Melody Bard Psychic Medium

Local Psychologist A Former Skeptic, Now Trains Priests In Exorcisms

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:28:00 +0000

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — So, exorcism might seem like fiction. But did you know that the Vatican has actually encouraged every Catholic diocese to have a trained exorcist on staff?
A local psychologist is an expert who is traveling around the world to train those priests.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/02/10/local-psychologist-a-former-skeptic-now-trains-priests-in-exorcisms/

What happens when we die?

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Good job by WTVR-TV. "CBS 6 investigates: What happens after we die...."

Psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Greyson has been studying the phenomena for 30 years.
Greyson and a small team of researchers at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies, are seeking the answer to a question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for thousands of years — are the physical brain and conscious mind connected or are they entirely separate? Click here

Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:32:00 +0000

D, Eban Alexander has taught at Harvard Medical School and has earned a strong reputation as a neurosurgeon. And while Alexander says he's long called himself a Christian, he never held deeply religious beliefs or a pronounced faith in the afterlife.
But after a week in a coma during the fall of 2008, during which his neocortex ceased to function, Alexander claims he experienced a life-changing visit to the afterlife, specifically heaven.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/heaven-real-says-neurosurgeon-claims-visited-afterlife-213527063.html

U.S. Navy Program to Study How Troops Use Intuition

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:36:00 +0000

“The United States Navy has started a program to investigate how members of the military can be trained to improve their “sixth sense,” or intuitive ability, during combat and other missions. The idea for the project comes in large part from the testimony of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan who have reported an unexplained feeling of danger just before they encountered an enemy attack or ran into an improvised explosive device, Navy scientists said.”

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/navy-program-to-study-how-troops-use-intuition/

The Interconnectedness Of All Living Things

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:50:00 +0000

by Melody Bard

Lawrence Anthony who is literally a legend in South Africa, who rescued and rehabilitated thousands of elephants from all over the world, who authored 3 books including the elephant whisperer, died earlier this year and something very interesting happened two days after he died.

His family tells of a solemn procession by two groups of wild elephants that showed up at his home including two large matriarchs.

The moment Lawrence passed over the elephants sensed it, without hesitation they began marching single file. They walked miles and miles to get to his South African house. People who watched this could not understand it. Lawrence’s wife said, “I was especially touched knowing that the elephants had not been to my house prior to the day Lawrence died for well over a year.”

They somehow knew where they were going; they obviously wanted to pay their deepest respect honoring their friend who had saved their lives. They stayed for two days and two nights before they returned.

These wonderful animals show us there is interconnectedness among all living things. At one time in our distant past there were many more people like Lawrence who had this ability, this interconnectedness that is painfully lacking in our present day

These abilities were slowly, over time, educated out of us. We all have this ability that lays dormant, deep inside of us, just waiting to be awakened. You may feel it as a gut reaction to something or perhaps as a little voice that emanates from deep inside of you.

Your gut instinct is nothing more than your own internal GPS system trying to guide you. If we can only be quiet enough to listen.

Using Yourself as a Pendulum

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:29:00 +0000

I wanted to share this useful article by Madisyn Taylor that was featured in the Daily Om.

http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2012/33386.html

May 9, 2012
Using Yourself as a Pendulum
Intuitive Guidance from Within
by Madisyn Taylor

Using your body as a pendulum is another tool you can use to access your higher wisdom.

Learning to trust our intuition is something that can connect us with our higher selves. Sometimes it might not seem easy to do this. Our thoughts and minds often get in the way. But by accessing our innermost self, we will find that the information we receive is usually what we truly need at that moment. One of the techniques that allows us to really get in touch with our deepest font of wisdom is using our body as a pendulum. The simple act of letting our physical being lead us in a certain direction can offer us extremely deep insights and help us find the answers we seek.

Many of us may have tried using a pendulum or crystal on a chain as a dousing tool to acquire the information we need to make decisions or even find lost objects. Using our bodies puts us much more closely in tune with our being. The process of using your body as a pendulum is to ask your higher self a question and wait for your body to respond in either a forward-tilting or backward-tilting motion. The first step is to really understand how our higher self communicates with us by centering our bodies, asking ourselves the directions for “yes” and “no,” and noting which way our body moves. For a lot of people a forward motion is “yes,” and your body tilting backward is a “no” answer. It is easier to start with simple questions at first to understand how our higher self communicates with us. As we become more used to the messages we receive and how we process them, we can start asking for more specific things such as what dosage of herbs to take or which foods would best nourish our bodies. Using this technique in the grocery store or when shopping for vitamins and remedies can be extremely helpful.

