Went to see John in Akron tonight

[John151]

I drove to John's seminar in Akron, OH tonight with my mom and my girlfriend, and it was worth every second of the trip. Even though none of us get a reading from him, it was just a pleasure being there to witness everything in person. I was very surprised at the joy I personally felt for the people that did get readings from John...that was enough for me. Anyone else here go?

[John151]

by the way, it was my first ever experience at an event like this and whatever skepticism I may have had at one time is gone forever. John says things that are WAY too specific and details that are too personal too be just throwing out the bait until someone bites. I loved it.

[scrambled6]

Originally posted by John151
......Even though none of us get a reading from him, it was just a pleasure being there to witness everything in person.

Hi John! Welcome. Experiencing it first hand is worth every minute. Going to a seminar to witness JE, the process, and his work in action is pretty powerful.

Thanks for letting us know about Akron, and glad that you and yours had a nice time :)

Again, welcome aboard.
Cyndy

[sweets]

What a great opportunity for you John, and I can imagine how great it was even though U weren't read. I get excited for the people just by watching it on tv, so being at a seminar or the gallery I think would be totally awesome....:cool:

Thanx for sharing, and soooo glad U had a great time!!...:)

[PsyQuestor]

Welcome to the board John :)

I'm glad you had a good time and were able to get the bigger message going out that night. Every validation that comes through at a seminar is for each and every person in attendance :)

Slice of birthday cake anyone? ;)

Tammy
Go Blue!

[Jude]

Hello, John :wave: Welcome to the board!

Glad to hear that you were able to attend the Akron seminar and that you enjoyed it so much.

[JBannister]

Welcome John,
It also took my seeing JE at a seminar to dissolve any last
skepticism I felt. Isn't it an awesome experience? Also, that you could leave without a reading and feel joy for those who were read says a lot about you.
Glad to have you here!
Julie

[Phigalilly]

Welcome John:wave:
We'd love to hear more about your experience at the seminar if you want to share. No need to worry about going on too much around here.:)

[John151]

The most amazing thing about the whole thing that erased any skepticism I may have had (which was very little to begin with), was the fact that John would single out one person from a crowd of 2000 people and give them something to validate, and no matter how many other people would jump up to say "that's me that's me" he would tell them flat out "no, it isn't you" and still continue to pound at that one person until they could figure out what it was that John was getting at. It was just amazing, everything was specific, there wasn't one thing throughout the whole seminar that could have been just a general validation for anyone, everything was so specific and personal to each person. To me, it is just impossible that someone could know so many personal things about a someone's family history if they were just pulling your leg. If someone could possibly know that much about everything, and not have a special gift, then why not work for the CIA, they seem to not know too much these days. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, the gift John has is unexplainable and I don't even want anyone to explain it. Just from being there last night, I could feel how much joy was in the room from the messages that were coming through for people, and that's a feeling I have never had at any large event. I didn't even have to have a connection to feel the happiness. Even after driving 4 hours there and waiting out in the cold and the rain just to get into the arena, and not getting a reading, it was still worth every minute and drop of rain, just to be there to witness everything in person. I will definately try to get tickets again to another seminar, well, if I don't win the lottery first, which seems like better odds than getting tickets again, haha.

[greta]

Hi John:wave:
I enjoyed reading your post. I am going to see JE in Philly next week and am at the same point that you were. I want to believe with all my heart, I DO believe to a huge degree, but I just want to see it for myself so that any morsel of skepticism can be removed forever. I guess I should clarify that I KNOW there's an afterlife and the bit of skepticism comes in with whether or not John is as tuned into it as I hope and pray he is. I love to watch Crossing Over but I fear the editing process a bit, so to see him do his thing live without cameras, edits and retakes... well, I think that should do it for me. I hope.

Anyway, thanks for posting your experience and welcome to the board! I hope for a similar experience next week.

greta

[Kathymich517]

I too was in Akron last night and agree with John151 one hundred percent! It was a totally awesome experience! It was my second seminar with John and I find myself still overwhelmed by the experience. Even driving the 3 1/2 hours and standing 5 hours in the cold rain, I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.

