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.
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