Psychic Experience and Car Maintenance

by David A. Cronin

As Content Manager of an Internet site that employs psychics, I must admit that working along side them can be both handy and disconcerting. On more than one occasion I have passed one of our psychics on the way to my desk or to the bathroom only to hear something like the following:

"Hey David, I sense you're holding on to an erroneous opinion about something. Perhaps it might be healthy for you to allow yourself to look at whatever it is differently."

To which I usually retort, "I'll have you know I'm quite happy with my point of view, thank you very much!" This usually evokes a smile and then they go on their way.

Afterwards, when I think quietly about it, I often discover that they were right (I hate when that happens). If I then go back and tell them that they were correct, they frequently mention something about my being a stubborn Taurus. Although, to be frank, I still haven't figured out how this assessment applies to me.

Nevertheless, one thing I have figured out is that many people harbor misconceptions about psychics and the psychic experience. This was illustrated recently when our company computers were infected by a computer virus and we repeatedly heard, "Well, you have psychics working there, why didn't they warn you ahead of time?"

A valid question, one that I will now attempt to address, since whenever anything unexpected and harmful like this happens, we often hear such a question. Part of the problem, I believe, lies in the question itself. The question implies that just because someone has a heightened sense of intuition, they are automatically omniscient. This, to my mind, is a gross misunderstanding of the psychic experience. To assume that because a psychic can intuit some things about the future he or she should be able to intuit all things about the future is a false assumption. Just because I know how to change a flat tire does not automatically mean I know everything about car repair (something my wife will readily attest to), does it?

A few years ago, on a family vacation, we were at a gas station in the middle of somewhere (although it felt like nowhere) when we unexpectedly suffered an irreparable crack in one of our radiator hoses. As fate would have it, it was one of those really strange, 3-way hoses that are hard to come by. Three hours (and more money than I'd care to admit) later we were back on the road.

Owing to this unanticipated, inconvenient, and expensive event we met some interesting people and were reminded of some valuable life lessons: I was reminded, again, about proper car maintenance; my wife was reminded, again, that she could love someone who is car common-sense deficient; and my children were reminded that not everything happens as planned.

Would I have liked to know ahead of time that I was going to blow a hose? I'm not so sure.

Psychics, like everyone else in life, travel their own path, experiencing victories and failures, ups and downs, good times and bad. It's all part of being human; and, despite their abilities, psychics are human, susceptible to the same missteps as you and I.

Psychics don't know everything that is about to happen and shouldn't be expected to know everything that is about to happen (If you ask them, most will tell you they don't want to know everything that is about to happen.). For good or ill, it is the unexpected and mysterious, the not always knowing what's coming that gives meaning to our journey. I believe that complete foreknowledge of events would negate the mystery that is life and would be an unbearable burden for anyone to carry. Thus--as it should be--a psychic's ability is selective and not, as many would like to think, all-inclusive.

As it turned out our company was not badly affected by the virus. This was largely due to the quick action and computer savvy of our in-house technical gurus. They were the heroes of the day and received some much-deserved recognition. That recognition might not have come had we been told ahead of time of the virus.

Now, if they could only come up with a psychic car.

David A. Cronin is the Content Manager for New Age Cities. David welcomes your Questions and Comments; he can be reached at "content@newagecities.com".

If you have enjoyed this article, may we suggest the following; also from David :

	Sacred Objects
	What would you have me know ?
	Embarrassing Moments and a Girl Named Summer
	Random Musings and Other Distractions - Part I
	Random Musings and Other Distractions - Part II
	Psychic Experience and Car Maintenance
	The Empty Frame Upon the Wall
	Things I would like to be, just for a moment.
	Echoes of the Past
	The Park

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