Psychic Development Topic for class on Tuesday

LadyWillowHawk · Psychic Development Topic for class on Tuesday

This will be the topic of discussion for tomorrow night's Psychic Development Class. So please read and bring along you ideas and thoughts on this subject to share with members.

Overview - developing your natural ability.

Psychic powers?

We all have the natural ability to be psychic but we need to develop it. Some people are born with a more highly-tuned sense of psi, or paranormal phenomena, than others but in theory we all have the capability to be psychic.

How does psi work?

One theory is that it works through movement of energy, maybe energy we already know about. Energy changes its form but never dies. Psychic powers may harness some sort of energy. Maybe all minds are in communication or connected in some way which is why we experience telepathy (mind to mind communication).

Most religions or philosophies deal with our inter-connectedness, and humans seem to need to feel connected to each other and to feel a sense of oneness. Our brain has small electrical currents and these 'brain waves' were investigated to see whether they were powerful enough to carry from one brain to another like radio waves but it is unlikely that they are powerful enough.
Clairvoyance
Clairaudience
Clairsentience
Precognition
Telepathy
Channelling
Psychokinesis
Psychometry

1. Clairvoyance

This is the ability to receive psychic information visually in the form of images. One type of clairvoyance is remote viewing which is the ability to describe a location you have never been to. Clairvoyants can see things that most non-psychically aware people can't. This ability is also known as second sight.

2. Clairaudience

People who are clairaudient hear voices or music or other sounds. Clairaudience means literally to hear clearly.

3. Clairsentience

This is the ability to feel things. This often happens while wandering round old buildings or ancient sites, particularly somewhere where something tragic or violent took place, for instance the scene of a battle may inspire uncomfortable feelings.

4. Precognition

Precognition is the ability to perceive future events. Sometimes people can have a premonition of an accident. People also have precognitive dreams which can be warnings or predictions of future occurrences.

5. Telepathy

This is the ability to transmit and receive information mind to mind. People who are close to each other can sometimes be aware of what is happening to their partner or family member. Twins in particular tend to have this connection.

6. Channelling

This is communication with spirits such as spirit guides, or guardian angels or people who have died. Psychics who communicate with the dead are called mediums. Mediums can also receive messages about people who are alive as well as those who have passed away.

7. Psychokinesis

Also known as telekinesis, this is the power to influence the movement of inanimate objects with the mind. Uri Geller is famous for his psychokinetic powers.

8. Psychometry

This is the ability to perceive information using touch and feel. Holding a personal item can reveal present and future information about them. This information can come in the form of images (clairvoyance), sounds (clairaudience), or feelings (clairsentience).
The first thing to say is that everyone can become psychic. Psychic ability is innate in all of us and those of us who aren't aware of it need to learn to tap into that ability. There are a number of ways of training to become a medium.

The College of Psychic Studies was founded in 1884 in London. They offer lectures and training courses for those interested in developing their psychic abilities, covering healing, spiritual development, counselling etc. It is also possible to have consultations with sensitives, or psychics. It was founded by people interested in psychical research and proving the existence of life after death.

You could find a local psychic in your area who is prepared to help you become a psychic. Joining a psychic group, or visiting your local Spiritualist church can help you find a mentor, or tutor. There are online courses and workshops right here at Seeker's Door. Joining our free chat room is a good way of seeing what sorts of courses are available here and what we recommend. Psychics may be able to give you tips on how to develop your psychic abilities at home. You can purchase self-books on psychic development. These usually cover the different types of psychic abilities, such as clairvoyance and telepathy, and give exercises you can do at home to relearn how to use psi (psychic abilities or psychic phenomena).

To start working as a psychic is very easy. There are no qualifications you have to have, or recognized organization you have to be affiliated to, so when you are ready to start working as a psychic you just need to advertise your services. If training as a medium, you can work through Spiritualist churches. Psychic fairs can be a good place to become known as a psychic. Psychic healers or psychic counsellors can work from home. You just need to put an advert in the local paper or new age shop. Psychic readers give people intuition-based readings using tarot cards, or tea leaves, or advise people with the help of their spirit guides. Another popular method is palm reading. Some psychic readers give readings over the phone for big companies which charge the caller per minute.

