XML FeedsScary Places Part 2
By Savina Thompson on May 16, 2009 | In Welcome, In real life | 3 feedbacks »
Link: http://www.MediumReadings.com
In response to my last blog post, "Scary Places," a visitor asked an important question that addresses one of the biggest misconceptions about my industry. Even though it's a response to one of my blog posts, I've decided to post it as a separate blog entry because I want to make sure that it's seen. I think it's a great question and it's one that I'd like to bring attention to.
Scary Places
By Savina Thompson on May 16, 2009 | In Fun | 2 feedbacks »
Link: http://www.MediumReadings.com
I'm often asked if there are any places or experiences that scare me. The truth is that there really isn't much in terms of spirit activity that scares me (that's not to say that I CAN'T be scared or that I haven't been startled by the unexpected). But I found a place tonight that has had me on edge every time I've gone - it's the bathroom of a local movie theater. I have always tried to avoid entering that bathroom alone when I've visited the theater and tonight was no exception. Unfortunately, I couldn't help it - I'd had a bottle of water and was in no shape to watch a 2 hour movie without making use of the "facilities!"
I wasn't thinking much of it until I got to the door of the bathroom and had that same foreboding feeling just before entering. Nevertheless, I went in, staying on alert but not allowing fear to stop me. After just a few seconds of being in the room, though, the presence was so strong there was almost a panicked feeling. So I quickly used the restroom and was about to exit the stall, talking to the woman who I felt was there and asking her not to manifest outside of the stall door when I opened it (Why, I don't know, lol - it hasn't happened there before, but the presence was just especially strong tonight). Right before I exited the stall I heard a woman clear her throat, which actually made me feel more comfortable, since I thought I'd been mistaken about being alone in the bathroom. So I exited the stall and was walking over to the sink when I heard loud sobs coming from one of the stalls and an instant realization hit me: I'd been duped, lol. I wasn't alone, but there wasn't anyone else PHYSICALLY in the bathroom...To be sure, I knelt down and looked under the stalls for feet (yes, I'm ashamed to say, I did this, lol) and, of course, there were none.
As I said, I'm not easily shaken, but the presence in this bathroom is so overwhelming and heavy that I plan on making sure to leave the bottled water at home from now on! I've never stayed in that bathroom more than a minute or two, so, other than knowing that the presence is a female, I don't know what (if anything) happened at that location (or if the presence is just drawn there for some reason). I've also never seen the spirit - her presence is just so strongly felt and she seems to hang out in the back stalls on the right side. (When I've used the first stall on the left side, by the way, I've never felt uncomfortable. Unfortunately, for some reason it seems that there's almost always something wrong with that stall, forcing me into either the 2nd stall on the left, which I don't want to enter because that's right where the thick of the heavy energy starts, or into the 1st big stall on the RIGHT side, where I feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable - this night was no exception; the first stall on the left was, of course, clogged. It always feels like I'm cattle being herded as close as possible to the back of the restroom - which is NOT a place I want to be.
First Official Crime Scene Investigation
By Savina Thompson on Apr 7, 2009 | In In real life | 6 feedbacks »
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHQwM7Qxii8
Last week I realized that, despite the fact that my guides have told me that I'll be going more public soon, I have had very little experience with a couple of areas of common public interest; namely crime scene investigation and investigation of houses with spirit activity. My relative lack of experience in those areas came to my attention because of the fact that, over the last 8 months I've had multiple clients coming to me in need of those services. The influx of clients with those needs is strange only because I haven't really drawn many of those types of clients in the past...I never really saw myself as the type to help the police solve a crime (despite the fact that, as pathetically typical as it may sound, Medium is my favorite show, lol). The truth is that I tend to be a very deeply emotional person in the sense that I feel the pain of others to my core, making it difficult for me to relive their suffering. This is why I can't watch movies like Saw or others in which people are suffering; it literally makes me physically sick to my stomach.
In any case, after coming to this realization last week, I decided that, since I'm not sure what avenue my professional life will take in the public, I should probably get some practice in...Now, I'm not COMPLETELY inexperienced in these areas - I've investigated homes for people unsettled by spirit activity and over the course of my career I've aided families whose loved ones have died tragically, mysteriously or otherwise unnaturally. But doing medium work and obtaining information that way before going to a crime scene is very different than going in completely blind, which is something that, until today, I'd never done before. It's one thing to sit down with a mother whose son comes through and tells you all of the details of his murder but quite another to go to a location where you have absolutely no idea what type of a passing took place there (whether a murder, a suicide, an accident or a natural passing) and attempt to connect to the energy to get information. This is what I did today...Last week I had my assistant Chris look up locations online without telling me or anyone else ANYTHING about the location he chose - not even where it was located...The plan was for him to get the jist of what happened and then, on the appointed day (today), drive us out to the location, where I would be videotaped doing a "reading" on what happened at the location.
All the time in the world...
By Savina Thompson on Apr 1, 2009 | In In real life | Send feedback »
Link: http://www.MediumReadings.com
After sitting for the last few hours listening to music (much as I would at any other time in my life with little thought), I had an epiphany: My life is very strange. Don't get me wrong, I mean that in the best possible way. It's just that, sitting here, being lulled into submission by the bittersweet melodies of some of my favorite songs, I realized how very...odd...a journey I've taken through this place, this life...My beloved best friend Kat (who passed away from cancer in 2002) might say that I've played in the clover patches of life...My beloved grammy (who passed away from cancer a month after Kat) might say I took the circuitous route...listening to the truth in the beats of my own heart...But hopefully they'd both say I've lived my life well, full of experience with plenty of "sightseeing" along the way...
Not Without A Fight...
By Savina Thompson on Mar 23, 2009 | In In real life | Send feedback »
Link: http://www.MediumReadings.com
I've literally had 3 clients within the last week inform me that my prices are insanely low compared to other readers, right before they asked me with trepidation if I was planning on raising my prices anytime soon, lol...The economy being what it is, I figured that those 3 people probably represent many, many more wondering the same thing, so I figured I'd address the issue here, along with some thoughts on the economy...
