Hi Firefly, you seem to be not only the only one who is saying yes, but you seem convinced. I find that intriguing. I am like the others who have replied. I think there will be no afterlife, but I really hope there is. Without wanting to sound crazy, I lost somebody that I hope to speak to again.
I know nothing about fortune tellers or medium readers but I heard someone say that they are experts in reading into the people that come to see them, i.e. they draw conclusions about body language, accents, vocabulary, dress sense and read into the reactions they get from what they say to you. In addition to this, they do make wild guesses about stuff that occasionally will be correct.
Now, without asking for too much (time or personal details) from you is there anything persuasive you can say about that medium reader that would make an anonymous stranger on the internet believe that you are correct?
Wow...the pressure!
I do believe in God and always have done. Having said that I was and am completely skeptical of mediums and fortune tellers and believe that the vast majority are swindlers.
Regarding the medium in question:
The relation of mine is in fact my mother. She was visiting family in London and she and my first cousin (who is very close to her) got chatting about mediums and angels (don't laugh!). Anyway, my cousin used a medium close by from time to time and offered my mother her spot the following day. I was suspicous immediately as I thought the medium would have garnished some information from my cousin but the specifics before would have been unknown in the main to my mother.
The medium in question is booked out for 2 months in advance I believe. When my mother came home and told me of the medium I asked her 2 simple question....how much was the session and how long did it last. These are important questions to me as if it was expensive and quick I would be dubious. The cost was 25 pounds and the session lasted for just under an hour (in central London). My mother then produced a tape of the session and played it for us.
To put this into context, my mother is not by nature a very chatty or expressionate person. In fact she's an incredibly good listener, if anything, and her posture and demeanour when meeting someone new would be to be curteous and quiet. It was aparant from the tape that my mother, when asked a question would just reply yes and no.
Listening to the tape, a few things struck me
The format of the conversation was a bit different to what I was expecting - the medium would state a fact and then ask my mother for confirmation. The facts were very specific. She didn't ask something as obvious as "are you from Ireland" or anything that silly.
A few specific things:
The medium told my mother that both of her parents were present in the room and described them in detail. My grandfather wore a particular type of garment every day and she described this. She also described both of their manunrisms very accurately.
The medium described a structural problem in our family home that has been present for the past 15 years (not part of the main structure).
My mother used to keep a specific type of small farm animal for approx 2 years approx 15 years ago and the medium stated this. (My mother dresses in modern, city/urban clothes and would not come across as a typical farmer's wife (we aren't farmers and no disrescpect to anyone...just a term I hope conveys what I wish to convey!)
The medium was able to tell my mother of a sickness that she unfortunately has, and described in detail a family member who brings my mother for checkups and treatments. She was able to tell my mother the family member's name and describe her traits.
The medium told my mother how many children were in her own family. My mother refuted this number as it was 1 larger than the actual amount but the medium politely said, no her number was correct. A few seconds later my mother confirmed that one of her brothers was still-born.
There are probably others, but these stand out.
Are ye all spooked?