Since we are always present in our bodies, understanding how we can use our bodies as pendulums is a tool we can use at any given moment in our lives. Letting our bodies tell us what is happening inside of us will in turn help to guide us through not just daily but also major life decisions. The more we allow our bodies to open up and share with us the connection it has with our deeper self, the better able we will be to truly access the knowledge we hold so deeply within.

Sermon on the Mount

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:24:00 +0000

When you listen to these words, you don't just hear them but your soul absorbs them.

The Sermon is the longest piece of teaching from Jesus in the New Testament. It is a collection of sayings and teachings, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew.

Love Is The Answer

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:51:00 +0000

"If there's a short-cut I'd have found it, but there's no easy way around it."

This song, performed by England Dan and John Ford Coley in 1979, was originally written by Todd Rundgren and Utopia in 1977. It 's from the Oops! Wrong Planet album.

I love the lyrics...

Name your price
A ticket to paradise
I can't stay here any more
And I've looked high and low
I've been from shore, to shore, to shore
If there's a short cut I'd have found it
But there is no easy way around it
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all
Set us free
Love is the answer
Who knows why
Someday we all must die
We're all homeless boys and girls
And we are never heard
It's such a lonely, lonely, lonely world
People turn their heads
And walk on by
Tell me is it worth just another try
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all
Set us free
Love is the answer
Tell me, are we alive
Or just a dying planet
(What are the chances)
Ask the man in your heart
For the answer
And when you feel afraid
(Love one another)
When you've lost your way
(Love one another)
And when you're all alone
(Love one another)
And when you're far from home
(Love one another)
And when you're down and out
(Love one another)
And when your hopes run out
(Love one another)
And when you need a friend
(Love one another)
And when you're near the end
(Love)
(We've got to love)
(We've got to love one another)
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all
Set us free
Love is the answer
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all
Set us free
Love is the answer...

What Your Name Means

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0000

For all sorts of facts about you and your birthday, I wanted to share a couple of links from this website by Paul Sadowski. Click here for the numerology software to find out what your name means and says about you. Click here to check out the birthday calculator. This software can be very useful for expectant mothers. Have Fun!

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Toltec Wisdom

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:44:00 +0000

The Toltec were 'people of knowledge' - scientists and artists who created a society to explore and conserve the traditional spiritual knowledge and practices of their ancestors. The Toltec viewed science and spirit as part of the same entity, believing that all energy - material or ethereal - is derived from and governed by the universe.

Everything we do is based on agreements we have made. In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, what everyone else is, how to act, what is possible and what is impossible. What we have agreed to believe creates what we experience. When these agreements come from fear obstacles develop keeping us from realizing our greatest potential.

Based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, offers a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives and our work into a new experience of effectiveness, balance and self supporting behavior.

The Four Agreements

BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse, and regret.

Food Matters

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:51:00 +0000

I recently discovered this must watch documentary. Below is the 3 minute trailer. Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food -- Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch

With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker.

Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally

In what promises to be the most contentious idea put forward, the filmmakers have interviewed several leading experts in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer.

The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. The interviewees point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than conventional medical treatments.

Earl Nightingale - The Power From Within

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Sun, 22 May 2011 01:28:00 +0000

This may be old, but real truth is oftentimes timeless. His message is just as relevant now as it was when he recorded it.

The Karma of War

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:16:00 +0000

War is a symbol of the negative aspects of human character, a symbol of the pain and sorrow that comes from the abuse of power, from the misuse of leadership.

The dogs of war have been let loose upon the earth, cruelties and abominations are taking place on many parts of the earth. Over it all hangs the supreme symbol of self destruction, nuclear weapons.

How does it come about that aggressive leaders, dictators and tyrants are able to lead there people to self destruction.

The only answer is that people do not understand, do not know, and do not have the courage or the position and power to prevent these catastrophes.

In the great Hindu epic of the Mahabharata, there is a poem called The Bhagavad-Gita.
There is a prince seated in his war chariot on the battlefield. He is faced by an army drawn up against his army. As he looks across he sees his own kinsmen; he sees relatives and friends of many years standing waiting to die in battle.