[soulseeker47]

I attended the seminar Friday also. It was very interesting and exciting to see him for the first time. He is charismatic, yet ordinary, a very engaging man :rainbow:

Greta, To see him without the retakes and editing is an experience. The fact that you are only one of the 3,615 people (so I was told) in attendance also gave me a different slant on the whole process. It is a personal thing. Enjoy yourself in Philly :P

[JAC2001]

I already posted to another thread, but then I saw this one. I was one of the fortunate few who got a reading last night. My husband came through to John. One of the many things he had to relate to me (my husband was the one who was "milking it") was that the child I had miscarried was a son and that they were together.
I'm new here and a newly bonafied John Edward fan. I wish I could thank him for the gift he shared with me last night. A gift that I was able to share with my our 8 year old daughter when I got home today!

Take care all, Julie

[lesnat65]

To John and everyone!
I was also in Akron and took a friend of mine who is a total skeptic (not cynic). Very educated, and very skeptical. I too was a person that has read all of the articles on JE, good and bad and was fully expecting this seminar to enforce my skepticism. As much as I wanted to "believe" I had much doubt. Well...I guess I should sum up our experience by saying that my friend and I spent the majority of the time looking at eachother with our mouths hanging open in disbelief!!! It was THE most incredible thing I have ever had the privelage to witness! As we sat in the line to get out of the parking ramp....hello!!!...you all know what I'm talking about....my friend looked at me and said..."I'm trying so hard to blow holes all through this...but I just can't!!"
It still took me the entire night and this morning to fully process the events and I finally just smiled to myself and quietly acknowledged that "I believe"! Finally..peace of mind!

Why do we expend so much energy in trying to dispute our greatest gifts!?!? We are never truly alone and there IS life after life! That in itself is a gift!

I will go again in a hearbeat! Thanks for the opportunity to share!

Leslie :jumper: It was sooo worth it!!!!

PS: Anyone else sit at the Whistle Stop Tavern while the crazy ol' guy tried to scape up a few extra bucks in the ramp?

[lesnat65]

To all of you who have not yet gone to a seminar....

Please know that when JE says it does't matter where you sit...believe him! We walked in toward the end and thought we had messed up.....NOT! I'm sooo glad we didn't stand in the rain or wait in line for hours....you just don't need too! Unless you want to, don't think for a minute that it will increase your chances of a reading! In the Akron seminar a good majority of the readings where wayyyy out there in the crowd.

I've only been to this one seminar, but that was my observation! If someone is coming through, they'll find YOU, don't worry! And...you'll be amazed at how "Okay" it is to NOT be 'read'. Just the validation of the whole process is enough to send you home feeling fullfilled and at peace!

Good luck to you, and as always let us know how it goes!

[Pam]

We have another new member who posted here on this other Akron thread (http://www.johnedwardtalk.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5540&highlight=Akron+seminar+yesterday) who was read ...and needs some help from other Akron attendees who were paying attention!

Maybe someone can help her out, I hope! :)

[Pam]

John, I enjoyed reading your posts. It reminded me of my first JE seminar, in November of 2000.

I walked out of that room with a "buzz" in my solar plexus that did not leave me for days. I was awash with energy - positive, loving energy, and total awe, not only at John's ability, but at the energy of the other people in that room. Just the whole scene.

Thanks for joining us, and thanks for your post :)

[Jude]

Julie, congratulations on your reading!! Can't wait to hear more about it!

:thumbsup:

[Jude]

Leslie, thanks so much for sharing your experience at the Akron seminar!

I'm happy that both you and your friend have found peace and comfort in the message.

:angel3:

[XMATTHEWS]

I attended a JE seminar in Houston last June. It was the most amazing thing I had ever been to. Just to share two things.

While we were standing in line, there was a couple a little ahead of us that kept letting people cut in line. After about four people had cut, the man directly in front of us came unglued. He told me that if one more person came in and cut that he was going to say something to them. (There 2,500 people in line and we were about 300). Sure enough, another person cut in. The man told them that it wasn't fair ... that he had been standing in line for three hours and that their friends should get in the back of the line. He said they shouldn't get a better seat when they had just gotten there. The couple explained that they had their friend's tickets and that was the reason they were in line with them. They also said "besides, it doesn't matter where you sit, if someone is going to get read, they are going to get read". This did not appease the man, he found security and told them. Security would not get involved in it.

Whenever the doors were opened, everyone walked towards the door as fast as they could to get a good seat. When we got to the tables outside the door, there was the couple and their friends standing in line for "will call" tickets. That is the reason they had to be together, in order to claim all of the tickets ... not to get a better seat.

Well guess who got a reading?? The couple with all the friends.

