***** HOW TO WORK THE 900 NUMBER PSYCHIC LINES By Bruce Daniel Kettler (C) 1994 No portion of this work may be reproduced without prior written permission of the author. MCI E-MAIL: 419-8594 (From Compuserve, type: MCIMAIL: 419-8594) Bruce Daniel Kettler P.O. Box 322 Firestone, CO 80520 UPDATED MATERIAL: April 18, 1994 As shareware is distributed on on-line services without charge, I'm offering this work free of charge. Often, shareware software is distributed with a request of donations to be mailed to the author. At other times, certain additional features are offered for the shareware **if** a contribution is sent to the author. I'm offering nearly all the features of this information right now, with just a few more lines of information available for a $6.00 donation. You may find and contact the companies on your own and work on one or more psychic lines, earning as much as $1000.00 per week, with my blessings, without ever sending me money. I've sold this in printed form for $8.95, and the information provided benefits far in excess of that amount -- in monetary gain and many other forms of satisfaction. So, if you connect with a 900 psychic line, and the information here contributes to you earning money in a way that enhances your spiritual well-being and satisfaction, wouldn't it feel good to know you sent $6.00 to me. I worked hard to put this together for you. Normally, I've charged $8.95, but without printing or mailing costs, you can send $6.00 will be sufficient: SEND $6.00 check or money order to: Bruce Daniel Kettler P.O. Box 322 Firestone, CO 80520 If you have an INTERNET, MCI MAIL, or COMPUSERVE e-mail address, send that with your $6.00 check, and I'll e-mail the information right away. What information? The names, addresses, and regular toll-call phone numbers of Psychic Line Network Companies, the one's you work from your own home. They will be noted as "[ITEM 2]," "[ITEM 3]," etc. in the e-mail or paper mail I send to you. If you were to attempt to obtain the list I supply, with company addresses and regular toll-call phone numbers, it would cost you many times more than the $6.00 you contributed. You could have looked at some magazine like **Redbook** or **National Inquirer** and called 900 numbers to obtain office phone numbers, adding $6.00 to $8.00 (2 minutes) to your phone bill FOR EACH ONE. (Often the names shown are not listed with directory service.) Much would be wasted since many are just phone rooms in cities too far away from you. Then you would invest many hours watching both cable TV and the regular channels, waiting for 2 minute or 1/2 hour ads so you could continue to add more $6.00 to $8.00 lines on your bill. **** THE LIST ALONE IS WORTH MANY TIMES THE CONTRIBUTION YOU MAKE FOR THIS MATERIAL. If you **DON'T** wish to be on my mailing list, just write that when you send the $6.00, and I'll comply. Here's what you get when you send $6.00 and are ***on my list***: 1. When it's available, I'll send you information about a newsletter that you can subscribe to, letting you know of important changes in the industry, such as when certain companies are hiring, which companies are particularly profitable for you, etc. 2. When you send e-mail, I'll be particularly grateful to you, so I'll be more likely to let you know information that will be helpful -- some new information about a company that's hiring perhaps. 3. When I start an agency that hires people for 900 companies, you'll be informed of that fact by mail. The agency will require no up-front money from you to get hired. 4. I'll let you know of updates in the material of this book, and offer you advantages for testimonials that I can print of your advancement in the 900 line industry because of what you read. 5. You'll have the satisfaction of knowing the book is being further distributed to more people, and thus helping them develop spiritually and as psychics, in large part because of your contribution. You will not lose business because of competition. This business is presently in an unlimited growth potential mode. If the company you're working for needs people, help them grow by getting all the calls answered. You may not get non-stop calls, but that's ok, since you wouldn't get that much business for long anyway. An overly competitive attitude isn't healthy spiritually. **** IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY 2 WAY COMMUNICATION WITH ME, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON MY MAILING LIST, DROP ME A NOTE VIA E-MAIL AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE WORKING ON A 900 LINE. IF YOU'RE HELPING OTHERS, AND YOU LET ME KNOW, I'LL CONSIDER THAT A CONTRIBUTION. YOU MIGHT LET ME KNOW WHICH LINE YOU'RE ON, HOW WELL IT'S DOING, WHAT AD'S ARE RUNNING AND SO-FORTH. NOTE: This publication does not have chapters. It's best divided up in short sections. Neither the author, nor New Dimension Services, accepts any legal responsibility for the reader's practices of meditation, self- hypnosis, or others described in this material or books listed. Such is done at one's own risk. Kundilini Yoga is considered dangerous by some, when practiced by those who are not able to handle its power, or by those who do not have present with them teachers who can help. The success or monetary failure of each reader is likewise, their own responsibility. If first pursuit of this does not prove immediately fruitful, and money is needed for living expenses such as food and shelter, readers are urged to give other means of livelihood a priority, pursuing this part time, until it is plain that the 900 psychic line experience has proved reliable and sufficient. The author does not warrant the accuracy of information contained herein. Circumstances change, as do phone numbers, addresses, and company policies. As you'll see further on, $300. to $600 per week is not difficult to earn. This could happen right away for you, or it may take some time and further experience. People are now earning $1000. per week and more working for companies on psychic lines. *******DEDICATION: I dedicate this work to all who would lend a helping hand to those on the other end of the line, giving some light to an otherwise darkened path, a light that leads to a more vivid experience of the divine light within. And, a special dedication to those struggling through the web of confusion that exists in the economic maze. May you find your way to earn a comfortable living at home, not being subject to spiritual debilitation through being "bent out of shape by society's pliers." (Bob Dylan) Rather, may you find your way to spiritual upliftment, by your acts of kindness to those on the other end of the line, and increased psychic ability through practice. ***** INTRODUCTION It's important that you read these pages first. Thank you for your trust, trust in your own ability to spot an advantage to yourself, to your spiritual and material enrichment, and trust in me. This is about helping people, not just making it easier for you to earn more money. Here in these first few pages I'm going to show you how this information will enable you to multiply the $6.00 you contributed to this author THOUSANDS of times over in cash -- and to begin QUICKLY. Later on in this publication, I'm going to show you why you need three or more companies to work with at a time. You need a list to choose from because they all have different criteria for the types of people they will hire. They often go from not hiring to hiring, or the opposite, once each month. Some of you may be thinking, *I can't work on a psychic 900 line. I'm not a psychic.* ************************************************************* You ARE psychic. Everyone is. I'll explain further how you are, and how to enhance that ability. ************************************************************** Being a psychic, to some companies, means knowing how to read tarot cards, or the meanings of numbers in a birthdate or name, or something about astrology, the positions of various planets, both at birth and moving in the future. Other companies will be happy to have you just listen to people's troubles, and give advice. I'm not promoting charlanitism. I'm saying that you should be sincere and honest, and that companies advertise various prices, usually ranging from $2.95 to $3.95 per minute, and the price, publication, stations advertised on, and whether they pay $.25 or $.50 per minute sometimes depends upon the abilities and experience of those answering the phones. Also, often people who pay $2.95 per minute do not expect very much psychic ability, but want to see what the tarot cards say. There's both good news and bad news about the 900 lines that offer little to the client. The bad news is that people often call expecting more than they get, and they call again out of habit or loneliness, or they're looking for something that any being can give if they have a heart, and care. They are reaching out for the touch of someone who cares about what they are going through and can help with some advice. The bad news, again, is that they often get little of what they are looking for, even just the respect that one being should have for another. The good news is that even in the most deficient of these 900 NETWORK* lines, phone rooms or whatever, there are SOME truly psychic people, and others with or without much psychic ability who are loving and caring, who are there because they started out in an easy-to-obtain position, and developed their ability through experience. Many of them go on to the more prestigious and higher paying 900 lines after that experience. That's good news for you if you're just starting out because these companies will hire you just by you calling them on the phone, without checking references, and sometimes without any sample reading. You want to earn $300. to $600. per week, and perhaps up to $1000. in your own home, answering your phone. As stated, you do not have to invest any money, and when you finish reading this, you will not have to invest in any other material to begin. There's no need to learn any more than I teach to get started. The information contained herein is complete, and it shows you how to do it. However, if you have no background in these subjects, once you are started, I urge you to go to your public library and take out books dealing with ESP, Tarot, numerology, and astrology (not just what the "signs" mean). I'd expect many who read my ads to have a background in metaphysics, concepts of Karma, reincarnation, etc. If you don't, then learn about that also. There's a "SOURCE" section for additional materials. This will ensure that you increase your income through repeat calls to your extension, because your service will be above average in quality, compared to others that people have called. Most definitely, for your personal life's enrichment, (not just to work 900 lines) you should use whatever methods you can to enhance your ESP ability. As promised, this is inside information, in that I've been on the inside working as a supervisor and have been part of and witnessed hiring and firing practices, noted the number of people on the line during certain TV ads, and how many calls were being answered at certain times. I've trained and helped other psychics enhance their abilities through practice. I have approximately 1000 hours of two way phone conversation experience, during which I was paid between $15. and $30. per hour, working at home on my own phone with the only expense being that of an extra line that ranged from $8. to $15. per month, with NO long distance charges. (The reason I advertised NO investment, is that some companies still hire people to work without an extra telephone line in their home.) I've had clients call me regularly, using touch tones to dial my extension number, investing approximately $75. to $125. each time. 1000 hours at between $120. and $240. per hour amounts to about $180,000.00 charged for my services. Additionally, my experience with paid counselling of clients in-person spans over 23 years. I've combed the cable and regular channels for psychic service ads, and noted which companies advertise, how often they are on, and which celebrities are in the infomercials. I've searched the magazines that advertise 900 psychic lines, also. In addition to my experience, I've received information from other psychics working for companies. Even recently, I've learned of important changes through these sources. In a future newsletter, for those wishing to subscribe, information about events that occur after this revision will be passed on to all of you in a timely manner. I'll send a mailing to all who've ordered this publication by mail when such a newsletter is available, and how to subscribe. I have many contacts who work in this field, some whom I've hired for a specific company, and others that I've referred to various companies. They tell me about the pay they are receiving, address changes, delays in receiving checks, what well-known people are in their TV ads, how busy they've been lately, and so on. I'm giving my e-mail address in this publication. There are only two stipulations about that. The first is that you read this completely and carefully before you call. I'll know by your questions if you've done that. The second is that the only way I'll call you on the telephone is if you leave a message offering me to call you collect. I cannot guarantee I'll be able to talk for any minimum period of time. Contacting me could be an advantage to you because the market is constantly changing, and new companies are coming into the arena, giving opportunities to more people. This publication may not be quite up to date by the time you get around to finish reading it. At some time in the future, I'd like to hire people for various companies as an agent, contracted through certain companies. That will be my advantage should you call and I happen to know of new companies. I know what certain companies require, so I'll be sure you meet the qualifications of those I send you to. I may ask if you're interested in subscribing to a newsletter. You may have some interesting information about what's happened with a company, or events in that line of work. That may be good material for my newsletter or upcoming book. You could offer good testimony of the value of my how-to-do-it advice, something I could include in an ad for my book. See, there's all sorts of financial advantage that I may gain from your call. Then again, I may tell you of new companies or give some advice, and not earn any money or gain any subscriptions at all, but just get some satisfaction in helping you. You can find your own work, using the list supplied here. Before you do, be sure you understand what this work is about, what companies do to test you, and other information contained here. This booklet is being distributed without great expense. That's to your advantage: 1. Since I'm paying less than binding and printing it would cost, I'm only asking for a $6.00 contribution. *****YOU would have paid for it to look fancy. You wanted something of financial and spiritual value, not something to decorate your bookshelf with. 2. It's more up-to-date. If I'd taken it to a printer, it would not be as current, since there would be a quantity printed, and no opportunity to make last minute changes. As just one example, there are companies that have changed their name or address, some which I've just recently learned of. I'm not going to write of company policies which are not public knowledge, that they might not want known. There are many items of interest that all the companies have in common, and you'll learn much of it when you read their rules and contracts. Much of the information I give could pertain to any one or number of companies. As an example, the method of controlling the computer is through you calling and (with your touch tones*) using certain codes and numbers to start or stop receiving calls, hear announcements of ads that will appear on TV, etc. That's usually done through a free 800 phone number. That's not secret, since it's done that way by all companies. However, if I were to tell details about a certain company that were different than others, and name the company, it could produce problems for me. Another example of what most companies offer, is the fact that you are "hired," but you are going to be an "independent contractor." You'll pay your own taxes, and they generally will not have you work for them in your home as an "employee." You'll be expected to provide your own equipment, which could be an extra $15. phone (department store type price -- if you don't already have one) and an extra $8. to $15. per month for a separate line (not always required). Cheap phones produce cheap results, however. You may have difficulty with intelligibility at first or after awhile. I will tell you something about certain TYPES of companies, and how to know whether a company is **PROBABLY** of that type. This will be from my own and other people's experience. You want to be especially careful about any company that may not pay you, or may pay you much later than had been originally agreed. I've received all the pay that was due to me. That doesn't mean every other psychic has, and if any of you ever find that there is a delay, or you do not receive money due, please write me a note about it. Pay is usually bi-monthly (1st to 15th -- 16th to last day) or every 2 weeks, paid usually a few to 10 days after the pay period is over. Occasionally, you'll find companies that pay once a month (and without being obligated, offer advances). Much less often, you'll find a company that pays months later, when they collect from the telephone company, or a holding company. Most pay you whether they collect from the phone company or not. Occasionally, people skip on their phone bills by leaving town or the country, or just don't pay the 900 line portion of the bill. I'll tell you who's hiring, though. They want me to tell you that. Even if they are not by the time you read this, they'll still want you to know of them so you'll be available when they need you. At some point, with many people applying there will be, I believe, a need for agencies to determine qualifications and save some of them time, and that's a slot I plan to fill. Some companies are expanding at such a pace that TV ads are shown nationally, both cable and regular channels, and they are advertising big in publications for more people. Others are just starting up, so they need new people. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (A magazine found in book-stores all over the US - [ITEM 1] name sent to you via e-mail for $6.00 contribution) had a full page ad in the Aug. 1993 issue. Here are some excerpts: "We're looking for a few good Psychics!" "If you like doing telephone readings from the comfort of your own home, you could earn $1000. per week or more." "The Professional Psychic Counsellor's Network has completed over 1,000,000 successful, quality readings all over America." "The Professional Psychic Counsellor's Network." "Call: [ITEM 2]" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *****The Oct. 1993 issue of [ITEM 1] showed the following: "We are the real thing." "Each of our psychics is certified by the strict standards of the American Association of Professional Psychics for ethics, credibility and professionalism. And proven psychic ability." [ITEM 3] Write to the certification committee at the above address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the Dec. 1993 issue of [ITEM 1]: "We're looking for a few great psychics. [ITEM 1] Magazine is creating what will become the premiere live psychic network in America. If you are a professional psychic counselor interested in growing with us, write or call us with your name and address. We'll send you and application. Contact us at: [ITEM 4] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I advise that you write to The American Association of Professional Psychics and do *****NOT call. They specify an address in their ad, so do as they request. For The Professional Psychic Counsellor's Network, do call, as they specify that in their ad. With all of the above, if you're not what they consider "great," "good," "the real thing," or whatever else they specify in their ads, don't waste your time or theirs. There is a list in this publication, and that includes places to get started. I'm showing you the above for those who are qualified to contact them, and for others as an example that there is expansion in this industry, and unlimited growth potential from whatever level you start out at. * If you don't have a touch tone phone, Radio Shack sells a device that produces tones. Catalog # 43-139 $15.99. It does not matter whether your telephone service area has "true touch-tone service." You can dial the number through any method, and only after the computer has answered does it require tones. If someone from a company that wishes to hire you asks if you have "true touch-tone service," you may answer truthfully, and then continue with an explanation. However, if you are talking to one of their less- experienced people in the office, who normally behave like robots, quoting what they've been told that you MUST have a "true touch- tone phone," you could be in for some complicated discussions that lead no-where. Use your own judgement. If your phone produces an optional "click" (pulse) or "tone," then you don't need the Radio Shack device. If your local area requires "clicks," or pulses then use the "clicks" or "pulses" to reach the computer by having it set on "pulse." After it starts ringing, move the switch on the phone to "tone" and press in the appropriate commands when the voice instructs you to. "True Touch Tone" simply means that the phone produces tones, rather than the clicks (or pulses) that some local phone services require. Clicks (or pulses) are produced by button activated phones which are not "true touch tone." The clicks (or pulses) are also produced by rotating dialers. *NETWORK Usually, when I use that term, or when companies use that in their name, reference is to a company that allows you to work from your home. *****OK, THAT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION. LET'S GET DOWN TO STEP-BY- STEP DOING IT! 1. You read this information, all of it, before you write even one letter, or make one phone call to the companies on the list. Be sure you understand it all, and if not, read it over slowly. If you feel you've taken all the steps you needed before you read this publication, or you're experienced with in-person and/or phone readings, go right to the list and contact companies to get hired. *****If practice, mediation, self-hypnosis, or study is required, then do that before you write any letters, or make phone calls. You should know, inwardly, if such is required. Practice giving readings to friends, and with friends of friends who are strangers to learn what you can know about them before they tell you. You can do this over the phone. Use whatever method or methods you feel comfortable with, numerology, tarot, astrology, your psychic ability, your counselling ability, your caring heart, just one of the above, or any combination of them. You both develop your ESP (psychic) ability, and test yourself by using playing cards and keeping score of how often you are correct, using information from Richard Alan Miller's writing, quoted in this publication. 2. If you feel overtaken by concepts written here, or that you would require additional reading before you get started, then go to your library, and read. Note the "Sources" section at the end of this publication. If necessary, get involved with a group that believes in psychic phenomena, or hang out with people involved with psychic phenomena, either as work, or perhaps as part of their leisure activities. Unity Churches are one good place to start meeting such people who are both involved with psychic phenomena and spiritual development. 3. In addition to developing psychic abilities, allow your spiritual awareness to grow. With that spiritual awareness will come a heart-felt CARING about the client, of their suffering, and particularly their spiritual growth. As I wrote in the introduction, there's much more to this than a way to earn money. If you do not have a clear understanding of the workings of Karma, then you should start considering that an important part of this work. Giving readings that are hurtful, either because of inaccuracy or deception, giving too much advice, so that you take on the client's Karma 4. Then, after step 1 and/or 2, and/or 3, if you're comfortable with your ability, start calling and writing. Fill out applications, give sample readings using numerology, astrology or tarot -- and your newly awakened psychic ability. You may be required to give a psychic reading to the person on the phone, as a test to be contracted with a particular company, either right away or by appointment. Then again, you may be required to contact, or be contacted by as many as 3 other psychics for testing. Be sure you're in a calm, relaxed state of mind. This shouldn't be a pressing issue for you when you test. You should be relaxed, and that may require that you make an appointment rather than being tested right then. You'll get an idea of what a reading is like from material in this publication. The people testing you, however, all have different ideas and degrees of psychic ability, if any, they are looking for, so it's not good to follow any procedure or expectation I could promote. As I wrote in the introduction, I'm not going to pin-point particular company names with descriptions. 