Why Psychic Predictions do Not always Come True
11 Nov 2011 1 Comment
In this month of ghoulish monsters, ghosts, spiders and jack o lanterns the supernatural is fun for most everyone. As a child, one of my favorite Halloween costumes was that of the fortune teller. Complete with cheap jewelry, a puffy Good-Will skirt, a long black wig from the drug store and an assorted collection of scarves, I carried my own crystal ball (one of those plastic shake and make it snow orbs) from house to house. Little did I know that my fantasy would someday become my reality. Although my wardrobe is now nowhere near as creative, I still get a thrill from the supernatural and mysterious.
Many might consider my work as a professional intuitive to be the same as that of fortune teller, but there are definite differences. Although people go to intuitives and psychics to find out what is in their future, an authentic psychic knows that the future is not fully predictable. Despite what some in the psychic business would like for you to believe, we have free will and we are creating as we go. The future is a work in progress and you have more ability to manifest what you desire, than you might think. A psychic’s role is to assist you in making wise and positive choices. The ability to create is powerful and with intent, focus and awareness you can alter and change the course of your life. When a psychic predicts the future what they are predicating is the likely course of events based on current conditions. Once you know what path you are on and what the destination is, you have the ability to choose a different way. Simply knowing what is likely to come your way is often enough motivation to confront unconscious repetitive patterns and wake you up to new ways of being.
There are times however when future events are more likely to occur and seem to be predestined. Many times I have given predictions that were surprising and slightly unbelievable to the person I was working with. For instance, I once told a woman living inNorth Carolina that she would go to China and adopt two children within two years. In her late-thirties, she already had three children and she laughed and told me that this was highly unlikely. Within the year the company her husband worked for was bought out by a Chinese firm. He was sent to China to work for eighteen months and when they returned home they brought with them two young girls that they adopted. I also told a confirmed forty something life-long lesbian that she would fall in love with and marry a man. Again she laughed, only to soon, meet a man, fall in love and eventually marry him. These instances and others like them are orchestrated from higher soul contracts that we have made before coming into this life. They seem inevitable and often shake us up bringing unexpected life altering change. A good psychic will be able to discern the difference between predestined future events and those that require your attention, choices and mindful intent.
Intuitives and psychics can also help you to become aware of influences that might be hidden, the intent and character of others and provide a broader perspective without the influence of ego and fear. Some can communicate with unseen spiritual energies and tune into your soul’s purpose and alert you to opportunities for growth and expansion.
It is important to work with authentic and genuine psychics who come highly recommended. The influence of a well-meaning but novice reader can create confusion, fear and create inner chaos. Supporting your higher aims, leading you to abundance, loving relationships and happiness— a psychic’s job is to lead you to your bliss.
Intuitive Ladder- From thinking to intuition
02 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
Relationships may be the most common area of interest and questions for those who I give intuitive readings 
to. Why, when, how and who, everyone is at times mystified, perplexed and left wondering about those who they are close to. We can at times be a mystery, to ourselves and especially to those who we are in relationship with. We are always evolving, changing and growing as are those who are near and dear to us.
Your intuition can provide you with useful insight into relationship puzzles that are sure to come your way. Even if you feel as if you are not very intuitive or that your intuition is unclear and vague, try the following exercise. In this easy to follow step by step process you will bridge the gap between the thinking mind and your intuition. This exercise will empower you to discern what choice to take to create positive outcomes with others.
As you go through the following steps be sure to use your imagination. It is a powerful tool which will help you to decipher and understand unseen energy information.
- Think of one question that has to do with you and another. For example, “Will my relationship with Andy improve”
2. Identify and name your feelings surrounding the question. “I feel anxious and confused by his behavior.”
- Identify what you desire. “I want to be closer to him and to feel positive about our connection.”
- Think of possible answers to your question. “I can talk to him. I can let it go. I can end our friendship. I can wait and see what happens. I can love myself and focus on me. I can demand he treat me better. I can try to understand the lesson behind what is happening.” Consider many possibilities.
- Receive intuitive guidance.
- Take a deep breath close your eyes and continue to focus on your breath until you feel relaxed. Release any feelings or thoughts that surface as you breathe.
- When you feel you are in a receptive state, ask which choice is in your highest good.
- Continue to breathe. Bring into your awareness each choice, one by one. Pay attention to any physical sensations, emotions, or feelings of increased energy you experience as you imagine each choice.
Use your imagination and create an image of yourself living each choice. How does each look and feel, pay special attention to your body. Do you feel tired, heavy, energized, stressed, tight or open and receptive? The body always tells the truth.