What this incident shows me (if I had any doubts), was that there were no "set-ups" in the audience. JE would be stupid to put plants in line, making people mad, in order to get "his people" in the auditorium.

When John finally got on stage, he said that he had so many people coming through to him in the taxi cab ride there that he was going to skip the Question and Answers and the Meditation and do three hours of readings.

He first said that he was very confused, because in the cab ride he had been shown a giant American Flag. He was sure that when he came in the auditorium that there would be a huge flag on the wall, and there was not. Someone yelled that Six Flags was across the street. "No", John said, "That wasn't it". He said he had seen one flag and that it was huge. He then started to give out messages ... a girl was coming through that had some sort of transplant ... he saw the movie Steel Magnolias, so there was perhaps a beauty shop ... finally a woman in the back raised her hand and said that made sense to her. He told her to stand up. I thought John was going to faint. Her "entire" blouse was the American flag, including the stripes down the arms.

That was just the beginning of a phenomal afternoon. I can't wait for John to come back to Texas.

Thanks for letting me ramble on.

Xina







:jumper:

[PsyQuestor]

Xina Welcome to the group! Feel free to ramble on and on and on :D We love seminar stories!

Tammy

[John151]

By the way, did anyone else at the Akron seminar Friday night think that the picture the woman said looked like JE didn't look a thing like him?



My mom and I had a good laugh at that one.:jumper:

[marcia]

Thanks everyone for sharing their experience in Akron! I really wanted to go, but just couldn't, and this was the next best thing to being there. In particular, hearing about the moment when someone "gets it" and all the puzzle pieces fall into place for them is just so heart warming. It takes me back many years ago to seeing JE in a room holding about 250 people and walking out scratching my head and re-evaluating my belief system. It was truly a new beginning and I'm so excited for those of you who just had the same thing happen to you! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!
Marcia

[Kathymich517]

I had to stretch my imagination ans squint my eyes to see any resemblence to JE in the picture. I think he handled it gracfully but was not impressed.

[amfie]

To John, Greta and Julie! Welcome!!!

I was also at the Akron seminar with my Mom and two of her friends. This was my fourth seminar but their first. They were just amazed and even though I've seen him in "action" before I think this seminar was the most "on" I've seen! Besides trying to find the person involved, once there no one had "psychic amnesia" and the event flew by. At one seminar I remember getting frustrated because the person wouldn't validate anything until after a 1/2 hour they finally said "yes" to things he'd said 20 minutes earlier. Friday night was incredible!

Julie, I am so happy for you! I think I remember your reading. And if you don't mind, are you the one who had remarried? If so I remember thinking that you had such a "glow" about you that you looked positively radiant!

This seminar was taped ..... it was the first one I had attended that had been video taped and they had big screens up on the walls that showed what was going on. That was a big plus!

Anyone else spend an hour in the parking garage afterwards? LOL I think there must have been one guy who parked for work and hadn't paid, and so even though we all paid going in, they stopped every car on the way out! And we were on the top floor! Talk about a traffic jam!

Welcome again John, Julie and Greta!!! Glad you're here!

Amfie

[amfie]

Originally posted by Kathymich517
I had to stretch my imagination ans squint my eyes to see any resemblence to JE in the picture. I think he handled it gracfully but was not impressed.

Nope! My mom and I looked at each other and laughed. You're right though he handled it gracefully!

How about the reading for the two sisters? The one with the pregnancy no one would own up to? That one girl was a hoot and so straight faced!

John said there was a pregnancy and neither girl would admit to it. The one girl looked at her sister and said "I sure hope its you!" John kept pressing the point and at one time said .... "Isn't it funny how you do a reading and they validate everything and then you say 'pregnant' and no one will own up!" Everyone laughed. Then the one girl, after he said it again, said something like "honey, it'd have to be the Immaculate Conception!" and the whole place just roared ...... then she said, and totally straightfaced, "unless you're not doing anything later tonight!" John doubled over laughing and said something like "It takes a lot for someone to make me shut up but that did it!"

The whole night was amazing! John was funny, warm and caring and even though there were some very sad and heartwrenching readings, you came away with such energy and love that it made up for everything .... even the cold and rain!

[Kathymich517]

"How about the reading for the two sisters? The one with the pregnancy no one would own up to? That one girl was a hoot and so straight faced!"

The sisters were great! John's reaction was one of shock and humor. Maybe even a little blushing??

I was shocked how he tied the co-worker together with the woman, Dolly, who crossed over. I thought that was amazing.