We were all born with psychic abilities but most of us 'unlearn' these as we get older. In fact usually by the time we are eight years old we have lost our instinctual and intuitive abilities. This is because we have become conditioned to live in modern society where there is little place for testing and developing this type of ability further, and it is usually put down to having an overactive imagination or living in a fantasy world. Children usually lose their imaginary friends when they are ridiculed or not taken seriously and indications of psychic ability tend to be dismissed.

In modern society emphasis is put on left brain thinking which is the rational, logical side of our brains and education develops this side of the brain and discourages right brain thinking which is our imaginative' creative side of the brain. If interested in developing psychic abilities, we have to develop the right intuitive side of the brain and shut down the analytical left brain. Ideally the two sides of the brain should be working together in harmony.

Meditation can help achieve this and reach the correct mental state for psychic activity. There are usually meditation classes available or one can learn at home with books on meditation. Meditation helps you achieve a very relaxed mental state where our brain cycles (movement of electrical currents through the brain) slow right down. Testing shows that reaching the theta stage, which is 4-7 cycles per minute, is when psychic activity is most likely to occur. We reach theta when we are in deep sleep and that is usually when we dream. When we are awake and fully conscious we are in the beta state which is 13-23 cycles per minute.

Another technique which can help you access the unconscious mind is hypnosis. There are books on self-hypnosis which can help you reach that trance state which can help with psychic activity. Working with dreams can be a good way of reaching your unconscious mind. Write down your dreams, analyse them or get help analysing them and then review them in six months time. What were those dreams trying to tell you? Write down any premonitions if you feel that the dream may have been a warning dream (precognitive dreams). Check them at a later date and see if any of them have come true.

Certain games can help develop psychic abilities. First, using an ordinary deck of playing cards, go through the pack and say whether the next card will be black or red. Repeat this, but give the suit as well next time. Try again, but giving the number of the card as well. Be aware though that generally people are better at the beginning, but get worse as they get bored so don't get disheartened. When the phone rings, try and guess who is on the phone before answering it. Arrange a certain time with a friend to exchange telepathic information - try to arrange who will be the receiver and the sender. One of you looks at a clear image and tries to send it to the other. Afterwards compare notes. This will work better between people who are close already. Your telepathic (mind-to-mind communication) powers should improve the more you practice.

More specialized tools are generally available from new age or occultist shops or items and accessories you have around the house can be adapted for psychic work. Many items such as candles and herbs are widely available from general stores.
One method of divination is scrying. This involves letting your mind go blank, making out images and interpreting them. To do this you could use a crystal ball: just glimpse into the ball and you should make out shapes in the cloudy depths of the ball. Another method is tea-leaf reading. The person drinks a cup of tea made with leaves and leaving a little liquid in the bottom, the readers swirls the leaves around and identifies images. Mirrors or any reflective surface can be used. Highly-polished round metal scrying surfaces are available. Or you can use a bowl filled with water. Either just look at the surface of the water, or put some ink into the water and it should form images on the surface.

Psychic readers give intuition-based readings. To do this some use tarot cards which are laid out and interpreted for the sitter. Some use I Ching, which is a Chinese system using yarrow sticks or coins which are thrown to give hexagrams which are then looked up in the I Ching, or Book of Changes. Another method is using runes, which originated in Scandinavia. These are usually made of wood or stone and have symbols carved on them. The sitter draws some runes which the reader can then interpret. Divination tools, such as tarot cards and I Ching tokens, should be wrapped up in silk and put away carefully when not in use.

Other accessories which may be useful for psychic work are:
· Candles. Different colours can be used for different types of work;
· Herbs. These have medicinal and magickal properties;
· Essential oils. Aromatherapy is very popular these days. Burning essential oils in a burner can help set the right mood for psychic work or putting a few drops in the bath;
· Incense. Burn incense to purify and create the right atmosphere for psychic work;
· Crystals. Crystal healing is very popular. Different coloured stones work with different chakras.
· ESP cards. These are useful for testing psychic ability. Originally Zener cards were used, a pack of 25 cards consisting of five symbols (circle, waves, star, circle, square) appearing five times each. Any symbols can be used though, or different colours, depending on preference.

