I had the unique opportunity to see a John Edward seminar on June 8th, 2001.   After a friend's recommendation of his television show, "Crossing Over with John Edward," I had become a big fan.  Being an avid reader of topics such as near death experiences, metaphysics and psychics, my friend was sure that I would love this show.  Boy, was she right!  I had only read about psychics at this point, so it was astonishing to actually see one at work.  Thanks to my friend, I now had a new show to watch regularly.

One day while surfing the web, I discovered John's website and list of seminar dates.   After months of checking daily for a Pittsburgh date, one was finally set!  I was not going to waste anytime since his seminars sell out so fast, so our tickets were ordered that day!

To our surprise, 1400 tickets were sold to this general admission event.  Even though we arrived and hour and a half early, there was a huge line that went out the door.   Somewhat bummed about the amount of people there already, I was sure we wouldn't get a decent seat.  Much to my surprise, folks were taking seats in the middle of the setup.  There were actually seats available IN THE FRONT ROW!!  I am well aware that it doesn't matter where you sit, if a spirit is going to come though for you, they will find you wherever you may be.  But I wasn't expecting to be read.  I just wanted to have the experience of seeing John at work, in person.

He started off the evening with some stories about how his wife's grandmother recently passed away.  She pestered John every day to see if her grandmother had come through. Growing impatient, she even questioned John if he would be able to understand her since she spoke Portuguese in life.  John assured her that he would be able to understand her, "even though Portuguese is a hard language to understand," he joked.   John finally received a message from her grandmother.  "She wants me to let you know that she knows that you took the rock or the flower  from the cemetery. You told her when nobody was around to tell me this, so you would know that it was her."  He laughed and said, "What's this all about, what's this prove it to me thing?"  After that, John's wife stopped asking about her grandmother.   John thought it was the coolest thing when he questioned her about not asking because she said, "I don't need you, I know that my grandmother is around me and I can talk to her anytime that I want."  John felt that this was the biggest compliment that a medium can receive.  He did his job so well that she felt confident enough that she can communicate with her grandmother on her own.

He continued the evening by discussing how sometimes the messages are hard to convey.   He said, "Imagine that your life with your family is like a big book.  Each person is a chapter.  During a session, they come to me a hand me a chapter and I just read a paragraph.  I have no idea who the story is about, or who the characters are.  I have no idea about anything else except what they show me."

After a few more stories, he continued the evening with some questions and answers.   One woman was curious about what we do when we get to the other side. "Do we have jobs?" she asked.  John replied, "I do believe that we have responsibilities on the other side, but I think it's the soul's journey and the soul's choice as to what we do." 

Another person wanted to know, "Do you think that people on the other side help guide their family members in different directions?"  John said, " I think that they try to inspire us and guide us lightly." 

One man asked about dreams he has of discussing problems with living people that he can't discuss in person and wanted to know, "It's like were are two souls having a discussion.  Sometimes there is a resolution, sometimes there isn't. Is this possible?"  John explained that this is the meeting of two souls on the astral plane.  He replied with a story of his own, "In 1989, 4:00 am Saturday morning, my mother came flying to my bedroom and was silhouetted with the hallway light behind her going, "Johnny, Johnny, are you home?" I woke up in a panic thinking that the house was on fire.  I asked, "What's the matter?"  She said, "Did anything happen tonight are you okay?"  "Yes, why?" I asked.   "Never mind, go back to bed," she said as she went back to her room.   The next morning I came downstairs and said, "What was that about?"   This is how she describes what happened.  She got up and went to the bathroom, got back into bed and rolled over and said that I was hovering over her bed all in white.   I conveyed to her a message, don't worry, everything is going to be fine, that I would take care of everything.  I believed that after this happened that I was going to die.  A month later she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  I believe that this was the souls way of connecting and my soul was letting her know that everything would be okay and that I would take care of everything." 

There were quite a number of other great questions asked that night, but to keep this as short as possible, I will limit this to just a few of them.  On a silly note, during the Q&A session, someone gave John a pair of Superman boxer underwear!  Apparently, John had a pair of red, white and blue swimming trunks that he left behind on a trip to Hershey, PA.  His parents didn't go back for his trunks, so this woman bought him the boxers to replace his swimming trunks.  John turned all different shades of red as he politely said thanks.

Next was on to the readings.  This was the most exciting event of the evening!  I sat on the edge of my seat, hoping that he might have a message for me.  Unfortunately, he did not, but since I did not expect it I was not disappointed.  John advised us that tape recorders interfere with his ability to read so he asked that we turn off any electronic devices.  Since this was the case, I will not be able to convey any play by play readings.  There were a couple of people brought to tears by John's messages.  One of the most memorable moments for me was when the people sitting right next to me received a reading.  John was brought in their direction by seeing a dog with a glass eye.  John was confused by what he was seeing, because he never heard of such a thing.  The folks next to me knew someone that had a dog with a glass eye, and that led John to a few messages for them.  It was truly incredible watching John give readings.  There was even a point where he was literally standing two feet in front of us while he read some folks three rows behind us.

I highly recommend that if you have the opportunity to see one of John's seminars, you should go!  You will be amazed by his wit and psychic ability.   He is one of the best speakers that I have ever seen.  I could listen to him talk for days!  This was one of the most enjoyable events that I have attended.

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