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Re: What do you make of Sylvia Browne
Reply #15 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 5:30am
 
This is so funny.
I just got an email from Sylvia Browne's site with offers and discounts on it. They got my details from when I emailed them a while ago requesting information about readings.
It is hilarious that I should get this now that I am complaining about her charges.
Is she a secret member of this board? Hahahahahaha, is she trying to prove to me she really is a psychic? Grin Hahahahahahahaha
I know this email is just for marketing purpouses and was probably sent to every single person the had an email address for but still the timing was so perfect. It made me laugh out loud so I though I'd share it with you.

Peace, Love and Light.

Sandra.
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Re: What do you make of Sylvia Browne
Reply #16 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 11:22am
 
yes, I laughed right along with you..I counted the number of ha ha's Grin and chuckled because I could tell by that you really have a good sense of humor there...I am a silly one too..otherwise I would not post this! love, alysia
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Reply #17 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 11:23am
 
I think it was about 10 years ago when I first started to hear about Sylvia Browne.....she used to give me the creeps at first......I don't know, she had a kind of satanic like ( if you will) feel about her. Sometimes I get strange feelings about people....
I was interested in her at first to feel her out....to see if she was on the level and all.....and after awhile, I started to see thru her....and from my own feeling about her, I don't think that she is as credible as she portrays.
Yes, she does seem to get close to the jackpot at times....but it seems to be mostly a hit and miss with her.....I agree, she guesses alot.
You can tell when she is dragging and can't come up with an answer.....she will pass the buck on to the person she is speaking to and more or less, have you answer your own question.
I have no interest in her anymore....I completely think she is a fraud.....and yes, she is enjoying her big fat bank account.
There is one medium that I still like to watch when I can and that is John Edwards.....he is much more sincere in his readings. In my opinion he is good, honest and I don't believe that he is out to pump out all the answers that he can, whether he has them or not. If he can't answer something, he will tell you.
The bottom line is that everyone is out to make money. Whether it is Sylvia, John Edwards or even Linn........some may have the gift of readings better than the other...and then some just don't have it at all.......and still charge you an arm and a leg.
I believe that each of us has our own ability to give ourselves the answers that we need....we don't need to pay someone else for them.
A 'real' medium is rare....there are far more who are pretending...the money is too good to pass to up!
A real medium can give you the answers to solving a crime.....not vague answers either.
We can speak to those loved ones who have passed on.....and we can get many answers to life's complexities just by tuning into ourselves and learning to 'listen' and 'hear' the anwers that we get........we don't need to pay someone big bucks to do all this for us.
And even as far as John Edwards is concerned, I am still somewhat leary with him too even tho I find him to be more sincere in what he says.
I can never get a that picture out of my head where the medium is getting directions to ask specific questions and to give specific answers with the help of a little 'aid' in his ear........while he has had people scanning the crowd and listening in on converstations.......
Geeze...just like the healing sermons that go on in some churches and people getting healed and pushed over to the ground...............come on people.
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Listen to yourself for the answers.....you can never let yourself down and you can never give yourself exaggerated answers.........
And lastly, there are some answers to things that we are just not supposed to have the answers too.
Your bank account will thank you for it!! Wink
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Reply #18 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 11:45am
 
I have to disagree with the tone here a little bit.

I have enjoyed watching John Edwards on TV.  I don't know his personal methods but I have read that he subjected himself to rigorous testing, as have some other mediums, and they had very high accuracy.

There have always been mediums.  People want them.  Although everyone might not choose to get their hair done for $100 at a salon and may go home and use a box from the store, it doesn't make one right and the other wrong.  And if you don't like the results at one salon you can go to another. 

For some people seeing a medium is a valid exploration of possibility, just like any other spiritual search.