5. If you find that "NETWORK" companies, those that hire you to work from your home are not hiring, they could be in a week or a month, so call them back later. Meantime, gain some real experience by finding the nearest psychic service outlet nearby. Call metaphysical bookstores, and note those where live psychic readings are. Are there psychic fairs in your area? Check the local newspapers for ads. Ask psychics in metaphysical bookstores. Look at bulletin boards in such stores, and call people. There are companies that have 900 lines that receive calls from all over the country, perhaps near where you live -- phone rooms. These make good references for when you do get hired on a NETWORK line. You find these by looking at **Redbook, **Inquirer, and such like magazines in your library -- with addresses, and regular toll-call -- not just 900 -- phone numbers in some of them. 6. After you get hired, continue developing your abilities to provide accurate readings, and increase your average minutes per call in a natural way. If you're with a company you don't particularly like, as your experience and ability increases, that will increase your chances of moving up to one that pleases you and is more profitable. There are 3 categories of affiliation: CONTRACTED TO: You've signed a contract, and just a telephone call will get you activated with an extension number and other code or codes, if they happen to need people. Keeping many people contracted, without necessarily being activated, gives companies a selling point -- that they have many reserve people -- when they bargain for an advertiser to contract with. They want a reserve of contracted people to get activated quickly without waiting for the mailed contract. This way there is usually more calls available for those they keep activated. Becoming deactivated, without losing the contracted status can happen because a company finds you're not on the line often enough. WHAT ABOUT CHARGING FOR "GIFTS" Some people say since psychic ability is a "gift" one should not charge money. To begin, yes it's a gift, and some are born with greater ability than others. However, to not charge often means one has to diminish one's psychic ability by doing work that's spiritually degrading. Do you know the mind twisting politics that's often all that's available for employment in some areas? Do all psychics have to ability to use intuition for investments that are profitable for themselves, that would leave plenty of time available to give their gifts? Also, how much of this ability is a "gift." Actually, it takes work for many to develop their psychic ability. In many ways, psychic ability is like a developed intellect, one in which intelligence improves with work. People use their intellect all the time for money, and this world's monetary system is one we chose before birth to come to. Why should psychic ability, which everyone has as well as intellect, be something one does not charge for it's use? ACCESS ON THE LINE: You've been given the necessary information to receive calls. Often enough, this requires a signed contract be received by the company. At times, a company will ask for the contract right after you're activated. DEACTIVATED: You're no longer able to access the line. This may be temporary or permanent. YOU ARE PSYCHIC: Everyone is psychic. It's as real as the eyes you have to see with (hopefully), the ears you hear with, (hopefully), the way you feel with your body, and the manner in which you smell. Some are born with more or less ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) than others, just as some are born with better eyesight than others. However, as it is with your ability to reason, and as it is with muscular strength, the more you exercise it, the greater your ESP ability will improve. You should believe, at a deep level of your consciousness, that you have ESP ability available at will. There are a variety of methods for bringing that belief to a point that it will produce accurate results in your readings. One is self-hypnosis, and another is the positive experience of seeing what you perceive inwardly, afterward verified in actual reality. Though some can be born blind, NO-ONE, animal, human, or whatever, is born without ESP ability. I'm using the term, extra sensory perception here, but will not continue. The reason I start with that term is that it's well-recognized. There's nothing "extra" about it. You are psychic, and you were born that way. Often, though, that ability is obscured by experience and teaching. Children are taught to rely on their logical reasoning ability, to the exclusion of their instincts. When children have visions or hear voices, they are told that they are nonsense. Children and animals are, often enough, more psychic than adult humans. Try not to consider psychic phenomena as a transference of thought, energy or vibration, but rather a connection, an intimate relation all of us have with all that is. As such, space and time are no barriers. In the deepest part of you, there is that other person with their thoughts and feelings, their past and future. You only have to look, and there it is, and you can speak its truth. The difference between being psychic and "a" psychic, is that the average person has "hunches" or "feelings" and they come and go randomly. "A" psychic, on the other hand, decides when to open their channels of communication with the universe (deep, inward realization of their oneness with all -- time, matter, and non- material) and to a person's energy. The gap between one or the other is not a clearly defined, marked barrier, but one of degrees. You don't suddenly cross some threshold, and BEHOLD, there you are! An opinion article in the April 1994 issue of OMNI, by Keith Harary, is titled, "SELLING THE MIND SHORT: Exposing the myth of psychic privilege." Basicly, as I interpret the view expressed, he's saying that psychic ability should be considered "normal" instead of "paranormal." Anannot afford to wait until "eventually." If someone calls you, and your answer indicates you're on a psychic line, they may call you for free readings in the future. If a phone solicitor or someone calling you for a wrong number calls you, and the psychic line computer records a busy signal, you could be logged off automatically and reprimanded, or fired by the company if it happens too often. There are ways of saving money for installation of new lines. Much depends upon where existing extra wire already is, and whether you are handy with Radio Shack bought wire, or someone you know is. The second line phone should have NO call waiting, call forwarding, or any extra feature, and NO answering device connected to it. WHAT'S EXCELLENT, GOOD BUSINESS, NOT SO GOOD, AND BAD? NOTE: This does not mean you monitor for 24 hours at a time. One day be available during the hours you slept, let's say, days earlier. Then make an average. A+ - UNUSUAL Average over a 24 hour period, 48 or more calls. This doesn't usually last more than 2 or 3 months with most companies. They either hire too many people because they are missing calls, or their advertising results drift off. At other times, there are too many charge-backs -- people who don't pay the 900 line charges, so they cease advertising. A - EXCELLENT: Average over a 24 hour period, 36 or more calls. You may get one call immediately after another for 2 hours, then wait more than an hour for each call later. B - GOOD: Average over a 24 hour period, 24 calls C - NOT SO GOOD: Average over a 24 hour period, 18 calls D - BAD: Average over a 24 hour period, 12 calls or less DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO MINUTES PER DAY OF OTHERS, WHETHER AVERAGE OF MANY PEOPLE, OR OF SOME PARTICULAR PERSON, NOT EVEN YOUR OWN -- WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE SUFFICIENCY OF A COMPANY. Your average minutes per call will vary. WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU ANSWER: "Hello, this is (company name) extension (extension number). My name is (your first name). How may I help you?" "Hello, this is the psychic line. My name is (your first name). Do you want a general reading, or do you have specific questions?" "Hello, this is (company name) extension (extension number). My name is (your first name) What area of your life do you want me to focus on?" Of the above examples, you many pick one or more combinations that suit you and the company's rules. MAKING IT LONGER, ON AVERAGE, UP TO 10 MINUTES PER CALL: Check your average each day and chart it. Put the chart on the wall. Also, keep a diary of your emotional history and your between-call activities. Check it each day and note your activities and attitudes. You will probably discover a variation in minutes per call correlates with certain activities. One example could be that you were repeatedly engrossed in a phone conversation with someone, on the other phone, and then interrupted to answer the psychic line. Note that if you were anxious to get back off the line, that shows in your voice! Clients say "goodbye" sooner. The 10 minute average is a requirement for nearly all companies. They won't usually tell you this when they let you go. If they lay you off for that, they won't generally tell you why. The reason they cannot tell you is that there's been some bad publicity about 900 psychic lines. It is a policy of some companies to get people to practically coerce clients to stay on the line -- even longer than 10 minutes. I'm saying your average should gradually increase to 10 minutes, but not by anything closely resembling coercion. Some write memos regarding the 10 minute average, print it in their manuals, or whatever. It's a universally agreed figure. It doesn't mean that you WILL necessarily be deactivated if you don't meet the figure, but when the company is ready to shed people to make room for more minutes for their people, you may be one of the first to go if your average per call is less than 10 minutes. Don't think of $3.95 per minute -- how hard it is for you to pay it. Think first of all that no matter what price it is, you have a service that's more than worth it. Then, remember that many people who call can easily afford it. Don't have it in your mind, even though unconsciously, that the other person needs to get off the phone right away because they are paying so much. If it's in your mind, somehow recondition that mind so you can change your attitude and your income by producing a 10 minutes per call average. There are additional methods of increasing your average minutes per call. These are shown in other parts of this material, mainly having to do with avoiding certain distractions, types of activities to indulge in between calls, and those to avoid. INDUSTRY TRENDS: I predict integration. With the use of back-up companies, I see a trend towards mutual cooperation. Soon you'll see more buy-outs and mergers. This will stabilize the industry, and make it more inviting to clients who call these numbers. Right now, it's hard for them to know what to expect. Psychics they'd been calling suddenly become unavailable when a particular company's business slows, and it's sometimes difficult to find other psychics who are as adept, or who will counsel them as well, one's they'd gotten to know so well. Then there will be outstanding leaders in the industry, those who have the truly adept psychics, and are widely known for that. You'll spot them by their heart-felt caring for both the psychics and the clients. The companies will be truly profitable, and consistently so for the psychics, so the best psychics will remain with those companies. It will take some time to see this completed, but it will come about, and the process beginning is now evident. TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO CALL 900 PSYCHIC LINES, AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM: CHEATING: You'll get people asking you if their wife or husband is cheating on them. If you say "yes," someone might get murdered. Do you want to take the chance of having that on your head? Do you have a sense of what karma is about? It's probably not entirely up to you though, since many company's you work with don't want you doing anything to cause damage to people. DEATH: When will I die? When will my husband die? My husband is dying of cancer, when will it be over? (She may really mean, when will she collect the insurance.) Do you know the answer? Well, if you think you do, best not touch this one. DISEASE: How long will this disease last? Will I die from it? Don't you just love questions like that? What does their doctor say? HEALTH: I don't, and you should not give medical advice. However, if you feel a certain TYPE licensed physician, such as a holistic practitioner, would be better, tell them. I generally refer them to their nearest metaphysical book store, where there are usually business cards or fliers on a bulletin board. NEW AGE JOURNAL has a listing of holistic practitioners throughout the US. Their phone number is (617) 787-2005. DIVORCE: He's the one to blame in this one. Don't you agree? Better not touch that one either, at least not to the point where you find fault. YOU'RE BEING SO GENERAL: There are some things you can say that apply to nearly any person, such as, "You're having some difficult times with the man of your life." Well, nearly everyone is. You could say, you're having a particularly hard time this year with your spouse," and the client may say (because they are looking for this to happen) "You're being so General." The fact that it's particularly hard that year, compared to the previous year will be ignored if they are looking for you to be "general." You could point out how that what seems to apply to nearly everyone, could in this case apply more to this person. VAMPIRES: They will ask you the same question of you over and over. If you tell them something, they will seem to have forgotten it. When you give an account of their lives, and include some detail about what they will be doing, being very specific, they will ask you a question that you just told them about. It seems they never listen to answers, only ask questions. There will be huge pauses after you answer. They call repeatedly asking each psychic the same questions until the phone company blocks them from making 900 or 800 calls. They tell you the saddest accounts of their lives, and they want you to tell them how wrong people have been to them. It seems like forever until they finally say "goodbye" to you, or you terminate the call. Remember, either through habit each time you answer the calls, or through conscious intent for each call, you connect with these people psychically -- emotionally, which can make you especially vulnerable to them draining you. Either tune them out so you hear words and are not paying any attention to the vibrations, or find ways to just connect without the emotion, or use some shielding technique before you come on-line. Whatever works for you, use it. If you get a few of these in a row, you will feel so drained you will have to rest. Be assertive with these people. Don't create arguments, but terminate the call gracefully. Remember, you usually cannot win arguments in this business. TALK AND DON'T LISTEN: They interrupt you repeatedly. They'll ask questions, then interrupt you before you complete a sentence. This, also, is usually not a productive type communication. LONELY: They don't want psychic advice, just a friend to tell their troubles to. They usually have much to say, and just want someone to listen and show they care -- which is fine to do. If you get involved in your own subject interests, they will not stay interested, and will say "goodbye." They want to talk more than anything, so let them. They usually don't ask for any advice, and they don't want a psychic, just a friend, so you can safely tune them out, and just listen to the words. FANATIC: They have some religious trip for you, usually to tell you the devil has you up to this psychic stuff. Don't argue with them. Help them without selling yourself out or fighting them. SO-CALLED SKEPTIC: They think there's no such thing as psychic ability in anyone. They will attempt to prove it with you. Oh, what fun you'll have! The problem with these types who are NOT "skeptical" is that no matter what proof you have, they will rationalize it away. That's OK, it's their money, and if that's what they want to spend it on, go to it. It won't be frustrating to you if you understand their game, which often enough even they don't know. They THINK they are "skeptical," and "open minded," trying to find out if psychic phenomena exists. Actually they are just trying to act out their foregone conclusion. There are actual skeptical people, who are open minded, but the "so-called skeptic" is what I'm referring to here. They are creating what they expect. TELL ME WHAT TO DO: They want to know what their decision should be. That means they want you to take on their KARMA. Do you want that? Whatever you tell them and they do, even if you or the company never hears from them again, you will be living their life and sharing that responsibility. Don't fall into that trap. Tell them the options, the probabilities, and let them decide. There's some advice you can give, but not EVERYTHING. You'll have to decide with each particular case when you might be giving TOO MUCH advice. WHAT IS MY DESTINY?: Will I do this, or will I do that. Will he do this, or will he do that? Some people calling the line think humanity is composed of robots. There is destiny, and there is free-will: Destiny vs. free-will When you've asked yourself or someone else such as a psychic or psychic astrologer the question, "What will happen in my future," what did that mean to you? Will I find the right mate? Am I going to get a good job? Will I be rich? Will I be lucky? When will it happen? And, for World Events, you've wanted to know if your country would win a certain war, who would get elected, and so on. Getting rich, or finding a wonderful person to marry, happens because of both destiny and free-will. Psychics, astrologers, tarot readers, and you can discover your own destiny, but destiny is probability, not fact. The beliefs generated by your free-will, along with your thoughts and actions, all interweave with destiny to bring about actual events. What is luck? It has different meanings, depending upon the person using the word. To some it is a fixed thing, outside themselves, that makes them win the lottery, or brings them a hot love affair. To others, it's something they have some control of. Probabilities have varying degrees of intensity. Mount Everest is large, and the probability of its continued existence in the same position to at least the year 2010 is high. Your probability of physical continuation to 2010 is not so high, no matter what your present age or health. One of Earth's wisest men, Jesus Christ, said that if you believed that a mountain would be moved from one spot to another, it would move. A large mountain has a destiny to stand still. A person looking at it has a destiny to see it not move from one spot, by observation (effect) and by belief (cause). Yet the mountain can be moved, no matter what the probability is otherwise, if the belief is of greater intensity than the original probability of it standing still. If you follow reincarnation's beliefs, you may say that you brought yourself to certain parents, to whatever country you were born, by your beliefs. Your destiny is interwoven with that of others, and as you continue to follow destiny's patterns, you may meet certain important people in your life. Then, too, you may win the lottery. Here's an example of how destiny works with free-will: A high probability future like a marriage to a certain person you haven't yet met is a destiny. Your beliefs may change that event, but it's not likely. Another lesser intensity probability may be that life with that person will be filled with conflict. Your free-will may help to change the conflict to that of harmony, though it had not prevented your meeting and attraction. Our major world's events up to about this time, near the year 2000, (The beginning of the Age of Aquarius) were set thousands of years ago. Now we need present day prophets for the time ahead because this is a New Age of Enlightenment. We're creating more of our own destiny, rather than so many of the events known thousands of years ago. The basic application of this idea, that we're creating more of our world events now, when applied to your individual life, can be helpful. The more enlightened you are about how your consciousness works, the greater is your power to change your life's destiny through your beliefs. We need to know our future, see the road map ahead, and find the main highways (destinies) that belong to our unique individual selves or our planet. Then, with the use of that knowledge, we may plan and modify with free-will our paths (the side roads) through life beforehand to give our journey the freedom, enlighten- ment, and happiness that is our birthright. COUNSELING: There has to be, whenever people are open to it, some counseling. You'll either help them with certain circumstances, or inform them that they can rid themselves of depression, lack of self-love, job problems, or love life problems. They should know they have the ability to create their lives the way they want to. You should know all this yourself from experience, and then help them with it. There's much material about this in the "sources" section of this publication. AVOID DISTRACTIONS: With 2 lines, you should have your answering machine turned down and the ringer off so you don't hear it. If you were expecting a call, hearing the ringer may have you wondering if it was who you were waiting for while talking with a client. There are many things you may allow between calls, but whatever they are, it should be possible to eliminate them when your 900 line rings. You may have a better ability to focus on your work, so what distracts others, may not distract you. Also, as your psychic ability improves, the TV, as an example, may not be as detrimental to you. The TV between calls doesn't affect me as much as it did over a year ago. Still, I very seldom watch it between calls because I know it does have some effect. TV AD CYCLES: Some TV ads are popular only for a period of time, and business slows down when the ads have been repeatedly shown and seen by the same viewers. Then new ads are produced and shown. During the interim of the old ad being replaced by the new one, your business can decrease for that company, or drop off to an insignificant amount. If you're working for 3 companies, you can activate with any of them at any time just by calling the free 800 number. Some require that you monitor for a certain number of hours per week, usually 15 to 20, for you to stay active in their computer system. If there's a reasonable amount of business (close to the same amount of business you receive from the company you're investing more time with, during certain times of the day) do so, no matter how adequate your main company is at any given time. Then too, I've known people who were deactivated just because they were part- time and the company wanted to be sure there was enough business for the full-timers, or because certain psychics were not producing a certain number of minutes per call. If for any reason you are dropped, it's best you have other companies to work with right away. SOME WANT TO HURT PEOPLE: Yes, there are people who endeavor to put psychics through some kind of difficult mental changes. Remember, they do this all the time to many people, whether psychic or not. You're just another one in their way. Also, I know this is easy to say, but don't be affected by it. You can detach from your emotions, so that you're not affected. I don't mean you should not feel emotions, nor do I mean you should take abuse. However, your resistance to such people will bring more of them in your rotation. Just DON'T RESIST by emotionally condemning them, even in so-called "secret." As Dick Sutphen would say, "Winding lost objects, just find what extension numbers have those specialties, from the main office, and refer the client to those numbers. You can also do your best to help the client, without taking too much time, and then refer them to the other extension numbers. I've had people tell me they didn't feel qualified to find lost objects, and that after reading in a newsletter that another psychic did, did not feel adequate to the task. I explained that there were specialties, and that person could refer to another extension. Also, when referring to another extension, be sure that you make it clear how to dial them, whether a touch-tone phone would be needed, or whatever. TERMINATION: Contract provisions are different with the companies. Some will warn you first, and others will not. REPEAT CALLS: People who like you and your service will want to call back and speak with you specifically. This is done with the voice-mail system on the 900 number. You should give your extension number to clients before saying "good-bye." Some companies can have you leave an announcement for those who dial your extension when you're not on duty. It will give the times and days of the week you are available. When you record it, place times that the line is NOT busy, when there are no major ads running. This can be as little as one hour a day, or one hour per week. Use some standard time, usually where the company is located, when you give the times, example: "I'll be available Monday thru Thursday, 6 to 10 PM Eastern Time." For companies that don't have the recording facility, it's best to give your extension and schedule to the client while you have them on the line. Some companies use touch- tone, and others use a voice activated system so that a person need only speak your extension number and be connected to you. Somc companies offer the first minute free on certain 900 numbers. With this, the