Every person displays or experiences some psychic power every now and then, though most often these experiences are dismissed as pure coincidence. Everyone will certainly have had some premonitions about something that was going to happen, dreams that came true, or they maybe felt and knew what someone was thinking of them. These experiences often came spontaneously, suddenly, and without any prior preparations.
Some people are more naturally psychic from others, and psychic experiences are a more common occurrence with them. Sometimes they just accept the fact that they are a bit different from others in their perceptions, having as if a sixth sense, while others pursue the subject more deeply, reading, learning and searching for guidance. They try to develop these powers and bring them under their control.
Psychic 'powers' can be developed through dedicated discipline & training, even by people who are not naturally psychic. They are basically fascinating abilities, which permit the ‘trained person’ to peek beyond the material plane, and know things which remain hidden to other people.
If one desires to develop psychic powers, it would be wiser first to develop some concentration ability, control over the mind, willpower, self discipline and mental and emotional detachment. This would ensure that one be able to open and close at will the mental doors, and so avoid being influenced by what he/she perceives. This will also reduce the danger that one might misuse the powers or get to ego-inflated by them.
The Psychic Powers Themselves
There are different kinds of psychic powers or gifts, as they are often called. Another term used is ESP - extra-sensory perception.
Clairvoyance (clear vision) - Seeing distant scenes and places or hidden things, without using the physical eyes. Clairvoyance enables one to perceive scenes and mental images with the mind's eye. Can also be called ‘remote viewing’ which is a type of clairvoyance.
Clairaudience (clear hearing) - Perceiving sounds or words from a distant or from other realms. Clairaudience enables one to hear words and sounds not perceived by the physical ears.
Clairempathy (clear emotion) - Sensing the attitude or emotions of another person.
Psychometry - Perceiving information about a person, place or an object, by holding in one's hands an object belonging to the person or place. In Psychometry one usually holds some small personal object such as a watch, ring, key or other personal object.
Psychokinesis - The ability to move objects through the powers of the mind.
Intuition - Perceiving an idea, knowledge or information directly. This is what is commonly called "a gut feeling". Intuition is some kind of inner knowledge and certainty about something.
Telepathy – The receiving and transmission of pure thoughts to and from the minds of individuals (direct voice).
Psychic healing - The ability to cure pains or illnesses by transferring some kind of healing energy.
Auric sight - The ability to see or sense the colors of the aura, and thereby understand certain things about the moods, emotions, thoughts or health of other people.
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