Trusting Your Psychic

Countless numbers of people experience the effects of psychic intuition which by all accounts can be astounding or even spectacular, especially if psychic intuition results in a fundamental change of behaviour or a particular situation. This so called ‘inner voice ’ can impact peoples’ thoughts without little warning and thus, influence how people react to their newly acquired outlook.

Psychic intuition

A person sanctified with the psychic gift will predominately read the aura of an individual or object, using intuitiveness as a means of obtaining information of a material value, such as health and futuristic issues, etc. Psychics can literally ‘read people’ or situations without the need of help from spirit forces. Many ordinary people possess a limited psychic gift which they may or may not be aware of, for example, many individuals experience positive or negative feelings towards people or objects. Comments such as ‘ I like him’ or ‘ I feel uncomfortable with her’ or ‘ I like this place’ are very common accounts to mention.

Inner voice

I recall several vivid accounts of how my ‘inner voice’ has intervened during the course of life’events, the consequence of which has influenced my thoughts, feelings and actions.

One such case involved a girl I met at College several years ago. On face value of my newly found friendship, I was convinced that I had nothing in common with this person, however, the inner voice said ‘yes you have ‘. I hence listened, reasoned and accepted my ‘gut feeling’. As I continued to get to know my college friend over the weeks and Months which followed, I began to realise that we had in-fact very similar interests to share. On reflection, my initial dismissive attitude was short-sighted.

By the same token I recall meeting a man some years ago who appeared to be very warm and outgoing. Be that as it may, without warning and virtually within a short time of meeting this person, my inner voice suggested that this situation was ‘not right‘ for me. At the time, I could not sensibly explain this feeling, nor could I justify dismissing someone on the basis of a feeling that I was unable to justify. During the weeks which followed I realised my newly acquired friend was skin-deep in every way. This warm and outgoing personality was masking other problems which I was unable and unwilling to deal with.

Common types of psychic intuition

There are numerous types of psychic intuition which are in need of account. Many people experience good or bad vibes about certain people they meet in the course of the day and some people will experience this type of feeling on the basis of meeting someone for the first time, possibly even before they engage in their first conversation.

Many documented cases have exposed how relationships have been made or broken within a couple of seconds of people meeting for the first time. For example, this phenomena is well documented in cases where the job interviewer has often come to a conclusion about the job candidate within a matter of seconds. The same can be said about potential house purchasers who view a property and know within a few seconds how they feel about the property. Of course, there could be several reasons how this phenomena is explained but ‘gut feeling’ should be deliberated without doubt.

Many people experience the ‘inner voice’ feeling during the most commonplace situations. For instance, how many times have you snatched that bargain at the local shop on the basis of impulse, but subsequently, have returned the same item because second thoughts have made you more mindful. This situation may be explained away by ‘gut feeling’ which has guided you away from the initial impulse of your first thought. ‘Gut feeling’ is therefore not uncommon by any means and is often accepted by some people as second nature without any further need for introspective reasoning about how these feelings have evolved.

Animals are not excluded from psychic intuition either. Many people will contend with the idea that animals are more psychically aware of effects such as danger than are humans. One case which verifies this theory perfectly is the Asian Tsunami of 2004. It is widely reported that animals of varying species fled the coastal towns of the affected region several hours before the tidal waves came ashore.

Examples of dramatic types

History recalls numerous psychics, the most famous and controversial perhaps is Nostradamous who wrote prophetic quatrains and is declared to have made reference to Hitler and Nuclear attacks amongst other dramatic subjects, several hundred years before the events became reality. Psychics of today include the American, Sylvia Browne who has made numerous predictions about political figureheads such as Bill Clinton, Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden.

Psychic intuition is not exclusively owned by the most gifted of psychics. This is clearly demonstrated by ordinary people who have successfully predicted mundane and World events on a widespread basis. Examples include the prediction of plane crashes and other types of disasters including the Terrorist attacks in New York and the Asian Tsunami.

How seriously should you listen to the ‘ inner voice ‘

I had real challenges accepting my ‘inner voice’ for many years prior to the day I finally woke up and realised that trusting my gift was the best option for me. A combination of arrogance and senselessness on my part had resulted in unfavourable consequences and missed opportunities. Nowadays, I place greater emphasis on trusting my ‘gut feeling’ to the extent where I accept intuition as second nature and act on it wherever possible.

The correlation between mediumship and psychic ability.

Mediums and Psychics alike are sensitive to the environmental influences of positive and negative energies that exude from animate and inanimate objects. By way of the sixth sense, this quality allows the Medium or Psychic to detect the magnetic properties that surround all living creatures and objects.