client can call, try your extension number, and hang up within one minute without incurring any cost. They can call youmor. Make SHORT jokes. Kid with the people. Perhaps be a bit sexy -- in a way that's not overt, sort of like allude to sexual subjects, without being direct. Keep the people interested, and they'll stay with you and find the conversation entertaining. Bore them and they'll hang up or just say good-bye and hang up. You're not there JUST to deliver facts. Deliver them in an entertaining manner. TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: Usually there's a number that a company will want you to call with technical problems. You can get logged off for not answering too many calls in a row (usually 2) and that causes the client to wait till your phone rings a certain number of times (usually 2) and then the number of rings for the next person in the cycle. Many times you get the call the second one. Some companies will require you go through a procedure to get logged on, and others may just send you a notice in the mail. Some are very strict, and if this happens 2 Times in a week, you'll get a termination of the contract. There are many other technical problems. Some systems will go wrong and no-one will receive calls, so the company wants to get their beeper beeped when that happens, so they don't lose a lot of money. Be aware that some systems will take a non-answered call and transfer it to you. You may pick up at YOUR 2nd ring, but to the caller it's been an inordinate time that they have been waiting. They do not hear numbers of rings, only recordings that are designed to keep them patient. It's hard to stay patient when one knows it's $3.95 per minute and no-one is talking to the person. When a system is not working properly, it may register you as not answering your phone, when in fact you're just getting the second or third pass-off of someone else not answering. That should be corrected by the technical staff that your company either hires out temporarily, or has permanently employed. REFERRING TO ANOTHER PSYCHIC: If you're not comfortable with tarot, astrology, or other specialties like f astrology here." Others will say, "You didn't even ask my birth date, so how can you tell about what will happen." If you answer too quick for them, some will say "You're getting that off the top of your head." Then if you find it necessary to take your time with others, they'll say, "I'm paying $3.95 per minute for this, so hurry up and answer my question." Some will talk non-stop, ask you questions, then go on talking if you are unable to answer instantly. Then they'll complain to you that you had no psychic input for them. I once told one of these people that if she'd stop talking for just 10 seconds after asking a question, that I'd be able to answer for her. She did so, and my answers showed her that I did know things that she'd not told me. REPEAT CALLERS: The most effective way to get many repeat callers is to just say, "Let me know how things turn out?" and give your extension number. Most will not ask when you'll be available. It's best to tell them times and days of the week you will be available. HANGUPS: People will hang up when you first answer. Then, too, some systems will malfunction and it will seem they are hanging up on you. Often enough, people want female psychics and they hang up when they hear a male voice. Some will say to you they want a female when they hear your male voice. Then, too, people will hang up on you in the middle of calls. Don't get offended, but find out why you were so uninteresting, so the next person won't do it also. YOU HANGING UP: Don't hang up on anyone unless the person is obscene and you find that offensive, or VERY obnoxious. Don't do it because you've been put on the spot or feel uncomfortable about not being able to provide the service that's expected. There are reasons why you may not be able to do what certain people ask. Explain that, whether what's requested is not your specialty, if there is a certain extension number you can tell the client for certain specialties, or whatever. STAY INTERESTING: Use your sense of hor anything like that MUST be avoided. You may get started in this business, begin giving readings over the phone without much of that understanding, but to promote your life working in harmony, and at peace, truly helping others, you'll have to have that. With an inward understanding of spiritual truth, an ability to COUNSEL will automatically come. LIST OF COMPANIES TO CONTACT: Now, here's the list of companies to contact, but do so only after you understand more about the business from this publication, and if necessary, other material you obtain from your public library. If practice and meditation is needed, do that. See the "Sources" section at the end of this publication. PAN Telepsychic P.O. Box 240051 P.O. Box 651 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Fayetteville, AR 72702 ICI Contracting [ITEM 3] 1325 S. 4th St. Las Vegas, NV 69104 [ITEM 5] The Psychic Center FLORIDA voice: 305-753-6666 voice: 305-587-8935 [ITEM 6] [ITEM 7] [ITEM 8] [ITEM 9] [ITEM 10] [ITEM 11] [ITEM 12] Mile Hi Psychics DENVER, CO 303-446-8290 Conversations S & C Services Rt. 8, Box 4796 P.O. Box 1042 Pearland, TX 77584 Fairlawn, NJ 07410 Psychic Connections JPI P.O. Box 2018 P.O. Box 39682 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Los Angeles, CA 90039 Interstate Int. Astrology Association P.O. Box 166 P.O. Box 821073 Los Angeles, CA 90078 Fort Worth, TX 76182 Astrology Association Phone Vision, Inc. P.O. Box 821073 P.O. Box 307 Fort Worth, TX 76182 Mill Valley, CA 94942 [ITEM 4] PKI 1508 E. 86th St. Suite 108 Indianapolis, IN 46246 LIVE ASTROLOGERS 800-955-7176 PHONE VISION 215-476-2099 MEDALLION MARKETING 702-251-1415 WELL 904-837-8838 PROCALL 602-631-0615 ZENOBIA 808-327-7276 REAL PEOPLE, LTD. 312-988-7464 WESTSTAR COMMUNICATIONS 818-377-9643 UNI ACCESS 310-475-1136 Of the above, as far as I know, only Lorraine Gouger (Vision Network), Telephone Consul. Svcs, Penta, the Lighthouse Network, Professional Psychic Counsellor's Network (PPCN), Psychic Discoveries Network, American Association of Professional Psychics, New Life Communications, and Numina Communications (above item numbers) have networks that you can work from your own home. With the others, you must work in their office. If a psychic speaks only Spanish, you may refer that person to Numina, and for those who speak both Spanish and English, that would be a plus to Numina. If you live in the Denver, CO area, you can contact Mile Hi Psychics, as they have a phone room there, and you can work in their office. They have ads which are seen nationally. Most recently there have been 6 companies that advertised on TV throughout the country for 1/2 hour, with particularly famous or well-known people hosting: NUMINA COMMUNICATIONS Debbie Reynolds (actress) (but some (formerly Avatar) younger people may not recognize her). The well-known psychic Kenny Kingston was also on, but as far as I know, not anymore. The well- known Psychic, Greta Alexander, who's been on the TV show "Sightings," appeared in a 1/2 hour infomercial. PPCN Dionne Warwick (singer) Long time World Famous Psychic, Jeanne Dixon, and Psychic to such stars as Redd Fox, Linda Georgian Lorraine Gouger (Vision Network)Erik Estrada ("Chips" actor) Jenilee Harrison (of "Dallas" and "Three's Company") World Famous psychic, Kebrina Kinkade, having received official recognition from the State of California, the FBI, and Scotland Yard. Psychic of Sean Connery, Milton Berle, and other stars. PSYCHIC DISCOVERIES NETWORK LaToya Jackson (Michael Jackson's sister) Lately, also Kenny Kingston. LIGHTHOUSE NETWORK Well-known psychic astrologer, Joyce Jillson -- known as Nancy Reagan's astrologer. Recently started Joyce Jillson infomercials in Canada. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Jackie Stallone appears in an OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHICS infomercial. These companies advertise on TV, with not so well known people hosting: NEW LIFE COMMUNICATIONS: Currently, new 1/2 hour infomercials are appearing on NYC cable channels, and elsewhere. Some advertising has no reference to the actual company that receives the call. There are times when these TV ads are produced completely before the advertisers know what company will be receiving the calls. They can be made in such a way that 900 numbers can be changed, or the number may remain the same with calls routed to a certain company or to companies. After you are contracted with a company, you'll find out what ads are being shown. You can call a 900 number you see on TV, and ask the psychic what company they are with. Remember, this can be confusing, as you may get a back-up company, and -- if such a policy is in force -- there may be more than one company that calls are routed to from any given advertiser. To find out when, and on what cable or regular TV channel ads are shown, consult local listings for "paid advertising," or "commercial programming." Then call the station to ask when certain commercials (called "infomercials") are showing for 1/2 hour. You can also just check during the time slots shown in the listings to see what is being advertised. PPCN has recently been seen on the cable TV "Discovery Channel" as well as TV stations throughout the USA. In the past, I've noted them on the FOX cable network, as well as WOR cable. Vision Network has been on local TV stations and VH1 cable, and there could have been others I didn't see them on. I haven't seen Lighthouse Network on TV in several months, but they have been seen on VH1 and local channels throughout the USA, including Hawaii. I've noted short ads for ICI on WGN cable TV. Some months ago, I noticed Penta advertising with short ads on a local Denver TV station. In addition to paid advertising, there's been much publicity about PPCN. Dionne Warwick has appeared on TV talk shows, telling of it. David Letterman had one of the telephone psychics on his show. Both Jay Leno and Arsenio Hall have made jokes about PPCN. A comedian on Arsenio Hall said, "Dionne can't even find her way to San Jose, so how's she psychic."? Many of the schedules vary from week-to week. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHAT THE COMPANIES WANT: Lorraine Gouger (Vision Network) They are not in the business of teaching people, so they only want experienced people. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here's my e-mail address, and I'll answer you on Internet, MCI or Compuserve, but remember to write and ask questions not covered here. Also, I've written more, in the introduction, about writing, so read that first: (accessible via Internet, Compuserve, and others) E-MAIL ADDRESS: MCI 419-8594 *****WHY YOU PROBABLY NEED TO BE CONTRACTED TO MORE THAN ONE COMPANY AT A TIME: It is not always necessary to be contracted to more than one company at a time. If you're working with one that is both honorably providing authentic services, and providing you an adequate income consistently, why make life complicated? At the present time, however, that's unlikely for many competent psychics who've worked 900 psychic phone lines, even for years, to be connected with such a company. You will find that TV ads shown nationally, both cable and regular channels, are popular only for a period of time, and business slows down when the ads have been repeatedly shown and seen by the same viewers. Then new ads are produced and shown. During the interim of the old ad being replaced by the new one, your business can decrease for that company, or drop off to an insignificant amount. If you're working for 3 companies, you can activate with any of them at any time just by calling the free 800 number. Some require that you monitor for a certain number of hours per week, usually 15 to 20, for you to stay active in their computer system. If there's a reasonable amount of business (close to the same amount of business you receive from the company you're investing more time with, during certain times of the day) do so, no matter how adequate your main company is at any given time. Then too, I've known people who were deactivated just because they were part-time and the company wanted to be sure there was enough business for the full-timers, or because certain psychics were not producing a certain number of minutes per call. If for any reason you are dropped, it's best you have other companies to work with right away. There are 3 categories of affiliation: CONTRACTED TO: You've signed a contract, and just a telephone call will get you activated with an extension number and other code or codes, if they happen to need people. Keeping many people contracted, without necessarily being activated, gives companies a selling point -- that they have many reserve people -- when they bargain for an advertiser to contract with. They want a reserve of contracted people to get activated quickly without waiting for the mailed contract. This way there is usually more calls available for those they keep activated. Becoming deactivated, without losing the contracted status can happen because a company finds you're not on the line often enough. WHAT ABOUT CHARGING FOR "GIFTS" Some people say since psychic ability is a "gift" one should not charge money. To begin, yes it's a gift, and some are born with greater ability than others. However, to not charge often means one has to diminish one's psychic ability by doing work that's spiritually degrading. Do you know the mind twisting politics that's often all that's available for employment in some areas? Do all psychics have to ability to use intuition for investments that are profitable for themselves, that would leave plenty of time available to give their gifts? Also, how much of this ability is a "gift." Actually, it takes work for many to develop their psychic ability. In many ways, psychic ability is like a developed intellect, one in which intelligence improves with work. People use their intellect all the time for money, and this world's monetary system is one we chose before birth to come to. Why should psychic ability, which everyone has as well as intellect, be something one does not charge for it's use? ACCESS ON THE LINE: You've been given the necessary information to receive calls. Often enough, this requires a signed contract be received by the company. At times, a company will ask for the contract right after you're activated. DEACTIVATED: You're no longer able to access the line. This may be temporary or permanent. ***** YOU ARE PSYCHIC: Everyone is psychic. It's as real as the eyes you have to see with (hopefully), the ears you hear with, (hopefully), the way you feel with your body, and the manner in which you smell. Some are born with more or less ESP (***Extra ***Sensory ***Perception) than others, just as some are born with better eyesight than others. However, as it is with your ability to reason, and as it is with muscular strength, the more you exercise it, the greater your ESP ability will improve. You should believe, at a deep level of your consciousness, that you have ESP ability available at will. There are a variety of methods for bringing that belief to a point that it will produce accurate results in your readings. One is self-hypnosis, and another is the positive experience of seeing what you perceive inwardly, afterward verified in actual reality. Though some can be born blind, NO-ONE, animal, human, or whatever, is born without ESP ability. I'm using the term, ***extra sensory perception here, but will not continue. The reason I start with that term is that it's well-recognized. There's nothing "extra" about it. You are psychic, and you were born that way. Often, though, that ability is obscured by experience and teaching. Children are taught to rely on their logical reasoning ability, to the exclusion of their instincts. When children have visions or hear voices, they are told that they are nonsense. Children and animals are, often enough, more psychic than adult humans. Try not to consider psychic phenomena as a transference of thought, energy or vibration, but rather a connection, an intimate relation all of us have with all that is. As such, space and time are no barriers. In the deepest part of you, there is that other person with their thoughts and feelings, their past and future. You only have to look, and there it is, and you can speak its truth. The difference between being psychic and "a" psychic, is that the average person has "hunches" or "feelings" and they come and go randomly. "A" psychic, on the other hand, decides when to open their channels of communication with the universe (deep, inward realization of their oneness with all -- time, matter, and non- material) and to a person's energy. The gap between one or the other is not a clearly defined, marked barrier, but one of degrees. You don't suddenly cross some threshold, and BEHOLD, there you are! An opinion article in the April 1994 issue of OMNI, by Keith Harary, is titled, "SELLING THE MIND SHORT: Exposing the myth of psychic privilege." Basicly, as I interpret the view expressed, he's saying that psychic ability should be considered "normal" instead of "paranormal." An expansion of his view, into my own perception of the matter has led me to believe that there's some sort of "psychic politics" going on, sort of like the politics of medicine. Some monstrous priesthood has developed around medicine, and it's attempts at choking off any remains of unorthodoxy are failing. With "psychics," as they are called, some would try some degree of orthodoxy, some kind of rigid standards or tests to prove who exactly ***is and who ***isn't really a psychic. Tests can prove certain things, no doubt. However, the whole realm is nebulous, (ie. Astrologically, Neputune rules it, and is characterized as "nebulous") and to attempt a totally concrete and exacting scientific criteria is absolutely ridiculous. A psychic priesthood is being promoted. The people who are considered "psychic" are on one side of humanity, and on the other side are those who are "not." How riciculous!? Everyone is psychic! It's much like a person who ***is*** a doctor, and one who ***is not. We are all healers. There's at least a latent ability in everyone to heal themselves and others. Certainly, the credentials of a doctor are quite useful in showing their qualifications. However, the notion that a doctor just tells the patient what to do, without any question or feedback, is crazy. It's from an old orthodox medicine practice, and times "they are a-changing." (Bob Dylan) Spiritual awareness and psychic phenomena are interrelated, but you do have psychic experiences that are not dependent upon your spiritual growth. I recommend that you work on both spiritual awareness, and understanding of your relationship with all that is, material and non, along with psychic development. If you look at this as a "power," you're correct, but if it is that to you, without the wisdom to handle it correctly, your work with it could hurt others and yourself. Here's some material, written by a psychic, about self hypnosis, and how it relates to psychic phenomena. Psychic ability is enhanced while in a hypnotic state. The fact of enhanced psychic ability under induced self-hypnosis was shown through the experimentation of Richard Alan Miller: RICHARD ALAN MILLER ESP TEST: On September 21, 1975, Llewellyn Publications sponsored the World's First Psychic Tournament in Minneapolis, MN. The author of this paper was also invited to test the proposed models for inducing ESP ability using forms of self-hypnosis. Using the technique of ESP induction through forms of self-hypnosis as outlined in this paper, Richard Miller did not have a single run less than 16 out of twenty. His total score was 83 out of 100, more than two orders of magnitude greater probability than scores of nationally recognized psychics. The clairvoyance test consisted of twenty (20) cards randomly pulled from ten (10) poker decks. Each participant was to guess the suit of each card. With one chance in four of guessing the correct suit, the average score for a run of 20 cards with no ESP ability is 5. Each participant was given five (5) different runs. A final score determined the winner, with a total of 25 representing the norm. What happened is now history: More than 50 percent of those participating showed normal scores ranging from 22 to 27 out of a possible 100. Most of the more well-known psychics showed some paranormal ability in clairvoyance, as expected, with total scores averaging between 8 and 12 correct answers out of 20. One well known psychic even had a score as high as 61 out of a total possible 100. ESP INDUCTION THROUGH FORMS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS (reprinted in part with permission of the author) by Richard Alan Miller, Organization for the Advancement of Knowledge, Inc., 1305 Vista Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97527 503-476-5588 ============================================ Abstract: Working with current definitions of self-hypnosis, a series of postulates are developed toward relating hypnosis to extra-sensory perception (ESP). This includes a mathematical formula on how to cross-culturally induce ESP via forms of self-hypnosis. ============================================= Definitions: The purpose of this paper is to relate extra-sensory perception to hypnosis. The standard definitions used for hypnosis often includes that it is a borderline state between sleeping and waking. Any state characterized by an intense concentration of attention in one area, accompanied by a profound lack of attention in other areas, may also be considered hypnosis. With this type of definition, everyone is considered to be continuously in a light state of hypnosis. The depth of hypnosis, which is an implied issue in this definition, may be defined as the difference between the intensity of concentration in one sphere or area, and the depth of inhibition in others. Attention focused in one area creates a corresponding lacuna, or lack of attention, in other areas of the brain. Deeper states of hypnosis are created by centering the attention for prolonged periods. With these definitions of hypnosis, a useful model for relating hypnosis to extra-sensory phenomenon is now possible. ============================================ The frequently reported cases of crisis telepathy -- ESP contact between two persons, one of whom is dying or in grave danger -- are necessarily associated with intense thought or concentration. Extra-sensory perception is often observed in hypnosis, a state characterized by a single intensive thought. Recurrent cases of psycho-kinetic phenomena, such as the haunted-house variety, are often reported to be connected with previous tragic events, associated with intensity of concentration. The discovery of mental impregnation, known in the literature as psychometry, gave evidence that repeated identical thoughts increase the expected psychic effect. Wearing a ring for a long time will "imprint" memory of the wearer onto the ring: just slipping a ring on and then off and handing it to a Psychometrist will not generally reveal any memory of the wearer. Religious tradition asserts that repeated prayers may be more effective that a single one. In other words, the more you repeat the same prayer, or the more you do a single ritual, the greater the effect. ============================================= The method for inducing extra-sensory perception through forms of self-hypnosis is: (1) Formulate the question. (2) Hold that thought for as long as possible. (3) Assume that the event has occurred. (4) Drop into a "blank mind" state and wait. ============================================== The following, my endorsement of tapes, is not closely related to the above of Richard Alan Miller. This does not constitute an endorsement by Richard Alan Miller for the following: **************Valley of the Sun has a video self hypnosis tape "Develop Psychic Ability Now," for $19.95, VHS113. There's a cassette tape album, "How to rapidly develop psychic ability," workshop, hypnosis, and subliminal programming, for $24.95 C837. Their toll free phone is 1-800-421-6603. The above is for deepening your belief that you are psychic, and thus enhance your ability, not the same as inducing hypnosis to use psychic ability while in a hypnotic trance. To improve psychic ability, I recommend you read and thoroughly understand the writing of Pete A. Sanders, Jr. in his book, *****************You Are Psychic. In the "SOURCES" section, note it's in a medium size town's public library. This book will show there are certain parts of the body which relate to certain psychic senses. You should know of them, and practice meditations shown in the book. Knowing and then trusting your inner senses will improve your ability greatly. The more you trust and then act upon them, finding fruitful results thereby, the faster your ability will improve. Write down your dreams upon awakening. Before going to sleep, dwell upon having revealing dreams that answer your questions. Practice thought transference with friends, with images drawn on paper, telling the suits of cards drawn, etc. Next time the phone rings, know who it is. You may be wrong, but gradually, with persistence you'll be correct more often than incorrect. Telephone soliciting is legal in most states. Check with an attorney or some other source. It's called, these days, "telemarketing." Telemarket your psychic ability. Use a prefix before dialing to eliminate usage of "caller ID" of the other party (*67 usually). Make local calls that are free, if your phone company has a "free" area -- or less expensively if you can afford it for some other type area. ***** After you've learned and practiced using