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I have read the child's post and alas it is too long and complicated to answer. I am a terribly busy and important person after all. He has, however, not shown one shred of evidence that psychic ability does not exist. He has merely stated his own biased opinion.

Psychic ability DOES exist. And I shall prove it to him here and now. I shall give him a reading which will be 100% accurate and I challenge him to find any fault whatsoever in it. Here it is.

He was born at a very early age. As time goes by he will get older.

sophie, derren uses cold-reading and other techniques.

and you need to see a bereavement councellor as soon as possible.

I agree with Sophie. I forgot she was here. We should stop arguing. Let us drop the matter. I am concerned for her.

Sophie. I am curious. Do you believe Derren has real psychic powers?

I think your answer is important.

mark lewis wrote:I agree with Sophie. I forgot she was here. We should stop arguing. Let us drop the matter. I am concerned for her.

Sophie. I am curious. Do you believe Derren has real psychic powers?

I think your answer is important.

Thats putting me on the spot really. If Derren says he has no psychic powers than I believe him. I think you misread what I said. I got over emotional in the Theatre, it wasnt because I thought Derren was contacting my child, I guess my emotions just built up and came out at an inappropiate time. You need to stop bickering between yourselves. This isnt about Derren, or didnt start that way.

OK. I am willing to stop arguing.

Again I am willing to give you a reading at no cost to yourself. I feel you need it and will find it helpful. You have nothing to lose. All I need is your date of birth, a photograph of yourself which I will return to you and any three questions you want to ask. I will then do a 30 minute private reading on audiocassette tape. I hope you have a tape recorder somewhere.

I will use the tarot cards. I believe 100% in their divinatory powers and I mean that sincerely. I said that in my seminars too.

I do believe in the suggestion of a bereavement counsellor but very often my clients have already gone that route. Sometimes a reading can indeed be the way forward. It is a little help and sometimes a little help can be a lot of help.

Advising you in public is not the way to go. If you wish to avail of my sincere offer contact me privately. I want to help.

I hadn't forgotten Sophie was here. The only reason I ever get (or rather got – it's a rare thing these days) involved in discussions like this is to bring issues into the open for those who read along but may not have considered them. I know there's absolutely no way you'll change your mind, you're too entrenched in your rationalisations. Those who read along though, they see a different story.

Sophie, I sincerely hope you can find the answers you are looking for and find happiness, direction and more. However, I don't believe any real answers are to be found in past life regression, readings and so on.
Whether you decide to take up Mark's offer of a free reading, go to another reader/psychic or choose another route entirely, I wish you the very best and sincerely hope you find what you need.

mark lewis wrote:However with regard to his last post alas, Bigshot does not understand humour.

Wrong again, I'm afraid.
The only reason I didn't include a is because I thought the quotes spoke for themselves, no comment necessary. I found it genuinely funny. So funny in fact that I sent it on to some other people who agreed it was a laugh too.
I think you may have missed your calling to comedy.

mark lewis wrote:I did see however the beginning of his diatribe where he defends Derren Brown. ... I am willing to listen to your rebuttal. Are you saying to me without any equivocation that the chap does not swear on stage? I did notice that you didn't deny it. It seems to me that your silence speaks volumes.

Another mistake... I am not defending Derren Brown. I'm attacking your judgement of him which follows the same form of judgement for which you criticise him. You do not have first hand knowledge yet attempt to rebut his claims on exactly those grounds, that he does not have first hand knowledge.

I couldn't care less if he swears on stage. I steer away from bad language in general and in my rare performances, but if he wants to do so and his audience have no problem with it, what difference does it make to me? I don't know if he swears on stage or not, nor do I care.

mark lewis wrote:He has, however, not shown one shred of evidence that psychic ability does not exist. He has merely stated his own biased opinion.

If you make the claim, you provide the evidence. That's the way it works... matey.
Sure my opinion is biased, so is yours and so it is for all. The difference is, you are making a positive claim of fact about psychic abilities, tarot and more besides. The burden of proof is in your court.
To prove nobody has psychic ability I would need to test all psychics, a truly unreasonable (and thoroughly unattractive) expectation. To prove psychic ability you merely need to test one “real” one and the whole discussion would go away just like that.

I won't hold my breath.

I am not going to answer you back out of respect to Sophie. If you wish to pursue this matter then start another thread.

When someone is talking about the death of a child, and you two are arguing the toss- don't you think you could shut up and stop being such @rseholes.

sophie- honestly, you need to talk to a bereavement counsellor asap.

everyone else, shut the hell up. start a new thread if you need to flog the psychic dead horse.

That is what I just said.

IAIN wrote:sophie- honestly, you need to talk to a bereavement counsellor asap.

Agree completely.
As for the rest though, again, I'm not arguing for the sake of it. I encourage Sophie to get help asap (and as you say, a bereavement counsellor seems right).

Hi Sophie. First, I am really sorry to hear of your loss. My wife and I also lost a child, our daughter. Im not going to patronise you by saying you'll get over it or anything like that, it used to annoy me when others said it to me. Time does make it a little easier to accept though. Iains suggestion of some sort of counselling may be a good idea.

Anyway I hope that everything goes well.

Take care,

jim

http://www.childbereavement.org.uk/information_support

though i can understand you seeking answers Sophie, right now seeking alternative help may feel comfortable for you; however - that may not be what you need right now...right now you need to be mentally fit and healthy, for your own good, as well as being able to deal with your problems/thoughts...

only then, when you feel more balanced and able to do what's best for you, could you then consider having a reading or PLR - but not for this particular issue - go and have it done for fun/curiousity/interested...no more, no less...

everyone deserves to be happy and have peace of mind...

Am I right in thinking we've reached a logical end point here?

there's a first time for everything...

Thanks Iain, we'll never get universal agreement on this type of topic but the varying opinions are well worth reading and taking into account.