There are various ways of testing for ESP or psychic ability: testers are usually looking for evidence of:
· Telepathy - mind to mind communication;
· Clairvoyance - perceiving information visually that would usually be outside the range of our senses;
· Remote viewing - seeing events or locations unknown to person being tested;
· Precognition - perceiving future events;
· Telekinesis (also known as psychokinesis) - the ability to influence the movement of inanimate objects.

Online psychic tests

There are tests online to test for psychic ability - usually symbols are randomly generated and the person doing the test has to click on which symbol he or she thinks is going to come up next. This tests precognition chiefly. A score will be kept and compared to the expected results in relation to chance; the more guesses the tester makes, the more accurate the results. Basically any system for randomly generating symbols will work, which in some ways makes computers an ideal tool for the job as they can also work out the average and the statistical chance score. Online psychic tests tend to be free.

ESP tests at home

Usually Zener cards are used for ESP tests. These were developed by Dr Karl Zener and consist of a pack of 25 cards with five symbols appearing five times. The symbols are waves, star, circle, square and cross. You can make these at home by drawing the symbols in heavy black ink on paper, photocopying them onto heavy paper and cutting out equal size cards. Other options would be to have the same symbol but five different colours, or use your own symbols, or have a bag of 25 marbles with five marbles of a particular colour. You would expect the chance rate (the rate you would expect to achieve by chance) to be 1 in 5 using the Zener cards or 25 marbles. You can use these to test for clairvoyance or telepathy.

To test for clairvoyance one person draws a card but doesn't look at it and the subject simultaneously records their guess. The card or marble is replaced. This is so the subject doesn't use logic to work out what the next card is likely to be. To test for telepathy, the person drawing the cards would look at the card and the subject would perceive the symbol through that person's mind.
You could test for telekinesis by throwing a dice, but there is scope for the subject to influence the result as they have to handle the dice. Therefore it is better to use something with which the subject has no direct contact.

The longer the trials are, the more significant the success rate. For instance, the score from running through a pack of Zener cards once could be expected to be higher than the rate of chance. However if the subject succeeds in scoring significantly higher than the rate of chance over twenty runs through the pack, this would seem to indicate ESP at work.

Are You Psychic? How to Evaluate your Own PSI Talents.

It is my belief that everyone has some psychic skill, which they choose to develop, ignore or eliminate to the best of their abilities.
The following is a short ESP potential test that can be quickly evaluated with only "yes" or "no" answers.

Do you sometimes know who is calling before you pick up the telephone?

Are there times during conversations when you know ahead of time what someone else is going to say?

Do you occasionally experience a sense of "deja vu", the feeling that you have previously experienced something, or have already seen something that is happening to you?

Are animals attracted to you, and do you silently communicate well with family pets?

Are your dreams sometimes prophetic, or a help with problem solving?

Do you ever know ahead of time that the phone is going to ring, or that someone is about to enter your office or knock on your door?

Have you ever had a presentiment of an unexpected death or other tragedy before it occurred, or simply had a sense that something was wrong and subsequently discovered that you were correct?

Have you ever seen or heard or touched a ghost?

Have you ever shared thoughts or emotions with a close relative or friend over a long distance without using traditional methods of communication, such as telephone or mail?

Have you ever "heard" someone else's thoughts in your mind?

Do you have periods of heightened sensitivity to noise, lights or crowds?

Do you regularly sense the feelings of other people?

Do you ever manage to see "things" such as lights or illuminations out of the corner of your eye, usually around other people and animals?

Have you ever sensed someone or something around you when you were physically alone?

If you have answered all fourteen of the questions affirmatively, your psychic potential is nearly unlimited. A score of between eight and thirteen 'yes' answers, places you in the high range of definitely having some psychic skills. A score of five, six or seven means your ESP powers are lying just under the surface of your consciousness and can be easily called upon to help you achieve your desires and life goals. All is not lost if you scored four or lower, it just means that you will have to work a bit harder to open your psychic channels and realize your full ESP potential.

The following is an excellent article on psychic developing, that I found while researching.

Psychic Development
Developing Your Talents

Everyone is psychic to one degree or another. Some people are just more"aware" of the unseen energies within and around them than others are. But those "gut feelings", that woman's intuition, all are psychic abilities. This posting describes what being a psychic is, vs. what a channel is. Of all the questions I'm asked, this is the most common topic.

