[Pudsey_Bear]

Before I met Liz, I went out with a very nice lady from Street, in Somerset, near to Glastonbury, she was a Godesss, no she really was, a high priestess of a Pagan temple, she was well into it, poor as a church mouse, she did faith healing and she did some healing on my shoulder, it was motorcycle injury and hurt like hell most days, she did her stuff, 10 years have passed by and it has been right as rain since, take what you will from that, she is still practicing as far as I know.

I don't believe in it and she knew that, but she did.

 

[Jamsieboy]

I have no trouble with people believing whatever they want as long as it does not involve causing or promoting harm to others.
I have however concerns that some people can mislead or exploit vulnerable individuals to suit their own ends or to gain "status".
To my way of thinking if people feel reflexology, bald head rubbing or lusting after the latest Hymer camping car makes them feel better who am I to spoil their fun.
Where I take exception is when religious zealots knock my door or interrupt my walk along the pavement to tell me that unless I buy what they are selling I will end up toasting my feet on a burning fire. That is a step too far and I politely (sometime less politely) tell them to go peddle their wares elsewhere.

 

[patp]

I was taking French lessons about 20 odd years ago. During the tea break the conversation turned to spiritualism. The elderly gentleman, teaching us, spoke four languages, one of which was Spanish. A while previously, some good friends of his decided to consult a Ouija board. He was VERY sceptical but gave in to their demands to keep the peace. After a while the board started to go mad, zooming around all over the place not seeming to make any sense until he realised that the "message" was in Spanish. No one else in that room spoke Spanish except him and he was not manipulating it!

 

[patp]

On another note, Reflexology has cured several of my, admittedly minor, complaints. One of them being blocked sinuses which I had been suffering from for many years. It is a bit like acupuncture as it clears blocked pathways.


Acupuncture is also very effective and several of my dogs have made amazing progress when treated with it. One would go into a doze and snore during the treatment. You can't tell me that it was the placebo effect.

 

[Pollydoodle]

Corks in the bed to stop cramps. Bluddy ridiculous but they work for me.

Ray.

Perhaps it is after consuming the contents of the bottles the corks were in!! :grin2: :grin2:

 

[Pollydoodle]

Some years ago I had a young disabled Indian woman using the hydrotherapy pool I ran. We had never met before and whilst we were chatting, out of the blue, she said she could see what she thought was my father, standing beside me saying Doctor. She asked was he a doctor, no. Eventually I realised I had been to the doctors that morning and had he been alive would have been concerned for me.. It did shake me somewhat as it was so unexpected.

 

[GMJ]

When I was 22 playing rugby down in Swansea, I developed a knee injury. It turned out to be the classic cartilage issue. The Dr said to keep off it for 3 months (i.e. no exercise...definitely no rugby); take pain killers; and then it would need surgery if it didnt settle down.

The rugby club had a tie in with a physio whom I later found out was a reflexologist. I went to see this chap - a scouse weightlifter by the looks/sounds of him who worked on me for an hour. I thought it strange as he did very little with the knee but worked from my head down to my feet...spending a great deal of time working on the soles of my feet. TCALSS after an hour I left with the advice to take it easy for 2 days; do some small bending exercises for 2 days and I could play that Saturday!

For the rest of my rugby playing days (I stopped playing at 35) I NEVER had any other issue with that knee. Fast forward to 7 years ago and it went again...this time I had to have the op!

I say this just to add grist to the mill.

For my insomnia I have had hypnotherapy - which didn't work as they couldn't put me to sleep (go figure!!) and acupuncture, which also didn't work.

I cant say that I believe in this stuff but perhaps am an Agnostic in that I am open to listening and wouldn't decry anyone elses faith based beliefs...if it works for them and doesn't impinge on anyone elses lives...then go for it I say.

NB I draw the line at Druidic dawn ceremonies at stone circles with group sex >

Graham :smile2:

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

The medical stuff is an odd one, I wouldn't knock it, but the Medium game is largely fabrication based on guesswork or prior knowledge.