methods shown in this publication and others, and proven your ability, pick an area of the phone book, and start calling people. Tell each person that you are giving free, sample readings, and it will only take a few moments. After hearing the voice for awhile, talking about the weather, or any other subject, ask for a moment of silence to tune into the person's energy. Then proceed to tell the person things about themselves, such as how many children they have, their sexes, etc. If you're practiced at clairvoyance, describe the clothing the person is wearing, or other details such as hair color. Most people will accurately tell you whether you are correct or not. Later, with others, write down the details and ***then ask the person how many children they have, their sexes, etc. This will enable you to prove your ability to yourself, leaving out the possibility that anyone is falsely agreeing with you. There are other details such as if a person just lost a job, is just recently separated from a spouse, etc. You may be wrong a number of times, but keep calling others. Some people may just be hard to tune in to (because of a difference, or because of them particularly). Then again, you may need practice getting yourself into that state of mind, and recognizing the feeling of it, that you will likely be accurate. You don't have to be ashamed of being innacurate. If you're ridiculed, so what? Go on to the next person, and the next, until you're really appreciated. As you improve, the appreciation will be forthcoming with a greater percentage of those called. If you don't want to give "free sample readings," then say it's an experiment, and you'll be surprised at how many will be intrigued to test your ability. In addition to TESTING and ENHANCING THROUGH PRACTICE your psychic ability, you'll gain in-person clients. There will be a good many people who will be amazed and quite interested in meeting you in- person either at their home or yours -- and paying you for your services. Realize that even the "best" psychics are only a certain percentage of the time accurate. You will not be 100% accurate, but the percentage will increase when you give more readings, and through other disciplines such as meditation and self-hypnosis. If you're not telling people that you're 100% accurate, you're being honest enough most of the time (unless the situation is critical, there should be no need to point out you're less than 100% accurate). Note from the tests shown above (Richard Alan Miller) that correct results were not shown 100% of the time. If they were above a "chance" showing, that was significant. When predicting the future, your inaccuracy could be because of a change due to free will, not because what you saw was inaccurate. (see "destiny and free will" elsewhere in this publication). The key is practice, as it is with anything, practice and believe, and your ability will gradually improve for you. *****TYPES OF COMPANIES YOU MAY CONTRACT WITH: 1. Honest, and hires only ethical, truly psychic people. Cares about the clients and psychics who work on the line. One major priority will be to pay the psychics, and if they are not sure of being able to do that on time, will not continue with the business without notifying psychics of a possible delay. They keep avenues of communication open, and answer nearly all questions of the psychics. HOW TO SPOT THE ABOVE: They usually have careful procedures for questioning psychics being hired. Note too, they rely upon their own psychic ability, not just reasoning ability and prearranged procedures. They tell the truth. This is not necessarily your best earning potential in the near future. Expect it to be, however, in the long run. It's certainly good Karma* for you. *KARMA -- cosmic law of cause and effect: ie. reap what you sow, what goes around, comes around, etc. -- often associated with reincarnation 2. Starts out dealing honestly, and hires people who appear authentic on the phone, and who satisfy clients, whatever that need might be. Would prefer genuine people, but if there's a shortage, will hire others. They will ***usually make it a priority to be sure that clients and psychics are communicated with, and their needs met. However, if there are enough pressing issues in the office that involve their overall income, they'll refer your matters to people in the office who don't know what is going on and cannot actually help you. HOW TO SPOT THE ABOVE: They want it to APPEAR they are being careful about who they hire, so just realize that much of their screening process is a smoke screen. They lie, but usually when there's some gain for themselves. They are avoiders. They won't tell you they don't want to speak with you, but will receive messages for weeks without calling back. They are very careful about legal matters, what to say or write if they terminate a contract, etc. They are highly political, play favorites among the psychics, and practically ignore the rest. There's very little caring about people in what they do. I'd describe these people as "cold." 3. They try to be honest with clients and psychics. They are truly careful about who they hire. They have a genuine desire to provide a good service. However, their business practices and organizational skills are shoddy, so they're not always able to be continue being honest. Often enough, emotional anxiety and fear interferes with their spiritual sense. They will lie about shortages or delays in pay, say they were made out of some mistake, when actually it was to buy some time. Sometimes they will make honest predictions as to when they'll be able to pay you, but circumstances will change and that will change the result. They write bad checks, so they'll keep you working. Then later they send you the money in a good check. It's alright to work for these companies if you have no other choice, or if the money is extra, not required for living expenses. Don't terminate your contract if you find another company to work for, as these companies may improve later, and you want to be ready to start with them if your new company later becomes slow. HOW TO SPOT THE ABOVE: Usually they have big plans, and you can see only some of the plans come to actual reality, and those often for short periods of time. They are well-meaning and sincere. People make false promises to them, and they make promises to others. The promises only sometimes come about. These are "positive thinkers," without the deeper awareness that goes beyond *********thought. Note that they seldom have much extra money. Don't give up completely on these people. They could change, and thus their circumstances. 4. These people care little or nothing for anyone. They will pay you as long as they feel they need you. Don't stop working until just after payday. Usually they want you to demonstrate some ability to deal with clients on the phone before they hire you, not to be accurate, but rather interesting. People testing you don't usually know much about astrology, tarot, or numerology. They try to get you to spend as many minutes as possible with each call, coaching you about how to do it. They usually regard their activities as a business only, with little regard for what help may be provided to the client. These companies don't expect any particular business to continue to prosper for a long time. They expect public interest in any service to decrease, and when they quit any given business, they usually do so owing money to people like yourself. If your timing is good, you'll get all the money that's due to you. Don't expect any raises in pay as long as there are plenty of people like yourself to take your place. HOW TO SPOT THE ABOVE: They sometimes run a sex line. Paychecks go out from the same place, both to those on the sex line, and to the psychics. Look at the title of the company. Could it be for something other than psychic? They demand much, give as little as they can, communicate poorly, and show little respect for clients or psychics. They are suspicious, hide facts that don't need hiding for any ***real reason, and lie without any ***real purpose. People who lie as a habit generally don't believe much of what they hear. Notice also, they talk much of what they think you mean, and listen little. Read their contract, rules and memos, as that often shows what respect they may have for anyone. Are there names on the memos? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Of the above types, realize that this MUST be a generalization, and so not every similarity will indicate that the remaining characteristics are necessarily true. Since others have reported their experiences, much can, and so should be expected to change. This is just somewhat of a guide, and you should be expected to use your own judgement, and particular your psychic ability to determine your activities with these companies. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here's a test for authentic people. After you sign the contract, see if you get a copy signed by someone in authority. The above test is not foolproof, however. It usually indicates honorable people, the one's who send you back a signed copy. However, those who send back a copy could, perhaps, not expect to be bound by the agreement anyway. They may only be particularly honest then, but circumstances may change their actions later, and they'll wish they hadn't sent the signed copy back to you. Those who don't send it back could just be careless or understaffed. I'm not an attorney, so don't take this as legal advice. It's my personal feeling that when I sign a contract, and I'm not financially bound to perform certain services, there's no need to be concerned about anything except following certain rules while active, and not divulge certain information while inactive or terminated, and while inactive there's no reason to anxiously terminate a contract. I may determine to receive calls whenever, and the company can only terminate the agreement with me, but not charge me money. One usual obligation is that you do not give your phone number, address, or full name. You do not request phone numbers or addresses, and thus do not contact the client directly, and any continued communication occurs only through the company with the client using your extension number. The company invests its money to obtain these customers, and that's why I believe that agreement is reasonable. (some companies ask you to gather names and addresses so the company may send free gifts, mail, and publications to them) There may be variations in the agreements proposed and accepted, from what I've written here. I'm mostly informing you of the usual. As an example, for greater compensation, and requiring more responsibility from you, you may be offered higher risks. At this writing, the industry is in a state of flux -- nearly chaos. Changes have come about that have put it in a whirlwind, from rules of outside agencies, to new policies about what types of phone bills are enforceable for payment: certain numbers of minutes, repeated calls or not. Some companies require that you speak no more than 15 minutes per call, others up to 45 minutes - - not necessary 2 years ago. Much of this change will necessitate new types of contracts, so if you see something different than what you read about here, realize it's may be necessary to keep a company afloat. ***** REQUIREMENTS IN COMMITMENT: 1. There are companies continue to hire people as long as calls are being missed, even for just a half-hour during a 24 hour period. These are unregulated companies. They don't use management, just overkill. This results in people waiting for hours to receive one call, because new people were hired to cover a certain half-hour, and are on all the time. You can log on or off whenever you want. 2. Some companies require a certain minimum number of hours monitoring the line, usually 15 to 20 each week. They'll let you go if you go too many weeks without being on during that minimum, with or without a warning. They usually inform you of the policy when you're hired. You may request a leave of absence. 3. Other companies require people to work the hours that are critical, the one's they had been missing calls with. They often keep people on who do fill those hours, and let people go who don't. They won't contact you right away if you miss a day, and you may even miss many days without ever hearing from them, and continue working. They usually regulate the amount of people on, so that a certain minimum number of calls per hour is received by those remaining on the line. 4. Still others have strict rules, that you must work certain hours each work day -- usually a minimum of 6 hours. They'll contact you right away if you miss a day or are late. This may sound harsh, but when you go to work for someone, don't you have to be there a certain number of days? Realize that when you work for one of these companies, they're not hiring on an overkill basis. You will have enough calls to make a living, even more certainly than the other examples above show, even those that require you to work the critical hours. The greater the responsibility, the greater the reward in stability. If you MUST work with complete confidence, that you will probably get paid on time, my advice is to stick with those who are established with 1/2 hour commercials on TV that are seen nationally, a company that's had the money to produce these ads for at least a year. This may not be foolproof, however. Also, those companies may be too difficult to get on with. Whether you are paid on time, or going to get paid at all are questions that come up for psychics from time to time. If there's a certain degree of anxiety over the question, because a psychic is short of cash, one is not always able to use psychic ability to know whether or when they will get paid. They may know for some client, but not for themselves. When you get hired, realize that if it doesn't work out, and the contract does not obligate you financially, you can get hired by another company and still be with the first one. So, there's no need to be concerned about the "wrong" company. I've never known of a company that required they be the exclusive company you work with. Some hire only after they receive a contract in the mail, others after a conversation and test reading over the phone, while they await a contract from you in the mail. The one's that mostly advertise on TV usually have much of their business between Midnight and 4 am Eastern Standard Time, and are nearly dead from 6 pm to Midnight. The one's that advertise in printed publications have most of their business between 6 pm and Midnight Eastern Standard Time. If you can get on two companies, for obvious reasons try hardest for one of each of the above. Psychic Discoveries and PPCN have both TV and printed publication emphasis. Telephone Consultant Services has an emphasis on printed advertising, and Vision Network has its emphasis on TV ads. Contact Lorraine Gouger at Vision Network, and try to either get on with them before they start up again, or contract with them beforehand without expecting to get on their line to receive calls until they are active. I'm not sure how they will handle it, but they will probably need people. There are "back-up" companies. The fact that such companies exist, and which ones they are, is obtainable from people who call 900 lines, when the psychic answers with "Psychic Line" (or some similar meaning) instead of the name of a company. When the caller questions whether it's a certain company they saw advertised on TV, they are told by the Psychic that they answer for other companies. That's usually because the company the caller intended to reach no longer had its people working in the phone room during those hours, or if it was a national network with psychics all over the country, there were not enough people on the line to answer all the calls at that particular time. If you work for one of these, (and they will probably tell you that's what they do) expect extreme fluctuations in your volume of calls received. *****NATURAL DISASTERS -- EARTHQUAKES, ETC. Computers control the operation, and they are often many miles away from the actual company location. If you are connected with a company that has some natural disaster where its home office is located, such as a flood or earthquake, the operation of the line will probably continue normally because the ads are set to run as usual, probably in areas outside of the disaster area. The computer that you access via the 800 number or regular line is usually also accessed via remote to enter new people on the line, change the daily message, find out the minutes accumulated, etc. In the event of some disaster, what you will be looking for is that the daily message gets changed and someone reports that they are available to access the minutes on the computer and do payroll. This can be from another location than the original office, since the computer is accessed via phone from anywhere. COMPLAINTS: A psychic can get complaints to the company because a client thought they had a cold, when it was a sudden attack of alergy just when that client called. Another person can complain because the psychic sounded like he or she was not alert. Some people complain because they themselves exhibit great exuberance, and a normal sounding voice will be, to them, like someone has no enthusiasm, or just woke up. In some companies, a client will complain to a temporary employee about someone who sounded "sleepy." Then the temp will "test" the psyhic, and find that the psychic sounded "sleepy." The temp doesn't know about trance-like states, and so will report another "validated" complaint. This will be passed to someone in authority who will sign some letter he or she knows nothing about, and the psychic will be fired. This happens, so hopefully you'll find a company that has people who know something about psychic phenomena. Some companies will fire a psychic with 2 or more complaints automatically. Others will test the psychic to see if the same problem occurs when they are called by someone in the office; often enough, those testing have little or no ability to know if ***any problem exists, and they see what they are looking for. Other companies, with perceptive people running them, will realize that most complaints are ridiculous, and will try to know of those that have merit. With companies that have aware people in charge, most often, the psychics will not even be contacted for most complaints when the company understands that most complaints have no merit. The companies that have know- nothings will fire a person without even calling them on the phone. These are what I describe, elsewhere in this book, as "COLD." *****YOUR SECOND LINE: Don't give the number to ANYONE. If you give the number out, no matter what you say about that number, you're leaving yourself open to trouble from the 900 line company due to busy signals on the line, people calling to test you as a psychic, and who knows what else. Don't call any local numbers on that line. If you call a local number, and someone has caller ID, they may note that number and call you back. With long distance, caller ID generally doesn't show the number. *67 dialed before the number generally blocks your phone number to the people you call, but it may not work in all areas of the country. If anyone knows the number, other than the psychic line companies, change it. HOW TO ORDER YOUR EXTRA PHONE LINE: Get a number that has 1. NEVER been used by anyone else 2. Is HIGH up in number, and far away in number from your regular line. It should be at least 1000 up from the nearest working number. Telephone solicitors (Telemarketers) call numbers in numerical sequence. They note the numbers that are not in service. They continue calling in numerical sequence until they reach a point where they are finding many nonworking numbers, and then they discontinue calling any higher in number. Crank callers also call people in sequence, and they note where large blocks of numbers have "not in service" from the recording. They usually do not try hundreds of numbers higher after that. So, if you can get up there over 1000 above the present highest number, you'll be in good shape. If your number was used by anyone within years, you'll still get calls from people asking for them occasionally. On your regular line, this is a problem that will go away eventually, but on the one you dedicate to psychic work, you cannot afford to wait until "eventually." If someone calls you, and your answer indicates you're on a psychic line, they may call you for free readings in the future. If a phone solicitor or someone calling you for a wrong number calls you, and the psychic line computer records a busy signal, you could be logged off automatically and reprimanded, or fired by the company if it happens too often. There are ways of saving money for installation of new lines. Much depends upon where existing extra wire already is, and whether you are handy with Radio Shack bought wire, or someone you know is. The second line phone should have NO call waiting, call forwarding, or any extra feature, and NO answering device connected to it. *****WHAT'S EXCELLENT, GOOD BUSINESS, NOT SO GOOD, AND BAD? NOTE: This does not mean you monitor for 24 hours at a time. One day be available during the hours you slept, let's say, days earlier. Then make an average. A+ - UNUSUAL Average over a 24 hour period, 48 or more calls. This doesn't usually last more than 2 or 3 months with most companies. They either hire too many people because they are missing calls, or their advertising results drift off. At other times, there are too many charge-backs -- people who don't pay the 900 line charges, so they cease advertising. A - EXCELLENT: Average over a 24 hour period, 36 or more calls. You may get one call immediately after another for 2 hours, then wait more than an hour for each call later. B - GOOD: Average over a 24 hour period, 24 calls C - NOT SO GOOD: Average over a 24 hour period, 18 calls D - BAD: Average over a 24 hour period, 12 calls or less DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO MINUTES PER DAY OF OTHERS, WHETHER AVERAGE OF MANY PEOPLE, OR OF SOME PARTICULAR PERSON, NOT EVEN YOUR OWN -- WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE SUFFICIENCY OF A COMPANY. Your average minutes per call will vary. WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU ANSWER: "Hello, this is (company name) extension (extension number). My name is (your first name). How may I help you?" "Hello, this is the psychic line. My name is (your first name). Do you want a general reading, or do you have specific questions?" "Hello, this is (company name) extension (extension number). My name is (your first name) What area of your life do you want me to focus on?" Of the above examples, you many pick one or more combinations that suit you and the company's rules. *****MAKING IT LONGER, ON AVERAGE, UP TO 10 MINUTES PER CALL: Check your average each day and chart it. Put the chart on the wall. Also, keep a diary of your emotional history and your between-call activities. Check it each day and note your activities and attitudes. You will probably discover a variation in minutes per call correlates with certain activities. One example could be that you were repeatedly engrossed in a phone conversation with someone, on the other phone, and then interrupted to answer the psychic line. Note that if you were anxious to get back off the line, that shows in your voice! Clients say "goodbye" sooner. The 10 minute average is a requirement for nearly all companies. They won't usually tell you this when they let you go. If they lay you off for that, they won't generally tell you why. The reason they cannot tell you is that there's been some bad publicity about 900 psychic lines. It is a policy of ********some companies to get people to practically coerce clients to stay on the line - - even longer than 10 minutes. I'm saying your average should gradually increase to 10 minutes, but not by anything closely resembling coercion. Some write memos regarding the 10 minute average, print it in their manuals, or whatever. It's a universally agreed figure. It doesn't mean that you WILL necessarily be deactivated if you don't meet the figure, but when the company is ready to shed people to make room for more minutes for their people, you *****may be one of the first to go if your average per call is less than 10 minutes. Don't think of $3.95 per minute -- how hard it is for you to pay it. Think first of all that no matter what price it is, you have a service that's more than worth it. Then, remember that many people who call can easily afford it. Don't have it in your mind, even though unconsciously, that the other person needs to get off the phone right away because they are paying so much. If it's in your mind, somehow recondition that mind so you can change your attitude and your income by producing a 10 minutes per call average. There are additional methods of increasing your average minutes per call. These are shown in other parts of this material, mainly having to do with avoiding certain distractions, types of activities to indulge in between calls, and those to avoid. INDUSTRY TRENDS: I predict integration. With the use of back-up companies, I see a trend towards mutual cooperation. Soon you'll see more buy-outs and mergers. This will stabilize the industry, and make it more inviting to clients who call these numbers. Right now, it's hard for them to know what to expect. Psychics they'd been calling suddenly become unavailable when a particular company's business slows, and it's sometimes difficult to find other psychics who are as adept, or who will counsel them as well, one's they'd gotten to know so well. Then there will be outstanding