Are you psychic?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 19 Jan 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

TemperanceAngel	19 Jan 2004
This is a question I often get asked as a tarot reader and I was wondering what everyones definition was? I prefer to call myself intuitive or clairvoyant or clairaudient or even clairsentient, if you like :) I think there is so much stigma attached to being 'psychic'. Merriam-Webster defintion: Intuition: 1. quick and ready insight. Psychic: 1. of or relating to the psyche 2. lying outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge: immaterial, moral or spiritual origin or force. 3. sensitive to non-physical or supernatural forces and influences: marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, a perception and understanding. The problem I have found with clients visiting a 'psychic' is that they don't want to speak or do any work, they think you should know everything and then they play a bit of a guessing game at times. Clairvoyant is when you have visual insight, clairaudient is when you hear your insight and clairsentience is a knowing. A Medium is someone who works with spirits that have passed on. Psychometry is using a persons jewellery mostly, but sometimes another item that they touch a lot. This item is held and the energy is read off it :) XTAX

Riversea	19 Jan 2004
Sorry, I just couldn't resist! Teehee. I think everyone is at least a tiny bit psychic. Some people are much more gifted at it or have worked very hard to develop their skills. Do I fall into either of these camps... no. Once in awhile, I will know a future-something beyond a shadow of a doubt, but it is once in blue moon and completely outside of my control. It just comes. I am much more intutive than psychic, though I need to get much better at listening to that small inner voice. I also have slight bent towards being an empath. Again, slight, very slight.

TemperanceAngel	19 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Riversea Sorry, I just couldn't resist! Teehee. I agree with you, Riversea, that everyone is and has the ability to be psychic. I think some people are more attuned than others, but it doesn't make them 'elitest' or more powerful than others. The more the collective consciousness grows, the more our awareness does :) XTAX

skytwig	19 Jan 2004
If anything, these abilities require more responsibility, which eliminates any sense of ego.....

TemperanceAngel	19 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by skytwig If anything, these abilities require more responsibility, which eliminates any sense of ego..... Skytwig, I am not sure I understand? Are you saying the more psychic someone is, the lesser their ego? Because if that is what you are saying, then I would have to disagree with you.... There are about 12 readers at my work, all women (and 4-5 shop staff, all women) and recently we had a bit of a competitive period. Thank goodness it has calmed down. But the point is, it was competitive because readers were trying to out do each other with their psychic ability and get the most clients. We are supposed to be a team :confused: I have worked at Psychic Fairs and it's all the same, there are beautiful non-competitive people as well, bless :) If that is not what you meant then please do ignore me :) There is competitiveness in every workplace, unfortunately even in the Tarot/Intuition/Psychic world...... XTAX

cricket	19 Jan 2004
My personal opinion is that most people who claim to be psychic but either cannot or will not say what kind of psychic-ism they have (clairvoyance, clairaudient, etc.) are pretty much full of fecal material. Not all, mind you, just most. Then again, if anybody asks me if I'm psychic, I'm apt to tell them I closer to psycho. ;) If they ask any more than that, then they will be told that all of us have some sort of psychic ability. In many people it has been squelched. In others it has been embraced. Some people naturally have more abilities than others - just like in any other part of life. My couple of pennies' worth.

Astra	19 Jan 2004
A good answer, if you can keep your face straight, is "I don't know, but I do get some interesting stuff from time to time." That saves you from having to get into any explanations at all, which can be much the best strategy.

psychiclayla	19 Jan 2004
It's interesting that everyone seems to be so shy about their psychic abilities. Come on people, if you get flashes of intuition when you read the cards then you're psychic, dammitt!

miss_apples	19 Jan 2004
I also think everyone is psychic...I just think that you need to learn how to use them. I dont neccesarily think that if someone says theyre psychic but doesnt tell you what type they are, I dont think that makes them full of it. I just think maybe they arent well read on the different types that there are, and they know they can see things and what not...but theyve never heard of the individual terms. I mean the only one Ive ever heard of until recently was clairvoyant...I only heard of the other ones maybe less than a year ago.

