Did you know the word Psychic is Greek in origin and means “of the soul?” We are souls who choose to be born into human body. We are born psychic, and the process of connecting with our own natural gifts brings us a deep sense of remembrance of who we truly are: multi-sensory receptive beings. Developing psychic abilities affords us the opportunity to recognize and decode our soul’s path.
Although we each have psychic gifts and abilities, our individual psychic antennae functions differently from others. Our psychic antennae, or our sixth sense, is responsible for the combination of feelings, information, messages or visions we receive. Knowing how you receive psychic information is 80% of the process to developing. The rest is exploration and experimentation. Work with your top strengths first; the rest will unfold from there.
Here are the top three ways to unleash your own psychic powers.
- Be on a fact-finding mission to discover which of the “clairs” you are. The four main “clairs” are: clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairsentience (clear feeling),claircognizance (clear knowing) or clairaudience (clear hearing). Are you a visual learner? You may find a strong connection to your own inner vision, or clairvoyance. Do you easily pick up the feelings and pain of others? You certainly could be gifted with clairsentience. Do you know things without knowing how? You might be claircognizance. And if you get spontaneous thoughts or insights in the form of ideas or words in your head, you may be clairaudience.
- Trust consistency and routines, not confidence. Confidence is like the fickle friend who occasionally shows up to the party. Working in the realm of the unknown means you must get comfortable taking one leap of faith after another trusting that spirit will have your back, and be there for you. If you are in the process of developing your own psychic gifts, it is in your best interest to create a rhythmic practice that is predictable and consistent. If you are waiting for a lightning bolt moment that confirms you are accurately receiving something, you may be waiting quite awhile longer. That’s just not how it works. Developing your psychic abilities is like rigorous exercise. With time and regularity, observation and validation, your abilities grow stronger and respond more swiftly to your prompts.
- Experiment with different psychic tools, and then narrow down a method that works for you to receive. Psychic tools support our natural abilities by providing something to help us focus the energy and information we are picking up on. If you are visual, practice using tarot or oracle cards. If you are an empathy or feeler, hold objects that belong to someone else and see if you can pick up psychic information. If your gift is hearing messages, get good at being a wordsmith, and practice automatic writing. If your inner knowing is the strongest – practice giving instantaneous answers to questions posed, and don’t second-guess what you are receiving.
A mentor once told me to “give what you get, analyze it later.” This turned out to be the most valuable guidance I have received to date. If I’m constantly analyzing what I’m receiving, it diminishes the purity of the source of that information. Removing your own need to control the process also helps. That’s why we call it a psychic practice, because it requires practice to know how your most natural psychic receiving mechanisms work.
Understanding which clairs you are, developing a consistent and predictable practice, and deciphering which psychic tools are best for you to work with, puts you on the path to becoming the best soul worker (psychic) you can be.