leaders in the industry, those who have the truly adept psychics, and are widely known for that. You'll spot them by their heart-felt caring for both the psychics and the clients. The companies will be truly profitable, and consistently so for the psychics, so the best psychics will remain with those companies. It will take some time to see this completed, but it will come about, and the process beginning is now evident. TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO CALL 900 PSYCHIC LINES, AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM: CHEATING: You'll get people asking you if their wife or husband is cheating on them. If you say "yes," someone might get murdered. Do you want to take the chance of having that on your head? Do you have a sense of what karma is about? It's probably not entirely up to you though, since many company's you work with don't want you doing anything to cause damage to people. DEATH: When will I die? When will my husband die? My husband is dying of cancer, when will it be over? (She may really mean, when will she collect the insurance.) Do you know the answer? Well, if you think you do, best not touch this one. DISEASE: How long will this disease last? Will I die from it? Don't you just love questions like that? What does their doctor say? HEALTH: I don't, and you should not give medical advice. However, if you feel a certain TYPE licensed physician, such as a holistic practitioner, would be better, tell them. I generally refer them to their nearest metaphysical book store, where there are usually business cards or fliers on a bulletin board. NEW AGE JOURNAL has a listing of holistic practitioners throughout the US. Their phone number is (617) 787-2005. DIVORCE: He's the one to blame in this one. Don't you agree? Better not touch that one either, at least not to the point where you find fault. YOU'RE BEING SO GENERAL: There are some things you can say that apply to nearly any person, such as, "You're having some difficult times with the man of your life." Well, nearly everyone is. You could say, you're having a particularly hard time this year with your spouse," and the client may say (because they are looking for this to happen) "You're being so General." The fact that it's particularly hard that year, compared to the previous year will be ignored if they are looking for you to be "general." You could point out how that what seems to apply to nearly everyone, could in this case apply *********more to this person. VAMPIRES: They will ask you the same question of you over and over. If you tell them something, they will seem to have forgotten it. When you give an account of their lives, and include some detail about what they will be doing, being very specific, they will ask you a question that you just told them about. It seems they never listen to answers, only ask questions. There will be huge pauses after you answer. They call repeatedly asking each psychic the same questions until the phone company blocks them from making 900 or 800 calls. They tell you the saddest accounts of their lives, and they want you to tell them how wrong people have been to them. It seems like forever until they finally say "goodbye" to you, or you terminate the call. Remember, either through habit each time you answer the calls, or through conscious intent for each call, you connect with these people psychically -- emotionally, which can make you especially vulnerable to them draining you. Either tune them out so you hear words and are not paying any attention to the vibrations, or find ways to just connect without the emotion, or use some shielding technique before you come on-line. Whatever works for you, use it. If you get a few of these in a row, you will feel so drained you will have to rest. Be assertive with these people. Don't create arguments, but terminate the call gracefully. Remember, you usually cannot ***win arguments in this business. TALK AND DON'T LISTEN: They interrupt you repeatedly. They'll ask questions, then interrupt you before you complete a sentence. This, also, is usually not a productive type communication. LONELY: They don't want psychic advice, just a friend to tell their troubles to. They usually have much to say, and just want someone to listen and show they care -- which is fine to do. If you get involved in your own subject interests, they will not stay interested, and will say "goodbye." They want to ***talk more than anything, so let them. They usually don't ask for any advice, and they don't want a psychic, just a friend, so you can safely tune them out, and just listen to the words. FANATIC: They have some religious trip for you, usually to tell you the devil has you up to this psychic stuff. Don't argue with them. Help them without selling yourself out or fighting them. SO-CALLED SKEPTIC: They think there's no such thing as psychic ability in anyone. They will attempt to prove it with you. Oh, what fun you'll have! The problem with these types who are NOT "skeptical" is that no matter what proof you have, they will rationalize it away. That's OK, it's their money, and if that's what they want to spend it on, go to it. It won't be frustrating to you if you understand their game, which often enough even they don't know. They THINK they are "skeptical," and "open minded," trying to find out if psychic phenomena exists. Actually they are just trying to act out their foregone conclusion. There are actual skeptical people, who are open minded, but the "so-called skeptic" is what I'm referring to here. They are creating what they expect. TELL ME WHAT TO DO: They want to know what their decision should be. That means they want you to take on their KARMA. Do you want that? Whatever you tell them and they do, even if you or the company never hears from them again, you will be living their life and sharing that responsibility. Don't fall into that trap. Tell them the options, the probabilities, and let them decide. There's some advice you can give, but not EVERYTHING. You'll have to decide with each particular case when you might be giving TOO MUCH advice. WHAT IS MY DESTINY?: Will I do this, or will I do that. Will he do this, or will he do that? Some people calling the line think humanity is composed of robots. There is destiny, and there is free-will: ***** Destiny vs. free-will When you've asked yourself or someone else such as a psychic or psychic astrologer the question, "What will happen in my future," what did that mean to you? Will I find the right mate? Am I going to get a good job? Will I be rich? Will I be lucky? When will it happen? And, for World Events, you've wanted to know if your country would win a certain war, who would get elected, and so on. Getting rich, or finding a wonderful person to marry, happens because of both destiny and free-will. Psychics, astrologers, tarot readers, and you can discover your own destiny, but destiny is probability, not fact. The beliefs generated by your free-will, along with your thoughts and actions, all interweave with destiny to bring about actual events. What is luck? It has different meanings, depending upon the person using the word. To some it is a fixed thing, outside themselves, that makes them win the lottery, or brings them a hot love affair. To others, it's something they have some control of. Probabilities have varying degrees of intensity. Mount Everest is large, and the probability of its continued existence in the same position to at least the year 2010 is high. Your probability of physical continuation to 2010 is not so high, no matter what your present age or health. One of Earth's wisest men, Jesus Christ, said that if you believed that a mountain would be moved from one spot to another, it would move. A large mountain has a destiny to stand still. A person looking at it has a destiny to see it not move from one spot, by observation (effect) and by belief (cause). Yet the mountain can be moved, no matter what the probability is otherwise, if the belief is of greater intensity than the original probability of it standing still. If you follow reincarnation's beliefs, you may say that you brought yourself to certain parents, to whatever country you were born, by your beliefs. Your destiny is interwoven with that of others, and as you continue to follow destiny's patterns, you may meet certain important people in your life. Then, too, you may win the lottery. Here's an example of how destiny works with free-will: A high probability future like a marriage to a certain person you haven't yet met is a destiny. Your beliefs may change that event, but it's not likely. Another lesser intensity probability may be that life with that person will be filled with conflict. Your free-will may help to change the conflict to that of harmony, though it had not prevented your meeting and attraction. Our major world's events up to about this time, near the year 2000, (The beginning of the Age of Aquarius) were set thousands of years ago. Now we need present day prophets for the time ahead because this is a New Age of Enlightenment. We're creating more of our own destiny, rather than so many of the events known thousands of years ago. The basic application of this idea, that we're creating more of our world events now, when applied to your individual life, can be helpful. The more enlightened you are about how your consciousness works, the greater is your power to change your life's destiny through your beliefs. We need to know our future, see the road map ahead, and find the main highways (destinies) that belong to our unique individual selves or our planet. Then, with the use of that knowledge, we may plan and modify with free-will our paths (the side roads) through life beforehand to give our journey the freedom, enlighten- ment, and happiness that is our birthright. CHRONIC CALLERS: There are "chronic" callers. They call until the phone company stops them, and they call many, many times. Often they ask the same questions of many psychics on your's and other lines. If you get one of these people who you know could not possibly pay the bill, it would not be wise to stay on the line with them for very long. GAY: You talk of these people's affairs with the same respect you'ld give a heterosexual relationship. DRUNK: I've never been able to help anyone who was drunk. The only thing they get is some sort of entertainment. Often enough, they do most of the talking. If you try to say much other than "yes," or "no," they get offended. I remember back when it was easier for a company to collect 900 number money, when such could go on. One went on giving a psychic readings, to show what a great psychic he was, until he was reminded that he'd been on for 20 minutes, and it would cost him about $80 so far. He said "good-bye right away. Usually they ramble on, forgetting completely what they are paying per minute. Often enough, they won't remember it when the bill comes, and think it's some mistake. Remember, even when they wind up paying the bill, there's a call from the phone company or holding company to the 900 line company, then a call to the psychic asking him or her to look at a log to get a birth date and first name for a certain time, then contact again with the phone company, and all of this taking up a lot of company time and long distance calls. Remember, you are not on the line JUST to add on talk minutes. You will get paid, but there's more to this work than getting paid. You have to consider all the people involved, especially the company you are working with. It seems that a lot of the drunks want to tell of how psychic they are. Some are really more psychic than most. One thing I've noticed is that I find it hard to tune into their lives, to some extent because they seem to want to talk non-stop. There's also the fact that they are such braggarts when they're drunk. Then again, with clouded thinking on their part, that's a factor in not being able to tune into them. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: A psychic reports being on with a woman for about 15 minutes when she said she was in a cold, dark, house because neither the electric or gas bill were paid. The psychic had to wonder why she was paying between $3. and $4. per minute telling me about her stingy relatives. She said she'd had some special deal with a long distance carrier, and that time of the night she was getting the best rates (on a 900 number?). I had to tell her what was going on and get her off the line after I'd given her the best advice I could in that last minute. TESTING: Some people call and ask the same question of many psychics, and the only thing they are trying to do is attempt a test for accuracy. If there's a slight variation, they call it a contradiction, and they tell you how different you were from the last one they'd tested. You can point out that the difference was not a contradiction, but that one psychic saw it from a different perspective. They're just creating what they expect to find. I've had people ask me to tell me what the item is that they lost, before they would be willing to stay on and tell them where it was lost. (companies will give you a list of extension numbers of those who handle such things as lost items). I've had people say, "tell me what you can in 1 minute, because that's all the time I'll be on unless you show me how good you are." MUFFLED OR VERY LOW: You'll get people who sound muffled, and it's very hard to understand what they are saying. This can be because of their cheap phone, a microphone that doesn't work properly anymore, the phone system of the company you work with, because they are too close to their microphone, or whatever. Then too, the voice may come in unusually low, and a headset with volume control would help you in that case. I HATE THE WORLD, AND ESPECIALLY ALL YOU PSYCHICS: "Why don't you go get a job at McDonalds?" "None of you people are psychic." "You people don't know what you're talking about." Most of the time, these people are drunk or on drugs, and they often enough say these things before you've had a chance to utter a word. Don't argue with them. If you're not in a state of mind where you do not react with hostility (verbally or silently) you should have meditated to reach it BEFORE you came on line. You're not obligated to take any abuse from them, either. WHO'S SPEAKS NEXT?: People will call you, you'll answer with a few words like the name of your company and the extension number, and they'll start talking, asking you questions, and talking again, wondering if you'll ever say a word. All the time, you've been waiting for them to stop talking for a fraction of a second. They are lacking some sense of timing. Sometimes, after trying to get you to answer (to their way of seeing it) they will actually pause after "hello," "hello," "hello," in rapid succession; I usually respond with, "I'm still here." I can nearly guarantee you that you won't understand each other when you continue. These people are usually either on drugs or otherwise unbalanced. JUST SAY GOOD THINGS: Some people call just to hear good news like, "Yes, he loves you," or, "you'll win the lottery tomorrow." If you see anything negative in answer to their questions, they will be disappointed in you. They want to feel good now, no matter what happens later. Tell them what you feel is true, and don't worry about pleasing them. However, with every negative thing you say, always give them a positive. If someone doesn't care for them, tell them someone else will be coming soon if it's true. If they won't win the lottery, tell them of some business opportunity that will come, if it's true. If some certain thing is not going to happen, you can tell them how we create our own destiny, and that opportunity exists for everyone. HURRY UP: One second of silence in tuning into someone, and they're on edge. These people often waste time testing you, when they could get to the point and get some quick, accurate answers. It's a complete contradiction. I tell them that if they ask specific questions, we'll save their time and money that way. That usually gets them on track. SEMI-LITERATE: You should be able to spot these people by the way they speak when giving their name and birthdate. Their pronounciation and diction will be off. If you note what they sound like, and compare it to the times they didn't understand what you were saying, you'll learn quickly to spot them. Use your normal conversational vocabulary when speaking with people, unless they show that they need especially simple terms -- either by what they sound like when they first talk with you, or that they don't seem to understand you. Don't use big words, psychological terms, or anything about a "subconscious" mind, "metaphysics," or whatever. They won't know what you're talking about, and may even be offended. To them, everything is simple. Use simple words like "change," rather than "transition." If you try to translate "subconscious motives" to "the real reasons, that he doesn't really know of," it won't help because to these people such things don't exist, and at $3. or $4. per minute it's usually not worthwhile to them for you to begin educating them. As an example, rather than "upset with you," use "mad at you," even though "mad" is not the literally correct word. I've had people ask me what "vulnerable" means. SEXY SADIE: She isn't really interested in your psychic ability, but she wants to know where you live, to see if you'll fly out to where she is. SEXY MAX: He doesn't want a psychic, but think's this is a 900 sex line. You're not obligated to continue with such discussion. DOES HE REALLY LOVE ME?: Well, what is love to you? Does he really have passion for me? Does he really care what the hell happens to me, how I feel, whether I feel good? Does he find me more stimulating than anyone else he knows? To some, getting beaten is a sign that the man really loves her. To many people, love is a "yes" or "no" thing, with no qualifications. I wouldn't try a discussion with them about this unless you're sure that's what they want. Too often, trying to define things gets them to say "bye," very fast. Can you sense that according to what they think love is, yes, he does, or no he doesn't, then give that answer with, "according to how you feel that love is," or just "yes" or "no," if that feels right to you. ENGLISH, WHAT'S THAT?: Just get a 1st grade reader, and stick with words like, "Jane ran after Spot." Speak the words slowly and be patient. If you detect a foreign accent, usually you'll find it necessary to use simple words, so they don't keep saying "what." Don't use words like "integrate," rather say "bringing the two together," as one example. When they say "what," before you can finish a sentence, because they don't understand a certain word, can distract you to the point that a good reading is nearly impossible. SAY WHAT? "Say What?" is the one who find's anything outside of their religious upbringing to be absolutely absurd. Don't get into past lives, KARMA, or anything like that with these people. Try translating to their terms. If they're into the Western Bible and Jesus, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap," can be substituted for KARMA. Speak their language without selling yourself out. If you persist with your own language, they'll be gone in no time. TRICKSTER: Some are not the "testing" type, but rather the "trickster." If they were born rich and haven't had a job in their entire life, they'll ask you about the tough time they are having on their job. They may be at a party, with a friend giggling on the other phone with the mouth-piece covered. The logical outcome of this is that the psychic will not utilize his or her psychic ability to ascertain the original so-called "fact" presented, that they are engaged in some sort of employment. Normally, this is perceived as "evident fact," and differentiated from "psychic perception" in the logical mind of the psychic. Since there's no "psychic perception" of that "evident fact," the entire "information" will often register as confusion, followed by "I'm not getting anything on the "tough time you're having on the job." If the psychic is not *looking* for tricksters, they often will not perceive it about the person calling. This is a perfect example of the person calling, creating what they feel should be the outcome. If you are a person who instinctively trusts people, and someone lies to you, you'll automatically assume it's true. If they try trick questions through deceit, and you fail their test, that doesn't prove you're not psychic, only that you are not suspicious, instinctively, in nature. I'M REALLY OVER 18: "Hi, my birth date is Jan. 15, 1965, but don't worry if I sound like I'm only 8. Say, is my mom going to buy that candy I want at the store?" SPY: "What is my husband doing right now?" "What is he thinking about?" "What did my boss talk about at that last meeting?" Well, do you feel like being a spy for people? REMOTE CONTROL: "Tell me about my aunt Joan. Haven't seen her in years. I spoke with her last week on the phone. Will she marry that guy, Joe?" If you feel you know what you're talking about, go ahead. It's generally not as easy to tune into someone other than the person you're talking with. The closer the person is related, and the more the client is affected by that person, the easier it is. Usually, in my experience, I can know somewhat about one or more of the people they are talking about. Then, when they start with one after the other, I just tell them that I cannot continue knowing about so many people who are so remote from the actual person who called. LOTTERY: "What are some good numbers?" Ask them if they want six 2 digit numbers, and how high the numbers are in their state. Some only want a 3 digit number. Then, tell them their winning number. If you're a numerologist, use that ability. If you have some other way of knowing, use that. If you're really good at this, play yourself and you'll have so much money you can just get on the line for no other purpose than to help people. Better yet, hopefully you'll win at least 50 million and you can start your own really HIGH PROFILE 900 number line. Be sure to contact me, because you'll need me as a partner. This time, we'll get Shirley MacLaine as a host. She'd do better than Dionne Warwick, Debbie Reynolds, Eric Estrada, and Jackie Stallone all combined on one TV ad. And, as for a "psychic to the stars," and "the ORIGINAL psychic to the stars," and perhaps some "REALLY FIRST" psychic to the REAL stars, or whatever, SHIRLEY MACLAINE would put them all to dust, being no psychic to any stars. Why? Well, she's not only a STAR, but the only one that's so well known for her metaphysical awareness, from her books, talk show interviews, the movie, OUT ON A LIMB, etc. SUICIDE: If someone talks about committing suicide, as a psychic you can probably help him or her more than someone on an 800 line. If you followed my instructions as to what to say to the potential suicide, you would be no better than those who are on 800 lines. Whatever you do say is up to you, and it should vary according to the person you're talking to. However, what you have to say should not take more than a certain number of minutes, not only because of rules of many companies to keep the time down, but because there just isn't that much to say. If they don't let you get a word in during those minutes, then they are doing that to themselves. Some companies will tell you not to attempt to help them, since if you fail, both you and the company may be open to litigation. That's something to consider. I won't advise you here, however. After a few minutes you should give him or her this number: 800-333-5580 or 800-333-4444 suicide hotlines. Then say "good-bye" and get off the line. HE HITS ME: I've known people to call 800 numbers about this subject, and they tell me the same responses come each time. The official line is that if he hits you, he'll do it again, so you must leave him. Statistically, that's a correct assumption. The 800 number people deal with psychological profiles. You're a psychic, right? Well, what about this particular circumstance? Does IT fit the statistical norm? Maybe the guy never had that typical upbringing, and is going through some temporary problem. That's not a high probability, but you should try to help people before passing them off to the 800 numbers. TESTING FROM THE COMPANY: Someone from your company will call and you'll give a reading. This can be productive, or it can be a problem, depending upon the person who makes and receives the call. These types are not "BAD," just not the ideal or perfect client to many psychic's point of view. Whatever a paying client's "trip," they are paying for it, and you're there to earn money. You should understand them, and not be taken by surprise. That's why I've listed them. Actually, a lot of the games or shortcomings can be fun for you, and need not be so frustrating once you're used to them. There's no need to be offended by these people. Just stay calm and aware. Make the most of the situation, but don't take advantage of anyone. When I first started on a 900 line, if a TV ad ran in a certain city, I'd get one after another of some of the most frustrating types listed above. I didn't readily have other psychics to counsel with, and I became discouraged to the point of going off while it was busy, and wondered if I really wanted to continue the next night. At some point, you may start seeing more of the game players and other type people, and because you've read this, you'll be ready for them. You should have people readily available to talk with in the company you work with to discuss problems. Remember, with some experience and the right perspective, the above described people will no longer be such a problem to you after awhile. REAL PEOPLE WITH