6. Imagine the white light of love surrounding you and the other person. Remember, even if you cannot clearly see white light, your intent is enough.
Here is what one student told me about her experience with this exercise. “As I went through each choice it became clear to me that focusing on taking care of me was the best choice. I knew that I had to let go of the relationship for the time being. I knew this because I felt an increase of energy and well-being when I imagined this option. I felt a sense of relaxing peace go through my body, and my heart felt calm. I also became aware that I had attracted this relationship as a lesson to learn how to accept people exactly as they are.”
*Exercise taken from my book, Love and Intuition
After the hurricane….the visiting owl
08 Sep 2011 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: clearing, Divine Spirit, Earth, emotions, fear, hurricane, intuition, owl, presence, psychic
If you read my previous post you know that my intent during Hurricane Irene was to release my negativity, fear, grief, anything that I no longer needed into her powerful frenzy. I imagined the winds swooping down into me and lifting away all the old baggage that has been heavy in my body, mind and soul. Little did I know at the time how effective my request would be. During the onset of the storms arrival and into the next day as it lingered on, I felt the winds of change within me.
I guess the old saying “be careful what you ask for”, applies . Releasing emotional energy means feeling emotional energy and letting it go. I felt the fear, grief, confusion, negativity and more, much more than I had anticipated. And like most of the people who were affected by the hurricane I was still feeling it a few days later. The actual physical damage from the storm was minimal. I had several large branches fall and I lost power for a short time. For me, it was the inner shifting that was more dramatic.
One evening a couple of days after the hurricane and feeling somewhat alone in my journey of cleansing, I looked out into my backyard and saw an owl peacefully sitting above my deck. I watched him for a while and he seemed to watch me. As darkness descended he continued to sit. The next night and then the next night after on the same branch in the same spot, my owl came for a visit. I appreciated his company and felt somehow acknowledged in my dance with Irene. He seemed to me the perfect compliment to the storm’s recent activity. Stoic, silent, penetrating and barely ruffling his wings even in response to my barking dogs, his presence spoke of centering and peace. Just as with the storm, my intent is to align and soak in his vibration and come this kind of pure presence.
Powerful Hurricane == Powerful Change
26 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Earth, emotion, energy, fear, frustration, Hurricane Irene, letting go, pain, release
It is Friday Aug. 26th, 2011 and hurricane Irene is scheduled to pay NC a visit in about twenty four hours. Alt
hough the course that she is on will not directly impact me, we will most likely get some wind and rain. I have been through a few hurricanes here in NC. The most dramatic of which was, Floyd who caused major damage on my house and left me without power for almost two weeks.
As I contemplated Irene’s upcoming visit yesterday it occurred to me to shift my perspective on how I can view what is to come. I thought wouldn’t it be interesting if I felt fortunate for this storm instead of nervous and anxious. What if, those of us along the East Coast were being given the opportunity to release and let go of all that we no longer need. I could use her force to blow into the heavens all of my negativity, anger, fear, anything and everything that is impeding my ability to love self and others. She could be a powerful ally in wiping the slate clean. I need a fresh start. I have been though a bit emotionally in the past few years and I want my heart to be swept clean. What better help then a category 3 or 4 hurricane.
My intent is to churn up within me all that no longer serves me and with Irene’s help let it all go.
Of course there will be damage and fear, pain and perhaps some will be literally taken away in her winds. I send love to those who suffer in any way and ask Irene to be kind in her desire to clear the slate.
No, I am not in Cahoots with the Devil
15 Aug 2011 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: are psychics evil?, Christian, Devil, Divine Spirit, fear, intuition, intuitive, meditation, prayer, psychic
Question:
Was just wondering how Christianity fits into all of this. Many Christians say that anything to do with psychic abilities comes from the devil, in order that the devil claims a hold on you. I’m a Christian, and I feel I have some sort of gift, but friends would kill me if they knew I was looking into this. I’ve also been reading one of your books, which makes a lot of sense. I saw where it says that you have a master’s degree in divinity and pastoral counseling. So, how do you, as a psychic, take those kinds of responses that its the devils work?? Thanks for any time you can give in order to help me search… – R
My response
Since the beginning of my career as an intuitive and teacher, I have encountered questions and concerns from well-meaning Christians as to whether or not I am in cahoots with the devil. This, many fear, might be the source of the psychic information I receive and who knows what else I might be capable of. The Bible, I am told, warns against this kind of supernatural activity.
