Psychic & Spiritual Growth
The terms "psychic" and "spiritual" are sometimes used as though they had the
same meaning. Actually they are quite different and represent two vital parts
of the growth path. The psychic energies are those energies which provide us
with survival tools in the material world. The psychic force is the product of
the interaction and interdependence of the physical body, the emotions and the
intellect. The spiritual (or intuitive) energies are those energies which
provide us the growth tools to become a greater and more perfect version of
who we are in our essence. The spiritual force is the product of the interaction
and interdependence of the life body, the feelings and the mentality.
Physical Body & Life Body
The physical body is the material counterpart of the life body. The physical
body acts as a vehicle in which we may remain in the material world. It is a
temporary housing for the manifestation of our personal energy which is referred
to as the personality. The life body is the spiritual counterpart of the physical
body. The life body acts as a vehicle in which our spiritual essence can remain
in contact with the material world. The life body acts something like a
combination of a transformer and an interpreter which allows spiritual
consciousness to manifest in the material world, while allowing the growth
experiences of color="CC66CC" the material world to be recorded in the spiritual realm.
Emotions & Feelings
The emotions are part of the psychic force which is intimately intertwined with
the physical body. The purpose of the emotions is to provide energy (emotive
force) to our intellect in the form of reactions and instincts that help us
survive in the physical world. Our instinct for survival is a product of the
emotions. The feelings are the spiritual counterpart of the emotions. They are
a part of the spiritual (intuitive) force and are intimately intertwined with
the life body. The purpose of the feelings is to provide the energy that moves
us toward growth. Our conscience is a product of the feelings.
Intellect & Mentality
The intellect is part of the psychic force and is directly associated with the
physical body and the physical world. The purpose of the intellect is to direct
and channel the psychic force through acts of decision and intention. Our
abilities to choose options and come to conclusions is based in the intellect.
The mentality (or mental faculty) is the spiritual counterpart of the intellect
and is directly associated with the life body and the spiritual world. The
function of the mentality is to focus and direct the force of consciousness of
the feelings towards the proper channels which will bring about our spiritual
evolution. That which we call inspiration, or sudden insight is the mentality
at work.
In Other Words
Our physical body allows us to exist in the material world while our life body
allows us to be connected to the spiritual world.
Our emotions provide the force to motivate us and to help us survive in the
physical world while the feelings provide the force to move us towards personal
growth.
Our intellect allows us to direct and focus our emotions while the mentality
provides us with the template of our perfected spiritual existence.
Where we put our attention determines how our personal energy is going to be
used. If we put our attention on the physical and material world, our personal
energy will be used to increase our interaction with the physical and material
world. If we put our attention on the spiritual world, our personal energy will
be used to increase our interaction with the spiritual world.
Psychic Power?
Psychism is not a power.
It is the ability to sense and interpret energy. Just because you can 'see' the
train coming does not mean you can stop the train. Hopefully, however, you can
get off the tracks.
Psychism is natural.
That does not mean that it is easily understood. Many begin their psychic
exploration through games but it is not a toy. The warnings which come to us
through the ages should be well heeded. If you just want to become more
accepting of the intuitions you receive from time to time, that would be like
a walk in the park. This excursion into nature is usually without the need for
extreme caution. Digging deeper into the psychic energies through your own will
is like going hiking in the mountains. This is also natural, but there are
things which you will need for your journey and to ignore them is to travel at
much greater risk.
It is wise to be cautious.
One reason for this is because 'if you don't know what it is, then it could be
anything.' This can lead to very strong reactions to what you sense or feel and
the actions you take because of those reactions can, at times, undermine you in
all areas of your life. Also, how you interpret the 'shadows' within your
sensing is strongly based in your personally rooted belief system. If you are
caught within the net of good vs evil, then every darkness will be interpreted
as a demon trying to catch you in their web. If you are attracted to drama, then
your interpretations will be dramatic. What in truth is just sensing a problem
with a car rapidly becomes interpreted as a high speed car crash with injuries.
All that being said, psychism is a natural part of personal growth and
inner development. It is also a wonderful way to explore yourself. Come see us
on Undernet and learn more about the psychic experience.