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Reply #19 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 12:21pm
 
People have always wanted to know and will always continue to want to know, the kind of information that mediums can provide. And as long as people continue wanting to know, there will always be mediums around.
I am not condeming 'all' mediums......there are some good and legitimate ones out there. In my opinion, most of them are fakes....and Sylvia Browne is right alongside that class...I think she is merely good guesswork. John Edwards, I think, is in a different league altogether. His work captures my attention. I think he is the real thing.
The difference between who is right and who is wrong, is how capable the medium is at getting the knowledge....many get bits and peices right and then fake the rest.....like, Sylvia.......others get bits and peices and then admitt they can't get anymore....like, John......
then there are those who are just plain fakes.
So there is a difference between one being wrong from the other being right.
The other difference is the exuberant amount of money that you will pay out and if you aren't getting real information, then that is wrong too.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would get a little cranky over paying $700 for guesswork.
And yes, it is true that for many people, medium work is a valid exploration of the afterlife...and that is because, the real mediums can provide that type of accuracy and knowledge.
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Reply #20 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 12:42pm
 
.........I also believe that there are some things that we are just no supposed to know...like the end of the world. People have been predicting the end of the world for eons. Well, we are still here today.
For Sylvia to predict the end of the world in what year she has claimed, I guess for today, she doesn't need to worry about how she will clean the egg off her face when that predicted year comes and passes like all the rest have over the world's history....she won't be alive in that day.

I will always stand firm on my belief, that we can make our own spiritual connections with the deceased, with angels, guides, etc.....we don't need to have a medium do it for us. For what we need to know, is at our nose length to find it.
Some have a stronger grasp on getting certain information, hence, a good medium comes in handy...but for the most part, we can all talk to our loved ones who have crossed over.......people just don't trust their own information that they do get...and therefore, depend on a second opinion from a medium....then they find it a reliable source of received information.
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Re: What do you make of Sylvia Browne
Reply #21 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 12:42pm
 
You say we can explore ourselves, and i know this for sure now! lol but i wouldn't mind visiting a medium, purly for the experience so if anyone knows of a real decent medium in England you will have to let us know! or where i can find out.

I would like to see if something comes though, specially from my Grandad, i have only found a new way to explore which can pretty much be acieve every day as far as i understand! So i'm sure ill make contact soon, well i hope so! would still like to visit but wouldn't want to pay too much fo someone to take me for a ride....wouldn't be impressed! lol

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Reply #22 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 12:43pm
 
Yes, I see what you mean, Mystic,

and it is also about celebrity and our worship of celebrity in our culture.  A huge value is placed on celebrity of all kinds beyond common sense, and I think that is a little bit of what you are speaking to.

love, blink
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Reply #23 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 2:10pm
 
My I-there tried to do a phone reading with her, but when she found out how many I's it has, she wanted to charge $700 for each I.  Forget it. Especially since only a few of us make money these days.
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Reply #24 - Sep 7th, 2005 at 4:08pm
 
I like your style, Recoverer....

love, blink Grin
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Reply #25 - Sep 8th, 2005 at 8:30am
 
Dear recoverer,
I love your sense of humor. I think your approach is the best and I for one will be taking a leaf out of your book next time.
And dear Alysia, I am most definitely a silly one. Humor is a very good philosophy. I did hear somewhere that laughter is therapeutic and who am I to disobey the doctor, eh?

Peace, Love and Light.

Sandra.
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Reply #26 - Sep 8th, 2005 at 8:50am
 
Thank you blink and southern star.  I also tell dumb jokes at times. So I apologize in advance, just in case I ever tell one.
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Reply #27 - Sep 10th, 2005 at 1:50pm
 
Hi everyone,

I have always been sceptical of Sylvia Browne, but lost all respect after seeing her on Larry King once or twice. She promoted one of those New Age beliefs that everyone completely plans out their lives before birth...so victims of crime or disaster planned and desired for it to happen...and mega-rich "psychically gifted" people like her planned to be comfortable celebrities. If this were true then why should we put murderers in prison if they were just helping their victim achieve a life plan? Ok, that's another argument for another thread probably.

Another thing I didn't like about her on Larry King (which goes along with the above belief) was that she said we have *NO* free choice in physical life...only in the spirit world do beings have free choice. I suppose my personal beliefs and assumptions are just too much at odds with hers.
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Reply #28 - Sep 10th, 2005 at 2:37pm
 
Sorry esh, but all of what she said there is true, all is planed through the ethers,free will is only found in the astral as all agreements are made there,and lived out here in the physical. But to some degree you can change these agreements by not fulfilling your part, but heres the tricky thing, you will continue to repeat the agreement until it is fulfilled. So free will who's to really know.
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Reply #29 - Sep 10th, 2005 at 5:17pm
 
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My only question is, how do you actually KNOW that all of what SB said is true? 

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