Sorry...I don't know how to use the "quote" button yet...:rolleyes:

[JAC2001]

Yes, I was the one who was recently remarried. My husband was laughing and called him "Pops" because my new husband is older than me (9 years).
I was radiant??? I figured I just looked like a blubbering fool, but thanks.
For those of you that have never been read... I had been praying that entire week that I'd connect with my husband. As John said in the beginning, he wasn't a "spiritual" person in life. That has worried me ever since his passing. This validation was such a relief, a precious gift like no other. When John is trying to find you, you think "that COULD be me, but it can't be". And when he finds you and says "it's you", it's like you've been hit by lightning!
Even as the reading begins you still can't believe it but he is so accurate and sure of himself... I wish I could explain it better for you all. My friend and I cried for the next 20 minutes and people around me were all smiling and congratulating me.
I'm glad I found this board, and a new group of friends...

Julie

[amfie]

Originally posted by Kathymich517

Sorry...I don't know how to use the "quote" button yet...:rolleyes:

Which ever post you want to 'quote' just go to that post, and in the right hand buttom corner you will see the quote button, hit that and it will take you to the page where you type.

Then if it is only a small portion you want to quote, you can delete whatever is before or after.....make sure to leave the things in [ ] before and after such as '' and '' and that will put it in bold. :)

That reading with Dolly is the one which floored my mom. Because neither person could see each other and they were in different sections. She was amazed that John could find each person out of the crowd of 1000's!

[amfie]

Julie,

Yup radiant! You were crying and laughing at the same time! It was wonderful! And when John mentioned the "milking" the disability .... you got this look like "shoot! busted!" and glanced around to make sure no one knew you! It was great and you beamed from ear to ear!

I am so happy that you received the messages you were meant to hear. Truly you received a precious gift! Congratulations!

Amfie

[Kathymich517]

Thanks, Amfie, for the quoting instructions...:rolleyes:
I guess I am still riding the John "high" and didn't even see the button.

[Kathymich517]

I would love to hear others reactions to John's remarks about the question asked regarding his work being "of the devil". I thought he handled the subject exceptionally well. Anyone else??:devil:

[clareb]

I've really enjoyed reading all your great posts about the
Akron seminar:)
The whole thing sounded brilliant and wonderful for all those who
got read...
Hope there are more stories to come,



Clare

:)

[Phigalilly]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences in Akron. I'm with Clare....I hope there are more stories too!:D
Sandra:)

[John151]

Originally posted by Kathymich517
I would love to hear others reactions to John's remarks about the question asked regarding his work being "of the devil". I thought he handled the subject exceptionally well. Anyone else??:devil:


Yeah I thought John really shut that little geek up with some good points. He said something to the effect: "How can messages of love, peace, and encouragement be the work of the devil?" There wasn't much more you could add after that.



Oh yeah, I loved the last reading where John was 100% positive that someone in the 1st row knew someone that had lost a whole family in one event, and it took 20 minutes and John going through 6 other people for some woman in the 1st row to connect that with someone she knew losing a whole family in a house fire. Ummm.....HELLO?

haha.rofl

[Misslilfish]

I also went the seminar in Akron. I stood in the rain for 1 1/2 hours and it was worth it. Seeing John in person was wonderful. He has an energy about him unlike anything I have ever seen. I did not get a reading but felt the ones that did needed to hear it more than I did. John is right, we do not need him to communicate with our loved ones, but watching him was a thrill. I felt like his energy came right into my soul. This is 2 days later and I think I am still glowing from his energy. Anyone ever gets the chance to see .............go. I will go again if he comes close.

[nana]

I too was at the Akron seminar with my daughter. It was our second one and we really liked the big screens and that they played excerpts from the show. That helped to pass the time and really put the audience in a great mind set. Julie, your reading was so wonderful...it was so neat that your late husband was giving you the "green light" for your new marriage and so funny that he was "busting your chops" about him being older and calling him "Pops"! John you are so right about how John was so specific as to whom he was and wasn't with. Like the people he was looking for who was sitting on something of the deceased person. I was amazed by how many people WERE sitting on something! I had my items in my purse...maybe next time I should sit on them! I loved the reading he gave that family and how their dad was teasing them from the other side about being kicked out of school and how he let his son know that if he didn't follow in his footsteps and become a policeman like him, it would be ok and he had to follow his heart. John is just like he is on the show...warm, caring, funny, and persistent...a real joy to be a part of one of his seminars.

