Stranded Verses

Saturday, November 29, 2008

// 11:33 AM

Psychic Excercises
Developing your inner-talents

Hey ya'll

First and foremost, I will apologize to all of you for my recent lack of updates - although, I don't suppose there's anything to actually apologize for - and secondly, I will extend a personal and fervent apology to Victor for the slowness at which my fourth installment in the Tarot Card Art series ; Death is coming up.

To Victor: Sorry man, but inspiration has been a-lackin' these past few days.

At any rate, since this will most likely be my first, and last post in quite awhile, I was thinking if we shouldn't explore an interesting and exciting area. Now, I'm not sure what most of you think about psychic powers, or even if any of you hold any stock with such notions, but I'm pretty sure ya'll will know by now it goes without saying that I hold them in quite high-regard...or at least with healthy interest and skepticism.

Identifying Psychic Potential

At any rate, I believe that most of us...if not all of us...have at least some small semblance of what people have come to label as "psychic powers". But that aside, how do you identify that you have got some form of extrasensory perception or other?

1. Buzzing Noises and Feeling
You hear a buzzing noise or have a buzzing sort of feeling before the phone rings, or the radio turns on and, if you were thinking about a person at that moment or a particular song, you will usually find that it is that person who has just called or that song being played on the radio.

2. Emotional Intrusion and Empathy
You find that you can "read" people's emotions even though they are not portraying them. Some might say this is related to reading a person's "body language" but it is actually quite different. The difference simply being in that you could look at a person sitting down, doing seemingly nothing, but you are somehow able to fathom their thoughts. This also includes being confused and overwhelmed by random emotions that are not yours, especially when present in emotionally hyper crowds.

3. Hunches and Intuition
Something or someone comes to your mind and your have a thought about them which eventually turns out to be correct.

4. Deja-Vu
I believe this one goes without saying. Basically when you exprience something that you felt you have experienced, or at least seen before somewhere in the past.

5. Prophetic Dreams
You have a very vivid dream about something that pertains to, or is an exact replication of something that happened later in the future.

6. Spiritual Sensitivity
You are able to see or perceive spiritual beings - that are beings living on a different plane of existence - or various other spiritual stimulus. This includes soul-reading, that is diciphering what is percieved to be soul-messages, aura-imaging and the ever-famous "I see dead people"

7. Trace Detection
This happens basically when you touch, or pick up a physical non-living object, such as a pen, or a dress and sense remote but distinct emotions and events that have taken place in the past.

8. Nature Sensitivity
This is when you enter a forest, or touch a plant, and are able to sense "emotions" or form a psychic bond with the earth on a very deep and intimate level. This, when you enter a perfectly normal forest and somehow have an "uneasy" feeling of hostility or a "calm" feeling of being welcomed. Also, to varying extents, this includes Animal Telepathy, which can simply be defined as the ability to mentally communicate with but not influence or common various kinds of animals.

Now these are just a few of the more "common" forms of psychic manifestations that most people go through in life. Indeed, at first they may only manifest themselves at the most random of times, however, one will find that with practice and attunement, one can better harness their psychic potential.

Developing Your Psychic Abilities

Although psychic abilities can manifest themselves in such a myriad of ways, they are usually inter-linked somehow or other. For example, Nature Sensitivity can very much be associated with emotional intrusion which could both potentially fall under the banner of empathy, and deja-vu and prophetic dreams which fall under the area of precognition.

It is important to understand and realise which area of influence your psychic ability has manifested itself into because the method of development can greatly differ from one ability to the other. Although I can quite safely say that there are no fixed or properly recommended methods that work universally for everyone, the main idea of the excercises remain, for the better part, the same and that is; mental relaxation.

I find that perhaps, the most common mistake people make when trying to identify and develop their psychic potential, is by focusing. The problem with focusing is that if you have not yet discovered where or what your psychic ability stems from, one could very well be focusing on the wrong things therefore blocking off what early-weak manifestation of psychic ability one might have altogether.