Nevada	19 Jan 2004
I think everyone is psychic, but we vary in our awareness of our abilities (many have completely closed off to it for one reason or another), and in our acuity with different aspects of it. For instance, some "see" better psychically while others "hear" better. I've often wondered if this correlates to acuity in our physical senses. I have poor eyesight, but fairly good hearing, and I tend to "hear" intuitively better than I "see". Skytwig please correct me if I'm wrong, but did you mean that there's a greater *need* for less ego if you have better psychic abililty? There are a lot of big egos in the psychic world, more's the pity. Nevada

TemperanceAngel	19 Jan 2004
Great and varied responses, thanks, keep 'em coming :) I also wanted to know what YOUR definition of psychic is? If you read the first part of the thread you will see my question, unless you haven't been reading.... Perhaps if you are all psychic you won't need to read the question *giggle* XTAX

Indigo Rose	19 Jan 2004
[quote][i]Originally posted by TemperanceAngel [/i Merriam-Webster defintion: "Psychic: 3. sensitive to non-physical or supernatural forces and influences: marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, a perception and understanding." Yes, I am psychic. There are times that I can read people's thoughts and understand what they are going to say before they say it. There is also some element of this in Tarot. I will get a vision or insight into what the cards are saying, that can only be described as psychic because there are no other clues given by the querent or the cards, and yet the meaning is very dead on the mark. I have also had dreams and waking thoughts come to fruition; an inner knowing of something before it happens with no other sign or warning except in my mind's eye. YET, these things happen NOT when I am trying to make them happen. They happen when I am open, relaxed, or not trying. I have had some success with Zenner cards in exercising my abilities, but I find that it exhausts me and gives me a headache. Additionally, sometimes I just DON't want to be open. It hurts to be that open all of the time. You see and feel so much more than you want to. I elect to close my mind many times, to block out things. What frustrates me about the word "psychic" is it has come to mean something tawdry by most people's understanding; like a $2.00 carnival word. In addition, people like to challenge someone who admits to being psychic and ask them to perform like a circus dog on command. For me it just doesn't work like that, and I have not seen any need to put myself "out there" for that very reason. In addition, I have seen many frauds out there and they stink!! They really disturb me with the way they play guessing games and attempt to make things true that are not. The Tarot is a great way to channel some of this energy, but even with Tarot it is not a sure thing. Psychic gifts are much like the mysterious realm they come from, elusive and enigmatic. Blessings, Indigo Rose

cricket	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by miss_apples I also think everyone is psychic...I just think that you need to learn how to use them. I dont neccesarily think that if someone says theyre psychic but doesnt tell you what type they are, I dont think that makes them full of it. I just think maybe they arent well read on the different types that there are, and they know they can see things and what not...but theyve never heard of the individual terms. I mean the only one Ive ever heard of until recently was clairvoyant...I only heard of the other ones maybe less than a year ago. I admit that there are quite a few people who, like you, don't know exactly what to call their particular brand of psychic-ism. That's why I said that MOST of them are full of it. ;) If these people can say that they sometimes hear things, or sometimes see things, or can feel what another person is feeling, or whatever, then it's more easy to accept that they just haven't learned what exactly their sub-category is. It's the people that say thing like "I just know these things" and stuff along that line that I find very hard to believe. Didn't mean to confuse anybody. Sorry if I did.

Kiama	20 Jan 2004
Hmmm... Firstly I agree that everybody has that spark of psychic ability within them, and that some people use it more than others. But secondly, I think this is different compared to using psychic ability with Tarot. To me, if you use psychic ability more than looking at the actual cards in a reading, you're more a Psychic than a Tarot reader, though I understand there will be different definitions from different people based on their understanding and experience. Me, I know the spark's there, and one day maybe I'll get around to developing it properly. But right now, I have many other things on my 'to-do list' so developing my psychic ability properly just isn't going to happen at the moment. I read the cards fine, I think, without psychic ability. I hate guessing games when it comes to readings, so I make sure the querent knows before the reading I'm not a psychic, and it's their life so if they want a decent reading and the help they're searching for they need to give me some help too! How am I supposed to know what the 3 of Swords relates to in their life, if I don't know what area of their life they want to focus on, for instance? Every now and then though, the psychic spark breaks through... very occasionally I realise I have said something that I couldn't possibly have known any other way, not even through the cards... But I do it more when I'm without my cards for some reason. I just know what people are feeling, what they're going to do, what's going through their heads. Though, I don't know if that's really psychic-ness, and more common -sense, body language, probability, empathy etc. Kiama

