Prophecy and Fortune telling 2

What is the difference between prophecy uttered by biblical prophet and the minor prophet/fortune teller of our time. The inherent difference would be in the quality of the gift of prophecy.

Take for instance:
And Jesus answered and said to them: See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in my name, saying, "I am the Christ," and will mislead many. And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name. At that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.

Maria Laach Monastery (16th Century):
"The twentieth century will bring death and destruction, apostasy from the Church, discord in families, cities and governments; it will be the century of three great wars with intervals of a few decades. They will become ever more devastating and bloody and will lay in ruins not only Germany, but finally all countries of East and West."
"After a terrible defeat of Germany will follow the next great war. There will be no bread for people anymore and no fodder for animals. Poisonous clouds, manufactured by human hands, will sink down and exterminate everything. The human mind will be seized by insanity."

Blessed Rembordt (18th Century)
"God will punish the world when men have devised marvelous inventions that will lead them to forget God. They will have horseless carriages; they will fly like birds."

Therese Neumann, German Mystic (20th Century):
When asked if America will experience war on its soil, she replied, "No, but at the end of this century America will be destroyed economically by a series of natural disasters."

The Oracle of Delphi
People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. And her answers, usually cryptic, could determine the course of everything from when a farmer planted his seedlings, to when an empire declared war. Arguments over the correct interpretation of an oracle were common, but the oracle was always happy to give another prophecy if more gold was provided. A good example is the famous incident before the Battle of Salamis when the Pythia first predicted doom and later predicted that a 'wooden wall' (interpreted by the Athenians to mean their ships) would save them. The lack of a strict religious dogma associated with the worship of Greek gods also encouraged scholars to congregate at Delphi, and it became a foca l point for intellectual enquiry, as well as an occasional meeting place where rivals could negotiate. Delphi became a fantastic showcase of art treasures and all Greek states would send rich gifts to keep the Oracle on their side. It finally came to an end in the 4th century AD when a newly Christian Rome proscribed its prophesying.

And who would forget the oracle in Matrix?

Prophecy and Fortune telling Part 1

Some people believe that predictions of great prophets such as Saint John, Nostradamus, Malachy and Edgar Cayce will come to pass exactly as prophesied.
Some people do not believe at all to any kind of prophecy.
Some people examine the track record of prophesies fulfilled and unfulfilled.

I am one of the people who believe that there is no such thing as accurate prophecy or prediction.Prophets or psychics are mere human beings who may filter the information through their personalities and minds. The original messages may then be lost as the recipients of the knowledge may inject their own interpretations and expectations.

It could be also that the Universal Power allows only so much certainty in order to help humanity to deal with it by preparing and choosing the courses of actions that may change the course of destiny.

Prophecies are of two kinds; the events that will surely occur and the events that may occur but may be changed for even though the prophets and the seers can predict catastrophies, they cannot predict the reaction of the people when the event occurs.
Great Prophets ?

The most documented prophet was Michel Nostradamus a 16th century French physician and astrologer.
Among his prophecies that had already been realized were:
• The Priests would be threatening the astronomers about their discoveries that run counter with religious tenets. When Galileo used his instrument to discover that the earth circles the sun, the Church asked him to recant his pronouncement.
• He predicted the colonization of England of a country named America. The prediction was made when colonists had not yet come to America.
• He talked about communism, aerial bombardments, atom boms, submarines when these ideas, had come in the later centuries.
• And many more...
Edgar Cayce, a well-known psychic and healer predicted the following:
• Between 1968 and 1998, Los angeles, San Francisco and New York would be hit by a major destruction.
• End of Communism and Russia and America becoming allies and friends
Saint Malachy, a medieval abbot prophesied about the end of the Vatican.
He characterized the reign of Pope John Paul 1 as “ of the waxing moon because his reign lasted only for 34 days.
Prophecy should not be feared but should not be ignored either. We come into terms with the prophecies by acknowledging a higher POWER governing our destinies.
Next fortune telling.

Mental Telepathy?

Mental telepathy is defined by wikipedia as the supposed ability to communicate information from one mind to another, and is one form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition. This information is generally reported as being "received" in the same form as that from the conventional senses.

I will let you be the judge if there was a mental telepathy between a friend I have never met personally Celia and me.

On Dec. 17, I received this e-mail from her.

Dear Cathy,
You must have known by now that I'm a regular reader of your blogs especially the Choice Cut. Lately I came across things that immediately brings your name to mind. My strong feeling is - I have to give it to you.Don't worry it's nothing sinister ... so give me your snail mail addy please?
Very best regards to you and your family.
cheers,

C

This was my response.