The prince is desolated by this situation. He is required by the people of his own group to defend them. He does not want to go out and kill anybody. He wants a peaceful solution to everything. Either he must surrender his country, destroy his culture and enslave his people, or else he has to go forth and fight on the battlefield.

Before he gives his war orders he sits in prayer and deep meditation on his war chariot. A great light suddenly surrounds the chariot. In this light the God Krishna appears and takes the place of the charioteer. Now sitting in the chariot with the prince he recites to him the story of the Bhagavad-Gita.

He tells the young prince not to grieve, not to fear and not to worry for there is a greatness, wholeness and goodness that encircles everything no matter how terrible it may appear. He says do not fear, because you cannot kill anyone, no one can kill anyone, no one can prevent death but no one fails to survive it.

On this occasion there is a great conflict, a great struggle but always remember that certain is death for the living and certain is birth for the dead.

Out of all this comes the recognition of one of the great laws of Indian thinking, and that is the law of reincarnation.

We must realize that we live in a universe that everything is alive forever. The individual who comes into this world was not new when he came. The one who leaves here does not vanish forever and disappear simply because he drops a body that is too old and tired.

As a man cast out garments and take others that are new, so the spirit cast out worn out bodies and takes others that are new. Never the spirit was born, the spirit shall cease to be never, birth and death they are dreams, and life is forever. (This is the song of the Bhagavad-Gita)

Consider the present situation; we are all today gravely anxious with what’s going on in the world. We know a nuclear holocaust would end all of the dreams of the ages; we know all these things well and want to prevent these things from happening.

One of these days we shall become tired of killing ourselves and each other; the light will dawn and there will come into our lives and into our consciousness the realization of the dignity of life, the reality of it, the importance of it, and that we are here to protect it and advance it in every way and not to destroy it.

Body’s may come and go, but life is eternal. The individual, who really understands life, is indestructible. Only if within ourselves we have come to this realization.

The concept of heaven and hell in theological thinking is no longer very rational; it does nothing to strengthen the individual here.

One does not become good because he fears evil, he is good because he performs as well as he can. So the theory of going on to heaven or hell is not particularly acceptable anymore, it doesn’t really solve a problem.

Plato said we don’t go to hell when we die we go to hell when we are born. This is purgatory; this is the place where individuals must grow, must stand strong and firm and must pass the test of mortal life to ensure they are fulfilling the evolutionary processes of the system of cosmic worlds to which we belong.

One thing that is important is the concept of rebirth. It seems to be the only answer that does not in some way force an unfortunate or unreasonable condition.

If we accept the doctrine of reincarnation, then we realize why we are here. We are in school; we are in school to learn lessons. It’s a school in which various things happen, in various spans between birth and death. Every good deed lives and every bad deed fades away. The amazing thing is good works with good wherever you find it and evil fights evil wherever it appears.

We must outgrow the problems that now plague us we can’t walk out on them. Peace cannot be legislated while envy and stupidity are in the heart and conduct of every human. There is no way we can solve the problem of the world dilemma unless we solve in ourselves the weaknesses which cause us to compromise principle. We must not only correct our own mistakes, we have to face them.

Everything that goes wrong has got to be straightened out by those who cause it; and as no individual is probably willing to make an effort so quickly. It may take several lifetimes for the individual to get along working with himself until he solves his own need. It may even take fifty lives for an individual to reach a point where he knows what is wrong with war and he knows his part in causing it. When that happens, peace comes.

Nature is different, it does not humor. Nature strengthens by forcing resolutions, nature makes us grow and if we could figure out a way of avoiding it, we would.

We’ve been trying to evade realities since the beginning of history, but we’ve never avoided one of them yet. They come back again and again until the individual outgrows his own weakness. When this happens civilization outgrows war.

There is the story of the great general, who has converted to Buddhism, one day the great general asks Buddha a question, the general says “I’ve sworn to support the ruler, and protect the land. If there is a call to war, what shall I do? You tell me war is wrong, there should be no war, yet I’m sworn to protect my country if an enemy invades it. What shall I do?”

Buddha says very quietly, “defend your country.” The general says, “This is very different from what you said.” Buddha says, “No it isn’t, you haven’t asked me what it’s going to cost you to keep your word. If you are prepared as a true patriot to defend your country and your country is therefore led by you into war, don’t forget that you share the karma of war.”

