by PC Muñoz
I saw the celebrity clairvoyant Tyler Henry on TV the other night and it reminded me that in 2005 I had a session with a spiritual healer/clairvoyant. This person had healed a physical ailment of a friend. My friend, a generous person, was so transformed by this experience that he contracted the healer to conduct readings/sessions for his family and friends for a few days. Curious, I signed up for a session.
The reading took place in a small cottage. This is what I remember: I was lying down on some kind of padded table, like a massage table. The healer, who I’ll call Dorothy, stood behind me and (from how it felt, I couldn’t see) cupped her hands near the top of my head. I immediately felt an intense warmth, followed by an encompassing sense of being cared for and loved. I understood that Dorothy was facilitating this feeling but was not responsible for it. It was surprising and emotionally overwhelming. My cynical side wondered if she had an exceedingly quiet blow dryer or a small heater back there to generate the warmth. I dismissed this thought.
Without touching me, Dorothy moved her hands over me to “read my aura”, which she described as “open” and “ready to receive messages.” She told me that my people in the spirit world had messages for me and asked me if I wanted to hear them. I said yes. She then shared a piece of advice startlingly specific to my interior life at the time. Though I was flabbergasted, I attempted to speak and behave like I wasn’t. I consciously downplayed my response to the content of the message. She mentioned another phrase or name that I felt had no relevance to me; I don’t remember what it was now.
At one point she paused and asked me how my little boy was. I smiled smugly and replied that my wife and I didn’t have any kids. This part I’ll always remember:
“Oh yes you do,” she said. “You definitely have a boy. He is just waiting for you to bring him here. He really wants to be with you.”
Miguel’s birth was about two years away at that time. When he became a teen I shared this story and told him that some people believe that babies “pick their parents” in a “before-life”. He said “Hmm I wonder why I picked you guys.”
That was my experience. I did not meet or speak with Dorothy or give any information to her beforehand. She did not ask me about music or writing or teaching or refer to anything on my website or in any published press articles. There was not yet a Wikipedia page about me at that point. I did wonder what other personal things she “found out” about me but didn’t mention.
I’ve since read about “cold readings” and “hot readings” and 100% believe that these methods are used a lot of the time in these sorts of sessions. I am still not convinced that this is the core of what happened with me that day.
The experience was a little unsettling but definitely positive. I was grateful for the opportunity and would consider doing it again.
I suppose my aura is still open.