NO GAMES: Now, this is what you're waiting for, what makes it all worthwhile. You'll still get some of the above, but most of the time I've enjoyed the "real people." They are open, aware, and ready to benefit from your wisdom, compassion, communication skills, and psychic ability. With these people who are not trying to get you to prove something, the energy flows freely. You'll be doing things with them and for them that will even surprise you. If only the other types knew how they could benefit if they'd just get off their "trips." With the free flow of energy you'll find yourself knowing, seeing, and hearing the answers, and it all happens so much more readily. It's not that you cannot help people who have the games to play, but it's a lot easier without them, so they benefit more, and they get more for each minute they are on with you. When people were not playing games, I've been able to tell them things I had no way of knowing except with my psychic ability. The thing is, I did it without the intention of showing what I knew. For me, it works best that way. The type of people you get depends, to a great extent, upon the type of commercial. If it's sensationalism, then you'll find people looking for the very BEST psychics, those who know EVERYTHING. Then you'll run into hard times because there just aren't enough people to go around of that caliber for 25 to 50 cents per minute. The people will be disappointed in you. I've seen examples on 1/2 hour infomercials of people finding a place for someone to work by clairvoyantly visualizing a certain street that a person should walk to find the job available. This kind of advertising gets a lot of people calling, but it doesn't keep them, because the deliverance on such ability is not that consistent even with a certain especially good psychic, let alone a higher number of people who are willing to earn just 25 to 50 cents per minute. There are unusually adept psychics on psychic lines, those who earn much more than 25 to 50 cents per minute. They don't spend a lot of time on a psychic line, and they have their reasons, some quite altruistic, to be on. I suspect that certain companies pay they much more than the usual 25 to 50 cents per minute. Attitudes about psychic lines have changed considerably over the past few years from 1991 to 1994. Now people have mellowed out considerably, and have adjusted to the fact that the sensational stuff just isn't real too often. They settle, more often, for the plain ordinary advertising, without all the sensational stuff. I've known how many children a person had right away when they brought up the subject of their children, and I've accurately described each of them FOR A USEFUL PURPOSE when the client gave their names. However, when someone says, "how many children do I have?," I don't always care or know. A "show-off" personality in a psychic, or one who really likes such challenges, may react differently than me, giving correct answers, and that's ok too. Now, psyhic companies are mostly getting the "real" people, and that has a lot to do with the type ads, and where they're placed. If we start seeing more of the game players and other type people, you'll be ready for them because you've read this. There's no need to be offended by people who play games or have the problems shown here. Just stay calm and aware. Make the most of the situation, but don't take advantage of anyone. There's always a way of taking any obstacle and turning it into an opportunity. It has to do with *********your way of looking at the situation, not them or the circumstances. If you feel like a victim, then you'll be one. If you take responsibility for that which comes up in your reality, including all the outside circumstances, you'll be able to turn each situation into a positive experience for yourself and the client. You could look at why people test you. They've done it more after unfavorable publicity on TV, and they do not always know which companies are hiring people who are "for real." They want to see if you're OK before they continue to spend more minutes and money. When you see it from their perspective, you probably won't have negative feelings about it. WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, THE OUTRIGHT *****CON-GAMES: There's been unfavorable publicity on TV about psychic lines. There have been really inept so-called "psychics" answering after sensationalized ads on TV. And, as if that exposure of the general public wasn't enough, with out-right *****FRAUD, people on psychic lines have told the clients that there was a minimum number of minutes they would have to pay for, whether they stayed on or not. They have told people to call their extension again at certain intervals to remove some spell that had been cast on them. Outside of the 900 phone business, in-person readers have received huge sums of money to supposedly remove spells (bad things will continue to happen to you type spells). There was an UNSOLVED MYSTERIES TV documentary shown about one person who had received millions of dollars doing that. Some psychic lines will ask you people to agree, in writing, not to say anything about spells, but that's only to protect themselves legally. When they listen to the conversations, they are happy to be able to get all the repeat business for certain minimum numbers of minutes, as acts of extortion. This is either what a number of people have personally experienced, heard of others experience, or read and heard of through the media or books. You may be able to help these people, and gain some confidence in your company and/or yourself. Some have called me asking about spells that were supposedly cast on them. When appropriate, I tell them there have been no spells cast, and that they can remove the curse of their own belief in such a spell -- which itself can bring the loss of a job, separation of a spouse, etc. There are many methods for such self- help. There's ritual, self-hypnosis, and meditation. The main thing one has to help the client understand is that they have much DIVINE power in their own mind's and hearts, which they were born with, and they've only forgotten. For the above, and many other self-help recommendations, I refer people to either or both THE HIGHER SELF (cassette tapes by Deepak Chopra) 800-525-9000, a catalog of tapes and books sent free from Valley of the Sun Publishing 818-889-1575. *****GENERAL TIPS FOR WORKING THE LINES: KNOWING WHAT DO THESE COMPANIES WANT is the key to getting hired, increasing your pay per talk-minute, and staying on: They want repeat business more than anything. They spend enormous amounts of money doing TV ads, and they want the people on the line who bring them repeat business, so they don't have to continue to depend upon that to bring in business. EARN MORE Conditions change, so does the method that you'll have to employ to EARN MORE. Here are some methods: 1. Give great attention to creating satisfied clients, so that when the line is not busy, they call YOUR extension, and you get more business than the others on the line. 2. Inform the company you are working for of certain knowledge that they may need, such as fluency in another language, particularly aware of romantic affairs, of gay affairs, UFO'S, etc. Some companies have special numbers for these items, and they channel calls only to certain psychics who volunteer for these things. 3. Be on with a company that's producing much business at all times. INCREASING TALK MINUTES: Learn Tarot -- it gives a broad range of subjects to talk of. I know clairvoyants are talented, but often enough they give information quickly, and just the details the people are looking for in the beginning, and their averages are less than 6 minutes per call. GETTING IN TUNE: I've met psychics who tell me that they find it necessary to get in tune with the person on the phone by having them talk a while. One told me that she needed to hear the person talk about anything, even a lie, just to get in tune. These were readings where the preliminary conversation did not have to be charged at $3.95 per minute. So, my advice, no matter how psychic you are, is to learn the tarot and numerology. It gives you something to talk about until you get in tune. Often enough, the data does apply to the person, and it get's the client started talking. People are hesitant to talk too much at $3.95 per minute until you show you know something, or until they feel familiar with you. My two favorite inexpensive books for numerology and tarot are: **************Live your life by the Numbers by Sylvia Di Pietro and **************The Complete Guide to the Tarot, by Eden Gray. The first is published by Signet, and the second is by Bantam. SPECIALTY LINES: Some companies have specialty lines. People will call a certain 900 line to get an astrologer, and another to reach a clairvoyant. They will have a main line for all who are on the line. DIFFERENT 900 NUMBERS FOR THE SAME COMPANY: You will see some companies on TV with more than one 900 line number, depending upon the station you're watching it on. I'd expect that the companies are probably checking their ad response from each station, or for different ads, that way. HOW OFTEN YOU ARE ACCURATE: As I wrote earlier, no-one should expect you to be correct every time. If there's some life-threatening situation, or some circumstances that a client could be left stranded by trusting your information, you should point out that you feel sure of what you're saying, because you have been correct a certain percentage of the time (let's say 75 to 95). I've never known a psychic line that required you to state you were accurate 100% of the time. In fact, they often forbid you to state you are 100% accurate. EXPOSE ON TV: *****************Prime Time Live did an expose' on Network TV Feb. 18, 1993. They depicted less-than-wholesome companies. Then they showed part of a PPCN infomercial, stating that they'd tried to contact Dionne Warwick, who refused an interview. They evidently made no attempt to check on the companies with legitimate practices. This is a distorted view of the 900 Psychic Line industry, since there was no showing of the positive side. CHECKING THE DAILY MESSAGE: You should call the 800 number every 24 hours, whether you will be logging on or not. Often enough, there are important announcements, other than the times of commercials, that you'll need to know. Also, check your mail from these 900 line companies, and take care to comply with their requests, such as signing a memo and sending it back, letting them know what hours you expect to work, or whatever. Some companies will cut you off if you are not logged on even for a few minutes, for a certain number of weeks. You should hear that warning, so listen to the messages and read your mail. You could be cut off because of some warning that you did not heed because you were not listening. Remember, even if one of the companies you are signed on with is doing real well, there are fluctuations in business, and you may need that other line you're not paying attention to. A FEW WORDS AT A TIME: Using clairaudience, I've had a half a sentence out, not knowing what the rest would be until maybe a second after the first part, like, "He'll be back, and it will be.....about 3 weeks." Sometimes, I'll say something like, "You're going to..." and the client will interrupt me with "You're going to what?" or "I can't have this hesitation at so much per minute." causing me to be unable to finish the sentence -- to even know what it should be. If you employ this method, then explain that it was just the beginning of a sentence and you need to hesitate between parts, and ask them to be patient and wait. When using clairvoyance, or feeling, or knowing, or a combination of the 4 psychic senses noted in the book, YOU ARE PSYCHIC, the sentences will come complete for you, and you won't need the above hesitation. ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS: In the beginning, you may rely upon tarot, numerology, or astrology, with some clairaudience and clairvoyance. During this time, you may want more input from the client, what their questions are, or the areas of their life they wish to know about. After practice, you'll be able to know about each of the client's children, details of their interests, etc. but only after the client starts with that subject, or about a mate, only after the client directs your attention to the fact that it's a mate that is the problem. Usually, at first you'll do better when you know of the specific problem with the mate. Then it will be as well just knowing it's the mate that is a problem to the client, and the specific problem will come to you without the client telling you. Then, as you develop, you'll know both the subject, that it's the client's mate that is a problem to him or her, and the details of that problem without hearing anything from the client. The more you continue to trust your impressions, and tell the client of them without fear of mistakes, the more frequently and accurately the details will come before you're told of them. To learn this trust of your impressions, have an attitude about your mistakes. Usually, saying and feeling something like, "Well, guess I got that one wrong," is a graceful way of dealing with it. Remember, any company that has anyone who knows anything about psychic phenomena, knows that psychics are not correct 100% of the time. If you're inaccurate too often, however, try to deal with the specifics the client gives you until you develop sufficiently to see those details before the client tells you of them. WHEN TO BE ON FOR REPEAT CALLERS: The best time, I've found, is 8 to 10 PM EST 4 days a week. That's convenient for people from the East Coast, all the way to Hawaii. It's during the time that most BIG companies are not receiving too many calls. You don't want people calling you during busy times. I tell people that I'm on during hours such as those I'm speaking with them at that time, but may be off temporarily. I say it's fine for them to call anytime, but for their convenience, so that they probably will reach me and not waste money trying, I'll be sure to be on during the 8 to 10PM period. Some companies have an announcement you record beforehand if you're not signed on that tells the client what times you are available. Be sure to specify what time zone that you referring to, in the announcement. If the line is particularly busy during all hours, people will not be able to reach you during certain hours, since they will usually get some recording that you are with another client. I'd like to see an option programmed into computers that allows you to be on only for repeat callers when you give the command with touch-tones. Other companies have a first minute free, so people trying your line and not reaching you will not be charged. Usually, it's a special 900 phone number. CHECKING IT OUT: Sometimes you get impressions, one at a time. If you're not sure you're psychically connected, check out what's happening one step at a time. Suppose you have the idea that a break-up occurred 2 weeks ago. Start with that, then go on after you check with the client that it did occur 2 weeks previous. Say we're talking about a boyfriend, and you have some vision of his appearance, and with that some impressions of what the person is up to, it's sometimes good to check out the appearance before going on. Bear in mind that this questioning COULD create misunderstanding, so be careful who you do it with. ASTROLOGERS AND THE BIRTH TIME: There's a good reason for asking the birth time, and a good reason for not. You want it for an accurate ascendant and moon, for one thing. You don't want to ask it, because if they don't have the information, they'll think they won't get a good reading. If they were looking for a chart, and you don't ask, then they'll think it's sloppy work not to ask for one. Another thing, if they were not looking to get a chart done, it's best they not know you're doing one. For one thing, many are looking for a psychic, not an astrologer, and they think you're one or the other, and could not be both. If the moon position seems like critical information, you may ask the time of birth if you feel that won't be misinterpreted by the client. clicking keyboard: The reaction to the sound of clicks, whether spoken or not, is "Oh, you're using a computer. I'm not paying $4.00 per minute for someone to use a computer." They think all you're doing is reading something off the screen. Type **************lightly. If key clicks must come, then try to enter the data a few seconds after you receive the birth date, or talk over the sound of softly pressed key strokes. psychic astrologers: There are times when you use psychic ability mostly, times when you use astrology mostly, and times when psychic ability is all that should be focused on. Often enough, the answers to many questions come with the eyes closed, and without the astrological symbols to distract you. Explain that you're using psychic ability combined with astrology when you have to talk about astrology, so the client does not think you are just an astrologer. using terms: Don't use terms like "Uranus is transiting your natal Venus," unless the client understands it. It turns people off, even if you explain the meaning of each term, if they don't understand the terms to begin with. Just tell them what it means. Sun sign explanations are what most people understand, so you can talk of that more freely. explanations: If you have to explain that the clicking keyboard means only that it's for the chart, and not with some text on the screen showing the meaning, that will either not be believed, or it won't matter. Remember, it's out of suspicion that they either comment, or don't comment and just want to get off the line to not waste any more money. Avoid the problem, so you don't have to think of rectifying it. It takes time to explain, and many people are EXTREMELY mindful of that time. best practice: When they give the birth date, as all should do, enter it in the computer for everyone who calls and calculate for noon somewhere in the center of the US. When interpreting, generally disregard the moon and other positions that are time sensitive, such as ascendant. Entering data should be done while you're talking with them, and *****quietly. Then you decide how to proceed with the reading, whether you close your eyes and work clairvoyantly exclusively, or to read certain indications on the screen into your reading. Avoid, as much as possible, the mention of astrology. NAMES: Ask for names. If they talk of a husband, ask his name. You should take your time tuning into that person's energy. Ask for the name of the client when you first start talking with them, and whether using astrology or not, use the birthdate to tune into the person. Take a moment, but always inform the client that you are taking that silent time, to tune in. It should be 10 seconds at the most. TIME: If you pause too much for the impatient person, they'll get upset. Yet, some people think if you come up with answers to questions too quickly, that you're not contemplating well enough. They may think you're talking "off the top of your head." You must use intuition to know how to best deal with each client. WHAT, REALLY, QUALIFIES YOU TO WORK A 900 PSYCHIC LINE: That's entirely up to the company hiring you. Realize that they do not want "inaccuracy," but to some that means that you should not *********appear inaccurate. To them, it means that you should not volunteer any information that you're not sure of, and not be too specific. To SOME others it means much more, such as being extremely specific and accurate a high percentage of the time. SUPERVISOR, HOW TO BE ONE: Too high a profile can ruin you, but then again, it can bring you to higher pay and more responsibility working at home. Be careful, however, about contracts. Make sure you are working with a well established company, to be sure you get paid for your phone bill, etc. TERMINATION -- TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT: Some like to just cut you off, and then wait for you to call and ask why. Others will call and find out your problem, then reinstate you if and when they think it's feasible. MEANINGS OF WORDS: Words and expressions generally spread throughout the industry. "Monitor" has a new meaning. It means to call you and talk with you, not actually listen to a conversation between you and the client. Monitor can mean to listen to a conversation between you and the client if such is technically available to a company. HANGING UP: I don't recommend that anyone hang up on a client unless it's absolutely necessary. In any event, don't ever do it out of hostility or fear. Don't be discourteous. There may be times that you must say, "I must hang up now." WHO'S IN CONTROL: The people in the infomercial, the psychics, the celebrities themselves, mostly do not control the company. They are probably not authorized to answer questions from the press about the company. FINANCIAL SECURITY: There is no such thing. There are illusions of such. Some people think a job is better security than a self-employment situation. Others have different ideas of what financial security is. There are a few ways of making this business, relatively speaking, more secure. However, your security is just that, YOURS. Are you secure within? If so, that will make you a better able person, a person who projects that worth, that ability, and that will provide you with security. 1. Save money. If your expenses are $200. per week, and you're earning $300., then you NEED to save $100. per week, because your income will eventually go down to $100. per week, and the extra $100. you saved will keep you long enough for the income to go to $200. and then back to $300. That's the nature of this business. 2. At every opportunity, get repeat business. Some companies lay people off, and if you're getting repeat business, they will know it and keep YOU. In addition, you'll earn money during the advertising lulls, while others on the line won't. 3. As mentioned elsewhere, be on with several large companies, and keep listening to their announcements regularly, and comply with their requirements to log on a certain amount of time per week or month, or at certain intervals, to stay with these companies. They are not that easy to get back on with, so stay with them. 4. Be connected with an agency that hires people to work these lines. (I know of none, presently. However, I'd like to be one.) 5. Subscribe to a newsletter that tells what the cycles of these companies are at any given time. Are they advertising much lately? Are they hiring? What's their current hiring requirements? (Again, I know of none, but will be starting one.) SOUND SINCERE: Don't fake the sound of your voice, so you SEEM sincere. Actually be. You can be sincere during part of a reading, with the rest of it not that way. Just by answering one particular question insincerely, the sound of your voice can give you away. If you're in a hurry to get off the line, you will sound insincere. Only a genuine interest in the person, so you really care, will have you sounding sincere during the entire reading. ALWAYS ASK THE BIRTHDATE AND FIRST NAME: First of all, it's a policy of many companies to ask the birth date, so you're conforming to rules. Second of all, if you answer questions or give a reading, it will seem like "OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD" if you just give answers without first asking for the birthdate and first name. When people get accustomed to people saying, "Let me take a moment to tune in to you," and you just start talking, people will say, "well, how did you know that?" They could complain about you to the company for that. You have to get used to what people expect, and they expect to be asked their birthdate, or at least their first name. People automatically think that the name is important, because they've been on so many lines that required the name. EXPECTATIONS: People who are overly suspicious, who think that the reader must be dishonest, or whatever, will read that into whatever the reader says. LOG: Most companies want the date, beginning time, end time, subject matter, first name and birth date placed in a log. You are usually not required to send the information to the company, only to look up information when they occasionally ask for it. BE ASSERTIVE: Don't be passive. Bring up subjects that you feel the client should address. Don't just wait for the client to say things, or to seek out counselling. Counsel them yourself. Initiate conversation. