Open the Mind Exercise the Soul

BALBOA PRESS

Contents

Preface.........................................................................ixIntroduction....................................................................xiChapter 1 Sensing the Other Side................................................1Chapter 2 A Case for Psychic Abilities..........................................12Chapter 3 The Journey of SELF-DISCOVERY Begins..................................25Chapter 4 Clairsentience - The Power of Energy and Emotions.....................42Chapter 5 Clairvoyance..........................................................55Chapter 6 Intuition.............................................................81Chapter 7 Clairaudience, Clairgustus, Clairfragrance............................94Chapter 8 Connecting with Spirit................................................101Chapter 9 The Psychic Toolbox...................................................114Chapter 10 Keeping an Open Mind.................................................118Author's Note...................................................................119

Chapter One

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to ... The Outer Limits. —Opening narration –The Control Voice –1960s

When I walk into a crowded room and prepare to do my work, I never know what to expect. My name is John Cappello. I am a psychic medium, and I work in the "Outer Limits". I have to keep an open mind and allow my soul's energy to capture information and energy from "beyond the physical". The area in which I work is not science fiction. It is real life, and I want to share with you my experiences and give you my interpretations of the way psychic energy is manifested. The images and stories I receive using my psychic abilities are often unbelievable and fantastic, but they are all true. They represent a vast array of human experiences, and they connect all of us together. I have learned not to be astonished, but I remain amazed with the human spirit and the fascinating information that can be attained by using my psychic gifts. My work utilizes my entire body, and I have to be aware of even the slightest bits of information I receive in order to give an accurate account of a situation surrounding a client. The smallest, most insignificant detail might be the one thing that can change a life. The experience I am about to share with you is just one session of the hundreds I have been associated with during my career in the metaphysics community.

I was invited to attend a local event with other psychic mediums, and my part of the program was to begin in the early afternoon. This event was sponsored by one of the local metaphysical outlets in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area, and all of the people involved were friends of mine. We decided to start a little early since most people had finished their lunch and were waiting for the next person to be on stage. Excerpts from this event and other sample readings follow.

Everyone has their own style of giving messages, and I am no different. My style is not any better or worse than other talented mediums, but I do offer my own philosophy as a guide. There is much said by skeptics about cold readings and a lack of evidence when communicating information to a client. It is impossible to please everyone, but I do my best to focus on individuals and remove any doubt about psychic ability and spirit communication. I focus on individuals and see energy around them. It's a "can't miss" for me unless the receiver of the information simply does not accept the information or denies it.

I walked up in front of about sixty people and grabbed the microphone. My first thought was to introduce myself and ask the group if they had ever heard about me. There were a few people I knew since I was in my home market, but I had never seen most of them. It's best that I do not know anything about a person when I do a reading. I made a few introductory remarks about myself and my work.

My work is very serious since it involves connecting with crossed-over loved ones and friends. It can be very sobering to obtain information about a devastating accident, disease, or a suicide. Seeing and experiencing another person's grief, as a medium, is the least attractive of all the areas of my practice. The energy in the room felt a little low, so I thought I would break up the seriousness of the crowd by making up a corny joke. My appearance was after a couple of other mediums, so I complimented them by saying, "I am honored to follow such distinguished mediums. Their talent is very rare and their work is well done!" The joke did not even get a groan! No one laughed or made any kind of sound.

I knew it was time to give up any ideas of being a standup comedian and remain in a field I knew. My next move was to accept the fact that this group was very serious and meant business. They had expectations, and they demanded I deliver. Following other mediums who had already demonstrated their abilities was okay with me and being in a demanding crowd did not add pressure or stress. I was simply trying to lighten the mood with a joke because people in grief need to be able to have some relief. This group was no nonsense, so I had to win them over with good readings and solid evidence of information being received from "beyond the physical". The first person I chose to read was a case in point. She was a person in grief but did not appear very interested in the first person who made himself known to me. Her father came in and wanted to share information about his life and his relationship with her. Once it was clear she did not want to hear from him, I began to look at other spirits around her. Her father was over her right shoulder where I expected him to be. When a spirit appears to me, they often just show their head or something significant to the person receiving the reading. It is not my job to know why they are showing me something specific. I am just to report the information.

Another spirit was behind her in an area where I normally do not see relatives, so I asked her about a young man she may have known who died unexpectedly. She would not validate it, but the information was very clear. The young man was showing me that he had problems with his neck. I asked myself, "Why is he being so specific about his neck?" But he was adamant that it was important. There is always a reason for a spirit to communicate a particular movement, but it may not be apparent at first. Again, no positive response, so I looked in another place. To her left just off her shoulder (the area where I notice friends or people of approximately the same age) stood a woman. This woman was a friend that had recently passed. Once I mentioned this person, I immediately received acknowledgement. She...