Pursuing Psychic Development
DO's:
1) DO ALLOW. The doors to the psychic open inward. The minute you tense, the minute you push, the minute you try to "make" something happen, you shut those doors. Only by relaxing and allowing do you permit those doors to swing open - inward!
2) DO BE PATIENT. In the United States, we are conditioned to expecting "instant" gratification. We have instant paint, instant soup, instant oatmeal, instant credit, instant "on," instant perfection. We must unlearn all this, for development of our psychic abilities is evolutionary in nature. Does a tree grow "instantly?" Does a child walk "instantly?" Does a bridge or a road get built overnight? All things happen at the right time - when you are ready! Being patient is perhaps the toughest task for the student, for we all want to succeed so badly RIGHT NOW! There is no success or failure here - only learning.
3) DO PRACTICE. This is the key to "success." The more you practice, the more you will hone your skills and increase your knowledge. Even a natural athlete MUST practice and practice and practice to become a champion. Keep to a set schedule, for discipline is just as important in developing psychic ability as in any other endeavor. Meditation is always helpful too.
Set aside some time to practice. Calm the mind, play gentle, soothing music and try to relax. Allow your thoughts to wander. Sometimes it helps to picture a summer scene, a field or meadow with the sun shining. Remember, it is impossible to completely clear the mind, so picture this field and if a picture pops into your head, even briefly, try to work out what it was. Can you relate it to something or somebody? Do you get a feeling of a forthcoming event? Please remember you are NOT trying to contact anyone, that is mediumship.
Practice can be a dreaded word that brings back thoughts of piano lessons and times tables, but it is just as important in the world of the psychic. It's all about getting used to information coming to you from a different source. The more you practice, the easier it becomes. So what can you do? Try pausing before you do something. For example, when the phone rings, pause a few seconds before answering. Can you tell who it is? Try it when someone knocks at your front door. Try it at work. Can you tell when someone is happy, sad or preoccupied?
Your mind will have become used to receiving information with your usual senses, and it will take time for it to accept this transition. You may be attracted to Tarot cards, and these will help develop your psychic awareness. Also consider psychometry, for it will give you something physical to concentrate on.
You could ask close friends or relatives to let you hold an object belonging to them, such as a lighter, ring or keys. Calm your mind and while exploring the object with your hands, try to let a picture come into your mind. It may be very brief at first, but mention it to the object's owner anyway to see if he or she can relate to it. When you do this as a beginner, the pictures you see are often very trivial. For example, it could be something they were going to buy, a favorite color or that they missed a bus and were annoyed about it. Try to find someone who can be patient and understanding, and take your time. It's no use trying to force the information to come through. Above all, accept the fact that you are going to be wrong from time to time. The human mind has a habit of filling in the blanks when psychic intuition is not forthcoming. Also, perhaps a little confusingly, some of the information that may come through can have no bearing at the time, but come to light a few days later.
DON'Ts:
1) DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. There will be times, especially at first, when you will seem unable to do anything. At that time, you must remember that your so-called "failures" are every bit as important as your "successes." How else will you learn what is psychic and what is your "imagination?" If you get nothing, it is probably that you are trying too hard. Back off and shift your focus temporarily. Think hard on the word "ALLOW." Let the psychic work for you, instead of against you.
2) DON'T MAKE IT OVERLY COMPLEX. Psychic is SIMPLE! It is because it is so simple that we have such great difficulty with it. The "Truth" IS simple, but this can be very threatening because we feel inadequate to deal with it. Therefore, we maintain that it is too complicated to understand properly, and promptly seek out an "authority" on whom to shift our responsibility. We seek "answers" in all the places where the answers are not, and avoid seeking them in the place where they are. ALL ANSWERS LIE WITHIN US. It is our "gnosis," our knowing. We also tend to focus on the "mechanics" or techniques of psychic development rather than the purpose. There is no single "right" technique. The right one is the one that is comfortable and works FOR YOU. EVERYTHING is simple! Learn that, and you will have learned the secret of Creation - and Life!
3) DON'T PANIC. There will be times when nothing comes and you will think, "Oh my God, I've bombed!" The psychic is not something you can turn on and off like a light switch. There will be times when nothing comes. You may be tired or sick or upset. That's okay. Just acknowledge it and withdraw for a while. Rely on your self-honesty. No matter how many readings you give, there will always be that nagging question, "What if I'm wrong?" You may well be, but as long as you gave the information exactly as it came through, exactly as you perceived it, then you did your best. That's all anyone can ask for. Don't fake it, for that is self-destructive. There's never enough proof - you must learn to trust yourself. If you do not, how can you trust or be trusted?
Caution: I maintain that NO psychic is 100 percent accurate all the time. If you believe such a claim, then you are a good prospect to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to. We're darned good if we are even 60 percent accurate - and I think that's rare. If you don't believe this, then check the accuracy rate of the predictions made by allegedly "top psychics" over the years.
What will developing your psychic talents do for you? That's really up to you. You are the only limit. In addition to the possibility of making your life much more peaceful, joyful and rewarding, you can also learn to really ACCEPT yourself. Then you will find that you can accept others as they are WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS. (This avoids a lot of severe disappointments.) You may find yourself actually liking yourself and, beyond that, even LOVING yourself AT THE BEING LEVEL (as opposed to the intellectual level).
If you have not learned to love yourself first, how can you possibly love another, or accept love in return? Universal brotherhood starts with you. You can change the world, but only by changing yourself first. You must begin to LIVE that which you are: a beautiful, loving soul .. IT ALL BEGINS WITH YOU - no one else. Developing your psychic ability (which each and every one of us already possess) can improve your life beyond your wildest dreams. The potential is there. The choice is yours.
GO FOR IT!