fairyhedgehog	20 Jan 2004
I don't have a definition of psychic. The Merriam Webster definitions Quote: 2. lying outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge: immaterial, moral or spiritual origin or force. 3. sensitive to non-physical or supernatural forces and influences: marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, a perception and understanding. seem to me to be pretty near the current use of the word by most people. But I don't believe in anything outside 'physical science or knowledge' and I don't believe in 'non-physical or supernatural forces'. I think that what most people call 'psychic' is what I would call 'intuitive'. The part of the mind that we don't have conscious access to makes sense of a lot of subliminal clues: sounds, sights, smells, etc and feeds the result into our consciousness. We have the answer, but we don't know how or why. But in fact we have been picking up subtle body language and tones of voice, subtle changes in air pressure ... anything that is measurable but unnoticed by our conscious mind. Just my view :)

Major Tom	20 Jan 2004
Yeah baby, I'm psy-chic. :laugh: Get it? :laugh: None the less I do believe I'm talking to God when I use tarot for divination. ;) When people ask is that all you do? I say I read tarot cards and the cards tell me what I need to know. :)

Dark_angel	20 Jan 2004
I don't think I'm psychic. Like a lot of people I believe that everyone has the latent ability, but at the moment I don't have the time or mental state for that potential to become anything else. Maybe in the future I'll tap into it more, but for now I'm happy with the occasional flashes of insight I get.

Macavity	20 Jan 2004
NOOOOO! I am NOT and anyone who says I AM is a great big LIAR! - Vicky Pollard :laugh: (Sorry, You'd have to be a Little British to even remotely get the gist of the above!) Put me down as a don't know? Macavity

Dark_angel	20 Jan 2004
ROTFLMAO Macavity! I love that show, it's hysterical. "What did you do with the baby, Vicky?" "Swapped it for a Westlife CD"

skytwig	20 Jan 2004
Yes, I do believe there is more responsibility for those wuo Intuit in any of the various forms of psychism. Those who chose to use it for ego promotion are probably messing with Karma.

TemperanceAngel	20 Jan 2004
[quote]Originally posted by Indigo Rose Quote: I agree with Indigo Rose about the word psychic, and the performance part as well. Thanks Indigo Rose. Part of my intention when starting this thread was to see how people defined psychic, because I think everyone's perception of it could be different. No-one has chosen to challenge the Merriam Webster defintion yet!!! XTAX

TemperanceAngel	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by skytwig Yes, I do believe there is more responsibility for those wuo Intuit in any of the various forms of psychism. Those who chose to use it for ego promotion are probably messing with Karma. I agree with you, Skytwig :) A huge responsibility, and if someone miss uses a 'gift' or a 'knowledge', I am sure they that somewhere along the line it will come back around, probably when they are least expecting it :) XTAX

Simone	21 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by skytwig Yes, I do believe there is more responsibility for those wuo Intuit in any of the various forms of psychism. Those who chose to use it for ego promotion are probably messing with Karma. I do agree, too. There's another side to the responsibility of being psychic (TemperanceAngel, I did not know what "psychic"was supposed to mean until I read this thread - thanks for it - it came clear to me that it must mean what I call "clairvoyance" and intuition) : to see means to understand more and more of cosmic interaction / netting / reliance and this is inviting to take ethical and moral responsibility over one's action. A "higher" point of view almost obliges to consider consequences of one's actions. Well, I think this is what has happened to me over time. When I discovered that I had some abilities, I began dealing with my own hygiene of mind: my actions do have influences on the world around me so I, as I know this, make the necessary efforts so as to be as positive and loving and compassionate as possible. Bearing in mind that I cannot influence the way people see / interpret my actions, at least I always do what I do with the best of intentions! I do slip, though, sometimes/often :laugh: of course, but as soon as I realise it I'll do my best to rectify. Ok, enough of too many words, I hope you understand what I mean... :smoker: Light and love Simone