"How can I develop my own psychic skills?"

The sad thing is, when someone is asked why they want to do this, they don't really have an answer. The first suggestion, whether you think you know why or not, is to write down and define why you want to tap into your psychic abilities. Define the "intent". That word is going to become very important during the course of this topic. The intent behind why you generate energy to meditate, to make a connection to your higher conscious, to the divine sources , determines the base of the energy created. Do I have the power? Start to understand right now that power is an illusion. It's an ego trip, or an arrogance that serves no purpose except to hold you back. No one has more or less "power" than anyone else. We are all equal. Everyone has an ability within them to call upon, or talk to spirit. Calling on a spiritual guide or entity does not give you more power either. You are not the source of power, nor will you be the container for it. Energy flows through us all, from one to another and back again to the spiritual realms around us. I can't explain enough how important this is. One of the first things you must learn is how to move your own ego aside and allow the divine forces to work through you and with you. Allowing your own ego to get the best of you, will eventually turn against your abilities and sometimes with your physical body.

Clearing the Psyche'.

Before a psychic can "become", they have to learn how to clear the psyche. This is probably the most misunderstood metaphysical event and yet one of the most important. Without this 'clearing' or releasing many old patterns will: Take energy away from the individual, keeping them from rising their consciousness up into the divine ethers. Set limits on an individual's perspective (making their perspective linear). Again, this will limit a persons psychic abilities. Stop spiritual growth through the 'not knowing' they're working on their own divinity. Without growth, a psychic can not achieve enlightenment. Once more, this will limit the persons abilities. Clearing the psyche' is removing karma, changing negative thought patterns and achieving spiritual lessons that will help you become a better 'pure' psychic. Acknowledgement The first step to clearing the psyche is to Acknowledge the existence of a karmic issue, or negative trait. Find that one thing in your life that really sticks in your craw and examine it. Define it, look into the details of the issue or event. Why does this issue upset or bother you? How does it effect you when it occurs or when you think about it?

Setting a Form

Once you have defined the issue, give it a form. Sit quietly and move your mind into a meditative state. In your mind, imagine a play or story starring this issue. Allow the images to play out in your mind until everything you've defined in acknowledging the issue has been addressed.

Forgiveness

Once you acknowledge the issue and given it form, Forgive. Either Forgive yourself for having those perceptions, or forgive those individuals or issues you think played a part in it, or both. But until you Forgive the issue, you can't release it and that's the next step. Within the meditation, attempt to contact the people, or yourself even, to discuss how the issue made you feel. Why it effected you the way it has. Then forgive the person, or people, or yourself. See yourself saying I'm sorry. See yourself forgiving the others for the part they played. Release the past. You have to be able to release the issue, to 'take the power' out of it so that there's nothing there to hold you back. And this can be done if you have truly forgiven all concerned or related to the issue. In your meditation, imagine yourself opening the door to let the individuals out. Watch the issue as it floats out into the ethers, surrounded by unconditional love and forgiveness.

Reward yourself

Finally once you've achieved the acknowledgement, forgiveness and letting go: Reward yourself. This is almost instant karmic payback. You worked hard to overcome and bring a positive light to a negative situation, so stroke yourself a little. Buy a new suit or CD player, something that will mark the occasion as a triumph. All these situations you have within you, must be cleared before the "pure" psychic and/or channel can emerge. When we step into the Pituitary chakra to work on these "gifts" we're opening up Pandora's box and the lessons we maintain in our Akashic Records. But most of the time we're way to hard on ourselves. We perceive negative energies from situations that with a little understanding and unconditional love, we can learn to accept, release and move on from.

Getting Started

As you work on the issues in your life that hold you back from the enlightened path, you can begin developing your gifts. But understand, the gift will not form to it's full potential while issues exist that can cloud your judgment and hold you back. So, where is the best place to start? That's easy.

Meditation.