1) DO ALLOW. The doors to the psychic open inward. The minute you tense, the minute you push, the minute you try to "make" something happen, you shut those doors. Only by relaxing and allowing do you permit those doors to swing open - inward!
2) DO BE PATIENT. In the United States, we are conditioned to expecting "instant" gratification. We have instant paint, instant soup, instant oatmeal, instant credit, instant "on," instant perfection. We must unlearn all this, for development of our psychic abilities is evolutionary in nature. Does a tree grow "instantly?" Does a child walk "instantly?" Does a bridge or a road get built overnight? All things happen at the right time - when you are ready! Being patient is perhaps the toughest task for the student, for we all want to succeed so badly RIGHT NOW! There is no success or failure here - only learning.
3) DO PRACTICE. This is the key to "success." The more you practice, the more you will hone your skills and increase your knowledge. Even a natural athlete MUST practice and practice and practice to become a champion. Keep to a set schedule, for discipline is just as important in developing psychic ability as in any other endeavor. Meditation is always helpful too.
Set aside some time to practice. Calm the mind, play gentle, soothing music and try to relax. Allow your thoughts to wander. Sometimes it helps to picture a summer scene, a field or meadow with the sun shining. Remember, it is impossible to completely clear the mind, so picture this field and if a picture pops into your head, even briefly, try to work out what it was. Can you relate it to something or somebody? Do you get a feeling of a forthcoming event? Please remember you are NOT trying to contact anyone, that is mediumship.
Practice can be a dreaded word that brings back thoughts of piano lessons and times tables, but it is just as important in the world of the psychic. It's all about getting used to information coming to you from a different source. The more you practice, the easier it becomes. So what can you do? Try pausing before you do something. For example, when the phone rings, pause a few seconds before answering. Can you tell who it is? Try it when someone knocks at your front door. Try it at work. Can you tell when someone is happy, sad or preoccupied?
Your mind will have become used to receiving information with your usual senses, and it will take time for it to accept this transition. You may be attracted to Tarot cards, and these will help develop your psychic awareness. Also consider psychometry, for it will give you something physical to concentrate on.
You could ask close friends or relatives to let you hold an object belonging to them, such as a lighter, ring or keys. Calm your mind and while exploring the object with your hands, try to let a picture come into your mind. It may be very brief at first, but mention it to the object's owner anyway to see if he or she can relate to it. When you do this as a beginner, the pictures you see are often very trivial. For example, it could be something they were going to buy, a favorite color or that they missed a bus and were annoyed about it. Try to find someone who can be patient and understanding, and take your time. It's no use trying to force the information to come through. Above all, accept the fact that you are going to be wrong from time to time. The human mind has a habit of filling in the blanks when psychic intuition is not forthcoming. Also, perhaps a little confusingly, some of the information that may come through can have no bearing at the time, but come to light a few days later.
DON'Ts:
1) DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. There will be times, especially at first, when you will seem unable to do anything. At that time, you must remember that your so-called "failures" are every bit as important as your "successes." How else will you learn what is psychic and what is your "imagination?" If you get nothing, it is probably that you are trying too hard. Back off and shift your focus temporarily. Think hard on the word "ALLOW." Let the psychic work for you, instead of against you.
2) DON'T MAKE IT OVERLY COMPLEX. Psychic is SIMPLE! It is because it is so simple that we have such great difficulty with it. The "Truth" IS simple, but this can be very threatening because we feel inadequate to deal with it. Therefore, we maintain that it is too complicated to understand properly, and promptly seek out an "authority" on whom to shift our responsibility. We seek "answers" in all the places where the answers are not, and avoid seeking them in the place where they are. ALL ANSWERS LIE WITHIN US. It is our "gnosis," our knowing. We also tend to focus on the "mechanics" or techniques of psychic development rather than the purpose. There is no single "right" technique. The right one is the one that is comfortable and works FOR YOU. EVERYTHING is simple! Learn that, and you will have learned the secret of Creation - and Life!
3) DON'T PANIC. There will be times when nothing comes and you will think, "Oh my God, I've bombed!" The psychic is not something you can turn on and off like a light switch. There will be times when nothing comes. You may be tired or sick or upset. That's okay. Just acknowledge it and withdraw for a while. Rely on your self-honesty. No matter how many readings you give, there will always be that nagging question, "What if I'm wrong?" You may well be, but as long as you gave the information exactly as it came through, exactly as you perceived it, then you did your best. That's all anyone can ask for. Don't fake it, for that is self-destructive. There's never enough proof - you must learn to trust yourself. If you do not, how can you trust or be trusted?
Caution: I maintain that NO psychic is 100 percent accurate all the time. If you believe such a claim, then you are a good prospect to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to. We're darned good if we are even 60 percent accurate - and I think that's rare. If you don't believe this, then check the accuracy rate of the predictions made by allegedly "top psychics" over the years.
What will developing your psychic talents do for you? That's really up to you. You are the only limit. In addition to the possibility of making your life much more peaceful, joyful and rewarding, you can also learn to really ACCEPT yourself. Then you will find that you can accept others as they are WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS. (This avoids a lot of severe disappointments.) You may find yourself actually liking yourself and, beyond that, even LOVING yourself AT THE BEING LEVEL (as opposed to the intellectual level).
If you have not learned to love yourself first, how can you possibly love another, or accept love in return? Universal brotherhood starts with you. You can change the world, but only by changing yourself first. You must begin to LIVE that which you are: a beautiful, loving soul .. IT ALL BEGINS WITH YOU - no one else. Developing your psychic ability (which each and every one of us already possess) can improve your life beyond your wildest dreams. The potential is there. The choice is yours.
GO FOR IT!
The Do's and Don't's