“You are going to have to pay not only in the material world, but else ware for the karma of killing; but if it is in a cause which you consider greater than yourself it is no worse than dyeing on a battle field for the same reason.”

“You are going to have to experience and except the punishment for having to do wrong. You had voluntarily said you would do it; regardless of anything you are the leader. All those who perish under your leadership have their own destiny to fulfill, but there is not one of them that carry the destiny that you do.”

The person who leads the army or the nation to war caries the heavier burden of it and they must pay that debt. The person who dies for his principles has good karma. The hero who serves, loves, and gives every last moment of life and devotion does not go down to silence, darkness, or death.

Each individual is responsible for the morality of his own action, unselfishness has a great and glorious reward, we can’t see it but the person who has it knows it.

Through all these experiences we are learning the lessons to final peace. We are learning however that peace begins not with the generals of the armies, but within our own families. We have to heal the wounds of strife within our own family. We have to gradually take on the mature responsibility of leadership and integrity.

Today we are in the presence of the greatest test we have ever faced concerning survival. A survival which depends on accepting the challenge of this great nuclear enemy that hangs over us.

We have to realize that through all these thousands of years we are temporized with problems, we have tried to do what we wanted to do at the expense not only of each other but in violation of universal law. Today the world is largely made up of transgressors of one size or another.

We must take a new position inside ourselves as to what is value and try to live according to a better standard of life.

How can we be a great civilized people and be morally ignorant? How can we claim to be an educated people when we cannot control our own lives? How does it happen that we think of success in the terms of income and pay no attention to the tragedy that this success is causing? We are faced with a greater and greater stress.

We have carefully ignored the wisdom we have inherited from the past. We have ignored the words and thoughts of the great world teachers, we quote them but we do not live them. We quote Plato when he says “any form of government is good if the governor is good, and no form of government is good if the governor is bad.” There is no way of compromising this, but we don’t pay much attention to it.

Each one of us has within ourselves a teacher, there is something we call the soul, there is guidance from within, a guidance that seems to have come to us from that spark of divine life by which we are able to live and the spark of life in us (the god in us) is also the great teacher. We must finally try to put the soul and spirit of truth into our affairs. The soul must control and direct the works we are doing every day. There has to be beauty, love, and faith. We cannot continually pollute our world.

The voice of the people is the voice of god, and if the individual stands for their principles, tyranny cannot survive.

We are all here to learn for as long as we live, and learning means to learn how to live and not merely learn how to pay bills, but to learn how to have a real life by learning every day values that help us become better people and help other people unfold their potentials.

We are like a great wave of life moving through space, moving in and out of material existence. On the one hand coming in to face the unknown and on the other hand going out to face the unknown. Here for a little while, but living conscious beings forever. Over time we will transform this material world into an enlightened system of education.

Religion must come of age; faiths have to realize that while there are seventy two names for god, there is only one God. All this fighting over deities stems from an ulterior motive. Religion is being used as a means of assisting dictators to control ignorant people.

Let’s think about the Muslim situation. In the Koran Mohamed said, “no one who does not believe Jesus of Nazareth was a true profit of the lord can go to heaven,” but that’s not what we hear now.

The power of the human being is unlimited, if he knows how to use it. That power was given for one purpose only; it was not that he might become a conqueror of others, but that he might stand with others to conqueror the ignorance that stands between us all and the better world we want to live in.

Every person who does a little better every day is contributing to the survival of human society the individual who doesn’t care and makes a new mistake everyday is gradually destroying our natural resources and destroying himself.

We are all part of one little pattern of life going to school on a little planet in space. We were not created to become masters of each other; we were created to become friends.

When the time comes we must stand together for things that are right and in standing together for these things, we can be true to the millions who died to give us hope.

Prayer for Protection

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:46:00 +0000

Among the many things in my arsenal that can be used for protection, the first line of defense is prayer, and this is the one I use.

This prayer was written by James Dillet Freeman for all soldiers during World War II. It is one of two Freeman compositions carried to the moon by Apollo astronauts. In 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin took the "Prayer for Protection" along on the first manned moon landing. A microfilm copy of Freeman's poem "I Am There" was left on the moon in 1971 by Apollo XV astronaut James B. Irwin.

