Introduction The doorbell rang and my wife, Eileen, and I answered it together, giggling back at our living room full of guests like little school kids. Friends of ours had told us about a party they recently went to where a psychic was giving readings to the guests. They said everyone had a blast. I mean, what better innocent fun than a fortuneteller? We were a young couple as were our guests. Eileen and I were both skeptical, but having that assurance from our friends, we contacted the psychic and set a date for our own party. We opened the door and after congenially introducing ourselves, the first thing the psychic said was, "Wow. There''s great energy coming from this home. The two of you have great energy.
" She sneaked her head in, looking at the kitchen and continued, "Oh, wow. You have a female Indian spirit hanging around in your kitchen. She''s been letting you know she''s here, hasn''t she? Oh, I''m Doris." That took Eileen and me by surprise because ever since we moved into that house we''d heard things banging around in the kitchen late at night. We chalked it up to old house sounds. Eileen and I were now intrigued. One at a time, the guests went into the private room, laughing. "I can''t wait to hear what she''s going to say.
" They came out in amazement, stunned, saying, "I can''t believe she just said that." As each person exited the space, surprised and impressed about what Doris said, I was getting more excited because Doris seemed to be the real thing, and I knew she was going to tell me exciting news about my career. Eileen and I were the last two, and she wanted me to go before her. I made some tension-breaking joke before I walked in. I sat on the other side of the card table, facing Doris and smiling from feeling a little awkward about what she might say. She asked for my hands, and I placed them in hers, but as soon as she held them, she immediately let go as if she had just been burned. "Oh my God," she stammered emotionally. "I can''t touch your hands.
The soul of Jesus is around you and touching you. You''re a very special soul." She was speaking quickly, and I was unable to utter a sound. "In seven years you''re going to become a great spiritual teacher, and Jesus is going to help you with the words to say all along the way." She paused. In total shock and amazement, all I could say was, "What? Jesus is what?" "He''s touching your hands right now. I felt him on you. He''s going to help you become a great spiritual teacher, and you''re going to become very well known doing wonderful things for people and the world," she continued with great confidence and a gentle smile.
She looked at me as if she were looking at Jesus and not me. "Wait," I jammed in. "Do you see anything else about what I do now?" I didn''t want to become a spiritual teacher. I mean, I believed in Jesus, though not the way the church did, and was glad he might be hanging around, but that''s not what I wanted to hear. "Well," she tried. "I see you''re very creative and talented. But you''re more than that. You''re also very intuitive and psychic yourself.
You have great powers you will be discovering. You''re a performer of some kind now. I see you''re going to be on TV." Okay, now that''s what I wanted to hear. "Now she''s getting to the important stuff," I thought. "I''m a singer and actor now," I said. "I see you have been on stage and in the movies. But I don''t think you''re going to keep doing that.
You and your wife are very special souls and have been together in many past lifetimes. You will be traveling all around the world doing your work. And if you ever need help or guidance, call me." She ended the reading. On one hand, I felt my heart drop from disappointment hearing about my career. On the other hand, I felt intrigued by what she was saying. I mean, who wouldn''t when you''re told you''re powerful and Jesus is right by your side to help you? This was weird stuff. "So what did she say?" Eileen asked as she was walking into the room for her reading.
"We''ll talk about it when you come out, but apparently our lives will be changing like you can''t believe." Up until that fateful encounter, I thought I was meant to be a professional singer, actor, and dancer. I even landed a contract to be in the movie Grease with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John at age twenty-two. I didn''t do it conventionally though. It went more like this: "Hello, Pat (the choreographer). I know you chose me as the alternate male dancer in case one doesn''t show up in Hollywood, but if I come out there on my own when rehearsal starts, would you get me on the set so I could be there if you need me for anything?" I boldly asked. "Well, I could get you on the set," she said wearily, "but there''s no guarantee I will even need you. I couldn''t pay you anything, you know, and you could be wasting a lot of time waiting around," she argued.
"I don''t care, Pat. It would be worth it to me to be there for you if you did need me. What do you say?" "Okay, come to Hollywood, and I will have your name down at the Paramount Studio gate," she said. "I can''t promise you anything." As providence would have it, when I arrived for rehearsal, the choreographer informed me that Lorenzo Lamas, the Hollywood personality playing the jock, had a prior agreement and could not start rehearsing for three weeks. Since he was a crucial part of the gym scene dance contest, they needed a stand-in for him. And since I was already there, Pat asked if I would be willing to stand in, of course, without pay. I enthusiastically did.
Lorenzo arrived for the remaining rehearsals, so they no longer needed me. Once again, good fortune prevailed when Alan Carr, one of the producers, approached me one day while I was still there and offered me a role in the movie as a reward for my dedication and hard work. That led me to believe performing was my destiny, but six years later and my reading with psychic Doris completely transformed that belief. Profound spiritual and supernatural events occurred directly after that evening, which changed my understanding of life, my attitudes, my persona, my beliefs, and, most of all, my purpose in life. I even discovered newly acquired psychic and mediumship skills to go along with all my other talents. My dreams and the passions shifted to those fueled by a compelling desire to be of help and service to others. Within the next two decades of my life, I became an internationally renowned psychic therapist, medium, and spiritual teacher. I fulfilled Doris''s prophecy.
I have developed advanced psychic and medium skills not only to commune with human souls and spirits but also to communicate with dogs, cats, donkeys, horses, and gorillas, with dead people, and extraterrestrials. For almost four decades now, with these skills I''ve helped thousands of people around the world heal, unlock, and release their passions and purpose, and transform their lives through my inspiring radio and television interviews, dynamic and loving keynote presentations, workshops and classes, and private sessions. I offer my audiences and clients the opportunity for deep emotional healing and radical spiritual awakenings. Everyone who experiences a Vincent Genna event or class goes home enlightened, energized, and empowered--emotionally prepared to unlock and release their passions and purposes and possessing the key to achieving their life goals and fulfilling their dreams. This book is an accumulation of my years of study, research, and work in the fields of metaphysics, psychology, and spirituality, and my sixty-six years of life experience that includes empowering thousands of people from all over the world and different cultural backgrounds through my psychic medium sessions, media interviews, and lectures, and hearing innumerable incredible personal stories from the commonplace to the most severe. I''ve combined the results of my studies and experience along with the knowledge and wisdom of past famous psychiatrists, psychologists, scientists, experts, spiritual leaders, authors, and luminaries to create a simple yet comprehensive understanding about how we stop ourselves from pursuing our passions and purposes, fulfilling our dreams, and creating the lives we desire and deserve unintentionally and intentionally all the time. If you''re not pursuing a rewarding career, if you''re not in loving relationships, if you''re not financially secure, if you''re not healthy and vital, if you aren''t fulfilling your purpose and passion, or don''t even know your purpose or passion, then you''re stopping yourself without even knowing it. There are mechanisms and processes at work in your psyche that your brain has unconsciously created that block and even sabotage your efforts to create a meaningful life.
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