I'm sure that is true in a lot of cases in which messages are past on from "higher" sources. But I also believe that readings can also be advice given truly from the heart. We feel each other all the time, and sometimes we will come across someone who is going through something we might have also experienced in our life. It is from that experience and from what we feel from another person that I feel the best advice/reading often comes.

No I don't think readings always help. I believe it really depends on the intent of the one giving the reading and if the person listening to the reading is also listening with their heart. I believe it is a two way street. If the person is listening or searching only for what they think they know, then they can miss the boat all together. If a person giving a reading does it out of their own ego, then I believe the message or lesson needed to be learnt is often missed as well.

I say readings shouldn't be forced also because it can become a distraction. I don't think the message is always for the person being given a reading. Sometimes the real message is for the reader. Sometimes it serves as a great reminder as spiritalk had mentioned that we are also here to do service for each other, not here just to stoke our own fame. And as she said many times messages come from a higher source. Perhaps it serves as a reminder that none of this is possible without God, through which all things happen.

Although I agree with what you are saying, ultimately it is up to the querent how they perceive it. If they ask for a reading and you feel it in your heart to give one, you are only responsible for the information you are relaying - this includes how it is relayed, you are not accountable for how the person on the receiving end picks and chooses what he wants to hear or how he chooses to feel about it. Some things are beyond our control.



Although I understand what it is you are saying, I cannot conceptualize it simply because to me personally this does not involve ego and I don't understand how it may possibly involve one if ego doesn't exist in this area. Perhaps I am wrong and there are actually people who give readings out of ego? It's not that I am being thick, but if you think about sharing a gift with someone because it's in your heart to do so, how could it be to serve ones ego? Unless of course you are strictly speaking of scam artists who don't have a lick of talent and are only doing it to draw in money (plain old greed) and attention towards themselves.

Agreed. That is why I said two way street. The person being given the reading has freewill to listen or not to listen. And I agree if it is in one's heart to give a reading/advice then by all means. In the end both have to make a choice.




I'm not just speaking about the scammers. It shouldn't involve ego, but for some it does. For some it's like ha, you couldn't figure that out when it's right in your face. For some it's like ah aren't I such a nice guy for showing them the way out. If you ever venture into some "psychic" chatrooms have a look around. Don't just read what they say, but let yourself feel what is actually coming from some. Perhaps to you, you would call them scammers, and we might just be discussing semantics.

Perhaps for you, ego is not involved, and that is a great thing!

Is it ego then to say that in my opinion some readings are damaging and the seeker would have been better off flipping a coin?

Surely ego is in all of us? Isn't ego is one of the tools that builds confidence. It is the ego that we bolster and build up which then enables us to stand on our own two feet. Humility, and modesty, two different sides that keep our ego's in check?