Telepathy
Telepathy is the ability to read thoughts, usually surface thoughts. Telepathy
is fairly common to some degree. The most common type is between close family or
friends and manifests as answering questions before they are asked, knowing when
a family member is thinking of you, or thinking about them and they call.
Slightly less common is the ability to read the surface thoughts of strangers.
Even less common is being able to read the deep or subconscious thoughts of
people, friends, family or anyone else. It is not, however, completely unknown.
If you have the disconcerting habit of knowing everything about a person when
you meet them, you are at least a highly gifted telepath. In crowds this may
manifest as "white noise" or constant buzzing in the ears (brain), accompanied
by a feeling of pressure on the brain. This is due to the constant noise of
all of the thoughts of others that one is unable to block. Many highly gifted
telepaths are unable to live in highly populated areas, and an apartment complex
is a nightmare. They are also prone to intense headaches. This gift may or may
not be related to proximity. For strangers, it is usual that the person must
be close by (though not always the case). Family seems to be instantly
accessible, due to the non-local nature of the gift, speed of light laws do
not apply. Strong thought, as in a disaster or violent attack, may be picked
up without prior knowledge of the person at all, if they are in the vicinity
or there are enough people concentrating on mentally screaming at the top of
their lungs. This gift also manifests more strongly if one really desires
something (a strong focus of will or emotion). To block out the noise,
shielding must be practiced constantly, and the person should put up permanent
shields around their home.
To develop this gift, one should focus on an individual and relax, allowing
whatever impressions one is receiving to come through. Write them down. This
is best developed with close friends or family. Telepathy can manifest in three
ways. A sending telepath can not "hear" the thoughts of others, but instead
broadcasts his/her own thoughts to anyone even remotely sensitive. A sending
telepath can influence others, without being aware of it, by strongly desiring
something. A danger is that one who is a sending telepath, without any of the
other gifts, has a tendency to be self-centered and demanding, and petulant
when they don't get their way.
A receiving telepath can "hear" but can't send, others don't pick up their
thoughts. This person might believe the voices, thoughts, or impressions of
ideas to be internally generated, and might doubt his/her sanity. As is often
the case, the thoughts are incongruous, and seem to come from nowhere, but the
individual can not distinguish the internal thought from the external. Most
common is one who can both send and receive, and the response is usually enough
to convince the person that s/he is not crazy, though the gift might be hidden
out of a fear of being unusual, especially if the person's church mistakenly
equates the gifts with possession. The "voices" or impressions gathered by the
telepath are relaying accurate, verifiable information based on the consensual
hallucination we call reality. Ask. The information is usually pretty mundane,
and the telepath, upon thinking about it, can learn to tell that the thought
did not originate in his/her own brain (for example: "I need to remember the ice
cream" when the individual is allergic to ice cream and is talking to someone
on his way to the store.) If one is hearing voices counseling them to murder
or warning that the toaster is influencing our thoughts by controlling the
television, then some mental health care is definitely in order.
Empathy
Empathy is similar to Telepathy but revolves around emotions instead of
thoughts. Empathic ability can also manifest in sending, receiving, or both.
A sending empath may not have much sense of what others feel, because the can
usually change an unpleasant response into a more favorable one. The receiving
empath is in danger of being swamped by the feelings of others, and may not
know whether the feeling is internally or externally generated. To be an empath
is to be able to sense what others are feeling, and influence what others are
feeling is the most common manifestation. This may or may not occur along with
telepathy. If one is an empath, feelings and emotional atmosphere play a strong
part in every aspect of one's life. Crowds are almost unbearable. The individual
may feel angry/depressed/elated/in love/enraged in a matter of a few moments as
the gift ranges out and picks up whatever is there. A feeling of being on a
roller coaster, and of smothering in a sea of feelings may accompany this. On
the other hand, the person seems to gravitate to the individual in the room
who needs help dealing with an emotional problem. An empath makes an excellent
counselor and is usually the one to whom friends bring their problems because
"s/he really understands." Dianna Troi on Star Trek NG is an empath, and they
have done their homework. A trained empath responds like Counselor Troi
(Fiction? Another example of science fiction masking science fact.) Again,
this gift may or may not be related to proximity, and often family members and
close friends may be "sensed" no matter how distant they are.
