I've learned to be a skeptic. Not much of one by nature, but from some hard knocks and walking my own path, I've learned. But I have no wish to be a 'hard' skeptic, you know, the kind that doubts everything that cannot be scientifically proven. Oh, I believe in science alright. But also think that science cannot answer some things, and that not all 'science' is good science.
Long story short, my path has brought me these last years to an opinion, or belief if you will, that there is more to this life than just what we see. There is no meaning to life if there isn't a purpose. Birth, precreation, work&fun, death is
not the purpose. I think that the purpose of life is to learn. Earlier, my view was a religious one; not anymore. Then came a long period of blankness, not knowing. The last years, I know there's something. I've seen it. Not often, and no, I'm not a seer. But I'm open, and have seen several things. Unmistakeable. Or I'm certifiably less than sane....
Derek Olgilvie -In 2003, several things happened that got my attention. But since then, I know there is a life after this one. My view is that it is another dimension, perhaps parallel to this one, and only a few can cross this dimension with any regularity and clarity, to communicate from this side. For some time, the TV show "Char" was on here. While Char did have something, I was never at ease with her, nor convinced she was real. And my feelings of her were not good. A little talent, and a lot of fake and commercial promotion. And $$ of course.
Char has faded from the scene; no longer sustainable.
Enter Derek Olgilvie. (If you don't know of him, he's a Scot, and gay to boot. Wonderful person. Google him, including the skeptics.)
Totally different, yet a similar theme: Communicating with the dead, or with non verbal babies as well in his case.
Another (mostly) fake?
After watching his TV programs for over a year, I think not. But TV is TV; edited for commercial purposes etc. My wife and I decided to take a look at a live show here in Amsterdam, in a series of quickly sold out 'performances'. These shows were not meant to be taped for TV; at least, the one we saw wasn't.
Derek came across live exactly as he does on TV. Being there live does give a better and more total impression, however. And all of the 930 seats in the theatre were filled.
My opinion? Mixed, but much more positive than not. Skeptic yet, but there is no question Derek is highly gifted, and proves this repeatedly. There is no other explanation to much of what he
tells about people, some of which they have forgotten. He does not choose the people; he tells the audience what the spirit to whom he is listening is telling him. And the members of the audience have to decide whether it's them or not, based on detailed and precise information. The info is precise enough to insure the right person, and Derek is insistant that everything he is saying is true in their case, if they are the one. He insists on this vigorously.
And yes, there were a couple of times where what he told was perhaps off base, or perhaps the audience member was not in a state to recall/respond immediately. Remember, he is a Scot with a Scottish dialect, and these are Dutch people. And I, whose mother-tongue is American English had some difficulty. In one case, a member was just in front of us stood up and again sat down repeatedly, but was very hesitant, and wasn't recognized. His fear was that he was hard of hearing and would blow it, we heard afterwards. I can understand his fear.
It happens.
But....a strong voice within me also says that someone with his gifts cannot always use them, at least effectively, on call and under showtime conditions. That does not seem logical to me. So Derek is under a lot of 'pressure', I feel, to perform. Doesn't (always) work that way, to my way of thinking. But, the show must go on.... And Derek is a very spontaneous performer. It is not a rehearsed type of thing.
His show was impressive, and he remained his unique self. I would give the show a 75% believability rating. Under the demanding circumstances, this is very good.
Once the show was over, however, came another revelation; one I've not seen mentioned anywhere else. He did autograph his books, as many do. More $$ of course. But not the end of the story. The $$ didn't seem to interest him, either. But perhaps the admiration did, and rightly so....
My wife wanted to buy his autobiography, which I also wanted. But buying it was a helter-skelter, unorganized, time consuming and confusing thing. Once finally done, then the wait to have it autographed. And wait. And wait.
And here is where Derek gave strong evidence he's not fake, in it for the fast $$.
He not only spoke with everyone (most of whom bought one of his books), he took the time to pose with them for photos. And talked with them, sometimes for minutes. Took a long time to get your book autographed. But when it was my wife's turn, something remarkable happened.
On the inside cover, to avoid mistakes/misunderstandings, you had to write your name on a stickie note. Good idea. Now, my wife's name is Joke, which comes over totally wrong in English. So she wrote it as Yoka, something English speaking can pronounce correctly. Derek picked up on this and remarked about it, whereupon my wife told him. But he did know the name Joke, and how to pronounce it. Whereupon I, standing behind him, told my wife, "See, I told you so." He asked her, "Is that your partner?" and turned to me. We locked eyes, and there was immediate 'contact'. We understood each other. Same wavelength..... He then asked if we wanted to take a photo, whereupon we told him that we left our camera home, thinking that photos (especially in the performance) were not allowed. He laughed and called over to a professional photographer, "Hey, Sue, come here". And the result was 4 photos, 3 of which are here.
Am I a believer, skeptic that I am? Yes, but with reservations for the pressure of performing for the shows. Derek is a very special, exceedingly bright, sensitive and energetic man with whom my wife and I felt an immediate bond. And we don't do that very quickly, our experience filters work well.
He felt like an old, deep friend whom we had known for a long time; really, a kindred spirit. And he was totally open, outgoing and responsive to all questions, including his tiredness after the 2 shows today. When we got home, we were also both very tired.
One very open, talented, and brave person. And real, in my opinion.
And there is something more to life than is visible in this dimension.
P.S. We have the photos, as you see here, sent on Sunday within hours after our email requesting them. There was no charge for them. Again, remarkable.
