Do readers ever withhold information you receive for individuals or wish you had not given the information?  A friend had a suspicious mammogram and asked  for a reading.  The information was very strong that it was not cancer, it was remains of problems from a leaking implant that was supposedly cleaned up about 1 year ago.  I have asked myself and my guides many times if this was correct and I continue to get the answer that it is correct.  Did I give her false hope?  This is a blind faith process, and this is the first time I have feared I might be wrong.  Do you ever question yourself?  Am I too close to have comfortably done this reading?  

I would love to see other view points.

MangoMom

I think you have to be very careful when you give readings to those you are close to. As I say in a lot of my posts, listen to your heart. We cannot allow our minds to sway us and distract us. We can make the choice to listen to our heart or the choice to listen to our minds. Sometimes they are in agreement and other times they are not. I know lot of times people can get really angry when they hear the truth about themselves, but would you rather be in the dark, or would you rather be told so that maybe you can fix what needs to be fixed. I don't have regrets. If I do have regrets it's usually about not doing something I felt I should have done, rather than having a regret about something I did. As to whether I withhold information. Sometimes I think the information that is given or received is there to help you understand the other person. It isn't necessarily there to share as they already know? Sometimes they just need to hear it from someone else before it sinks in?

There is nothing wrong with hope, nor faith. But I feel we have to keep doors open rather assume we are always right. Your question reminded me of this parable I heard once. It's about a someone who was stuck in a flood. They prayed to God that they should be saved. So on the day of the flood, a guy in a boat comes along and asks the person if they need help. The person says no, they are waiting for God. Later a helicopter comes along and asks the person if they need help. The person says no, they are waiting for God. Eventually the water rises and the person drowns. The person asks God, why did you not save me; I prayed and prayed and prayed. God responds, I sent you the boat and you denied help. I sent you the helicopter and again you denied help. The point is we have to keep our hearts and minds open to  the things that may be right in front of us. I think the Truth hides in plain site, but because we seek what we want to seek, and we sometimes think we already know, or others have nothing else to offer, we close ourselves off to the possibility that help is all around. So, no I don't think you were wrong in what you told your friend. Hope and faith can carry us a long way, BUT we must also realize that we must carry ourselves the rest of the way.

Take care my friend.

I feel that as long as the news you give is positive and hope enriching then it should be given.

Bad news or something that might deny us hope is a totally different matter and something that for the most part should be offered in a way that leads to the seeker being empowered to make decisions that will help them. Sometimes it is far better to withhold bad news or negative information completely than to blurt it out.

Were you too close? They would probably trust you more because you are, possibly offering more information than they would to a stranger.

Your poins raise similar issues that we have discussed in the ethics part of the tarot course. I try and encourage everyone to write their own standards and ethics so that they think about their limits and boundaries and where the borders lie between acceptable and unacceptability and how to cope in those situations when faced with questions that should probably not be answered by a reader.

Thanks to you both for offering your view points.  I feel so much better about not withholding the information today.  If nothing else my friend has more peace of mind until the additional tests in 2 weeks.  

Love, light and Laughter
MangoMom