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: That's a LEGAL statement in the advertising, not one of fact. Many companies expect you to be psychic, REALLY, and those watching the commercial, even when they see that on the screen, expect the same. The statement absolves the company from being taken seriously if someone wants to sue for something that was said to the client. DISTRACTIONS: No, you do not answer the door, take care of your baby, or anything like that, while talking on the line. At $3. or $4. per minute, you do not say "hold on a second while I answer the door." BEFORE LOGGING ON: Be in a relaxed, calm state. If you're angry at anyone, or disturbed in any way, you must first find peace within to be able to tune in to the clients. It's important to meditate before you start taking calls. Being in tune to your higher self is important, also. If you are not following spirit's guidance with other affairs of your life, the flow of energy, and thus your psychic ability, is hampered BETWEEN CALLS: There are many things you can do between calls, such as reading nearly any subject you wish. If it's a story, and the point of the story you are at when the phone rings leaves your mind hanging on what was to happen next, that's not a good state of mind to be answering the phone. Non-fiction is more suitable. There may be non-fiction magazines that you find interesting, but not too intriguing or that cause you to concentrate intently. I find that if I'm concentrating intently on something I'm reading or writing, the client thinks I was asleep and says so. If they complain about how you sound, and you can explain in FEW words, then do so. If you receive a phone call on a different phone line, and the conversation is particularly involving intellectually, or if it affects you emotionally, it can be, but is not always, a distraction when you answer the 900 line. Answering that other line to say that you'll be available later is OK, or handling emergencies is, of course, fine. Between calls, reading a good book, like ***Starseed Transmissions, The Third Millennium, by Ken Carey has helped lead me into a renewed realization of our connection with each other, with the oneness of all consciousness, and that alone has enhanced my psychic ability. WATCHING TV BETWEEN CALLS: When you develop your psychic ability, you will notice that TV is not nearly the distraction between calls it had been, however it IS reducing your ability. You owe it to everyone who calls to give your BEST. It's a matter of images and stories interfering with your BLANK MIND state. You are, whether you know or not, in a trance when watching TV. That trance state induces stories into your subconscious. You have scenarios that come from the subconscious when dealing with clients. They are blocked by the images, the stories, the emotions that are a residue from the programs you watch-- even news items. It's best to blank your mind, meditate, before going on the line. You need to be receptive. With all those images, you are not. If you read the news it will be better for you, and as far away from the time you take calls as possible. Watching TV is a PASSIVE activity. Clairvoyant perception is a RECEPTION of pictures, and it is ACTIVE. You are filling your mind with external images when you watch TV, with ideas, stories, etc. Your subconscious mind is clouded with these plots, and it's like a filter to you, screening out the perception that comes in when you hold your subconscious and conscious in RECEIVER mode, a place where your mind is blank, ready to receive. Watching TV is totally lacking in self direction and self-discipline. The time you are not watching, you become passive, from the previous watching. When you receive calls, you go into an altered state, and bring your mind to that of a passive receiver. You can confuse those feelings, those sights with the images of the stories you've just been exposed to. Reading a story, in some ways, helps to develop clairvoyance. You have to create a picture in your minds eye from the author's descriptions of trees, feelings of heat or cold, fears, etc. To accurately receive, you have to be impartial to the outcome. You have to not care what is going to happen. That's why people often enough cannot perceive things about people close to them, or about themselves. TV, or having your eyes open, CREATES IMAGES for you. It takes away from your ability to imagine on your own, and clairvoyance makes use of the IMAGINATION. Imagination, by itself, is a tape of what you imagine. Clairvoyant vision is also imagination, using the same screen of the inner eye, it's like having an antenna. The psychic antenna picks up images beyond the imagination's videotape. TV, in my experience, is not good just before and between calls. The images are still fresh in your mind, and they interfere with your sensitivity, especially clairvoyant (seeing) ability. Video self-hypnosis tapes for enhancement of psychic ability are the exception. The slight trance after the phone rings will actually be beneficial. Psychic ability is enhanced while in a hypnotic state. The fact of enhanced ESP ability under induced self-hypnosis was shown through experimentation of Richard Alan Miller, as illustrated elsewhere in the publication. MAILING CAMPAIGNS: A word about the mailing campaigns. One thing I don't approve of is the mail some companies send, that a certain person was picked because they were having particular problems that were supposedly known about because of their birthdate, or whatever. They ask for the person to call the 900 number and give their code number, but the person they are calling has no knowledge of the contents of the mailing, only that mail was sent. THE BODY: With psychic ability, the body is VERY important. If you sit with your back straight and imagine the energy (and therefore move it) up from the chakra at the base of your spine, to the top of your head, and then concentrate upon the energy entering the psychic reception area of your choice, that will benefit you immensely. I have some techniques that are a combination of what I've learned from others and my own instinctive awareness. When it comes to moving energy through the body, remember that some has been written in warning of this technique if not practiced with great care, knowledge and guidance. It's also known as Kundilini Yoga. Having been fairly warned, it's your responsibility. I usually reach a point where I shiver, even on a warm day, in moving energy through my body. You can rub the hands together, then separate them just far enough, to feel the energy between the palms, then place a hand over the area you want to focus on, such as the third eye for clairvoyance, just above the ears for clairaudience, etc. AWARENESS OF THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL: This is a great enhancer of psychic ability, since you FEEL that the person on the phone is really in the same room with you. They don't FEEL like they are miles away. You realize they are a part of you. Often enough, reading a book and reminding yourself of this interconnectedness is a great enhancer of your ability to go on with greater psychic perception. YOUR ABILITY - MOOD, BODY CONDITION, ETC. Psychic ability can vary according to your mood, body condition, etc. Sometimes you know the person's questions before they ask. At other times, you need some input before you can help them. There are subtle ways of getting to find out more from the client, such as getting the name of a person involved with them to focus on, rather than saying, "Are you involved with someone now?" Your psychic ability improves with experience, as you'll see, and you may need some information before you can really tune in. Do NOT insist upon it though. Also, don't give answers just to be saying something. You can hurt people that way. If you feel the answer, or if you know the answer, or if you hear the answer, give it. Otherwise, just say you don't know. MOTIVATION: You may "log on" one time with a primary motive of earning money, and then another time when your main concern is the people you're communicating with. There are many reasons for doing this work, and just before each time you "log on," it would be a good idea to take an inventory for that session. The reasons, generally, are: ego -- to prove to yourself you can be accurate spiritual -- to give you a connection with higher consciousness advancement -- through practice to improve your ability concern for others -- either their spiritual, psychological, emotional or other benefit money -- you should be concerned about money enjoyment -- you should enjoy this work, and through a change of perspective, make enjoyable the parts that were formerly distasteful Every one of the above, when held in balance, are wholesome motives. Some would say you should do it for enjoyment, and the money will follow. Others would say something different. All I can say is, do it with a balanced motivation. If you're only counting time and money, the quality of your work will suffer. When you meditate before going on-line, do this inventory, and make adjustments in your motivation if necessary. TAROT, ASTROLOGY, ETC.: As you progress with your psychic ability, the use of divination methods will become less important. In the beginning, people may interpret strictly according to the simplest accepted meanings of symbols - ie: MARS SQUARE VENUS would show some sort of conflict in male-female relations. That variation is, of course, shown with other factors such as the signs the planets are in, as well as other planets connected by aspect. Then, with practice at feeling the symbols, the interpretation will be with varying shades of meaning. Still, other variations come from your psychic ability. The MARS SQUARE VENUS would then be read, as an example, jealousy coming from the male. After awhile, the psychic astrologer or tarot reader needs the external symbols less and less. Then he or she begins to see their own symbols within the mind. PSYCHIC ABILITY AND PHYSICAL CONDITION: Your diet, exercise, and overall physical condition affect your psychic ability. It can vary from day to day, and from hour to hour. You should carefully monitor your body condition and recent physical activities at the times you feel you've been accurate with readings, and the feedback has proven you accurate. Then note when you haven't been so good, and comparing the results thus know how to take care of yourself. You should be poised yet alert. Drinking too much coffee will make you alert, but it may also not permit the relaxed condition necessary for psychic perception. Monitoring yourself carefully will allow you to readily make the correct changes in diet, exercise and other lifestyle needs. FATIGUE: It has a negative affect upon psychic condition. It's difficult to perceive much when you first wake up. You may get flashes of insight that come FROM the lucid state, but will be lacking the ability to follow through with much detail. Overwork, or just waking up at a call are mostly detrimental to psychic work. SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PSYCHICS CANNOT BE CLAIRVOYANT: 1. When you're disturbed, excited, angered. In those instances, where something the client says disturbs you, go on to a tarot or numerology reading, and forget about relying upon your psychic ability alone. This happens by: a. clients saying offensive things, ill-mannered, etc. b. clients not allowing you a pause, because as they say, "It's $3.95 per minute and I'm paying while you think." (You're actually not "thinking" but rather trying just the opposite, but attempting to explain it would further "waste" their $3.95 per minute) c. Client's are drunk or on some drug, or some strange mental and emotional state that makes you, particularly, unable to read them. At some point in the future, as you develop with psychic ability: 1. You'll not be affected by the way people act, since you'll rise above such influences 2. When affected, your psychic ability will not be hampered by your excitement or anger. 3. You'll have time during a pause to reassess your anger and let it go. PSYCHIC GUESSING GAMES: Some people want to see how well you are at guessing things, often things of no real worth to them, just to pass or fail their tests and satisfy curiosity. Some will ask you their hair color, how many children they have, or "tell me about my past," and things like that. This doesn't happen often. I have ways of dealing with that which are not offensive, but I don't like to say you SHOULD use them. You have your own personality, and each person you deal with will require a different approach. I've done everything from giving the answers to how many fingers were being held up, or how many children they had, to saying, "I don't play psychic guessing games." Another thing I've told people is that psychic ability is subjective, and involves motivation. "If I'm not motivated to show you how well I do, then my ability will not manifest." I tell them my main motivation is to help people, and when I sense that they have some need, I'm able to know more. If you decide to play a psychic guessing game, be sure you have an inner knowing, or decline to get involved. Also, be sure you have the motivation, whether to show-off or whatever. If you are wrong, as you occasionally may be, you can accept that gracefully, as we can cannot win ***all the games we play. Before you allow yourself to get into this on the line, practice with playing or tarot cards, with friends, with people you just met about how many children they have, etc. Don't PRACTICE this on the line. Do it on the line only after you've practiced for fun with others and proven a good success rate, far in excess of the average. Again, I'm not advising you here as to WHAT to do, just telling what I've done, and some options you have. If you're intuitive, you should not be following mine, or anyone else's rules rigidly, or to say any of what I've said unless YOU actually mean it. WAKING UP TO A 900 CALL: Most people sound groggy when they are awakened by the 900 line, and that's not good. Even if your psychic ability is enhanced by that state, the client won't believe it if you sound half asleep. In fact, even when you've been wide awake and alert, many don't understand that all psychics do not sound alert after meditation, and the lack of an alert SOUNDING voice, though it indicates a state of mind that's beneficial to the client, does not usually seem that way to them. WHAT MANY MISUNDERSTAND OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA: Remember that the people on the line, for the most part, do not understand psychic phenomena. To many, you are either psychic or you are not. There are shades of grey, but they see only black or white. There are many colors, but they are color blind. They do not understand that you may know some things, and not others. An example: A woman said, "tell me about my love life." I said that it looked like she'd be in a long lasting relationship. I told her I'd sensed some recent problem, but it was only temporary. She said, "Well, we just broke up, so it couldn't be long lasting. I don't think you and I have more to say." Well, we all know that many people break up and get back together over and over, and each time they think it's the end. Some of the break-up's are for good, and others are not. Well, too bad that conversation could not have gone on. She had an image of what psychics are supposed to know, and a firm belief that a break-up meant the absolute end of the relationship. I've tried to explain about the fact that psychics don't know EVERYTHING, and have been told, "Well, you're not psychic then." It's just that they think a "psychic" is someone who knows everything, and a non-psychic doesn't know anything. There's no middle ground to these people. They also think some are born with it, and others not, and that's all there is to it. Actually, we're all born with it. Some have enhanced their ability, or through early training never lost it, and some don't believe they have it. SOME EVEN THINK... Now, this is really "off the wall," and don't expect it to happen more than once or twice a year. I've asked what a person's birth date was, and they said I should know that since I'm supposed to be psychic, and they were NOT kidding. The same with another person's city they were in. Another said that when I asked their name. Don't get discouraged over the misunderstandings of these people. It's not your problem. Remember, they are paying by the minute, and not many of them want lengthy explanations for that paying time. TELEPATH vs. CLAIRVOYANT: I've asked people if they had a particular subject to discuss, and they've said, "You're the psychic, so tell me." I usually tell them that to read their mind involves telepathic ability, and that psychics have specialties, just like doctors and lawyers, and that I'm more clairvoyant than telepathic. So, rather than me attempting to read the person's mind, why not just tell me what questions they have. Sometimes people will give you a subject in their life, such as "love life," or "business," but will not go into specific questions, since they want to see what you know first before they do that. If they say "no questions," try for a "subject." When you tell them something you had no way of knowing except through your psychic ability, they'll open up to you. Remember, if someone insists upon a "general reading," telling you nothing, you should give them just that, whatever your cards, your astrology, your psychic ability, or a combination reveals, without any prompting at all from them. This doesn't happen that often, but you must realize they are paying $3. or $4. per minute. If you're wrong, remember you're not obligated to be infallible. You must trust, face the fear, and go on. Psychic ability increases when you take chances with your perceptions, believing in them such that you boldly state them. Consider your voice, feeling, or knowing, to be a friend. Would you continue talking to your friend if he/she didn't listen to you, trust you, act upon what you'd said? Well, it's the same with the voice, feeling, and knowing you have within. Listen, believe, and he/she/it will continue to be there for you. Soon you will not be afraid to state what you perceive. Remember, you may be telling people things that they do not want to believe, that ARE true. You can also tell people about things they'd like to believe about the future, but which seem too far-fetched. So, they can be sincere in contradicting you, yet realize later that they were incorrect. WHAT ABOUT THE "BEST" PSYCHICS? When you get down to the reality of this, most of the type of psychics some of these people expect, would not work a psychic line for less than the $3. to $4. per minute the client pays. In that case, there would be no money remaining for advertising, or for overhead of any type. In person, the session would be about $100., and there would be no 5 minute answers, only a full 1/2 hour consultation. DON'T say this to the client. Remember, there's much you can say that will only make matters worse -- true or not. To someone who knows very little, it sounds like BS. You can develop to that of the "BEST" psychics, with your experience on the line, a focused awareness, and continued exercises prescribed by certain teachers of psychic ability enhancement. The author of ***You Are Psychic, Pete Sanders, has FREE SOUL courses in person, written material, and tapes. Write FREE SOUL P.O. Box 1762, Sedona, AZ 86336, or call 602-282-9425. Don't use what I've written here as an excuse for not being a "GOOD" psychic. Determine to develop to the best of your ability, and remember as time passes, even just hundreds of minutes on the line within a month or so, you should expect that your abilities WILL improve. They do for everyone who focuses on this work with dedication. 800 NUMBERS: Most 900 psychic line companies will send you a list of FREE 800 numbers for client's to call. They offer many types of information and consultation: health, financial, depression, etc. 800 NUMBERS: Now people can call 800 numbers and be billed for the call, not just 900 numbers. USE A CORDLESS PHONE: Use a cordless phone to answer when you're away from your desk, so you can answer within 3 rings -- as that is the standard of most companies. It should be a good quality, clear-sounding phone. Walk to your desk as you begin answering, and then switch to your headset. HEADSETS - NOISES: If you buy a headset, get one for both ears to cover background noises from outside the window, etc. Also, don't get a cheap one. I've had my eardrum blasted by yelling in the background, fallen dishes, etc. Mine is a noise cancelling AT&T with a volume control for amplifying all those very low voice connections, and when your volume control is up, and there's a loud connection, it doesn't hurt the ears. There are office supply catalogs and stores with headsets for about $100. I don't know about their noise filtering capabilities. It's a good idea to have both hands free while speaking with clients. MINIMUM AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF CALLS: The minimum length of time, ideally, is that which gives the clients a deep sense of lasting satisfaction. Since the client often does not know exactly what that is, it ***could be more than he or she had expected. Some calls can be less than a minute. There's should not be an average required by the company you're working with. My experience indicates that if the average is less than 5 minutes per call over a 24 hour period, with over 20 calls, there's need for me to figure what I'm doing wrong. No-one should be checking your average minutes per call, but you could yourself. If many people don't find anything interesting enough to want to talk more than 3 minutes, are you distracted by activity between calls, wanting to get back to it? Are you meditating between calls often enough, concerned about the people who will be calling you? With some companies in this business, you could be coached about ways to keep people on the line, asked to give more "information" just before they hang up, perhaps say something like, "I have excellent information for you about....." If a company asks you to do that, I'd advise you to find one or two other companies that don't. If a call lasts less than a minute, and that's all the person needs, say "good-bye" and hang up. If you have something for that person, some REAL information, tell them even though they had only wanted to ask a certain question. As an example, they may ask you when a certain person would likely contact them. Give the answer, but continue telling whatever details about that contact, about that person, or the circumstances that you know and feel will be helpful. If you have an attitude of helpfulness, then you'll automatically be coming up with solutions to their problems that they'll want to know. The client who stays on the line should feel comfortable about it. Don't FINALIZE calls, unless they are talking beyond time limits. Let them decide when to end the call. Some companies write in their literature that they want you to talk no less than 10 minutes on average. They and others will or will not insist upon you doing what they say, depending upon availability of other psychics to take your place, and other factors of internal management. Some companies advertise that the average call is 5 or 6 minutes. Those usually do not insist you have a minimum average above about 4 minutes. BUSY, BUSY, (non-stop calls) LINES: Average lengths don't matter too much, except that you want to be sure and give adequate information. If there's a particular need, then stay with them as long as necessary, and don't be concerned with getting more calls. Usually, it's best to focus on one subject by asking the client what they are mostly interested in, or telling what you perceive they are. The less minutes per call, the more calls you receive that will promote future business -- people calling your extension number when the line is no longer so busy. The company will get more calls answered, and less people will get busy signals. There's a fatigue factor with busy lines, and you can get burned out fast if you do not have some method of getting off for 10 minutes or a half hour to rest and mediatate. It's best to have touch-tone memory in your phone, to dial up the computer by pressing a button for the phone number and access codes, then usually "2" to log off. This can be done while you're talking with a client on the other line. How much can you work on a busy line per day? It depends. So far 509 minutes during a 24 hour period has been my top figure. When given the opportunity on a busy line again, I believe I can build up to 600, and stay consistent. The increase per day should be gradual. If you're talking gibberish, not making sense, or tuned out, GET OFF THE LINE until you recuperate. What good is all the money if you either lose the position from complaints, and/or ruin your KARMIC situation, and generally feel lousy inside because you're taking with little or nothing to give. I believe that one can increase connect minutes (talk minutes) effectively, but it's a gradual process. There are spiritual disciplines, types of meditation, (white light) and a general conditioning required to keep one psychically connected to the people calling. One has to be shielded from the negativity, yet not isolated from the clients. This is a valuable learning experience. In addition, one's psychic ability is used for so many hours, and that makes it just that much more acutely aware of details before people mention the details of their lives to you, such as the recent loss of a job, separation from a spouse, how many children they have, etc. ADVICE and COERCION FROM THOSE IN AUTHORITY: You may be told to talk 10 minutes on average. You may be told to take control of conversations at the beginning. Remember, that often enough these companies are owned and operated by more than one person, and chances are someone above those advising and coercing you have other ideas. The commercial has much to do with your behavior on the phone. If it appears, from the commercial, that 5 minutes is expected and no more, then it's fine for you to have a 5 minute average. Other factors, some of which you may never know the details of, must be taken into consideration. How much does an infomercial cost? How much revenue are they producing? Do those factors make it so that 10 minutes is required from everyone to reach a profit? The factors you know are this: How many repeat clients are you getting? If you're getting many, whatever you are not doing to get 10 minute averages, rather than 6 minute averages, are not as important to the company as the repeat clients. Also, the less time a person spends on the line, the more likely he or she will call back, and the more often that person will call back. If a person sees a phone bill of $20. and remembers the usefulness of your