Not to toot my own horn, but this is a topic that I have a fair amount of experience with. I grew up in a religious home. My mother was a United Methodist minister, and I attended Baptist and Methodist church services on average of three times a week for most of my young years. I have a Masters of Divinity Degree in pastoral counseling, one of my brothers is a Methodist minister and my other brother is a theology professor and chair of the religion department of a prominentCatholicUniversity. As you can imagine, since childhood I have engaged in many theological discussions.
For most of my career as a professional psychic I have been challenged, questioned, rebuked and misunderstood by a few religious folks. As far back as I can remember I have had intuitive and psychic experiences. Even though I have never felt this ability as anything other than a natural way to connect to a greater, loving divine presence (God), I know that some people do not view it this same way. Confronting the fears and concerns of others has made me stronger and helped me to more fully appreciate the connection between the divine and intuition. Hopefully, I have inspired some people to challenge their own misconceptions and apprehensions.
I believe that the Bible speaks to our level of consciousness. We interpret it based on our understanding and beliefs. As we grow and evolve what we read in the Bible takes on new meaning and significance. There are many ways to interpret what is written within this sacred text. For some its pages are a code of morals and stringent directions for daily life; for others it is an interesting story of history and the struggle for spiritual meaning while many others read the Bible for their personal salvation or as an uplifting source of love and wisdom.
For me, the Bible is a book of intuitive guidance, supernatural happenings and the promise of miracles. Throughout its pages there are abundant examples of intuitive and psychic awareness and extraordinary events. In the Old and New Testaments there are many instances of prophecy, encounters with angels, messages from the beyond, dreams that foretell the future and mystical occurrences. The coming of the Messiah, his ministry, his betrayal and his death were all foretold by prophets.
One of the simplest examples of intuition in the Bible is prayer. Prayer is our communication and connection to God, the divine presence. It is a soul opening and communion with the Spirit of truth and unfathomable love. We listen to all kinds of things all day, the news, television, our co-workers, neighbors, family and friends. Prayer is a different kind of listening. It is the listening within, not with the physical senses but with the spiritual senses. The word psychic literally means deriving from the soul or mind. It originates from the Greek word, psȳchikós, which means the soul. For me, being psychic is the ability to open my soul and receive divine guidance and direction for myself and others. I am not alone in this. Each of us has the ability to listen within and communicate with the divine forces.
For decades the divine gift of psychic sensitivity and spirituality have been separated and distanced from one another. There are many historical reasons why religious authorities have associated intuitive/psychic awareness with evil and dark forces, more than I can go into in this short article. When the individual’s innate ability to receive divine guidance is suppressed, people are at the mercy of the church to interpret God’s direction and will for them and the reliance on religious authorities is strengthened. The clergy are thus sanctioned as the sole divine mediators. This is a position of power, influence and control and one which ultimately robs the individual of a conscious personal connection to a greater power.
There are many well-meaning church going Christians and their ministers and pastors who have not questioned this archaic position and in their heart believe that intuition and psychic awareness is to be feared and denied. Yet, the spirit of God is within and the individual can connect and communicate with this presence through their intuitive faculty.
But like many things, it is only when you personally experience the Spirit of love and wisdom within will you truly believe. Discover this for yourself. Spend time in quiet, close your eyes, and invoke the presence of all that is good, divine, loving and wise. Receive the holy vibrations of love and wisdom and rest in this peace and know that this is a form of intuition.
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24
The Most Common Question about Psychic Types
23 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: clairvoyance, Divine Spirit, empathy, energy, gut feelings, intuition, intuitive type, psychic, psychic type, thinking, thinking intuition
- I am thankful that you are so willing to receive emails. I just purchased your book
Discover Your Psychic Type, and I took the test to see how I scored. I
scored 45 on emotional, 45 on mental, 45 on physical and 35 on spiritual.
I wanted to know how this is possible to be all of these things. Is there
not something that I am strongest in? I read the sections on each of the
three and I seem to fit all of them… do you know what would allow me to
be all of these?
Thank you so very much for your time.
SB
Intuition is not “one size fits all”. It is as
unique as you are. My book, Discover Your Psychic Type, will
help you to understand the way your intuition naturally surfaces. There are
four different modalities through which your intuition will surface. The four
basic types are emotional, mental physical and spiritual. By taking the quiz in
the book you will become better aware of how you innately intuit and how to
further develop your natural intuitive tendencies. Just as we all have
strengths and weaknesses in the way that we learn and retain information, we
all have innate strengths and weaknesses in the way that we intuit. I can
absorb and quickly comprehend visually, yet, I easily drift off into la la land
when listening to lectures or any other kind of auditory learning. When it
comes to my intuition I naturally absorb energy information through my emotions
and my energy field. As far back into my childhood as I can remember, I knew
how others felt and I reacted to the unspoken emotions of others without being
aware that I was doing this. You too, in subtle and sometimes startling ways,
absorb intuitive information through your emotions, your thoughts, your
physical body or your energy field.