Meditation helps the physical conscious mind connect with the higher or divine consciousness we all have inside ourselves. Through practice and dedication, this `bridging' between our physical and divine selves, opens the doors to a new spiritual knowledge that has always existed, but that we may not have been able to `tap' into. People who meditate on a regular basis report feeling the `need' to improve their attitudes or outlook on life. This could be one of the positive results of bridging the conscious and sub-conscious spiritual minds together. All of which is important for maintaining a positive energy flow for psychic development. The more positive the attitude, the easier it is to make a connection to the positive forces around you. There are numerous forms of meditation-Yoga, Ti-Chi, Mantras, Gazing and Freeform are the most common. No one way is better than another. What works for one person may not work for another. So it's best for a person to choose the type of meditation that feels the most comfortable for them. Then practice, practice, practice. There are dozens of books on the market that describe how to meditate. The important part to any meditation though, is learning how set the energy within, how to protect yourself and align your energies with the higher forces on ethereal planes. Get a notebook and keep track of your experiences, your outlook and so on. The first thing you should record in your book is: Page 1, define what spirituality is (from your perspective) and what it means to you. Remember that taping into psychic energies is above all else a spiritual experience. How can you achieve the best connection for you, if you're not real sure what Page 2, define "why" you want to develop your psychic abilities. Page 3, write down the events, feelings etc. of your meditations during the week. Doing these exercises should give you some insight into yourself. A lot of people have 'thought' about their spirituality, but I guarantee, when you start writing it down, you'll write things you never 'thought' about. The "why" will help you identify the blocks that might stand in your way, so be honest with yourself in both these cases. That's the most important part, don't hold back and write what you truly feel. The last exercise, gives you an example of where you are now and makes a record for comparison later.

Finding your special Gift

Hopefully you did part one, because you're going to take what you learned about yourself and use that information to help you find your special talent. So go back to your notebook and re-read your reason for wanting to be a psychic. Look at the sentences you wrote, from a third person point of view. Are there any "hidden" messages in what you put down on paper? Did you say something like: "I want to be able to channel energy in order to help people overcome the blocks in their lives". If you try and look behind the words you might see the message of a "Psychic Healer", or a "Healing Channel". Now if you can't find a message in your writing, turn to your meditations. Try and go within yourself and ask your guides for help. Ask your higher conscious mind to show you or tell you about your gifts, how you can begin developing them and how you can over come any blocks that might stand in your way. Make sure you write down what you experience in that meditation. It may not be clear today, but next week...you might see the same words in a different light and have the answer you seek. Developing your talents. Once you have an idea of what your special gift is, like the student of the piano, you need to begin your lessons at the basics. Start by learning to read the music, where your fingers go on the keyboard, the tempo changes and most importantly ~ practice, practice, practice. If you believe your gift is as a visionary: then I'd suggest you start developing your talent through the use of a tool, such as Tarot, runes, pendulum, Iching, etc. The tool will help you strengthen your talent, develop your ability and most importantly your confidence in yourself. The tool is just that, a tool. It is a mechanism to make a connection to higher divine sources, to help you feel and interpret energies. As you grow and practice, the tools will be needed less and less. Until finally, the tools will almost be your way and can be put aside. If you believe your gift is as a healer: then I'd suggest you find a formal (or several) training classes that have interest to you. There are many "hands on" type healing methods, Reiki, Rolfing, and accupressure are just some examples. These classes help you understand how energy relates to the body, how to use divine energy to manifest healing and most importantly what causes illness within the body and how to help a patient overcome those obstacles. If you have an interest in herbology, sound therapy, aroma therapy, color therapy and so on, the same suggestions apply. Find someone in your area that teaches a class in the subject of interest. Reading books and practicing lessons from a manual is a good way to learn. But the experience of an individual (a teacher) is very difficult to put down on paper. That's why the interaction between teacher and student, or even students with students is so important. That's the real benefit of attending our classes. You can read all the books in the world and gain a lot of knowledge. But it's only through the execution of what you learn and the experiences you go through that creates 'wisdom'. Bottom line, the piano player doesn't become a composer over night. It takes classes, training, work, practice and teacher willing to answer questions and show examples. It takes effort and a willingness to listen. It also takes years! Years of practice and understanding each experience as it happens. But, be ready for some hard karmic lessons if this is the path you wish to take. The Great Spirit Divine WILL mold you into a divine messenger through lessons of unconditional love, humility, greed and ego. They are not the only lessons, and they are not the easy ones to transgress through. But they are necessary for an individual who wishes to be a spiritual psychic. Be careful what you ask for, you will get it!

Blessings,
Willow
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