The Light of God surrounds me.
The Love of God enfolds me.
The Power of God protects me.
The Presence of God watches over me.
The Mind of God guides me.
The Life of God flows through me.
The Laws of God direct me.
The Power of God abides within me.
The Joy of God uplifts me.
The Strength of God renews me.
The Beauty of God inspires me.
Wherever I am, God is!

Here is a popular shortened version of the Prayer for Protection:

The light of God surrounds us,
The love of God enfolds us,
The power of God protects us
The presence of God watches over us,
Wherever I am, God is...
And all is well.

Hallelujah

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:04:00 +0000

On Nov.13 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a big surprise while enjoying their lunch. Over 100 participants in this awesome Christmas Flash Mob. This is a must see!

Yolana Bard

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:03:00 +0000

Recently, I came across this Ripley’s Believe it or not newspaper clipping and I thought I would share it with you.
Out of all my mother’s press releases this was her favorite. ” I finally made it to the big time”, she said.
The fact that she shared the caption with the man who landed on his feet, made her laugh out loud.

A psychic who performs as a volunteer for law enforcement authorities, without prior knowledge has given the N.Y. City Police Dept. the exact items taken by a robbery suspect, listed those the accused still carried – and even named the caliber of a murder weapon LONG BEFORE IT WAS FOUND!

Investing in Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:42:00 +0000

by Melody Bard

What I find most interesting is how many people often do not take the time or expense it takes to invest in themselves, especially during these hard times.

This reminds me of the preflight instructions you receive before takeoff. “In the event the oxygen masks fall from the overhead compartment, place one on yourself before placing one on your child.” This makes perfect sense to me. If I can’t breathe, I won’t be able to help my loved ones who are having difficulty breathing.

Before you can serve others you have to serve yourself. Now this does not mean being selfish, far from it. It simply makes you more efficient. If you were traveling cross country in your car you would not get very far if you never did maintenance or brought your car in for an inspection, but here we are at the supermarket or local fast food establishment making poor choices because we don’t have the money or time to do it right. We fill our minds with junk from TV and toxic people. Our bodies starve for nutrition from poor quality food.

It really all comes down to making the right choices, Should we shut off the TV news that’s bringing down our vibration through fear and anger or do something worthwhile with our time that may raise it. When people go between these two emotions of fear and anger for extended periods of time there life usually changes for the worst. By shifting our thoughts and emotions away from fear and anger we can begin to change our lives.

With every important change we make in our own conduct, a new world will be open to us. We are here to be a little better every single day; we are here to outgrow all limitations, we here to outgrow ignorance. We live in a universe where there is nothing to fear except our own ignorance.

The moment we become better the world becomes better. We live in a world of infinite opportunity. The moment we decide to use our mind instead of abuse it, the arts will flourish, music will again dominate our world, our books will be better written, and our TV programs will be inspiring, every thing we know will be better.

The average person’s day is usually divided between work, rest and recreation. It is during the recreation part of the day that we should use whatever spare time we have to raise our vibration. One way of raising your vibration amongst others, is to start by getting out into nature and trusting in its healing powers.

Unfortunately recreations for some individuals consist of just sitting in front of a TV and have some actors or newscasters tell them how to think.

Thinking for your self is slowly becoming extinct amongst the population. We can change this by starting to listen to our own gut instinct or God instinct. Our instincts can sometimes become clouded due to experiencing these low vibratory emotions. We all get lost on the journey, but it amazes me how some people will drive around for hours lost without stopping to ask for directions.

If you feel lost, you are not alone; many people are searching for direction. Each of us is given a life and a world to grow, and we serve that world to make it beautiful and when we take a wilderness and change it into a garden then we are truly living according to the will of heaven. We all have a limited amount of time on this school called earth; let’s make the most of it.

Egg Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Given only once a year, and only on Good Friday, these special readings have been in Melody's family for generations and have become a tradition for friends, family members and clients. This is the only time of the year when Melody gives a reading to a family member.

An ordinary egg is held in your hand for a period of time, the energy you give off is slowly absorbed by the egg. The egg is than cracked open into a glass of water and left alone until it starts forming a three dimensional floating image. Melody uses her psychic abilities to interpret the uniquely formed image into a reading. She also gives Egg Readings remotely; this is done by attaching a photo and name of the person receiving the reading on the glass.
This works like the water crystal experiments of Masaru Emoto where he exposes water in glasses to different words, pictures, or music and then freezing and examining the aesthetics of the resulting crystals with microscopic photography.
In following the footsteps of her ancestors, Melody uses these very powerful egg readings to give deeper insight into this life's journey.