Nonetheless, the mediumistic ability of the Psychic is normally considered to be very limited or even non-existent. Consequently, any contact with spirit is less-likely. The Medium, however, is potentially attuned to the higher forces of psychic awareness and is potentially able to make contact with spirit as a result of heightened psychic sensitivity.

Mediums and Psychics are capable of communicating information through telepathic sources; Psychics can accomplish this through the mind waves of humans, whereas Mediums can potentially achieve this through spirit contact. Mediums and Psychics are sensitive. A Medium must be psychic so that the spirit link can be made. Psychics can ‘read people’ without the need of help from spirit forces

EU Consumer Protection Regulations

Spiritualism and other leading authorities linked to clairvoyance have taken a giant leap forward, thanks to the imminent introduction of the European Union’ Consumer Protection Regulation, which will protect people from fraudulent Mediums and other psychic practitioners who blatantly con their clients. Under the 1951 Fraudulent Mediums Act, prosecutors would need to prove the Medium had intended to be fraudulent in order to secure a conviction.

The Act offered protection to Mediums because it meant the person receiving the information was taking personal responsibility for the information provided by the Medium. The client therefore would have to prove the Medium was fraudulent Under the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, which comes into force in the UK on 26 May 2008; it will be the Medium's responsibility to prove they did not mislead or coerce vulnerable consumers. Many Mediums and psychic practitioners fear that changes to laws regulating the industry could leave them open to malicious civil action by sceptics, for example, there is always the possibility that Mediums will be targeted by people intent on making money by suing what they see as easy targets.

All the same, other authorities say that this change will tighten standards, discourage "less than ethical" practitioners and make it easier for the public to understand what to expect from a reading. The change will offer vulnerable people greater protection against fraud. I truly believe that the introduction of the European Union’ Consumer Protection Regulation will make real changes to the current status, where some psychic practitioners and Mediums are permitted to make completely unsubstantiated claims and to take payment for their services, without fear of legal action. Some spiritualist churches and related organisations are rife with either fraudulent Mediums or people who are simply not qualified in this field of work.

The European Union’ Consumer Protection Regulation is, in my eyes, a platform which will path the way forward for greater and better standards of service on the spiritualist platform. Many Mediums fear the introduction of this regulation because they will claim to be easy targets by unscrupulous individuals.

Let me reassure all Mediums and psychic practitioners that they have nothing to fear if they are genuine and sincere in their conduct as psychic professionals. I know of at least two fraudulent Mediums who blatantly con their victims and are often seen on the spiritualist platform. Their days of public service are surely numbered thank God, as I am sure they will vanish from the spiritualist platform as quickly as they appeared.

How to Assess a Medium's Ability

The Assessment Database and how to assess the ability of a Medium.

'Our ability to accurately recall precise information after a period of time can be tricky and challenging in the presence of a clairvoyant who may demand instead responses to the delivered message from Spirit. Add to this our ability for selective memory; we are sometimes left in a vacuum of information that is lodged between fact and fantasy' ..Spiritvoice

Instant answers

‘How can anyone retrieve accurate pieces of information from yesteryear in the presence of a Medium who requires instant answers to confirm the spirit-link. How can a reliable pattern of spirit evidence be confirmed if we are prone to poor memory and clouded judgement; an issue which is more common than we care to think in these circumstances’......Spiritvoice

Suggestions for assessing Mediums

During the demonstration of mediumship the assessor should distinctly refer to the benchmark criteria which is set-out in the Assessment Database ( Medium name, presentation, sincerity, total data received, accepted information, rejected information, golden hits and date ). Only then can the assessor apply the applicable test of criteria to the performing Medium and award relevant scores to the criteria as directed by the guidance in the assessment criteria.

Database criteria

The results of the assessment are subsequently transferred to the Assessment Database and Subsequent demonstrations by the same Medium are similarly recorded and evaluated, using previously held criteria based scores.

Medium

Recording the name and the location of the Medium will be useful for future referencing and marking.

Presentation and sincerity

Presentation skills may vary according to the experience and competence of the Medium and are subjective by nature. Some Mediums exhibit confidence, good speaking and listening skills, diplomatic skills and general interpersonal behaviour traits whilst delivering mediumship.

Other Mediums deploy bullying tactics, insincerity, arrogance and stonewalling antics as a means of attempting to force someone into accepting unsound information as spirit evidence.
You should refer to the statements below whilst the Medium is assessed:

Does the Medium come across as professional or non-professional.
Focused and skilled Mediums will display a proficient stance during the demonstration of mediumship and will instil confidence in people.
Less skilled individuals will reflect their deficiencies in numerous ways. For example, fumbling mannerisms, wandering off the point, padding out messages, vague notions and generalisations about non-related subjects.

