Skeptic Spirit

Some time ago I wrote a post about cold reading, but I have started to wonder if that is the only plausible explanation. I still won’t explain it as being any kind of “gift” or special ability, nor will I attribute it to the act of spirits, angels, guides or other any other alternative explanation. (sorry)

I am actually not sure that it is that important anyway. If it helps, it helps, and that really is all there is to it, I guess. Someone who doesn’t believe in angels can still benefit from an ‘empath reading’ done by one who does believe it to be angels delivering the message. The message itself isn’t that important either, only what the receiver makes of the message. 

However, for the sake of clarification, I would like to explain how I see it at this point, because my perspective has changed.

I believe I am as much of an empath as anyone else. Or, same message in a different tone, I don’t believe either of us are. This doesn’t mean that I don’t believe in empathy, I just believe it to be a human trait. Some have become consciously aware of the empathy, and I am sure this has an effect on the perception of the surroundings. 

In terms of readings…

I never write anything I can’t back up with an explanation inside my mind. When ever I’ve finished writing a respond to a reading request, I read it through in order to sort out my personal bias interpretations of the person requesting the reading. The reason I won’t call it cold reading as such is that I don’t write “general statements”. I do relate to the person asking, I do use empathy in order to put myself in that persons place to see, what he/she might be missing. This part however is general assumptions! Not based on statistics but based on how I believe the emotional model of “man” is created. Areas to look at, stuff to let go of, needed inspiration and so on… But it is also about subtleties, the choice of words used to describe a situation or state of mind. It gives a lot of information about a person. 

It is actually an “empathic” reading, there is just not anything supernatural about it. And it isn’t (just) cold reading either.

I do use my intuition a great deal in the initial approach to a reading. But then I need to run it through my “skeptical spectacles” to see, if it fits my emotional model and to find out if it makes sense to me at all. And then I can post it.

In reality, we can all call it what we want, it makes little difference. I just don’t feel right about giving readings without having specified my (lack of) beliefs on the subject.