Meditarot, I'd go with your gut on this. You didn't connect with her and I doubt your Grandad did either. Maybe he was telling you to wake up and smell the roses
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Or perhaps it was someone's spirit that I sensed. It's hard to tell.
I believe in mediumship 150%, but I also believe that not all mediums are as good as they think they are. Every person who lives has passed over people, grandparents especially, so it isn't rocket science to claim to that energy being near someone. As I told my daughter, and this is probably good advice for you too - take what resonated from your reading and what made you feel good, love it and appreciate it, and shake the rest off. xo
i hope i don't come off as rude, but everything you explained sounded like cold reading. It seemed she just took whatever answer you gave her and spun it: "oh, uh, that's what i meant!"
If you feel uncomfortable about the experience, i would dismiss it. Connecting with dead loved ones is supposed to make you feel better afterwards, they are life affirming, and can be healing--not confusing, or doubtful.
Anyways, just my two cents!
It was a mixed experience, that I can say for sure.
It seemed promising at first, but then she started struggling with things, but was still so pompous that she kind of just decided to "go with it".
I didn't feel any connection. Just plain confusion.
But yes, I'm over and done with it. I'll probably work things myself from now on when it comes to these connection things.
But I do have to admit that I too believe that some mediums can be effective in their readings. For example the medium from "Most Haunted" (No,
NOT Derek! : D )
I don't remember his name, but he was so calm but assuring in his readings, and there were quite a many phenomenal reading cases which he did.
(I checked it. David Wells)
If your grandfather lived in a house near birches and a point of water, then wouldn't that possibly - POSSIBLY - be your grandfather the medium picked up on? How many things did this medium accurately pick up on about the grandfather? Also, when souls cross to the other side, some will have a change of heart about certain things ... so it's not unusual for these souls to try and come through and get their now revised message across in such circumstances. If the grandfather telling you that you should continue with your studies resonates with you, then it could have possibly been your grandfather.
Sadly though, group sessions held by mediums (even gifted ones) are indeed often "just another day in the office" for them. If you want a more valuable, and thorough reading - where you can ask about your grandfather - seek out a one-on-one session with a medium.
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As an aside, a medium by definition is one that has the ability to contact spirits, so a person going to a medium for a reading should expect they are going to probably talk about loved ones that have passed over. It's also the medium's way of giving the client information that can be validated in order to 'prove' themselves (for want of a better word) to the client.
The thing is, while it was promising at first, there are after all
many houses here which are surrounded by birches, and there are many creeks and rivers next to roads.
The description of the yard with it's houses was also convincing (with the exception of the "stone house") and one other thing, which was
"
There is a front door and a back foor for the front house?"
"No. But there is a front door and a back door for the backyard cabin."
(And yeah, guess what she responded again)
"
Then it must be that then."
She also mentioned that my grandfather used to do sculpting, which was correct, but then she continued to describe the things which I couldn't possibly remember.
She was also very keen of describing things when I was just a child (like from 3 to 6 years old). Remember that she originally assumed that my grandfather had died when I was just a little boy so she spoke of all those things.
But for me, those weren't of that much importance.
Me and my grandfather's bond were the strongest since the
beginning of my pre-teenage years until the day when he died. Those pre-teenage years (from 13 to 14 years and forward) were the times when I decided to get to know my grandfather better, and we became quite close to each other.
He spoke to others of our adventures (over and over again) until his last months, when he succumbed to the illness.
The medium completely ignored this side of the lifeline, mentioning none of it, but instead simply focusing on how depressing my teenage years were, and how my grandfather "understands" it.
All in all the reading could've been something great, but instead it just ended as confusing and kind of a thing that I wanted to forget right away, let alone tell my relatives about of.
