I'd like to know the general opinion of some of the mediums post on this board.

Do you think that true mediums like (Mary Ellen Giley) are born?

Do you think it's possible for a person to learn how to be a medium when they are not psychic in the least? (like me)

Do you think that normal everyday people have the capacity to see and interact with spirits? If so should they?go

I'm very interested in hearing your responses!

I don't know the person you reference, but the same applies to all.

We are all born with innate talents - including the psychic abilities.  They will be stronger in some than others.  And some will manifest them earlier than others.  Often the early bloomer does not stay the course for the lifetime.  And many have tried to ignore or otherwise dismiss the talents in favour of material living.

All mediums are psychic.  They open to these sensitivities first, before the contact with their spirit guides.  And all people are born with the capacity to be psychic.  Development can occur on the least talented and the manifestation will be according to their abilities to attune with spirit.  Patience is key.

The spirit realm is around and about us always, influencing us in many unseen ways.  We are spirit within and it is what is set free on the death of our physical body.  So to fear spirit is to dismiss a vital part of our own being.  

Mediumship is based on attunement of the spirit within (while yet in the physical body) and the spirit realms (of departed souls).  These spirits are your own loved ones, as well as loving guides who care enough to return to this world to aid the progress of fellow human beings.

I was kind of expecting that answer. It goes back to the old saying that everyone can play the piano but very few people can be concert pianists.
But just to further our discussion I will take the position of the devils advocate:

It has been said by some religions that speaking to spirits is a bad thing.
Also just like people, there are not only good spirits but also deceptive and evil spirits.  How is a mortal like me and you to tell the difference?

The spirit realms (afterlife) is considered to have 7 spheres.  The normal, good living human being goes to the 3rd on the death of the physical body.  That is because the first 2 are animalistic and uneducated (astral is a part of this atmosphere).  

The idea for a medium is to reach to the light of spiritual attainment (the 3rd sphere) while yet in the body.  That requires an attunement of spirit to spirit.  

There are tried and true methods and exercises for this purpose.  To open and randomly invite all and sundry into your mind is like opening your house and welcoming a thief.  The lower energies will use your energies, just a thief uses your goods.

When you reach the proper source (your own personal loving spirit guide) in partnership and love, you are working from a spiritual level.  Anything less is not acceptable.  Hence, the cautions, etc. around spirit guides.  Be sure who you partner up with for under the natural law (like to like - law of attraction) you will surely get what you ask for and deserve.

I honestly have no idea whether it's possible for someone to "learn" to be able to see and communicate with spirits.  With me--as I've mentioned elsewhere here--it came out of the blue relatively late in my life (maybe it was latent all along, but it had never really occurred to me to try).  Once it does start, though, it's REALLY important to have good guidance and an open mind not encumbered with preconceived notions as to what it's all about, or how things work, or what the spirit world is really like.  You can read all you want about it, and you may get some helpful information from others who have experienced it, but I believe that the best way to learn is through your own experiences and the help of those in the spirit world who are willing to help you learn (and trying to sort out who is really there to help you, and who might be just "messing with you" is a challenge in itself!).

I have come to think that it's important for someone who's interested in trying to gain the ability to think very seriously about WHY they would like to be able to do it.  It's not something to be taken lightly, or pursued because one thinks it might be "fun", profitable, or just kinda cool.  There's a lot of responsibility that goes with it, and it's sometimes very much NOT fun, or cool.  It can be very sad and, if you're not used to to it,   frightening.  I believe that if you've been given the ability, it's so that you can help others with it--again, not to try to "see the future" with the help of the spirit world, or gain from it materially, etc.  Most of the spirits I talk to are the very lost, very frightened, and sometimes very angry souls of people who lived at one point just as we all do.  Trying to use them as props or ways to gain notoriety is insensitive and cruel; they need help as any desperate person does--given freely and with kindness and understanding.  If you can't do that, all the "mediumship skills" that you learn in the world will still likely end in failure, or disaster.

So that's my personal take on it.  Before a person starts trying to figure out the "how" of it, it's much more important to understand the "why", and if you're really prepared to treat it as a gift that you're willing to share with those who really need it, with no thought of any kind of reward.  Bottom line--what most of them need is love and understanding; ask yourself if you can offer that before anything else.

Doe