 

[aldra]

Strange things happen

When I was nursing, a Chinese guy who was a patient invited myself and my bestfriend for a meal as a thank you

We had a lovely meal in his home and his partner he said was a hand reader and would read our hands

He read mine first, said I would be married within a year to a guy whose hair grew upwards and who was not much taller than me

I doubted that on all accounts as I preferred tall men and at 19 I didn't see me marrying any time soon

My friend Ann, he said, would meet someone abroad, not English and she would marry him and live abroad

A short while later I met Albert and within a year we were married. His hair does grow upward, a natural crew cut, he is 5 ft 9

Ann went to Africa when we qualified where she met and married a Rhodesian, they returned to England briefly but soon returned to live and work in Africa

Could be coincidence??

Aldra

 

[barryd]

When I was 22 playing rugby down in Swansea, I developed a knee injury. It turned out to be the classic cartilage issue. The Dr said to keep off it for 3 months (i.e. no exercise...definitely no rugby); take pain killers; and then it would need surgery if it didnt settle down.

The rugby club had a tie in with a physio whom I later found out was a reflexologist. I went to see this chap - a scouse weightlifter by the looks/sounds of him who worked on me for an hour. I thought it strange as he did very little with the knee but worked from my head down to my feet...spending a great deal of time working on the soles of my feet. TCALSS after an hour I left with the advice to take it easy for 2 days; do some small bending exercises for 2 days and I could play that Saturday!

For the rest of my rugby playing days (I stopped playing at 35) I NEVER had any other issue with that knee. Fast forward to 7 years ago and it went again...this time I had to have the op!

I say this just to add grist to the mill.

For my insomnia I have had hypnotherapy - which didn't work as they couldn't put me to sleep (go figure!!) and acupuncture, which also didn't work.

I cant say that I believe in this stuff but perhaps am an Agnostic in that I am open to listening and wouldn't decry anyone elses faith based beliefs...if it works for them and doesn't impinge on anyone elses lives...then go for it I say.

NB I draw the line at Druidic dawn ceremonies at stone circles with group sex >

Graham :smile2:

Well I am a Christian but not a very good one. I think its important to sample other religions. I feel its my Christian duty. Is there a branch near me?

 

[pippin]

Tcalss?

 

[cabby]

I do hate these smart arse abbreviations.Stop being so bloody lazy.It is much too late in the day to start working out your meaning.

cabby

 

[GMJ]

I do hate these smart arse abbreviations.Stop being so bloody lazy.It is much too late in the day to start working out your meaning.

cabby

Quite simply - rude!:frown2:

I'll live my life as I wish Cabby - please don't even think of trying to tell me how to do it. Don't read my posts if you don't like it - simple really.

TCALSS = To cut a long story short

Graham :smile2:

 

[aldra]

Well Graham I wouldn't have known that

Some of us oldies don't do text speech so it's akin to double Dutch

Sandra

 

[GMJ]

Well Graham I wouldn't have known that

Some of us oldies don't do text speech so it's akin to double Dutch

Sandra

Fair point Sandra. I don't over use it myself and it was laziness...its just that he didn't need to be so blooming rude about it :grin2:

tbh I thought OMG! WTF! It didn't make me LOL or indeed ROFL but , as they say, YOLO...

Luckily I didn't have to deploy the STFU! >

:grin2:

Graham :smile2:

 

[erneboy]

I wanted to be a fortune teller but my parents wouldn't let me. They said there was no future in it.

 

[GMJ]

I wanted to be a fortune teller but my parents wouldn't let me. They said there was no future in it.

Boom Tish!

I'm all week...try the veal ...

:grin2:

Graham :smile2:

 

[pippin]

Sublime to the ridiculous, or vice-versa more like.

 

[cabby]

My apologies if I came across as rude, I just find it a pain to translate correctly and if I make a mistake it could lead to me replying with a completely wrong answer. I am old and as aldra says we are used to talking not text speak. Although the Yanks did have a habit of using abbreviations to save paint around the aerodromes etc during WW2. Hope this post was not too long.:grin2::grin2:

cabby

 

[pippin]

FFS Cabby - just shut up will you!!!