CONTACTING
DECEASED LOVED ONES
by Florence Steiner
I shared this with a client a while back, about John Edwards
on
the program Crossing Over. I wasn't trying to say he wasn't
legitimate, but that he was setting himself up for ridicule by using
"letters" instead of a "name". For instance, if you have not
seen the program he has a room full of people and he addresses a part
of the room and goes to that group of people sitting there and says
something like "I am getting a J".. John, James, Jan, etc. etc. trying
to come through. I told my client he is opening himself up
for
scrutiny so to speak and that happened this Saturday on the Saturday
Night Live program. .. they made him the point of a joke segment by
doing just that.
The program 48 Hours
did a job on James
Van Praggh whom I have seen on many different shows as a guest.
He was here in Baltimore several years ago at the Baltimore
Harbor and you had to get a ticket . I was told by my client
who
is the first person on my tape "Voices & Sounds" from the other
side. She went there in the hope to be picked out of so many
people that the odds were less in her favor than for her. As
it
turned out she was not picked and disappointed. Somehow she
heard
of me and "we" were fortunate enough to have her mother put her voice
on our taped session. She never found out who her father was
out
of two possibilities and had their pictures in her purse. Her
father came through and I gave her a description of what I was seeing
as to what he looked like. I told her there was something
about
Pennsylvania also about it. She pulled out of her purse at
the
end of our session and the one man was the exact same description and
she found out several weeks later that he played in a band in
Pennsylvania. She came back to me to bring her
mother
through and that was when she had closure also with her mother about
who her father was.
I do believe that
John Edwards, James
Van Praagh and George Anderson are all legitimate. I do not
believe that all psychic/mediums on television are, but I won't name
them. Ever since James Van Praagh's televised session with 48
Hours aired he dropped out of site. He said on the program
"you
set me up"!!!
Another thing I feel concerned about are
the prices they charge as a medium. John Edwards physically
cannot give everyone a reading in that room on camera or off, for it is
draining of energy, therefore, I would venture to say many people who
go there and pay their way to get in get nothing for they take their
chances.
I believe they should be paid like everyone else who provides a
service... I do .. but not the outlandish price of $1000.00 and up like
some are charging. I heard that John Edwards is $250.00 per
person, but he has a room full like I said, and he will not be able to
help everyone. I have a client who disagrees with me and she
thinks everyone in the room gets a reading from him, possibly while off
camera. I know how draining it can be and do feel this is not
possible. You can make up your own mind. If he is
able he
won't last long, but he will have made his big money!
I think about the poor girl who works in
a 7-11
Store, Burger King, etc. for low minimum wage who grieves just as much
for her mother or another loved one as those who can afford it.
This is the reason I keep my prices low!!
I do not
give initials and I do not get the name of the deceased. I
ask the
client to give me the
first name of the deceased. I ask the client to give
me the
"first name " of the person who is deceased and what relationship that
person is to them and I often ask the client to talk about the person
and tell them they are here and want to make contact and request that
they make themselves known and then I take it from there. I
hear
"names" but is often some relationship to the deceased that of the
client and 98% of what they relate. I see things in "vision"
form
for that is given to me also many times like what their house
looked like, kitchen, even a kitchen table. I do not always
have
to be with the client in person either. It can be over the
phone
for this if the spirit is willing they come through no matter what!!!
When doing a spirit reading as opposed
to a private,
what I call personal reading; especially when contacting a loved one
who has passed on, for they not only come through to say "I am
alright"; they have mission to teach us that we do not die,
like
Jesus did after the crucifixion and especially to doubting Thomas.
If a spirit can reach just one loved one here and the sharing
of
the tape with other persons the spirit was connected to, then, their
mission was successful and it helps them to move to a higher level of
existence. This is difficult for them to do, however, for we
in
the human body do not think about it in these terms. I have
had
people say my tape of "Voices and Sounds" would be eerie, like a horror
movie they relate to seeing instead of the "beautiful" for the teaching
it affords us. Oh we in the human body have so much to
learn!!!
I have been doing this work which I feel
is God's
work for over twenty years. In 1982 I was desperate for
making
ends meet while raising my child alone and to meeting financial
obligations. The woman upstairs had her furniture put out on
the
street and I thought if I do not get enough readings I will be too
along with my son. I was torn, however, that if God gave me
this
gift should I be charging for the service at all? I felt
guilty for taking the money for my son and I to exist!!!
I
got down on my knees and I prayed and I told God I felt guilty for
taking the money I charged, yet I needed the money. In the
room I
heard a loud voice say "If you do our work we will take care of you".
I asked for a sign.!!! The next day my phone rang
about
every fifteen minutes for a reading. I was not well known and
wondered how these people heard of me. I have been taken care
of
ever since by getting just enough of what I need to exist. I
have
learned that to make a living just for the necessities of life, nothing
lavish, and when I have my health, consider myself wealthy.