Psychometry
Psychometry is the ability to pick up images, histories, and impressions from
objects and places, by holding an abject, like a sweater or a ring, one Sees or
senses information about the owner or most frequent user of the object. This
Gift is usually combined with one or more of the "Clair" Gifts. Occurs in
varying degrees in 15-20% of the population, 5% strongly. Police psychics are
usually psychometrists.
Clairvoyance ( clear seeing )
The person can See visions of things occurring in the present both on this
plane and on the etheric. Combined with other Gifts, the person may experience
foggy or clear "movies" of things that have happened in the past or will happen
in the future. This can often occur in dreams. This Gift occurs in 10-15% of
the population and is usually associated with a trance or trance like state.
To control trance, vigorous movements, splashing cold water on face or drinking
it, or some type of physical activity is recommended. It is NOT good to trance
while driving or operating machinery. This Gift, if one has it in full measure,
can be disconcerting and there is very little, other than the above, that one
can do to control it.
Clairaudience (clear hearing)
The person with this gift can "hear" conversations or information being
transmitted vocally on this plane and on the etheric. With other Gifts, one may
hear things from the past or the future.
Clairsentience (clear sensing)
The person knows and feels things about places--a room, house, building, field,
etc. Usually senses "what happened". The stronger the gift, the more sensitive
one is to the environment.
Precognition
The ability to sense, see, and /or hear things that may happen in the future.
Usually combined with one of the other Gifts. Sometimes manifests in dreams
that come true, visions, flashes, hunches, or just "knowing". Occurs in some
degree in about 50% of the population, 10% strongly.
Retrocogniton
The ability to see, sense, and/or hear things that happened in the past.
Same description as above. Also increases the likelihood of "seeing" past lives
and connections with others.
Telekinesis
The ability to move object with the mind. Once thought rare, this gift usually
manifests in adolescents going through puberty and is responsible for about
95% of the poltergeist phenomena. This Gift can also manifest disguised as
"the Klutz", someone who, usually when emotionally stimulated, objects
around them fall over, break, etc. (they walk by the table but do not touch it,
yet something spills). Between 1-5% of the population can manipulate solid
objects after this time, 5-15% can manipulate energy (electro-magnetic) sources.
Someone so gifted needs to learn emotional control, since the gift tends to
manifest in the presence of strong emotions - guilt, anger, fear, etc.
Concentration improves conscious control.
PyroKinesis
This is the "Firestarter", the ability to light and/or control fire or heat
with the mind. This is luckily the most rare of all of the gifts (1-5% of
population). This also tends to manifest with strong emotion. The firestarter
may often not be conscious of their gift, but will have a history of fires
happening around them (The kitchen when they were a child, a house down the
street, etc.) Do not confuse this with pyromania! The Gifted person needs to
learn to direct heat into the earth, as holding it in can cause damage.
Concentration and emotional balance are essential.
Medium (channeling)
The ability to see, hear, and communicate with non-corporeal entities. Includes
Spirit (Astral) beings, non-local entities, discorporated humans, and other
manifestations. Usually combined with other gifts. Once rare, this gift seems
to be appearing in more of the general population, having increased from about
5% to 30% within the last ten years. UFO contactees tend to manifest this Gift
after contact. Because a Medium is extremely sensitive and susceptible to
outside influences, it is vital that s/he be shielded at all times.
Catalyst Telepath
The ability, conscious or unconscious, to "wake up" or unblock the Gifts in
others. Also the ability to tell who is gifted and who is headblind, though
this may not be conscious. Gifted people of all varieties tend to recognize
each other and usually feel uncomfortable around the headblind. This gift
occurs in 5-8% of the population. CT's are very Sensitive and tend to have
other Gifts in full measure, making them nervous and shy or forcing the
development of natural shields.
Transformers
The ability to work directly with the energies and the Earth's magnetic forces
and change them. Very rare once, this Gift also seems to be increasing. These
people (5-10%) are very aware of the energy of places in the land and can tap
directly into it, sometimes altering a negatively charged current to a
positive one. |