” and it’s now time on Planet Earth that we awaken from our long dormancy of ignorance and open up to allow the imprisoned splendor to escape…. as Robert Browning once said.
It is time for all of us to awaken and to open our eyes to the truth and the splendor of our souls. We all are the children of the One and Only God. In Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke, the name for God was “Essence”.
We are spiritual beings and the Essence of God resides within us if we just realize it and utilize it for good, with humility and gratitude, and with love for all mankind.
Jesus said: “The Kingdom of God is within you….go and tell the people”
I would now like to express my personal feelings about what a psychic/spiritual reader actually is.
No one has the power to change anyone’s life or to do the homework for anyone. If I had to choose a title (which I do not have) I would call myself a “Road map Reader. We can only read the road map and show our people the best and safest way to reach their destination in life. But no one can walk the path for anyone else nor do we have the power to change conditions in anyone’s life.. No one has that power regardless of their claims.
I am not trying to judge nor condemn anyone, but we need to face the truth and realize that greed seems to always corrupt everything.
Some of the people that work on the psychic lines charge up to $ 20 per minute and to me that’s more of a corporate structure than a spiritual way of life. Of course we all have to survive and money is nothing more nor less than God’s abundance and an exchange of energy which we all need and deserve for our work. But the greed of money is the root of much evil in this world.
I am a strong follower of “The Infinite Way” by Joel Goldsmith who has been one of my best teachers in this lifetime. He never organized the Infinite Way. He believed that organization brings corruption because of the ego’s competitive nature and greed for power.
The people that claim to have powers beyond your own are wrong. A reader’s job is to guide her people to achieve their goals and dreams through understanding and self realization.
I left the psychic lines simply for the reason that only desperate and/or naive people would call who are looking for instant fixes thinking that the person on the other end of the line had powers beyond their own. This is totally untrue. All a Reader can do is to give guidance, knowledge, understanding of the cycles of life as there is a time for everything under the sun and, above all, to instill self trust and self confidence in the people while gently aiding them toward the achievement of their dreams. “All things are possible for those that trust in the Lord” Jesus told us that: “If I speak of myself I bare witness to a lie. Of my own self I can do nothing, but the Power of God within me doeth the works”.
We Readers need to educate our people so they can find the clarity and the faith within them selves to bring into fruition their dreams and desires.
So let’s get off our superstitions, the old belief systems that are now antiquated as we are moving into a new awareness about our true nature and the nature of God. This is 21st Century and the whole planet is gradually awakening to new realities, to a better understanding about the power of the human mind and the spiritual nature of mankind.
“A house divided upon itself cannot stand”
We are divided within ourselves as we continue ignoring our spiritual nature, our inner being from the logical rational mind. The rational mind is a necessary tool to function in the physical world, but we must remember that there is another and higher part of us which needs to be united with the physical aspect of our being, and then we shall stand strong in our faith and knowingness.
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant. We have created a society where we honor the servant and have forgotten the gift” Albert Einstein
There are many wonderful teachers of truth available in this time of great evolution and awakening on Planet Earth. If you are willing to evolve into a higher level of consciousness, you shall then attract the right teacher for you.
I would like however to suggest a few wonderful spiritual teachers that you may or may not be aware of.
Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center.
Abraham Hicks by Ester and Jerry Hicks, teachers and authors.
Luoise Hay Author and Founder of the Hay House Inc.
Neale Donald Walsch author of Conversations with God.
Eckhart Tolle author of The Power of Now and The New Earth
Bishop John Shelby Spong: A New Christianity for a New World.
Joel Goldsmith – The Infinite Way
’When the student is ready….the teacher will appear’
Namaste’