Your own personal observation over time will give you the experience and skills required to define and evaluate good quality presentation methods. This will enable you to subjectively award a mark out of ten for the presentation criterion.

Total number of data received

For example, Medium 'A's Assessor has identified 18 references to potential spirit links during the total demonstration. The Assessor has therefore gained the necessary skills required to define applicable pieces of data which refer to potential spirit links as listed below :

Large detached house
John
Lower-high street
Worked as a civil servant
Lived in Rome
Lived in a house
'J', as in the first letter of the name
Lived in a town
Worked for a long time
Visited Europe
Liked the sea
An upright character
John Campbell
Lived in chatham for 5 years
Married for 20 years
His only child moved to Canada at age 20 years
His wife was killed in a car crash
John worked as a heart specialist in Manchester

The references to 18 potential spirit links are now assessed and tagged as acceptable or rejected pieces of evidence, which also includes golden hits.

Accepted and rejected data

During the demonstration of clairvoyance the Medium will handout to his sitters, a host of information which may or may not represent a communication link with Spirit. The assessor should objectively note the number of acceptable and rejected key pieces of data, including the ‘golden hits’ that is handed out to the sitters during the demonstration.

For example, Medium 'A' has scored 4 / 5 by way of providing the following spirit communication which falls under the heading of 'acceptable evidence'

Large detached house ( accepted by sitter )
John ( accepted by sitter )
Lower-high street ( accepted by sitter )
Worked as a civil servant ( accepted by sitter )
Lived in Rome ( rejected by sitter )

The evidence in this example is passable and is more or less accepted by the sitter that inter- links to a deceased individual. The evidence is subsequently verified by the recipient of the message.

The 'acceptance' criterion would therefore attract 4 points from the listed five pieces of acceptable data.

By way of contrast, Medium 'A' has been marked-down during the same demonstration because seven pieces of information have been tagged as 'rejected' pieces of information:

Lived in a house ( accepted by sitter but too vague )
'J', as in the first letter of the name ( rejected by the sitter but vague anyhow )
Lived in a town ( accepted by sitter but too vague )
Worked for a long time ( rejected by the sitter but vague anyhow )
Visited Europe ( rejected by the sitter but vague anyhow )
Liked the sea ( rejected by the sitter but vague anyhow )
An upright character ( accepted by the sitter but too vague )

Medium 'A' has not passed the 'credible' evidence test in-respect of seven pieces of data, even though the sitter has accepted some of the evidence. In all likelihood the accepted evidence'is too vague and generalised to be taken earnestly. The 'rejected' criterion should therefore attract a score of 0 / 7 .

The 'rejected' criterion would therefore attract 0 / 7 from the listed pieces of rejected data.
Golden hit criteria score.

During this demonstration of clairvoyance, Medium 'A' has made reference to six potentially excellent spirit links that cannot be refuted as mere coincidence or tomfoolery if accepted by the recipient, for example :

John Campbell ( accepted by sitter )
Lived in chatham for 5 years ( accepted by sitter )
Married for 20 years ( rejected by the sitter )
His only child moved to Canada at age 20 years ( accepted by sitter )
His wife was killed in a car crash ( accepted by sitter )
John worked as a heart specialist in Manchester ( accepted by sitter )
Each accepted message is awarded 2 points as directed under the Golden hit criteria score.
The 'Golden hit' criterion would therefore attract 10 points from the listed six pieces of acceptable data ( 1 piece was rejected ) that relate to the ‘golden hit’ criterion.

Summary of scores

Awarded for Mediums'A' during this demonstration of mediumship are shown below:

Presentation = Value is for guidance only and is not used in gauging clairvoyance
Sincerity = Value is for guidance only and is not used in gauging clairvoyance
Accepted data = 4 points awarded out of 5 identified pieces of information accepted
Rejected data = 0 points awarded out of 7 identified pieces of information given
Golden hits = 10 points awarded out of 6 identified pieces of information accepted

The average score formula

14 / 18 x 100 = 78 % average score for the last recorded assessment.

Date and number of assessments

The results of the Assessment Database have been captivating and based on the these findings, it has been possible to accurately predict the likely traits and trends of a selected Medium.

More surprising is the fact that some Mediums seem to follow a definite pattern whilst demonstrating mediumship. For example, one Medium in particular is habitually drawn to the same patterns of ‘evidence’. For example, key words such as 'Indian Guide', 'Links with London' is a constant feature and is replicated, time- and- time again. By the same token, a few Mediums have routinely scored high, even after several dozen assessments.