Royal Cat	21 Jan 2004
Like several others here, I also believe we are all born with psychic abilities (as described by Merriam Webster above). In most people these abilities are 'schooled out' of them (Hey brain! make way for those multiplication tables!) or are simply suppressed due to societal expectations or other influences. I vaguely remember some impressive psychic experiences that I had when I was very young and although I still have occasional clairvoyant dreams or clairsentience experiences it is nothing I can control or do at will. It is always something that happens when I'm not expecting it. Regarding intuition... I agree with fairyhedgehog's statement that it is a lot of 'picking up on subliminal clues.' Some people are extremely skilled at 'trusting their gut' because they can pick up and process these clues rapidly and without their conscious knowledge. I believe this is something we can all learn to do. The main difference between the psychic and the intuitive is that the psychic has NO 'standard' way of knowing (no body language, no subtle clues) to help them get their information. I'm talking about things like remote viewing where the viewer has never physically been to the site, or hearing a conversation that is taking place at another location, or seeing and describing a lost ring to someone when the viewer has never physically seen it. These things ARE possible and they happen "outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge." Cat

TemperanceAngel	21 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Royal Cat The main difference between the psychic and the intuitive is that the psychic has NO 'standard' way of knowing (no body language, no subtle clues) to help them get their information. I'm talking about things like remote viewing where the viewer has never physically been to the site, or hearing a conversation that is taking place at another location, or seeing and describing a lost ring to someone when the viewer has never physically seen it. These things ARE possible and they happen "outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge." Thanks for that description, Cat, I suppose we are honing in more and more on the difference between psychic and intuitive. I quite often think that when people are going to a 'psychic', they don't even really know what it means.... I have said this before (and no doubt will say it again!) There is a joke at my work: when someone comes in and asks if the reader is psychic, what they are really asking is, "Will they tell me what to do with my life!" :laugh: You know, these are the people who don't think they have to do any work, why should they?? What Universe? What energy? Hee hee.... Simone thanks for your comments too, there is no need to be shy about your ability.... XTAX

skytwig	21 Jan 2004
I am intuitive and a healer .... I hear people's thoughts, I read them psychologically, in fact, I call myself a Psychological intuit because I can "see" disorders.... it is bizarre! I am also a Reiki healer. The question then becomes what do I do with this ability? For me, I do alot of waiting. I have told very few people about my abilities because people tend to 'hype' things too much. I think many of us 'intuitives' and healers are observers.... We may participate in healings and helping more quietly than the famous and well known. Our work is primarily between us and our Angels and Guides..... I ask alot. Often, I sense things about people and I am to do nothing other than send light..... I sense alot and I 'pray' alot.... I offer Reiki, utilizing distance reiki, often when i am out and about. My work is quiet. When it is necessary and important that i participate verbally or in a hands on manner, the situation opens up and the work occurs. For now, this is how I work and this has been right.... It may change and I communicate with my Guides in a way that will enable that to happen if and when it should... As a result, sme amazing things have occurred. I have been honored to participate in those healings and feel that they occurred because I was honoring the sacredness of these abilities and the responsibility that goes with them.....

TemperanceAngel	21 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by skytwig As a result, sme amazing things have occurred. I have been honored to participate in those healings and feel that they occurred because I was honoring the sacredness of these abilities and the responsibility that goes with them..... glad you could share with your AT friends, Skytwig :) A healing gift I can imagine you have... So happy you use it wisely! (I never thought otherwise...) XTAX

Jen	21 Jan 2004
I guess I think of an intuitive as someone that's psychically tuned in some of the time and a psychic is someone that's psychically tuned in all of the time or whenever they desire. But one is not better than the other, to me. It really depends on the person and their personality. I've been around a psychic that had solid psy skills, but was immature and had a poor understanding of ethics and compassion when it came to dealing with clients. I've met intuitives that picked up psychic information here and there, but inbetween they offered great wisdom. It goes both ways. Do you guys remember the scene in the movie The Gift where Cate Blanchett was reading for Giovanni Ribisi - she asked him a question during the reading and he slammed his fist on the table and said something like, "You tell me!! You're the goddam psychic!!!" LOL I think this is how the general public views a person that is psychic (but not with so much anger ;) )

Jen	21 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by TemperanceAngel There are about 12 readers at my work, all women (and 4-5 shop staff, all women) and recently we had a bit of a competitive period. Thank goodness it has calmed down. But the point is, it was competitive because readers were trying to out do each other with their psychic ability and get the most clients. We are supposed to be a team :confused: XTAX Where do you work? It sounds interesting. Are there a bunch of readers working at the same time? Do you work everyday? Just curious :) I love to hear stories from people who read full time.