Heaven or Hell?

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:03:00 +0000

A short story dedicated to my dog Mojo who passed on suddenly last night.

Heaven or Hell?

An old man and his dog were walking along a country road, enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to the man that he was actually dead.

He remembered dying, and that his dog too had been dead for many years. He wondered where the road would lead them, and continued onward.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill a tall white arch that gleamed in the sunlight broke it. When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother of pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.

He was pleased that he had finally arrived at heaven, and the man and his dog walked toward the gate. As he got closer, he saw someone sitting at a beautifully carved desk off to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, but is this heaven?"

"Yes, it is, sir," the man answered.

"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.

"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The gatekeeper gestured to his rear, and the huge gate began to open.

"I assume my friend can come in?" the man asked, gesturing toward his dog.

But the reply was "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."

The man thought about it then thanked the gatekeeper, turned back toward the road, and continued in the direction he had been going.

After another long walk, he reached the top of another long hill, and he came to a dirt road that led through a farm gate.

There was no fence, and it looked as if the gate had never been closed, as grass had grown up around it. As he approached the gate, he saw a man just inside, sitting in the shade of a tree in a rickety old chair, reading a book.

"Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?"

"Certainly, There's a pump over there," the man said, pointing to a place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. Come on in and make yourself at home."

"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog "He's welcome too, and there's a bowl by the pump," he said.

They walked through the gate and, sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a dipper hanging on it and a bowl next to it on the ground. The man filled the bowl for his dog; he then took a long drink himself.

When both were satisfied, he and the dog walked back toward the man, who was sitting under the tree waiting for them, and asked, "What do you call this place?"

"This is heaven," was the answer.

"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "It certainly doesn't look like heaven, and there's another man down the road who said that place was heaven."

"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates?"

"Yes, it was beautiful."

"Nope. That's hell."

"Doesn't it offend you for them to use the name of heaven like that?"

"No. I can see how you might think so, but it actually saves us a lot of time. They screen out the people who are willing to leave their best friends behind."

Predicting financial fortunes supernaturally

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:05:00 +0000

http://www.threevillages.com/Articles-i-2008-10-02-76391.113114_Predicting_financial_fortunes_supernaturally.html

Predicting financial fortunes, supernaturally

Smithtown psychic says she foresaw failure of Wall Street bailout plan
By Jennifer Choi
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October 01, 2008 | 02:56 PM
In this time of economic crisis, people are not only turning to financial advisers for help, they are also seeking advice from psychics.

"When things are bad, I'm usually busier," said psychic Melody Bard of Smithtown. "People are in a lot of pain right now."

According to Bard, whose clients have recently sought financial guidance from her, the current economic conditions will worsen before they improve. Some people will become "really poor," she noted, citing the era of the 1920s leading to the Great Depression.

During an interview Monday at noon, the Smithtown psychic predicted that the $700 billion Wall Street bailout would not be approved by Congress, a vote scheduled for 1 pm that afternoon. At about 1:30 pm, officials announced that the bill had been defeated.

In addition to questions regarding their future financial status, clients also seek answers about love, health and relationships, said Bard. Having apprenticed for 20 years with her mother, Yolana, a professional psychic in Manhattan for 30 years, Bard started her own business two years ago. It's called Just One Melody.

"I was always able to do [psychic readings], but I didn't want to do it professionally at first," she said, adding that what she enjoys most is connecting families to the loved ones they have lost, a service she provides free of charge.

"It gives them closure and peace," she noted. "You have to give something back. That's what you're supposed to do with your gifts."

According to Bard, who resides in Smithtown with her husband, John, and 14-year-old twins, Alex and Noelani, she cannot provide psychic readings for any of her family members because "emotions get in the way." The key to accurate readings lies in remaining nonanalytical and unbiased, she said, a feat difficult to accomplish when emotions are involved.

In terms of physical conditions, "I can see the body inside," Bard said, citing a client who was hospitalized after a gall bladder attack, a health concern mentioned during a previous psychic reading. However, "some things I can't see because I'm not meant to see it," she noted, because destiny still plays a part in shaping one's life.

"I don't think there are coincidences," she added. "There's a reason for everything, good and bad."

