This is exactly what happens to all of us I think. We get torn between what we hope and the majority opinion. I don't know if it is so much ego as it is our natural desire to have what we believe be accepted.

This case was a little different as opinion changed to fact in a few areas making it harder to believe. We just have to get past it, accept the opinions and move on. We also have to remember that opinions, no matter how good, doesn't make whatever it is fact.

taking this lady's case out of the equation, things/experiences can have more that one explanation…just because there can also be a logical, non-paranormal reason someone had an experience doesn't negate that there could also have been something legitimately paranormal happening to the same time. as karen said in her blog our physical response can be a barometer leading us to recognize that other things are happening. BUT proving sensations to others is not going to happen.

after one has an experience it is also easy to start disbelieving ourselves, ie finding any logical reason for what happened because the occurrence as experienced is IMPOSSIBLE. if, after self-examination and input from others is gone over in my head, i must make the decision as to whether or not it happened, impossible or not. and, just sometimes, the seemingly impossible happens. jmho

I think we are a long way from all being open minded and I stopped bumping heads with skeptics and non believers a long time ago. I have nothing against them. They are entitled to their opinions too. What I did realize was that I was wasting my time on trying to express my thoughts and ideas to them. For me it is like striking my head against a wall. Besides, it isn't, wasn't and will never be about them in my opinion. It is all about those who experience, believe and want to believe. That is really where it all lies for me. I mean, if it weren't for the believers, then there would be nothing for them to be skeptical about.

Why waste my time trying to get a skeptic to believe in something. If I find something, say something or come up with a theory that even remotely interests a skeptic then they will come to me. If not then fine. At least I haven't wasted anything on them. I just see a skeptic and non believers stand a very comfortable position. They take no responsibility, make no effort and always use the same statement; show me. Leaving the entire burden on us.

Why take any time trying to get anyone to believe anything. I think when you open up and let that all go, the discussion and ideas of the paranormal move forward.

For me it really doesn't matter what people believe, the paranormal draws all walks of life on the belief, non belief, and fence sitter.

It's time we move forward, imo. /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

I went to a medical doctor once who also practiced Reiki. It was a really interesting experience. I don't know if I've ever talked about it here or in my blog, but when I got there she didn't do the medical stuff – just the Reiki. It was a condition I'd been fighting for about a month. It was gone the next day – and during the treatment I had some kind of a huge emotional release where I laid there and sobbed. All from her waving her hands over me and nothing else. We didn't talk particularly. It was the darndest thing.

that's pretty amazing. i was in touch with a few reiki practitioners during cait's illness, all over the net. one in particular would suggest things to make cait more comfortable during hard times in hospital when she just wouldn't thrive even after the physical problem seemed to be solved. and they seemed to help. but she never made claims of curing the leukemia as 1 or 2 others did. i appreciated that and found myself more open because of her honesty and genuine concern.

btw: i still want to know what an 'intuitive counselor' is.

I dont think this person will be doing this anytime soon on facebook, I have gotten a few PMs from her and I dont even know her of her distress.

I see this now and then especially by quazi Mediums. I had one that was upset because of the title Ghost Hunter claiming that Ghosts cannot be hunted because they cannot be seen. She claimed she knew this to be a fact first hand.

When I explained that Hunt merely means to SEEK or SEARCH for something she backed off her rant.

I appreciate everyone’s input and honesty. Which is the reason I posted it here.

Call it intuition, hunch or whatever, I just didn’t get a good feeling about this person from the minute she contacted me as a friend on Facebook. Maybe because I was from NJ or was a fan of G-burg. Well, she is moving to G-burg and I suspect she may be doing it because of the tourist trade and her Reiki business.

Thank you GoddessTiger. I am unfamiliar with Reiki and no offense to anyone else but I didn’t understand all of her site. I suppose those are real things people do?

Maybe it is just me but I think this person needs a harder look from people as I wonder if she is really what she says or just a con artist of the naïve.

She is MOVING here? Oh brother. Good luck.