TemperanceAngel	21 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Jen Where do you work? It sounds interesting. Are there a bunch of readers working at the same time? Do you work everyday? Just curious :) I love to hear stories from people who read full time. (deleted) Because I was talking about my work and would hate for someone from my work to read what I wrote and be offended... XTAX

wildinthemist	23 Jan 2004
I have found that my 'psychic' stuff is too unreliable ... not the content, but it's appearance. I get the chills when it happens and the top of my head tingles like a ... drat ... can't use the word ... an Australianism that isn't necessarily appreciated by others ... er ... like a .... head that tingles a lot. Gosh, getting really silly here. Intuitive .... yep, different. I think that it is intuition that enables us to choose the particular set of meanings and combinations of meanings that create the 'story' which is the reading. What do I say when I'm asked ... I say ... "I don't claim to be psychic ... I read what comes up in your cards and that's it" ... then I go into my rave about the future not being predetemined ... etc

Deneb	26 Jan 2004
I also believe, that all humans has the ability to be psychic in some level. Most of us have forgotten the “sixth sense” skills during the centuries, the only “normal” way of communicating is nowadays speaking, reading or writing. The aggressive attitude towards the people, who have trained their minds to higher level isn’t helping either. As a Christian I’m appalled, that so many think that having psychic skills automatically means that you are disobeying God and doing something that leads you to the gates of hell. I think it’s only positive to be more aware about yourself and the world around you. I believe that the more open minded man is, the more man “senses” the world and space around him, the more man pays attention to the details around him in life, the more easier it is to learn and understand these psychic skills. I personally have no visible psychic skills, or at least I’m not so aware of them (a couple of warning dreams I’ve seen, but I don’t keep them worth while to mention). Sometimes I can hear my parents’ cat whispering to me: “please clean my litter box” :D or something like that, not very often though. I’m hoping to improve my skills to sense things happening around me, and perhaps to learn to communicate with animals rather than having a phrase here or there. And when I do this, I believe that reading tarot cards also becomes much easier :)

ros	26 Jan 2004
I believe everyone is psychic. I tell people when I read for them that I am not psychic, that I am telling them what their subconscious is trying to release to them. I give ideas to open up their thoughts to different solutions to their issues.I tell them, what I have learned about universal knowledge is there for anyone who has the discipline to learn. I call being psychic as "exercising my knowing"

CreativeFire	26 Jan 2004
I think everyone is born with some sort of psychic ability but like RoyalCat, believe that it is deaden or dulled as we grow older due to outside life, education or society influences. Also I think some people have more natural ability at it, like some people are "natural" sports people or intellectuals - and because of that flair they can practice and hone their skills to a high level. Where others may not understand and be afraid of their psychic or even intuitive abilities and therefore suppress them due to fear or even social acceptance. When I was a child (about 10 yrs old), I remember going through a period where I would have dreams and then the next day something would happen that related to the dream - sort of like a de ja vu feeling. Never really paid much attention to it until I had a very vivid dream one night ... to make a long sory short - I used to catch a bus to school every morning (always the same bus), but in the dream it was a very different coloured and shaped bus (can still remember green and purple seats!), and when I got on the bus - things got really bizarre to put it mildly - very scary and knew something was wrong (like stranger danger stuff). Didn't really pay much attention to it until I arrived at the bus stop the next morning - and up rolls the bus - the very same bus I saw in the dream! Being a young child I got very scared, started to cry and ran home. My mother was quite surprised to see me and I felt very silly explaining to her why I had come home but she accepted that I had such a strong feeling that there was something wrong. Never heard of anything that happened to the bus etc - like an accident but just knew I should not get on the bus. Also strangely after that I did not have the dreams anymore. But it always made me to take notice of "signs" and later in life to go with my gut feeling or intuition. Also had a couple of experiences when I became a mother and my son was a baby and there were a couple of threatening times during the night (due to spiders and snakes) - that I just woke up and knew there was something wrong. But again this went after a while. Don't have that anymore - but then again there hasn't been a need. I guess what I am getting at is that I believe that part of being psychic is also the ability to recognise what it is and I don't believe it is something that can necessarily be turned on like a tap unless you are very trained and skilled - and even then it must be something that is important to be aware of for yourself or someone else. I am a little sceptical, even with the experiences I have had, when someone says that they are psychic and can do it at the drop of a hat, but I have no doubt that there are genuine psychics out there with the honed skill who use it responsibly. When I read the cards, I go on the cards themselves and the feeling I get, intuition, sometimes it is there like a bolt out of the blue and sometimes it is not there at all. Again I think of it, that is is strongest when there is an important message or thing to know. Sorry about such a long post... got carried away typing :-) CreativeFire