All psychic excercises can and should begin with a short session of meditation. Now, I am not going to repeat myself again so if you haven't read it, do browse through my post on the Chakras and Meditation. At any rate, meditation is a good way of relaxing the mind and clearing out unnessescary thoughts. Remember, think of your psychic manifestations as very light beads floating through very think channel in your brain. The more heavier everyday thoughts you have flowing through the channel, the harder it becomes for your psychic manifestations to get through.

One method of developing your psychic ability would be to do it with a friend. It can take the form of a guessing game, or even the typical psychic-cue-card where each of you take it in turns to guess what shape the other person is holding up. Remember, however, to keep the session short and sweet and try to stop things before they become to "competetive" as I'm sure they are bound to become.

Of course, one can also do this by himself, which may or may not be easier, depending on the person.

The other thing, is to simply try to make a concious effort to be more aware of the things that go through your mind and your thougths when you are most relaxed. For instance, when taking a stroll in the park, try to acknowledge and briefly understand each emotion that runs through your mind. Try to pick up on the thoughts of the animals and plants around you. If you want, you can even try mentally coaxing a bird, or a dragonfly to approach you.

I believe that emotions for the very basis of psychic manifestations. Too little emotions and there is not quite enough to fuel a substantial manifestation. Too much and the manifestation will "burn out" before it can even begin to show itself.

Finally, if your manifestations are of the precognition type, you might want to try keeping a dream journal, or at least a book with which you can record your random visions, or even your daydreams and try to see which of them comes true. Again, this is not an excercise to push yourself to the limit, it is meant to be light and smooth so as to accentuate the flow of your psychic potential.

Again, there could be many ways with which you could excercise your psychic senses. Feel free to be creative and do whatever works best for you. You may find that your quest to discover your more psychically sensitive self.

Tools Of The Trade

You may find that, like some other forms of excercise, there are certain tools which help make psychic development and easier and more fun process.

Tarot Cards for instance are a great way to practice your psychic skill with a group of people while all the while maintaining a very casual and jovial atmosphere. A Pendulum, which is basically a crystal that hangs in equillibrium from a chain which will swing or vibrate in response to mental suggestions is yet another interesting way to develop such ability.

A Pendulum

Good Deeds and Good Luck

I have come to believe that there is absolutely nothing "religious" or "magical" about psychic abilities. Although it definitely classifies under the category of the supernatural, pyshich ability or extrasensory perception is merely the abilility for some people to take not of, or react to stimulus other than what is generally percieved by the five-known senses.

Of course, many people will look on in skepticsm and scorn. Some may even scoff at your endeavours. But whatever it is, the journey is a personal one and very much depends on your own beliefs in yourself and your abilities.

Some Fun Online Tests

However, if only for fun, here are some online tests you can take to test your psychic potential or in which area do you possess the most potential.

Here are the links with my results :

The following test will see which area of e.s.p are you most gifted in based on a series of questions to which you must respond with honest yes or no answers.

ESP Quotient

Take the Psi Quotient test HERE

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After that I took another test to gauge the extent my extrasensory abilities. The test must be taken several times (I took it ten times). Look for your results, if you observe the image below you will see the section that says "percentage correct".

And when you've done it for a sufficient number of times, preferably at least 5, find your average to gauge your Clairvoyant ability. My average score was 38%

The test parameters were as such
Card selection : The program selects the cards before you make your choice
Card type: Symbols
Length of test: 25 cards

Percent correct - Psychic ability ratio
below 28% - no Clairvoyant ability
between 28% to 34% - some Clairvoyant ability
between 34% to 39% - considerable Clairvoyant ability

Take this test HERE

What did you score for the two tests? Do post a comment and let me know. Once again, just because you did not score well for the test does not mean you do not have any psychic ability. It probably means you've not developed that aspect of it yet.

PEACE OUT