Fortune Tellers, Psychics and the Future
I’ve noticed that many people are intrigued by the concept of fortune telling. On numerous occasions, my friends have excitedly told me about their experiences with psychics. The typical conversation goes as follows: “I went to this psychic and you won’t believe what she told me. She knew things about my past and also told me some things that would be happening to me in the future.” Of course, my friend would urge me to take advantage of the psychic’s services, so I, too, could learn about my future.
I’ve never had much interest in fortune tellers and psychics. I’m willing to concede that some people have psychic talents that exceed the normal range of intuition. But that’s a far cry from predicting the future with any accuracy. Here are some of the reasons why I’m wary of fortune tellers.
First of all, most of them are fakes and have little or no psychic ability at all. It’s a way for them to make money. Call me cynical but that is the way I see it. If these fortune tellers really could see the future with clarity, they’d be buying lottery tickets or betting on sports events.
Secondly, most psychics only tell people “good news” or what we would consider “neutral” news. I don’t know anyone who went to a psychic and was told, “You are going to die in a terrible accident later this year” or “You’re going to have excruciating pain in your back that makes every day miserable.” Who wants to hear something like that? Worse yet, you’d be paying to learn that tragedy or pain is around the corner. That’s not the kind of news that makes clients happy – or leads to referrals. Since the psychic tends to limit the report to only good news, I know I wouldn’t be getting the full picture.
What is the allure of fortune telling? Why do people get excited to “learn” about their future, especially the good things on the horizon?
I think it comes down to this: life is uncertain and humans hate uncertainty. We are worried that our future will not be happy. We want desperately to know that good things are coming. So, we’ll pay someone to tell us some good news about our future! Then we can breathe a little easier.
Life is full of uncertainty. There is no guarantee that we’ll be alive tomorrow. As we move along on our spiritual journey, we learn to accept uncertainty as part of life. We realize that we can’t control all our circumstances.
Yet there is some power or force that is much bigger than us that is running things and this power (God or Source) is always with us and ready to offer comfort, peace and guidance. By establishing our connection with THAT power, we gain the strength and poise to handle whatever the future may bring.
– Jeff Keller
(c) 2007