While this can be accurate sometimes, based on the individuals style or persona, I find it to be wildly inaccurate for the most part. On occasion, even I have been met with skepticism solely because of how I look and / or present myself. Spiritually gifted people do, in fact, look normal or even blend in completely with everyone else. We are not all gothic or spacey hippies. Not that there is anything wrong with you if you happen to be that way.
There are certain "famous psychics" that are not helping the cause with some of their behavior or presentation either. People who use "Miss ____" or "The Amazing ____" or even "Lady ____", are not to be trusted in my opinion. This habit is from way back when psychics were viewed only as mystics who hid in dark rooms and chanted over crystal ball and tarot cards.
In fact, Ive seen many examples of spiritually gifted people being portrayed as scary, evil, as bullies, etc. A prime example of this is The Craft. Now, as much I enjoy this classic "cult" favorite, I do think it puts a negative spin on spiritual people and practices, especially those who practice "alternative spirituality". The girls in the movie were also self proclaimed witches, so on the flip side of my previous statement, I do think it brings attention to the fact that "modern witches" are not what they seem to be, because they don't have any real ability, and Wicca or Witchcraft is simply an alternative belief system. Many modern practitioners of Wicca and Witchcraft tend to let it all go their heads, which is clearly depicted in the movie.
Now that we've covered some basic issues with how authentic spiritually gifted people behave, what do they do? What do they not do?
Dos:
- Some of us can see the past, present and/or future
- Some of us practice herbalism (this is NOT synonymous with Wicca, nor is herbalism a natural born ability.)
- Some of us read people (there are numerous types of legitimate reading techniques)
- Some of us help people
- Some of us use crystals as a spiritual supplement or to aid in cleansing and bringing in positive energy
- We are (mostly), all different
Donts:
- We don't know everything
- We don't always predict things
- We don't all do love or pregnancy readings
- We aren't what you see in Hollywood, or "Phone Psychic" ads
- We don't remove curses (do not trust anyone who says they can)
- We don't solely do readings from tarot cards or pendulums (I would be cautious with people who solely rely on cards, tea leaves, pendulums, and the like to "read" people)
- We can't tell you what to do or make life decisions for you
- We can't tel you exactly who you'll marry, or when, how, etc
- We don't need to see you naked to read you! This may seem obvious but there have been far too many cases of people getting taken advantage of by creepy frauds on various platforms
- We don't all see auras, but most could learn how
- We don't learn our abilities/ how to be psychic we are either born with them or we aren't (there are only a select few things that people can learn how to do, aura reading is one of them)
- We don't literally read your mind
- We don't need a bunch of your personal info (full name, birthday, location, etc)
- We don't all "see" dead people (except, I do :P )
*Please note that these lists are condensed for the purpose of this article and there are many more examples that can and may be added to these lists!*
In conclusion, there are stereotypes upon stereotypes about spiritually gifted people. In the years to come, I'm sure more will pop up as the way we are viewed changes and develops.
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