MattDouglas	27 Jan 2004
I posted this as part of a larger post in jmd's Tarot's predictive abilities thread. I think it relates to what is being discussed here: I've often wondered about what exactly the difference is between intuitive and psychic. Reading one of Liz Greene's books recently, I found a decent definition. Apollo was be considered the example of intuition. He had remarkable insight and even prophetic abilties, but he always was sitting comfortable is his own skin and had a good sense of boundaries. Though she doesn't elaborate on the definition of psychic any further, I personally draw a parallel to Dionysus. He too had the gift of prophecy. However, Dionysus was never trying to seek a vision or prophecy when going into an ecstatic state. he was doing it for the fun of it. The prophecy was a by-product. For us, I don't think going into an altered state of consciousness for prophetic vision is all that swift an idea. However, if you find yourself in such a circumstance and experiencing such a lack of boundaries then it probably is a Divine gift, and by all means pay really close attention. I've probably read for over 1000 different people, some close friend, some stranger who just walked up to my table I had set up in the park. I've had Dionysan psychic experiences on 4 occasions only, where the boundary between me and the querent got very fuzzy, if not gone. In my case, these weren't vision of the future, but sensations from the past or present. Usually, I was having physical sensations of the querents traumatic experiences (I mentioned these in other posts over a year ago). While these experiences were a grace and may have allowed me to help the querent, and were even trippy and interesting, they were by no means fun and I would never recommend actively seeking them out. I've had many experiences where I have had other intuitive flashes (and accurate one at that), but it was always very clear that it was coming from somewhere else, and I could pretty much dialogue with what was coming to me and even edit it when necessary. But only in four specific situations has it got to the point where the boundary between me and other was uncertain, and I experienced sensations I had no control over at all. True, we really don't control snsations, but we can choose to move away from the stimuli (shut our eyes, cover our hears, remove hand from burning object). These just came on and I just had to let them pass. Love, understanding and compassion, Matt

sagitarian	28 Jan 2004
I work with a person who says "we constantly have to humble ourselves so we don't develope an ego", now i've thought long and hard on that one, and I think that maybe some people do have to humble themselves (wether they are psychic or not), but others don't have to, they are naturally humble. Am I psychic? Well, I have to say that after reading the dictionary term of psychic, yes I am, but I as well don't like the word. It's not necessarily the word, it's all the negative conatations that have happend over the years associated with other people that have clamied being psychic. As I stated in another thread, a friend of mine gave me some really good advice once "You are what you are, it's up to you to define what the word means to you, but don't let others upset you by using the word in a insulting way". I guess I should listen to the advice especially if I'm handing out as advice to others. Yes I'm psychic, and proud of it, but I'm also many other things. If someone is going to judge you upon a word, then they were never your friend to begin with. Perhaps we humble ourselves when it comes to being called and labeled as a psychic? Why is that?

Jen	28 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by sagitarian Perhaps we humble ourselves when it comes to being called and labeled as a psychic? Why is that? I think this is true. Maybe it's because of the way the word psychic has been used in society and hollywood - in the movies it's ususally someone that can know anything at the drop of a hat. Everyone is psychic (IMHO), but most can't do this. So maybe that's why people don't want to believe they're psychic. I think everyone has a psychic self, it's just a matter of giving that part of yourself attention and wanting and working to develop it. Also - I can say for myself the word "Psychic" seems like a lot to live up to. When people ask me about this I give them my thoughts on how everyone is psychic - but I call myself an intuitive.

Dexter	01 Feb 2004
I have to agree that everyone has some form of psychic ability but it has not developed. With tarot I tell people that I just read what is in the cards. I have had dreams through out my life which have served as warnings or in some cases come true. I will not try on other peoples jewelry since I get feelings from it. I have learned to watch what I say as sometimes people get a little freaked. My family has always called me "The Spook" but not in a bad way. Just that things pop out of my mouth and have ever since I was little and things seem to happen around me. I don't know if this is psychic. I just know that it is me. I try very carefully not to talk about as people are sometimes not very receptive. Dexter

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