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Life experience, intuition,
spiritual teachers
© 2017 by Joyce Mason
In my last post, Psychic
Impressions, I talked about my own intuitive and psychic experiences. I
believe everyone has access to these capabilities. It’s a matter of learning
how to tap into them.
For now you may not resonate
to “resonating” and “feeling things” outside the normal range of your five
senses. But if you’re psych curious—even if you consider yourself clueless
for the time being—I’ve got a lot of ideas to help you build your intuitive
muscles. But first, let’s take a trip down Terminology Lane and cover some of
the basic vocabulary of the 6th sense.
Terms of En-seer-ment
The following link to psychiclibrary.com will be a valuable dictionary of terms as we discuss various heightened senses on PsychKicks. Consider bookmarking it and returning often.
I feel strongly about one
point that’s not necessarily a universal view. We live in a body. Psychic
phenomena are enhanced senses, why they are often lumped together in the term 6th
sense. They are not beyond the five senses but rather intensified senses that
feel like they’re in a class of their own because they’re not your everyday
experience of the Big Five. It’s like seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and
touching--off the charts. As long as you don't have a major sensory loss, you can probably enhance your intuitive powers. And sometimes sensory loss doesn't even tinge capabilities. Many true seers have been blind. It seems the lack of outer sight can heighten inner sight in many cases.
Do I Even Want to Know?
Now that we know what we’re
talking about and have a link to some words that enable the conversation to
stay grounded, here's an important question. Do you really want enhanced
perception? Take it from me. It’s a blessing/curse. Let’s talk about some pros
and cons. There are probably many others, but here are the key ones from my own
experience.
Pro
- Heightened sensitivities create empathy. You’ll be able to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. This leads to greater intimacy in relationships—and great gift-giving skills, when it comes to both tangible and intangible giving. This is especially true when acute listening is one of your superpowers. People will tell you what they want but not always in a direct way. Yet a sensitive notices a glassy-eyed look when your BFF spots a certain handbag or when your relatives’ passions are woven into most conversations.
- You’ll have a feeling when something’s coming, even when you don’t know the particulars. You’ll sense when “this could be the start of something big” or when there's a big change in the offing. You’ll know when to avoid people or things that are bad news.
- You’ll have enhanced attraction abilities to find the perfect greeting card, dress, new home, relationship—and synchronicities will abound. Syncs are often hilarious and reaffirm the connectedness of everything and everyone.
- Sometimes you’ll feel like a raw nerve. The world can be overstimulating to someone with hypersensitivity. It’s great when we’re talking pleasure, but sometimes pain, especially emotional pain, can be overwhelming. Feelings can be so intense; overwhelm can turn into vapor lock.
- Speaking of overwhelm, it’s
probably the biggest drawback. A sensitive must learn to take adequate alone
time to meditate, recharge and simply rest. Your typical day is many more times
intense than that of someone whose senses are toward the middle of the Bell
curve. Not just overwhelming, being psychic or intuitive can be exhausting.
Only you can decide if you
want to go there. Some of us cross the bridge to sensitivity very early in
life. In my case, there was never a choice but to roll with it. It’s just who I
am. For others it’s optional. Do what feels right.
Who’s a Natural? Who’s Not?
The single most important
aspect of developing intuitive skills is ample alone time. I was raised as an
only child until I was six. I was also the oldest kid in the neighborhood. A
five-year-old tires of a three-year-old quickly. The two years that separate
them are like centuries. I had to learn how to entertain myself. The wide open
spaces of our budding suburb and the great kid shows on early TV gave me a
fertile environment to activate my imagination. In fact it ran wild. I’m
surprised I didn’t have an imaginary friend.
While you can’t redo your
family structure or how you spent your time as a child, you can embrace the
necessary inner time as an adult—any time. Things like meditation, spending
time in nature, yoga and t’ai chi are all practices that heighten sensitivity.
They slow us down from the din and swirling energies of modern, urban living. That
way we can hear more subtle signals and our own inner voice which is connected
to All That Is. If you’re lucky to live in the country, this may already come
natural to you.
Speaking of naturals,
intuition is the realm of introverts—only 25% of the population. [1] One reason
why psychic and intuitive gifts may seem rare is that 75% of people are
extroverts. This doesn’t mean an extrovert can’t develop these skills, but it
does mean that their wiring is less conducive to slowing down and letting in subtler stimuli. Extroverts are too busy with people and other kinds of experiences
and action. They can often balance their lives by developing a rich inner
life as well as their outer one they already love. However, they may be more
difficult to convince that the charms of slowing down are worth a major
reorientation to become an innie/outie switch hitter.
While extroverts can often
snag a quick psychic impression on the fly, it’s the Tortoises that win the
psychic info race over the Hares. They slow down and take their time ingesting
stimuli, and their slower pace allows them to process it and figure out its
meaning for them.
Thinkers who are at least as
much visionary as they are concrete, if not more, are also the most receptive
to intuitive information (right-brain dominant). They regularly live outside
the little boxes of perception, so they don’t toss things “out of left field”
as aberrations. They tend to think they are valuable. Besides,very concrete
thinkers often dismiss anything that they can’t hear, see, taste, touch, or smell
outright. Their vision of what’s possible conforms to consensus reality.
Visionaries are “reality” busters. They stretch possibility.
How to Open to Intuition and Extra Sensory Experiences
Other than ample alone time
and some of the practices already mentioned, the fastest path to raising your
PQ—Psychic Quotient—is by following your dreams. Why? Because writing down or
tape recording your night movies brings your subconscious to consciousness.
Your psyche, connected to everything in the Invisible, is where subtle
information comes from. When you have an ongoing dialogue with your Inner and
learn your own personal dream symbols, you are on your way to living in the
world of hunches, inklings and a sense of what’s next.
I’ve written much about
dreams on this blog and offer these links as a Dreamwork 101 course:
- Dreams Waking and Sleeping—A Primer
- Dream Journals
- Astrology and Dreams
- Dream Circles
- Dream Prescribes Healing Stone for Big Skyworks
Here’s to the best level of
intuitive openness for you. Whatever you dream of! If you try any of these
ideas and you find your psychic senses sharpening, I’d love to hear your
experiences in the Comments.
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Resources
“Intuition 101: Developing Your
Clairsenses” by Rebecca Rosen http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Developing-Your-5-Clair-Senses-Rebecca-Rosen/2
[1] The Introvert Advantage: How Quiet People Can Thrive in an Extrovert World
by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.
by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.Astrology and Intuition
Outerplanetary People Ebook
People with the outer planets prominent are prone to heightened intuition and psychic skills.
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