Mind power

By Danielle Galvin
BERWICK’S Greg Riley reckons he’s been seeing dead people since he was young.
The Pakenham-born psychic is one of the mediums on Channel 7’s The One, a show which promises to suspend belief and let audiences witness the “unthinkable”.
Greg says he’s been aware of his paranormal experiences since his late teens, when he started to question his Catholic background.
He had a strong sense that there was “more to life”.
“It was a highly stressful time when I was managing a team at 24. I looked into metaphysics, meditations and balancing life. I realised the paranormal experiences I had as a child were unusual,” he said.
Since then, he’s been working part-time as a psychic.
But he’s not precious about his craft.
“Being a sceptic is a good thing, we need them. Believing everything that someone tells you leads you nowhere,” he said.
Connecting to the spirit world is something the trained medium has mastered, but he believes that everyone can expand their awareness.
“Everyone can do it. We are all souls living in a body. It is an innate part of all of us,” he said.
“It’s like playing a piano. Some people, like Mozart, are born with a gift. They learn how to play the chords and practice to get better. Just because some people are born with it, that shouldn’t stop others from playing.”
It might be hard to believe, but he says he’s mastered the art of “turning off” the spirit world.
“You have to – when you’re not working as a psychic, you don’t want to walk down the street and see dead people. You have to turn off that ability, like when I’m playing footy I don’t want to see dead people on the field.”
Over the coming months, he’s hoping to tour with the other psychics from the show.