Liz:jumper:

[greta]

You guys are making me very excited for Philly on Saturday!:D

[auntimicki]

Hi. 4 of us canadians sitting in the 5th row front & center. We were the ones in the black tshirts with the red maple leaf on it wavng the canada flags for a questions. We had a canada gifts for his son and a picture of a angel cloud we wanted valadated ( I think everyone would have appreciated ou picture any one there on Fri ho seen it gasped oh my god! then the picture that was showed we didn't see a resemblence of John.Our picture was 3 months to the day we buried my uncle and mom was outside talking to him in the sky and looked up there was a angel (cloud) in the sky I came & took a picture then there was a breeze & it was gone.Before he died mom asked him to send a sign, we think that was it, we were hping to get it to John.I guess we just have to wait, Everyone has asked Did you get a reading, no what a waste. We said no way, it was awesome & the people who got readings needed it more than us. My uncle would have pushed those people to John and sat back smiling watchin because the neededit and we had seen his angel. We were so touched that it was like our own anyway.We also met some great people, and we will go again. I waited from 11:30 am in th rain and would even wait that long in the snow he was incredible. Any canadians reading we need to get John here to Canada so lets get busy sending letters to him and tell him we too love him and want him in our town, Toronto would even work for me. Sorry to ramble when we got home on Sat night we had a bday party for my cousin everyone wanted to hear about it finally at 3am the John Edward discussion ended. I'm stilltalking about it, Micki

[anteq]

Thanks to everyone who posted their fascinating stories about Akron. I wanted so bad to attend but decided (or maybe someone else decided) that it just wasn't the right time because nothing fell into place to make it possible. Hopefully he'll come closer to Huntington, WV and I'll make it--maybe Columbus or Cincinnati. Keep up the good work--love reading everyones experiences! Wish I had been there! I was one of those who kept thinking I'd never get a reading with all those attending--guess that isn't so :rolleyes: Keep it up everyone!
:cat:

[Misslilfish]

One thing to remember about these seminars is it doesn't matter if you get read or not. You still come away with a good and positive feeling. If anyone who hasn't attended one gets a chance, you must do it. I would also like to see him come to Columbus or Cinncinatti.

[maddyo1]

hello John151 just thought you would like to know I was read the night you were there I was so Happpy Maddy01

[anteq]

Hi Maddy,
Don't keep me in limbo---let's hear it all--:D

Anteq

[Misslilfish]

Yes maddyo1 we want to hear it. I was there and the lady right in front of me got read. It was a good seminar.

[maddyo1]

Misslilfish where were you sitting. We were in the middle section 2nd row. My testimony is on board.

[Misslilfish]

Maddy, I was way to left, 4th row, right behind the woman that had the last reading that lost 11 people in one year. Were you the next to the last reading? I will check out your reading then. I do think it was a great seminar.

[maddyo1]

yes I think we were the next to the last reading. After we were read I do not remember much. I do remember the family that lost 11 members was before ours. I read that the seminar was taped I think someone confused the monitor camera as taping do you know for sure Maddy

[Traci]

What lucky people you all are to be able to attend and get readings! I'm glad you shared! Thank you.

[auntimicki]

I have to say John was all around us in Akron . We were 2 rows behind you and I person over to your right I was exactly front center. And was aniety kicking in ..The man with the beige shirt was right behind me 1 seat to the right, when John said threw her exactly where I was and the the women in the red my heart..I had a big canadian maple leaf on my black T shirt. All my people thought it was me at first. The girl beside my mom thought your hubbys was for her for a while too. I think you just get so excited and anxious. Or afraid its not you and you don't want to look stupid. Anyway, we loved it and can't wait till he comes to Canada all our family & friends want to go now. Congradulations, Micki

[maddyo1]

Hello Micki

I just read your thread. I have to talk to someone who was in Akron that night. Just so I can believe I did not dream the whole thing. I keep going over every word John said to my husband and I and he was so correct in everything he said that I just feel It was a dream. I am telling you that when he said that he saw a coin collection I felt like I was lifted out of my seat. I could barely comprehend anything else he said. Know one could ever know what a validation those words were. Two people took notes for me and I cherish those notes and appreciate the two women that took them. I wish it were taped or that I responded more when john would say do you understand but I just froze because I knew they were there. It is so beautiful. Let me know if you remember anything. thanks

Maddy