Om Nama Shivaya

When I got to work, I sat at the front desk, because all the other therapists were either 1) busy or 2) napping. A young man with a turban came in. I was busy with 2 other people, trying to get them in to see their therapists, when "GG" asks the man in the turban, "Are you here for a massage?" He says in a Siek accent, "I am a fortune teller trying to help the poor people," or something. She said, "You're a fortune teller?" He said, "Do you believe in me?" She said, "I believe," and she grabbed his hand and took him to her massage room to talk with him.

After the 2 clients were taken care of, I went ahead and went to GG's room to see what was going on. They were facing each other and she had her palm out and her tongue out. The man was reading her tongue, palm, forehead, etc. He wrote something on paper and told her to hold it. She held it. He asked again, "Do you believe? Tell me if you believe." 

She said, "I believe." He asked her to think of a color. She picked purple. He wrote it down on paper. He said to think of another color. She said red. He wrote it down on the same sheet. He said to pick another color. She said blue. He wrote it down under red. 

Then he said, "Cross off the one you don't like." She scratched out red. He said, "Cross off another one." She crossed off purple. That left blue. He circled blue. 

Then he said, "Pick of a number between 1 and 5." 

She said, "3". He wrote 3 down. And he circled 3 on the paper. 

He said, "Open the paper I gave you." She opened it. It was the number 3 and the color blue. She was FREAKED OUT. 

I was like, "Dang, that's good." He went into telling her about people in her life, by their initials, because I was standing there. 

He said, "I could tell you their name, but I know you will know who I am talking about if I just say their initial." And she was just awestruck at the things he had to say. At the end, he asked for a prayer and for a donation. She gave him what she could and then gave him a massage. She got his number and drove him home.

Now for me. I'm a skeptic. I believe in psychics and telekinesis, but I don't believe it till I see it. He knew I was not a believer. He turned to me and said, "Do you believe in me?" 

I said, "I don't know you enough to believe in you." 

He said, "Your spirit is good. Your heart is open." He scribbled on paper and folded it into 4 pieces and gave it to me. I put it in my pocket without looking at it. 

He said, "Tell me the name of a flower." 

I said, "Lavendar." He wrote it on paper. 

He said, "Another flower." 

I said, "Rose." He wrote it on paper. 

He said, "Tell me a number between 6 and 10." 

I said, "6." 

He said, "Tell me a number between 6 and 10 again." 

I said, "8." 

He said, "What number is between 6 and 8?" I said, "7." 

He said, "You say 7," and he wrote it down on paper and circled it. He put his hand into a bag, and pulled out a red clay bead. He handed it to me. He wrote on another paper, "Om Namah Shivaya," and handed it to me. He said, "Say this every morning 5 times." 

I said, "What's it mean and how do you pronounce it?" 

He said, "Ohm Nah Maw Shivv I yah. It is the name of God." 

I said, the words. 

He said, "Open your paper." I reached into my pocket, opened it up, and it said, "7, Rose." 

I was like, "Oh man, that's awesome." 

He never touched me. I did this from standing 3 feet away from him. He couldn't have transfered the paper into my pocket, for my pocket had a button on it, and it was down near my knee (a deep pocket). 

He said, "I come to you with pure heart. I'm a yoga man. My hair is long like yours. I am 20 years old. Do you want to help the poor children?" 

I said, "I have nothing but $20 to give to you, because my family comes first. I have bills to pay." 

He said, "I understand. You remember me. I don't give you my name. You remember I am the yoga man. I see your heart is good. I see you have good spirit. You see spirits. You will have success by October 2002. Say the words every morning."

I have not said the words this morning. I'm not skeptical of him. I believe in his forseeing, but I'm just not religious.