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Vote: | I believe that before anybody makes the journey to the other side, we have to know on a soul level that we are leaving, whether it's an accident or illness, and we prepare ourselves to a certain degree that we won't be there in the future. |
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Vote: | I believe that when somebody crosses over they are aware and have total knowledge of the experience, situation and people involved. |
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Vote: | I believe that when someone crosses over, regardless how we choose to define them (negative, positive) they are met by other friends, relatives, energies, help them understand the life and lessons they learned, the experiences they have shared with others and the feelings they've shared with others. |
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Vote: | I don't look at this as a religious based thing. To me this is energy based. |
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Vote: | I don't need to be physically near them. Much of my work I've done over years has been on the radio connected by phone. |
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Vote: | I know that I have only a small window of time to deliver a message. And I get into a zone of "Just deliver the information". But when I'm watching the show, as a viewer, then it's very emotional to me. |
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Vote: | I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad. |
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Vote: | I will see impressions, I will hear things, but I hear it in like, my own mind's voice, like a thought, and I get feelings, and I interpret what I'm seeing, what I'm hearing, what I'm feeling in my frame of reference. |
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Vote: | In my experience victims are more concerned with helping their families understand that they are still connected to them. In some rare experiences information comes through that helps understand what happened. |
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Vote: | Information comes through to me in 3 basic ways seen, hearing, and feeling the energy of the person that's crossed over. In which it is a symbolic type of language. |
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Vote: | It comes through as energy, and I basically act as a radio, and I interpret what it is that's coming through to me. And I get it in three basic ways: I see, hear and feel this energy, this information. It's not conversational, it's not like I am hearing them speaking to me the way I'm speaking to you. |
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Vote: | Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign language. Meditate and practice psychic self defense and surrounding yourself with prayer. |
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Vote: | My preparation is always mediation and deep breathing. And the rubbing of my hands together just gets my energy going. |
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Vote: | The most important thing to focus on is to raise your conscious level. What people realize is they have already had experiences and are psychic and each will develop differently. Where I hear clairaudience another psychic might feel theirs clairsentiance. Read as much as you can, and go from there. Meditation is the key, open your mind. |
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Vote: | The process of receiving information for me is seeing, hearing, and feeling their energy in my frame of reference. That doesn't mean I see the individual, unfortunately. |
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Vote: | Well I look at somebody from the other side being the radio station and they project their signal to me and that is energy. That energy comes across to me and then I interpret what it is that I'm seeing, hearing, and feeling. So they communicate in an energy, for instance telepathy. |
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John Edward (born October 19, 1969 as John Edward MaGee, Jr. in Glen Cove, New York) is the creator and host of the television show Crossing Over with John Edward. Purporting that Edward is a medium, the show features what is said to be communication with the dead.
A typical reading by Edward on his television show begins with him coming up with the way the person he claims to be communicating with died, necromancy. There is usually at least one person in the audience who believes this fits them and then he begins to talk with them about the names of people they are connected with. He'll start with a letter or a sound in someone's name who is connected to that person in some way ("I'm getting an R sound" or "I'm getting a C or a K sound...Who is it that is close to you and whose name starts with that sound?"). This usually narrows it down to one person and he will then continue asking them questions related to the signals the deceased is allegedly sending him, making many claims (some of which are right, some of which are wrong), until he comes up with a description of the deceased. He then usually follows by saying that the deceased is with him right now and that he/she sends their love.
In addition to his television show, Edward sells tickets for public readings, and has written several bestselling books on his work and how to develop psychic powers.
At the end of John Edward's show a legal disclaimer appears for 3.3 seconds. It can only easily be read using a "paused" recording. Some viewers, especially well versed conjurors, see this as deceiving.
Controversy and criticism Skeptics call Edward's performance a scam or hoax. Believers point out that Edward was tested under controlled laboratory conditions by psychologist Gary Schwartz, who concluded his abilities were genuine. Part of the test involved "reading" the subject while knowing nothing about them and before talking to them or seeing them. Skeptics then reply that CSICOP's Ray Hyman has severely critiqued Schwartz's methods. Dr. Schwartz replies that Dr. Hyman has simply ignored many facts, and that this is not acceptable in science.
Skeptics say that Edward's techniques are identical with the technique of cold reading, one of the ways many demonstrated hoax psychics fool their clients and audiences. The show is accused by its critics of being heavily edited, with a half-hour show taking up to six hours to tape, in which failed attempts are removed. It is also alleged that Edwards' staff collect information on people before a reading takes place - a technique termed "hot reading". The show's producers deny this charge. This sort of back-and-forth is characteristic of the entire field, which arouses strong emotions.
The show has attracted many believers, as evidenced by its popularity. In defense of Edward, many believers point out unique things that he has said about dead people that they believe he could not have known unless he could in fact communicate with the deceased. This "proof of immortality" gives the grieving, teary-eyed seekers comfort.
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