In astrology and psychic readings, is false hope better than no hope?
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Would you rather have someone tell you that "yeah, you’ll be with someone in 10…15…years" which may or may not be true, but that the person really doesn’t "see it" and is only telling you to make you feel better?
Or would you rather hear that the reader/astrologer really doesn’t see anyone in your future at all?
Basically, is the truth better than false hope? Or is false hope better than no hope at all?
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Yes. False hope is better than no hope at all.
Living completely without hope is a terrible thing. Most people manage to grasp onto anything to keep themselves afloat when necessary. Sometimes life is just about getting through another day.
This is a better song about lies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DayCrQWJXuI
*America agreed with my statement in the last presidential election. lol
But of course, the psychic you are asking about is of questionable moral character. I really don’t see the point of telling someone that the guy they are asking about is her soulmate but she will have to wait around 8 yrs for him. WTF?? Why set someone up to carry a torch for the next 8 yrs instead of encouraging them to just live her life. Imagine the opportunities she might pass up waiting around for this specific "soulmate".
But, as a general rule, false hope is better than no hope at all. Without hope people just wither and die from the inside out.
Remember that astrology does not make your future, you do. Astrology can show what you maybe doing to prevent the relationship from manifesting, or give you insight to what you need to be for you to empower the law of attraction. I think it is important to speak a truth, but there are truly no certainties in life, and if an astrologer said for certain, you have no hope, I would question their qualifications.
Well, I believe in giving out the truth, though I try to give it as kindly as I can. That’s just a me thing. I’d also rather GET the truth. I don’t like to be lied to.
Personally I’d rather hear the truth. If I’m not determined to meet my significant other in this lifetime, there is other things that I can focus my energy on, like career, etc. I don’t want to be sitting around opening up my heart to every guy I meet, hoping that he is the one, when in fact I will just be left hurt disappointed and depressed again.
I would very much like to know ahead of time if I need to give up on love, so I can actually start learning how to live without it, rather then wait for years, for something that is never going to happen.
False hope is not what I want to hear. Please do not sugar coat something because it is something you think I want to hear. I want the hard, cold truth from the reader’s perspective – even if that means no hope. From that, I can plan out an alternate path to find my bliss or create my own false hope independent of the astrologer / psychic. That is what I would hope and expect from a reading, and from an ethical standpoint, I would do the same thing.
Edit: nice song, Lab rat – thanks; and don’t let the TDers get you down.
Like a false belief is better than none? Do you want others to lie to you? Grasp at straws?
I can handle the truth. If I’m lied to, by those that ignore the facts, I do not forget. Or forgive.
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I believe that this question falls along the same guidelines.
As a Tarot reader, I do not purposefully give someone "false hope." What I do on purpose, when a reading doesn’t seem to benefit the other person involved, is give them a possible outcome they can be hopeful for…BUT they have to listen to how they can get there! Alternative paths exist, and the future is always changeable.
My experience with my old teacher who taught me, although she was really good, she had a tendency to cover things up in such a way that it sounded good, but then again, it was wrong. Oh so wrong. To say to someone’s face "Well, there’s gonna be a little pothole along your path, but it’ll smooth over", when you know that the "pothole" is really a much bigger obstacle, is plain WRONG. Wrong wrong wrong. So I broke free from her, and I give unbiased, honest readings. She may disapprove, but I don’t care.
Simply put, you are messing with someone’s life that they in turn have entrusted you with. The truth is better! At least the truth can give you alternative ways in dealing with what is being considered harsh.
Just reiterating the obvious:)
You have got to tell the truth, period. To lie not only misleads your client, but also earns you a bad reputation 10 or 15 years down the road (or sooner or later) when your client finally figures out that you were in fact not entirely honest with your reading.
Lying never helps anyone, regardless of the intentions behind it.