Hello,
                          I was brought up as well not to listen to Psychics as they tap into evil, and communication with the dead is evil etc.  I am a practicing Medium these days. But your question is , is this Cheating?  I am not shown everything, just certain things, so if something is not allowed to be seen, then its not shown. In the bible, there were  many many psychics/prophets, and many today talk and pray to Mary, she is deceased, and how about all the folks  who walked the earth, died, then later were declared saints many are still talking and asking things of them. When a loved one dies, just about everyone continues to talk to them , some feel they have to go to the actual grave and chat to them, some talk to them in their heads, but we continue to talk and  to connect  for its natural for we all know deep inside that life continues.  How did this all start, the rules of not communicating? I would say someone used it for personal gain back then, and yes there are those who are doing the same thing now.  So it pretty much goes like in anything else, be sure you find a psychic/medium you can trust, and remember this, its their perception of what they see and hear so everything they see is not written in stone. I wish you well, linn  splinnusa@aol.com   www.spiritlinnusa.com

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First, why do some people have the ability and some people don't? Well, some people are born with the gift of mediumship. Or in my case, the gift of lucid dreaming which leads to astral projection and hence contact with spirits. Just about anybody can learn how to AP but it can take some time of training and some recent technologies like Hemi-Sync sounds. Years ago, before all the technology and techniques, people would learn how to AP using a really dangerous trick. They would poison themselves half to death, and have a near-death experience. From then on, they would have a strong ability to travel to the spirit realm.

Is it cheating? Well, I believe that most people who have natural abilities with mediumship and astral projection are also reasonably spiritually advanced. Therefore, they would not have much desire to use their abilities for "evil" purposes. That said, I guess it's possible in the wrong hands, such skills could be used for devious purposes.

How did it become taboo? That's a great question. I concur with Linn... Orthodox Christians pray to their saints. On the other hand, my friend who was Orthodox Christian was really concerned for me as I started on my astral journeys. He wasn't so much worried I would betray "G-d" He was worried I would be harmed by the evil spirits in the astral. He saw all astral as essentially evil. He gave me a book by an O.C. which refuted New Age knowledge. It has a whole chapter on how Robert Monroe was being deceived by demons while he lurked in the astral. I just can't buy the author's arguments though given my experience.
Unfortunate case in point. My O.C. friend passed away three years ago. I have seen him several times on the other side and had interesting conversations with him. That's a whole story unto itself. Needless to say, he was one of the most gentle souls that I've ever known. Ironic evidence that not all astral spirits are evil and that not all spirit contact is evil. In fact my overall experience would suggest there's mostly good out there - basically a mirror image of the physical world.

-mike

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Hi there. Fear of the unknown will cause a people to make snap judgments thus we have the example of the witch burning events. it might have been in those days "cheating." because maybe it seemed unfair that one could tell the future or heal when another could not conceive that such was possible, then they might get the wrong idea, that a prophet or seer or medium must be ursurping for themselves power that did not belong to themselves. thats only one viewing position though. here's another. when I go out I don't go "out." but I do go within my own head/mind. sometimes I see others in my mind and my thoughts about them mingle with their thoughts about me perhaps. then I get from adding 2 plus 2, I might get a new thought, that of the sum of the two. I can hardly be called a cheater if I take the sum and share it with another, a new fresh idea. they might even say to me, I was having the same dream as you. nothing is right or wrong but it is good to try to be a harmless individual to all forms of life for all deserve to be respected even if they disagree with your method of exploration or the definition thereof. Someday mediumship, lucid dreaming and all of those mysteries will be very commonplace. meanwhile, love a good mystery!

Hi Firequeen,

A good point indeed.  So many people ask for guidance but cannot seem to accept that it is real when it presents itself.  A real pitfal of human nature.  Something too good to be true must not be. 

Love,
Cheryl