Psychic? Aren’t We All?

So You Are a Psychic? Aren’t We All?

In human form, we embody the essence of the Divine, and that essence, according to multiple religious and spiritual traditions, is love. On this single point, diverse devotional adherents usually agree. They affirm that the human being is a spark of Divine light, a segment of the universal whole, and our journey through life is to make our way back to that greater Divine entity. Of course, karmic debt complicates the individual journey to varying degrees, but our ultimate purpose on earth is wisdom gathering on the road home to enlightenment.

The gathering of such wisdom is a multi-faceted, transcendent experience that transforms us as we reach beyond the physical. Meditation, yoga, prayer and ritual become the path to higher energies. Along that path, we discover gifts of the spirit that manifest along the intuitive continuum: gut feelings becomes acute sensitivity to energy; hunches become valid inner guidance; dreams become premonition; perception becomes clairvoyance. In this way, we are all psychic, but how we use and honor the gift will determine its strength. More importantly, how we honor the Divine will determine how wisely we use these innate abilities.

Being a psychic, by hanging the sign in your window and earning a living as an intuitive without the devotional element, is simply not enough. Being a true “psychic” requires a commitment to love and a clear alignment with Spirit. With the understanding that our origins are Divine, we must then believe that the essence of pure love radiates from our core. When we succumb to the diversions of the mundane world, we lose that connection. Through spiritual practice, we will resonate that love and operate with Divine support. It is only when we act from this sacred center that we find our true identity. Getting to it means unburdening ourselves from worry, fear, external distractions, expectations and desires.

This is where psychic ability meets theological intention and consciousness study. John Williams clarifies the concept of our separation from spirit as Edgar Cayce saw it. Cayce, known for his prophecies and metaphysical understanding of the Universe, viewed creation as the act of supreme consciousness, the Creator, God, who then created smaller consciousness in, a mirror of the greater. Our early existence was spiritual, parallel to God in thought and deed, our spiritual gifts imitating the Creator’s. As we grew, still in spiritual form, we dwelt less in harmony with the Creator, while separating ourselves from the Source of all. We evolved and retained our gifts, but our self-absorption muddied our purpose, so we are left with modern, secular explanations for “psychic” ability called “extrasensory perception.”

It is believed that human beings use only 10% of their brain power. Exploring and exercising our latent brain power increases our psychic abilities. Imagine the magic and horror humans could invoke by using only 20% more of their brain power! The recent film Lucy addressed this. Lauding those skills as human can keep us disconnected from Spirit – limiting our spiritual progression and returning to wholeness. Williams explains Cayce’s caution against our fascination with ourselves: “the centering of our awareness on self alone resulted in separation from the whole.”

Here are a few examples of how the essence of love manifests in a particular psychic modality:

Animal communicators are indeed psychics. Many of them are clairvoyants who think in pictures; they receive and send images to animals. Every practicing animal communicator does this work out of sheer unconditional love for the animals, and most of them share their lives with and devote themselves to a pack of animals. They have no other motives.

Authentic mediums work from a central point of love, often coming to involuntary tears the moment they act as a conduit between a Spirit and a grieving loved one who has passed to the Other Side. Skills, such as Tarot reading and pendulum dowsing, can be learned from a book, but such skills will be restricted to the mental plane without the spiritual, loving connection to the Universe.

Mental energy is incomplete without the heart-centered energy to give it higher purpose. There is a reason that the chakra system establishes the heart center as the bridge between the physical and the spiritual. While the solar plexus controls mental energy, it is not until we reach the heart chakra that we elevate our energy, rising up to the clairvoyant and spiritual centers from there.

So yes, everyone is psychic, but not everyone is spiritual. Only when the two meet do we effect meaningful change for ourselves and for others. One is fleeting; the other is eternal.

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About the Author

Rev. Lisa Shaw, M.A., M.F.A. is an animal communicator, Reiki Master, intuitive counselor, writer, and professor. She has a graduate degree in practical theology with a concentration in Loss and Healing and has served as a Hospice Chaplain. She hosts a free online Reiki Circle for Animals on Facebook twice on Sundays. Search “Animal Reiki Circle” and request membership.
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