Bard, whose brother, Ronald, is also a psychic in California, offers readings both in person and over the phone. For the latter, clients must send pictures of themselves and anyone else about whom they wish to learn. Full- and half-hour phone consultations are available, as are in-person sessions. For more information, visit www.justonemelody.com.

Once a client has received a reading, Bard said she does not encourage scheduling another consultation because it may not be necessary. Her advice to clients is: "I gave you a path. Now listen to your own instincts."

In addition to providing psychic readings, Bard also visits homes to rid them of haunting spirits. She recently visited a house in Jericho where she immediately felt an "oppressive" force upon entering the attic, she said. She then returned to "bless" the home, which she believed was haunted by the spirit of a drug-abusing young man who was killed in an accident.

"People who are bad when they're alive are the same way when they die," the psychic said.

Upon completing the blessing successfully, both Bard and the homeowners realized that a dark shadow in the corner of the attic had disappeared, Bard said. "When I hear from people and they say they're doing well, I know that's what it's all about."

Melody meets with L.I.P.R.A

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:05:00 +0000

During a recent paranormal investigation, Melody teams up with the folks from the Long Island Paranormal Research Association. Before heading over to investigate the Jericho House, Melody and founder of LIPRA, Richard Caminiti pose for a picture. The rest of what went on that evening can be found on Richard's site. www.LIPRA.org

Preparing for a Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:53:00 +0000

I have been answering a lot of questions lately on how to prepare for a reading. I generally work with objects or photos of people you are interested in knowing about, past or present. I don’t use props like Tarot cards etc.

I will require a picture of you if the consultation is over the phone. Often Clients want to know about themselves and do not provide photos of people or pets that are close to them and that is fine; however providing photos of friends and loved ones that are close to you gives me more insight. The lives of these other beings affect your path in life and make up who you are and who you will become; like ripples in a pool of water, each one affecting the other.
My Phone Consultations are as affective as my in-person Readings. I will connect with you through your voice and image. You can use Email to send me your photos. At your request photos sent through regular mail will be returned to you with the only original audio cassette recording of the entire session.
Our time is short and the reading goes by very quickly so it is a great idea to have a list of important questions prior to the reading.
Finally I think it is worth mentioning the limitation of alcohol use prior to a reading; this has never really become an issue but it will affect the quality of your reading.

The Blue Island

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:27:00 +0000

For those who are curious about the "Other Side" or who are grieving the loss of a loved one, this book is a great read.

This book has been getting harder to come by as it is not in print anymore. I added a copy of this book, as a pdf file, on the home page of my website.

It may take a few seconds to down load so be patient

Please CLICK HERE to read The Blue Island.

How to use a Pendulum

noreply@blogger.com (Melody Bard) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:30:00 +0000

How to use a Pendulum

Pendulums can be used to access your subconscious mind. The flow of energy goes from your subconscious mind to your extremities and around your body. Tiny muscles in your fingertips are connected to the motor centers of the brain and it is these motor centers that are affected by subconscious thoughts. Your thoughts and words affect the flow of energy and the pendulum responds.

To get started draw two lines in the shape of a cross on a piece of paper. One line will be labeled YES and the other will be labeled NO. Next calibrate your pendulum by asking it a set of a few known questions. Start by asking it is my name _________? Am I sitting down? Is the world flat? Don't try to make the pendulum move, nor try to hold it still. It should just start to swing. The direction it swings in will determine if that line is a YES or a NO. So label it accordingly. When you get the correct answers to the rest of your known questions, your pendulum will be calibrated. Ask what you want to know the answer to. Stop each time before asking it the next question. Now hold your pendulum, if you're right handed, place your right elbow on the table with your forearm and hand extended above the chart. Spread the chain of the pendulum over your right forefinger and hold it in place with your thumb so that the point of the pendulum is suspended an inch over the center of the chart. Pendulums can be used for personal answers and practical questions as well. For instance if you lost your keys. Ask: are my keys in the house? Are my keys at work? Are my keys in my bag? Keep in mind not to ask the pendulum if you love your spouse after he or she might have upset you by forgetting to put the ice cream back in the freezer. You may get a NO. Do not be general with your questions, be as specific as possible. For instance, fire can be both good and bad. Remember to stay away from drugs and alcohol before using this device. It will interrupt with the positive flow of energy. There are many other uses of your pendulum; this is a good starting point.