A glimpse into the future

February - I saw I psychic!!

It took me over a month to make an appointment with this guy. My close friend Andrea had highly recommended him so I was confident in my decision to go but also nervous as to what I would hear. I walked into this beautiful elevator building in the West Village and buzzed up to the office. After taking the elevator up and ringing the doorbell my heart started racing - what had I gotten myself into??

I entered into a beautiful apartment with a huge waiting room (wrap around couches and a huge TV playing Entertainment Tonight). To my relief, there were 4 other people (all young professionals) waiting to see Ray. We got to talking and realized that we'd all been recommended there by friends. Suddenly I wasn't nervous anymore - if all of these people's friends had had good experiences, then so would I. One by one, they went upstairs (his office is a duplex and a very beautifully decorated one at that). And one by one they came down satisfied with their experience. Eventually, I was left alone with Carlos (the man with whom I'd made the appointment) as the last person waiting ascended the stairs into his office. His assistant, a fabulously flamboyant gay Latino regaled me with stories of his teenage love affairs as I waited downstairs.

After an hour and a half wait (he was running late), it was my turn to go upstairs to his office.

I'm open to the idea that some people can see into other people and give advice and thoughts about their future but this guy knew my entire life's story after a two second look into my eyes. Ray sat behind a large wooden desk, wearing office casual attire and a smile. When I told him my name (which he did not know as I had not provided it in my phone call therefore no research could be done about me), it was as if he knew me already. His method is looking into people's eyes: "Your eyes are the windows to your soul." I pulled out my laptop to show him pictures of select people in my life and he looked at the eyes of the people I showed him, and talked about them. He told me things about myself that I had not told a soul. He predicted events that would happen in my future. He told me about my past (right down to the names and professions of people I had relationships/friendships/interactions with). He gave me insight into my career, my love life, my friendships, my family, and my relationship with myself. It was overall a beautiful experience and one that I would recommend to any friend.

The advice that had particular resonance with me was: "Keep your mouth shut about your personal life - very few understand you and very few will give you good advice." This is why the nitty gritty details of my visit will stay private. But I will tell you this: he told me to come back in 4 years - by then I will be ready for a new reading and a new outlook into my future and myself. In 4 years, I will be back with new pictures, new people in my life, and a new reading from Ray.