To quickly sum up the types, an emotional intuitive
naturally absorbs energy information through emotions. They are natural
empaths. Despite time and distance, they can intuit the emotions and feelings
of others, especially those they are closest to. Mental intuitives are
naturally telepathic in that they can effortlessly tune into others,
individuals or groups, thoughts and ideas. Physical intuitives absorb intuitive
energy into the body. They feel their intuition in their gut. Prone to
unconsciously taking in other’s energy, they often feel unexplained, aches and
pains, especially headaches, stomach aches and chronic tiredness. Spiritual
intuitives respond to intuitive energy through the energy field or aura. This
is the invisible electromagnetic field which surrounds all living creatures.
They likely will dream of others or future events and they may be able to
“see” or tune into angels, ghosts or loved ones on the other side.
While each intuitive type has certain typical ways of tuning
into energy information, your intuitive type also describes the way that you
connect with yourself, others, the unseen realm and the divine. For instance,
emotional intuitives are soulfully attuned to divine love and long to help and
heal others. While mental intuitives are idea and big picture people, who
understand patterns, systems and have a drive to make sense of this crazy
world. A physical intuitive is connected to the natural world and often a
champion for protecting mother earth and all of her creatures. The spiritual
intuitive lives in two worlds, the
ethereal and the physical and is often a messenger for the beyond. You
are a combination of all of these types.
The most common question that I am asked about intuitive
types is “I feel like I am intuit in more than one way” or “I
took the quiz in your book and my scores
for each type are close to one another, which type am I”?
We have a tendency to think in absolutes. “I am
this” or “I am that”. When it comes to your intuitive type you
are, in varying degrees, a combination of all four types. Your intuition does
not operate in black and white. Most likely, you will have one type that is
your primary method of intuiting, but you will also intuit through all four
types. The optimum is to be balanced and to able to consciously utilize all
four modalities of intuiting.
The key is to be conscious of how and when you are
intuiting. Intuition becomes problematic only when we are unaware of its
presence and power. For instance, an emotional intuitive is prone to feeling
and responding to others emotions without knowing that they are doing so. They
may wake in the night feeling the fear or stress of a loved one who is miles
away. Not sure of the origin of these feelings can be disconcerting and
confusing. A physical intuitive might unknowingly take on another’s headache or
get an upset stomach when a loved one is in distress. Quite often when I do
medical intuitive work, my body feels the aches and pains of the person I am
working with. A spiritual intuitive might dream of others or worldly events and
wake perplexed and unsure of why they had the dream and what to do with the
information they received. The mental intuitive who is unaware of their
intuitive modality is prone to absorbing the thoughts and ideas of others and
becoming overwhelmed with mental chatter and ADD like tendencies.
There are strengths and weakness in all four types. When you
are conscious of the way you are receiving intuitive information you can steer
clear of obstacles and sail freely into the vast sea of psychic possibilities.
Happy Intuiting!
Transforming Emotion into Intuitive Awareness
13 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: anxiety, crisis, Divine Spirit, fear, frustration, help, intuition, psychic
For those of you who sometimes feel besieged by emotions and feelings and perhaps wonder what the purpose is for all of this intensity, let me share some good news with you. Emotions help us to know who we are and what works for us. They help us to take care of ourselves, make positive choices and when we listen to them they are an expert guide to self-awareness. And, besides these more obvious functions, emotional energy can be used to increase and empower your intuition.
I was recently asked by a client who is confronting a possible lay-off from her job how to best deal with anxiety and fear. Her anxiety is at times so overwhelming she feels crippled by it and unable to make clear decisions. The unknown often provokes strong emotional reactions. At times of change, whether it is in your career, relationships, finances, health or family, clear intuitive guidance can be invaluable. Unfortunately, like static on the radio or television screen, emotional energy can interfere with and negatively influence intuition. Although when in the midst of a crisis it might seem that transforming and using your emotions to access intuitive information is impossible, it is easier than you think. Emotions are energy. Although we feel them as pleasurable, uncomfortable, frustrating or uplifting, emotions are not good or bad, emotions are simply energy. It is possible to slip underneath our personal reactions and responses and use the powerful energy behind our emotions. This is not denying how we feel. It is instead fully embracing what feels like the good, bad and ugly of our emotions and harnessing their potent energy.
The following is an exercise (taken from my book, Love and Intuition), that will help you to use your emotions to increase your intuitive ability.