Dec.18

Hi C,
pasensiya na kung hindi ako nakasagot kaagad. naglinis pa ako ng computer.
Ibibigay ko saiyo ang address ng aking kaibigan kasi kaya nga ako nagbukas ng kubong munti site ko dahil i will be moving early next year.
I am sorry that I was not able to respond immediately. I am cleaning my computer. I am going to give you the address of my friend because I will be moving early next year.

Cathy

I received the package thru a friend.
Here is an excerpt of the e-mail I sent her on Dec.29.

Hi C,

I was about to write this in your comment box but i decided that I should just e-mail you in private.

That time when you had that uncanny feeling, I must be looking for them and sending them the message.
Cathy

Dec. 29

Hi Cath,
I'm glad it arrived quite quick. The lady in the post office told me it would take 2 weeks. I hope they are in good conditions, i.e. not smashed or chipped. I think they're all right because I 'visualised' a protection on the package. :)
The week of the 'funny feeling' I kept seeing fairies whenever I go out window shopping during lunch time at work. And everytime your name kept coming up in my head. I had this urge to send them to you. It was very difficult to ignore. You know there was a whole collection of those fairies and I thought to send you 2 of them plus a cat which I think represents you.
Just when I was closing that card envelope there's this voice again that said they protect you. I'm glad you confirmed this otherwise I might think I'm hearing things. Your fairy stories are riveting.
C

Dec.29, an excerpt of my e-mail.

Dear C,
I think you are also sensitive . I have never written in my blog that I had seen and already talked with fairies. You must be a clairaudient to intercept the message I sent to "my friends " asking them where they were.
This is not the first time, it happened. One time, my neighbor forwarded to me some materials sent by someone who was "urged "to send them to me.
Cathy

Mind over Matter-Psychic Healing?

Wrongful thinking, negative emotions-ranging from fear and anxiety to hatred and destructiveness, from frustration to depression and boredom-cause the body to fall ill.
On the other hand, proper thought restores the body to the state of good health.
Thoughts are believed to form a person’s atmosphere—the aura that surrounds him.
I know these but human being as I am, sometimes I allow anxiety and depression to dominate my thoughts.
People undergo these phases of life regardless of educational attainment, occupation, age,race and religious affiliations.
Last week, I was in the condition where an ordinary person would have slipped into a coma. But my brain just would not like to give in. My doctor got scared. He warned me not to take my condition for granted. I said yes to my doc. Now with lots of pills to swallow every few hours, I feel like a piggy bank with a few coins that rattle everytime you shake it.
As a yoga practitioner, I was not a pill-popping individual at the first sign of colds. I was down with flu less than the number of fingers in my two hands since I realized that bacterias and viruses exist and are latent in our human system.
Almost all my sick leaves were thought-induced I-was-not feeling-well-syndrome or due to my irritable-bowel-syndrome.
Back in the Philippines, I had a surgery. The anaesthesiologist hated me. She could not knock me down. I counted more than a hundred sheep and the animals got tired but sleep eluded me.
Worse, everytime, they tried to cut me, I told them, it hurt. She would not like to increase the dosage of the three types of anaesthesia that she injected to my system. She said it was dangerous to have an overdose; it would leave me paralyzed.
The surgeon and the anaesthesiologist decided to wait for more time for the anaesthesia to take effect. I overheard one doctor to comment that my brain must be fighting it. I did not want to fall asleep.
Minutes after, the doctors told me jokingly that they were going to get a boxer to knock me down to sleep.
They decided to go ahead with the surgery even if I was conscious. They did not want the anaesthesia to wear off too.
They asked me again, if I can feel the scalpel. I said yes, but I did not feel pain. Good Lord, they exclaimed. One type of anaesthesia took effect.
They went ahead of the operation . During its whole duration , I could hear the doctors talked about different stuff ranging from serious topics to gossips. I felt the incision in my skin and the sharp needle when they sew cross stitch to it.
I fell asleep an hour after they brought me to my room.
What a scary experience. I hoped that I had a volume control for my thoughts.
As one psychic said, words are key instruments to action and thoughts are souls to the words.

If I got a strong mind power, why would I not resort to psychic healing?
Psychic healing is always holistic; the entire person is healed, physical and etheric bodies.

At this time, my etheric body needs healing more than my physical body does. To heal myself physically, I should heal my etheric body first.

So the conventional medicines help.