MySQL Database

Many on-line web hosting companies provide database capabilities for their customers by way of MySQL software. On the other hand, off-line software, which is available to virtually all PC users, enables the individual to record spirit data on their own PC databases, for example, Microsoft Excel and Lotus Spreadsheets provide the capability for the end- user to set up their own personal database for recording evidence that has been obtained from spirit contact / clairvoyants.

Example transcript of Medium recorded in spiritualist church, UK

I am aware of your Mother in the Spirit World. She was a real lady. I am aware she was very gentle but a very strong character. She also experienced great loss and mourned someone

Yes that is correct

GOOD GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL: LINK CONFIRMED

She is saying that you are pushing yourself too much and you should take things slowly. She is saying that there is alot going on in the family and if it is not one thing then it is another. Your Mother was the same in that she always took something to heart.

Yes

THE MEDIUM ATTEMPTS TO BUILD ON THIS LINK. HOWEVER, THE DETAIL IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE AND APPLIES TO SO MANY FAMILIES

Your Mother had connections with powerful people or business

No

LINK NOT CONFIRMED

Then it is someone who is close you in the family

Yes it is my son

VERY VAGUE INFORMATION. THE MEDIUM APPEARS TO PASS ON THIS LINK UNTIL SOMEONE CAN BE ACCEPTED

He makes quick decisions and he is being looked after. He is also someone who has a great mind and would not take unnecessary risks

Ho yes

POSSIBLY PSYCHIC IN NATURE. WHO IS LOOKING AFTER HER SON ?

Who is Tony, because he is so different in that he is like you and has a great love for the World

He is my other son

EXCELLENT LINK BY WAY OF THE NAME AND CHARACTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL

You constantly worry about your children but your Mother is saying that this confirms your love for the children

Okay

GENERALISATION : MOST MOTHERS DO WORRY ABOUT THERE CHILDREN IN SOME FORM

You have been looking at a photo of your Mum recently and she was watching you at the time. At the end of her life, your Mother became withdrawn from the World. She is also talking about a wedding. You have been thinking about your memories recently and your Mother has been aware of this too.

Yes I have but I cannot take the wedding

LINK CONFIRMED: GOOD DETAIL ABOUT THE PHOTO. GENERALLY SPEAKING, NON-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WEDDINGS AND MEMORIES APPLY TO SO MANY PEOPLE

Your Mother had a great love of flowers and I am aware of blue irises

Yes

POTENTIAL LINK, THOUGH FLOWERS GIVEN FREELY WITHOUT EVIDENCE IS A CARDINAL PROBLEM WITH SOME MEDIUMS

Is your Father in the Spirit World because I have a strong energy here. He was not old when he passed and he was a timid man who found it hard to walk towards the end of life

Yes but he was getting on and he did have his weaknesses

LINK IN DOUBT. IT IS ALWAYS WORRISOME WHEN THE MEDIUM ASKS QUESTIONS. THE SITTER APPEARS TO CONTRADICT THE AGE OF THE SPIRIT

Then it could have been an uncle who had these strong energies. I don’t think he was from London

No he was from Italy

LINK NOT CONFIRMED. THE MEDIUM APPEARS TO PASS ON THIS LINK UNTIL SOMEONE CAN BE ACCEPTED. THE SITTER IS ALSO FEEDING THE MEDIUM WITH INFORMATION

Someone around you is thinking about moving and someone who is planning a trip

Yes that is my son, he is looking for a new flat and planning to go on holiday

GENERALISATION : HOLIDAYS AND MOVING ARE SO COMMON

Can you take the name Mary

Yes I can

POTENTIAL LINK

Medium ‘C1’ made approximately 28 ‘evidential’ references to clairvoyance during this demonstration ( private taped meeting ) He demonstrated the ability to produce a few good links but the majority of the content related to generalisations of a psychic nature. Note the numerous but subtle references to people’ behaviour ( memories, holidays, flowers and moving house ). Very few people can reject this information, as most people can accept 'memories, holidays, flowers and moving house' in the style which is given.

Conclusion

On this occasion, I believe Medium ‘C1’ performed poorly during this demonstration of mediumship but I do believe he had some spirit links. However, he was never able to build on the evidence.

In my opinion, he achieves some of the objectives of mediumship and the reading focuses on obtaining evidence of survival.

Medium 'C1' scores an overall performance of 27 percent , based on the assessment criteria. Medium 'C1' is an established international ‘clairvoyant’.

SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT - Medium: C1

Presentation: Occasionally focused, psychic information and generalisations appear often, some credit to mediumship.

Sincerity: Genuine

Total number of data received: 28

Accepted data: 7.5

Rejected data: 20.5

Golden hit criteria score: 0

Percentage score: 7. 5 / 28 x 100 % = 27 % scored during assessment