information, he or she will much more likely call you back than if it's $40. If you get repeat callers during periods that you'd not get any calls in rotation, and they DO call you, speaking 5 minutes EVERY month, it's much better for you and the company than if they speak to you maybe once every 6 months for 10 minutes. And, regarding advice, coercion, testing, monitoring from those in authority. Many know much less than you will after you've done this work awhile. That doesn't help much if they decide to fire you, but it's useful for you to know when you attempt or succeed at negotiation. Mostly, they are not very psychic, and also know very little of the subject. The most detrimental part is they mostly have spent NO time on the line. They are right about when they tell you to avoid distractions during calls. Definitely shut off the ringer of your regular phone, and turn down the volume on the answering device. Get off your cordless phone, and switch to a regular one as soon as possible, and devote your entire attention to the client. These people who dictate policy from their offices are a problem when they try to tell what a psychic is or is not. Some even rely on their own so-called "intuition" or "feeling" which is more often nothing than their own subconscious hang-ups and irrational fears. Often enough, it's not the people in the office, but rather the investors who dictate policy, test psychics, etc. The owners are at their mercy during the stage that profits are low or non-existent, and they just follow along, even if what the investors require is directly opposed to the owners former policy. I've seen them throw reason, common sense, and compassion out the window to fire someone that an investor decided to after that investor tested the psychic. There are companies that have policies about what you should say if a client asks you if their mate is cheating on them -- usually avoidance. Others will tell you not to discuss death. Often enough, such questions, when answered, do cause problems. I believe you should be aware that you may cause someone to kill their wife when you say they're being cheated on. You should be aware of the grief you can cause when you talk too much of death, or predict deaths. You should be aware - PERIOD. If you're not aware, then follow the rules given to the letter, and gradually develop the awareness to be able to use good, sound, judgement and decide whether to talk of death or other "forbidden" subjects for any given client. There are companies that don't want you to go to the restroom between calls. I think that depends upon whether you normally wait 15 minutes or an hour between calls, and other factors you can best use your imagination to figure. Some people (in positions of authority) in these offices know they need other people who understand astrology, psychic phenomena, etc. If you're a good leader, and have much experience on the line, then try your best to become a supervisor. They are needed in the field for specific areas of the country to hire people and help them along -- to encourage them. You'll be helping them avoid future complaints to the company if some have been received about the quality of communication, etc. It takes experienced people in the field to properly communicate with those on the psychic line. Most of the people in these main offices cannot do it properly. Even when competent people are in the office, often enough they are too busy. Be sure you receive an adequate compensation agreement, and that the contract is signed by someone in authority at the main office before or soon after you start. If you'll be making long distance calls, that should be considered in your compensation, rather than separately figured. Figure that if you get 5 cents for every minute of talk time of those you hire, train, encourage, etc. that will pay for your long distance charges, and be enough to pay you for your services. Trust the company for the percentage if it's a large and reputable and well backed company, but not for compensation for long distance charges separately figured. They'll probably require you to have a beeper, so you can call the psychics up when it's especially busy. There's a lot of work, managing people, making sure that a certain number of them are on, monitoring to see who's on, (you use a special access code for this) etc. DAMNED IF YOU DO -- DAMNED IF YOU DON'T: Some will ask you, after hearing that you want their birth date, "What do you need that for?" Others will say, "I don't want any astrology here." Others will say, "You didn't even ask my birth date, so how can you tell about what will happen." If you answer too quick for them, some will say "You're getting that off the top of your head." Then if you find it necessary to take your time with others, they'll say, "I'm paying $3.95 per minute for this, so hurry up and answer my question." Some will talk non-stop, ask you questions, then go on talking if you are unable to answer instantly. Then they'll complain to you that you had no psychic input for them. I once told one of these people that if she'd stop talking for just 10 seconds after asking a question, that I'd be able to answer for her. She did so, and my answers showed her that I did know things that she'd not told me. REPEAT CALLERS: The most effective way to get many repeat callers is to just say, "Let me know how things turn out?" and give your extension number. Most will not ask when you'll be available. It's best to tell them times and days of the week you will be available. HANGUPS: People will hang up when you first answer. Then, too, some systems will malfunction and it will seem they are hanging up on you. Often enough, people want female psychics and they hang up when they hear a male voice. Some will say to you they want a female when they hear your male voice. Then, too, people will hang up on you in the middle of calls. Don't get offended, but find out why you were so uninteresting, so the next person won't do it also. YOU HANGING UP: Don't hang up on anyone unless the person is obscene and you find that offensive, or VERY obnoxious. Don't do it because you've been put on the spot or feel uncomfortable about not being able to provide the service that's expected. There are reasons why you may not be able to do what certain people ask. Explain that, whether what's requested is not your specialty, if there is a certain extension number you can tell the client for certain specialties, or whatever. STAY INTERESTING: Use your sense of humor. Make SHORT jokes. Kid with the people. Perhaps be a bit sexy -- in a way that's not overt, sort of like allude to sexual subjects, without being direct. Keep the people interested, and they'll stay with you and find the conversation entertaining. Bore them and they'll hang up or just say good-bye and hang up. You're not there JUST to deliver facts. Deliver them in an entertaining manner. TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: Usually there's a number that a company will want you to call with technical problems. You can get logged off for not answering too many calls in a row (usually 2) and that causes the client to wait till your phone rings a certain number of times (usually 2) and then the number of rings for the next person in the cycle. Many times you get the call the second one. Some companies will require you go through a procedure to get logged on, and others may just send you a notice in the mail. Some are very strict, and if this happens 2 Times in a week, you'll get a termination of the contract. There are many other technical problems. Some systems will go wrong and no-one will receive calls, so the company wants to get their beeper beeped when that happens, so they don't lose a lot of money. Be aware that some systems will take a non-answered call and transfer it to you. You may pick up at YOUR 2nd ring, but to the caller it's been an inordinate time that they have been waiting. They do not hear numbers of rings, only recordings that are designed to keep them patient. It's hard to stay patient when one knows it's $3.95 per minute and no-one is talking to the person. When a system is not working properly, it may register you as not answering your phone, when in fact you're just getting the second or third pass-off of someone else not answering. That should be corrected by the technical staff that your company either hires out temporarily, or has permanently employed. REFERRING TO ANOTHER PSYCHIC: If you're not comfortable with tarot, astrology, or other specialties like finding lost objects, just find what extension numbers have those specialties, from the main office, and refer the client to those numbers. You can also do your best to help the client, without taking too much time, and then refer them to the other extension numbers. I've had people tell me they didn't feel qualified to find lost objects, and that after reading in a newsletter that another psychic did, did not feel adequate to the task. I explained that there were specialties, and that person could refer to another extension. Also, when referring to another extension, be sure that you make it clear how to dial them, whether a touch-tone phone would be needed, or whatever. TERMINATION: Contract provisions are different with the companies. Some will warn you first, and others will not. REPEAT CALLS: People who like you and your service will want to call back and speak with you specifically. This is done with the voice-mail system on the 900 number. You should give your extension number to clients before saying "good-bye." Some companies can have you leave an announcement for those who dial your extension when you're not on duty. It will give the times and days of the week you are available. When you record it, place times that the line is NOT busy, when there are no major ads running. This can be as little as one hour a day, or one hour per week. Use some standard time, usually where the company is located, when you give the times, example: "I'll be available Monday thru Thursday, 6 to 10 PM Eastern Time." For companies that don't have the recording facility, it's best to give your extension and schedule to the client while you have them on the line. Some companies use touch- tone, and others use a voice activated system so that a person need only speak your extension number and be connected to you. Somc companies offer the first minute free on certain 900 numbers. With this, the client can call, try your extension number, and hang up within one minute without incurring any cost. They can call you as often as they like. Be sure you tell them to get off the line within 1 minute when you inform them of that number. COUNSELING: There has to be, whenever people are open to it, some counseling. You'll either help them with certain circumstances, or inform them that they can rid themselves of depression, lack of self-love, job problems, or love life problems. They should know they have the ability to create their lives the way they want to. You should know all this yourself from experience, and then help them with it. There's much material about this in the "sources" section of this publication. AVOID DISTRACTIONS: With 2 lines, y***ou should have your answering machine turned down and the ringer off so you don't hear it. If you were expecting a call, hearing the ringer may have you wondering if it was who you were waiting for while talking with a client. There are many things you may allow between calls, but whatever they are, it should be possible to eliminate them when your 900 line rings. You may have a better ability to focus on your work, so what distracts others, may not distract you. Also, as your psychic ability improves, the TV, as an example, may not be as detrimental to you. The TV between calls doesn't affect me as much as it did over a year ago. Still, I very seldom watch it between calls because I know it does have some effect. SOME WANT TO HURT PEOPLE: Yes, there are people who endeavor to put psychics through some kind of difficult mental changes. Remember, they do this all the time to many people, whether psychic or not. You're just another one in their way. Also, I know this is easy to say, but don't be affected by it. You can detach from your emotions, so that you're not affected. I don't mean you should not feel emotions, nor do I mean you should take abuse. However, your resistance to such people will bring more of them in your rotation. Just DON'T RESIST by emotionally condemning them, even in so-called "secret." As Dick Sutphen would say, "What you resist, persists." Let it pass, and it WILL pass, and you'll hardly run into difficult people again. You create your reality. DON'T PREACH If your beliefs are helping the client, that's fine. However, for those not interested in your "trip," leave them be. Help them with their mundane affairs like their love life and money, and leave the mention of spirituality out of it. SOURCES: PART OF MY PERSONAL LIBRARY, BOOKS I'VE PURCHASED THOSE I LIKE TO HAVE AROUND LIKE OLD FRIENDS TO LOOK THROUGH FROM TIME TO TIME Author Title U.S. Andersen, The Magic in Your Mind Chris Griscom, Time is an Illusion Dr. Quanz Crawford, Methods of Psychic Development Pete A. Sanders, Jr. You Are Psychic Eden Gray, A complete Guide to the Tarot Sylvia DiPietro, Live Your Life by the Numbers (Numerology) Elisabeth Haich, Initiation David Bohm and E. David Peat, Science, Order and Creativity Colin Wilson, Mysteries (An investigation into the occult, the Paranormal, and the supernatural) [Colin Wilson's book is very informative. It was recommended to me by my fiction writing teacher (Writer's Digest Schools) J.N. Williamson] Williamson's written a number of popular fiction books on the paranormal, including Brotherkind. C.W. Leadbeater, A Textbook of Theosophy C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane Ernest Holmes, The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind Stevens, What is your Psy Q C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections Douglas & Slinger, Sexual Secrets Cannon, Conversations With Nostradamus Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy Barbara Ann Brennan, Hands of Light Dick Sutphen, Predestined Love J. Krishnamurti, Freedom From The Known Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Richard Bach, Illusions Bob Toben, Space, Time and Beyond Deepak Chopra, The Higher Self (tapes 800-323-5523) Alice A. Bailey, Initiation, Human and Solar (Lucis Pub. NY) Alice A. Bailey, Ponder on This (Lucis Pub. NY) Jane Roberts, Seth Speaks Jane Roberts, The Nature of Personal Reality Gopi Krishna, Kundalini If you're new to ideas expressed in these books, and it becomes confusing to you, try to look at reality as a fluid, rather than a slab of concrete. The expressions of such reality can never consist of fact, in the absolute sense. What can be "ABSOLUTELY" true? Reality, in such matters as life after death, reincarnation, Karma, God, time, good, evil, and so-on, can only be expressed as reflections of that reality. Read the works of: Richard Alan Miller, Organization for the Advancement of Knowledge, Inc., 1305 Vista Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97527 503-476-5588 (MUCH OF HIS WORK IS IN THE "NEW AGE" SECTION OF COMPUSERVE, UNDER THE CIS ID 72711,707 AND THE "METAPHYSICAL" SECTION OF AMERICA ON LINE.) ESP as it relates to Self Hypnosis is shown in this writing, and that material was written by Richard Alan Miller Here are two concepts: CREATING IT ALL: You create your own reality, by your beliefs. If you believe your life must be a struggle, it will continue to be so. If you see the universe as one of abundance and joy, your life will be that way. If you take responsibility for your life's fortune or misfortune, the greater that responsibility, the greater will be your power to change it, consciously. Change your beliefs, and thus your reality. KARMA: You bring upon yourself your own difficulties, coldness, and loneliness in your life. You also bring monetary abundance and love to yourself, both self-love and love from others. Much depends upon how well you treat others, or have treated them in the past. Have you been truly kind to others? Have you cared and helped others when the opportunity was there? When you give advice, is it half-hearted, or is it with a real, deep, desire to help? Never mind what you say, or act, what do you think to yourself? What do you feel? If the feelings are not wholesome, change them! OK, there are two concepts. Concepts are tools to me. A tool is something you use, not something that you are taken in by. If you become attached to an idea -- a concept -- it consumes you. You can find use for the above. Use them in the laboratory of everyday life, and particular this business of 900 psychic line activity. They've helped me, released my from many unnecessary burdens, and produced much joy, abundance, and overall good throughout a significant number of years in this particular life. Here's another concept: reincarnation. It's helped me, particularly, to understand my past, and probably future, love- life. What good it will do for you depends upon you, and your particular path through life. Remember, it's a reflection of reality, and also best used just as tool. MY NEARBY PUBLIC LIBRARY LISTINGS FOR KEYWORDS: This is from Longmont, CO -- not an especially large library. (list obtained via my personal computer and modem) [AUTHOR Bruce Daniel Kettler comments in brackets] [I do not necessarily endorse all books listed here, either for the use of your time, or with approval of the viewpoints expressed. You must browse and decide what to read -- if they are available in your library] Your search: ESP AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. Akins, W. R. ESP, your psychic powers and ho 133.8 AKI 2. Arvey, Michael. ESP : opposing viewpoints / 133.8 ARV 3. Cohen, Daniel. ESP : the new technology / 133.8 COH 4. Ebon, Martin, comp. Beyond space and time; an ESP c133.8 EBO 5. Ehrenwald, Jan, 1900- The ESP experience : a psychiat 133.8 EHR 6. Hansel, Charles Edward M ESP and parapsychology : a cr133.8 HAN 7. Perl, Lila. Annabelle Starr, E.S.P. / f PERL, L. 8. Randi, James. Flim-flam! : psychics, ESP, uni 133.8 RAN [from what I know of Randi, I expect this to be a debunker of ESP as a real phenomenon. Be aware that there are books which show the statistical significance of astrology, and ESP test results. I haven't looked at such material in years, so if you're interested in such debate, do your own research to find titles.] 9. Rhine, J. B. (Joseph B Parapsychology, frontier scienc 133.8 RHI 10. Rogo, D. Scott. Mind beyond the body : the myst 133.92 MIN Your search: TAROT AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. Anthony, Piers. Vision of tarot PAPERBACK 2. Benares, Camden. Common sense tarot : the comple 133.324 BEN 3. Gerulskis-Estes, Susan. The book of tarot / 133.3242 GER 4. Giles, Cynthia. THE TAROT: HISTORY, MYSTERY AND 5. Jayanti, Amber. LIVING THE TAROT: APPLYING AN A 6. Junjulas, Craig, 1952- Psychic Tarot : illustrated wit 133.324 JUN 7. Kaplan, Stuart R. The encyclopedia of tarot / 133.32424 KA 8. Pollack, Rachel. Teach yourself fortune telling 133.324 POL 9. Roberts, Richard, 1941- Tarot & you / 133.32424 RO 10. Roberts, Richard. The original tarot & you / 133.324 ROB 11. Steward, Alan. Down to earth Tarot / 133.324 STE 12. Stuart, Micheline. The tarot path to self-developm 133.324 STU 13. Warner, Mignon. The tarot murders / FICTION WARN Your search: NUMEROLOGY AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. Bishop, Barbara J., 19 Numerology : the universal vi 133.335 BIS 2. Bunker, Dusty. Numerology and your future / 133.335 BUN 3. Dodge, Ellin. Numerology has your number / 133.335 DOD 4. Hitchcock, Helyn. Helping yourself with numerolog 133.335 HIT 5. Leek, Sybil. Numerology; the magic of number 133.335 LEE 6. Roquemore, Kathleen. It's all in your numbers : the 133.335 ROQ 7. Simpson, Jean, 1942- Hot numbers : use numerology to 133.335 SIM Your search: ASTROLOGY AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. Allen, Mark, 1946- Astrology for the new age : a 133.5 ALL 2. Arroyo, Stephen. Astrology, karma & transformati 133.5 ARR 3. Arroyo, Stephen. Astrology, karma & transformati 133.5 ARR 4. Arroyo, Stephen. Astrology, psychology, and the 133.5 ARR [I DO endorse all the above books by ARROYO, and in addition, Relationships and Life Cycles] 5. Avery, Jeanne. Astrology and your health / 133.5861 AVE 6. Aylesworth, Thomas G. Astrology and foretelling the f 133.3 AYL 7. Branley, Franklyn Mansfi Age of Aquarius : you and astro 133.5 BRA 8. Clow, Barbara Hand, 19 Chiron : rainbow bridge betwe 133.53 CLO 9. Dalton, Joseph Grinnell, Dalton's tables of houses : sph133.54 DAL 10. Dalton, Joseph Grinnell, The spherical basis of astrolog 133.54 DAL 11. Davison, Ronald C. Astrology : the classic guide 133.5 DAV 12. Dean, Malcolm. The astrology game : the inside 133.5 DEA 13. Eysenck, H. J. (Hans Jur Astrology, science or superstit 133.5 EYS 14. Foreman, Patricia L. Computers and astrology : a uni 133.5 FOR 15. Gallant, Roy A. Astrology: sense or nonsense? 133.5 GAL 16. Gauquelin, Michel. Birthtimes : a scientific inves 133.5 GAU 17. George, Llewellyn, 1876- A to Z horoscope maker and deli 133.542 GEO [This is a useful book. I haven't looked at it in years, so don't consider this an agreement with every word in it.] 18. Hanon, Geraldine Hatch, Sacred space : a feminist visio 133.5 HAN 19. Jennings, Gary. The teenager's realistic guide 133.5 JEN 20. Jerome, Lawrence E. Astrology disproved / 133.5 JER 21. Leek, Sybil. My life in astrology. 133.50924 LE 22. Lewi, Grant, 1902-1951. Astrology for the millions / 133.5 LEW 23. Lewi, Grant, 1902-1951 Heaven knows what / 133.5 LEW 24. Lewi, Grant. Astrology for the millions. 133.5 LEW 25. Livingston, Peter. On astrology. 133.5 LIV 26. Logan, Daniel, 1936- Your Eastern star; oriental ast 133.5 LOG 27. Lynch, John, 1904- comp. The coffee table book of astrol 133.5 LYN 28. Lyndoe, Edward. Astrology for everyone. 133.5 LYN 29. Lyndoe, Edward. Astrology for everyone. 133.5 LYN 30. MacNeice, Louis, 1907-19 Astrology. 133.5 MAC 31. March, Marion D. The only way to learn astrology 133.5 MAR 32. March, Marion. The only way to learn astrology 33. McEvers, Joan. Planets : the astrological to 133.53 PLA 34. Nguyen, An. Chinese astrology / 133.5 NGU 35. Oleksy, Walter G., 1930- The universe is within you : a 133.5 OLE 36. Paltrinieri, Mario. The book of practical astrology 133.5 PAL 37. Parker, Derek. A history of astrology / 133.5 PAR 38. Sakoian, Frances. Predictive astrology : understa 133.5 SAK 39. Starck, Marcia. Earth mother astrology / 133.5861 STA 40. Stearn, Jess. A time for astrology. 133.5 STE 41. Sun Bear (Chippewa India The medicine wheel : earth astr 299.7 SUN 42. Zolar. ASTROLOGY: A GUIDE TO THE SIGNS 43. Zolar. The history of astrology 133.5 ZOL [I recommend the following book, in addition to other books you may find by Dick Sutphen, including "Predestined Love" and "Past Life Therapy in Action." I recommend you call for a complete catalog of tapes and books: 818-889-1575 from Valley of The Sun Publishing.] Call Number DYNIX # 49465 AUTHOR 1) Sutphen, Dick. TITLE You were born again to be together / PUBLISHER Pocket Books, DATES c1976. PAGES 253 p. ; 18 cm. SUBJECTS 1) Hypnotism. - - - More on Next Screen - - - - Press to see next screen : Commands: SO = Start Over, B = Back, RW = Related Works, C = Copy status, PH = Place a Hold, = Next Screen, ? = Help Continued... 2) Reincarnation. OCLC rla86061993 All copies in use See Copy status - - - - End of Title Info - - - - Your search: SELF HYPNOSIS AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. Bloomfield, Harold H., Discover greater happiness & pl 158.1 BLO 2. Bloomfield, Harold H., Do less, accomplish more 158.1 BLO 3. Bloomfield, Harold H., Get unstuck & get what you want 158.1 BLO 4. Bloomfield, Harold H., Look & feel beautiful 158.1 BLO 5. Bloomfield, Harold H., Lose weight 613.25 BLO 6. Bloomfield, Harold H., Self-hypnosis & meditation 154.7 BLO 7. Bloomfield, Harold H., Sleep soundly & awake refreshed 154.62 BLO 8. Bloomfield, Harold H., Stop smoking 613.85 BLO 9. Fisher, Stanley W. Discovering the power of self-h 158.1 FIS 10. Kroger, William S. Instruction in self-hypnosis. 154.7 KRO 11. Simpkins, C. Alexander. PRINCIPLES OF SELF HYPNOSIS: PA 12. Yates, John M. The complete book of self-hypno 616.89162 YA Your search: PSYCHIC AUTHOR TITLE (truncated) CALL# 1. A commentary on the Book of the 133.8 COM 2. Magic and mystery : the incredi 133.9 MAG 3. Akins, W. R. ESP, your psychic powers and ho 133.8 AKI 4. Andrews, Valerie. The psychic power of running : 128.2 AND 5. Archer, Fred, 1920- Crime and the psychic world. 364.12 ARC 6. Bardens, Dennis. Psychic animals : a fascinati 156.4 BAR 7. Bartell, Jan Bryant. Spindrift: spray from a psychic 133.10924 BA 8. Bradley, Dorothy Bomar. Psychic phenomena; revelations 133 BRA 9. Druffel, Ann. The psychic and the detective / 133.91 DRU 10. Ebon, Martin. Psychic warfare : threat or ill 133.8 EBO 11. Fortune, Dion. Psychic self-defense / 133.8 FOR 12. Goodman, Jeffrey. Psychic archeology : time machi 001.9 GOO 13. Heaney, John J. The sacred and the psychic : pa 261.515 HEA 14. Hintze, Naomi A. The psychic realm : what can yo 133.8 HIN 15. Jones, Henry Z. PSYCHIC ROOTS 16. Junjulas, Craig, 1952- Psychic Tarot : illustrated wit 133.324 JUN 17. Kraft, Dean. Portrait of a psychic healer / 615.8520924 18. Levine, Frederick G. The psychic sourcebook : how 133.3 LEV 19. Lungina, Tatiana. Wolf Messing : the true story 133.8 LUN 20. Lyons, Arthur. The blue sense : psychic detect 133.8 LYO 21. Mishlove, Jeffrey, 1946- The roots of consciousness : ps 133 MIS 22. Montgomery, Ruth Shick, A world beyond : a startling me 133.9013 MON 23. 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