Even though this exercise can be done while you are experiencing intense feelings, it is best to use it when you are feeling more calm and balanced.
- Think of a question for which like higher guidance. Write it down. For example:
What is my best career choice?
Will I ever meet a soul mate?
What can I do to improve my relationship with _____?
- After you have written your question, close your eyes and take a few long, deep breaths—in and out. As you breathe, draw your attention within. Then, remember a time in your life that evokes a strong feeling. Recall a memory or event that stirs up emotion. Accept whatever comes to mind. Perhaps it was a time when you were disappointed, excited, elated or filled with grief.
- Bring to your mind and body the intensity of those feelings. The feelings are not positive or negative, they are just energy. Feel them as energy.
- Next, feel the powerful force behind these feelings. Imagine that this powerful force can easily move through you, releasing any resistance or obstacles that may be interfering with your ability to receive clear intuitive guidance. Instead of repressing the intensity of your emotions and feelings, detach and do not judge them as good or bad. Instead accept their power and vibrancy. Imagine breathing this energy through your body from the top of your head through the soles of your feet.
- Continue moving this energy through your body, feeling yourself filling with vital and potent energy. Your feelings have now transformed to pure energy. You may feel a tingling or a subtle vibration as this energy moves through you.
- Imagine the flowing energy as a stream of white light, and project your question into it. This white light has intelligence and compassion.
- Listen and receive, become open to whatever guidance comes to you. Maintain this receptive state for as long as possible.
- Use your imagination to create symbols, images, numbers, letters or words with the energy that you are intuiting. You may experience an instantaneous knowing or gut feeling. Do not judge or try to think about or understand what you are receiving, try to remain as open as possible.
- When you have receive as much information as you feel is possible at this time. Take a few deep breathes, and come back fully into your body. Open your eyes, and without thinking too much about what you received jot down your impressions and information.
As above, take time to interpret the impressions you received, remembering that guidance may not appear immediately. Don’t be discouraged if it takes days or even weeks to fully understand the intuitive guidance you recieved.
Happy (Almost) Rapture
27 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Divine Spirit, Earth, intuition, rapture
May 21, 2011 came and went and to me knowledge no one was raptured into heaven. Over the years there have been several prophesied end of times, earthly disasters, earth changes and cataclysmic events that have not occurred. Still, many people and psychic and religious channels still herald the coming of dire and immense changes that will forever alter our day to day existence. To this I would like to add my two cents. With the help of my intuitive guidance, I am told that the nature of the earth is of course change, we all know this. But the earth blueprint and karma for change is seldom by human terms “overnight”. Instead we earthlings have the unique ability through our developed sciences, computer generated information and basic physical know-how to foresee the inevitable results of our actions. Now this is a very cool thing. As someone who makes her living as a professional intuitive, I know that there are many things beyond the physical that we must pay attention to and become aware of, for our benefit and others. But I will also humbly tell you that we know our future and we are not paying attention to it. We know that the collective choices that we are making will adversely affect our beloved earth, our neighbors, our children and ourselves. What I and my kindly guides can add to the mix is to help you to become aware that there is a legion of help in the spiritual celestial and earthly realms. The human solution machine works slowly and not without profit, power and financial gain. The spirit realm is not really interested in such gain.
What can you do to help? Greet the morning with an open heart, invoke your most beloved divine and spiritual ally, God, Goddess, Divine Spirit whoever or whatever you most connect with. Be a receptacle for benevolent love and wisdom to flow into the world. Where you are today, whoever you encounter, whatever you do, know that this is where you are most needed. Love translates into pure energy, be the counterforce to the century’s long negative campaign of misguided attempts to control and dominate the earth and one another. Choose to act in ways that respect yourself and others. Be mindful of the heart numbing bizarre world of consumer frenzy that wants you to believe at only by consuming, buying big and praising the popular will happiness come your way. Don’t believe it for a moment and don’t give your power away.
Ghost Busting 101
09 May 2011 Leave a Comment
Sooner or later in one way or another, you or someone close to you will bump into a ghost. It does not matter if you are a soccer mom, a college professor, a busy professional or a complete non-believer in such things, your life will in some way intersect with a non-physical visitor. Although this may seem highly unlikely, too spooky or paranormal, don’t stop reading yet, you never know when you might need to the following information.
A ghost was a person like you and me whose spirit after death has stayed on the physical-material level instead of transitioning into what some call heaven, the light, nirvana or pure energy. This happens for many reasons. In cases of sudden death through accidents or when under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a spirit may not realize that it has died and so they continue to wander and search for their home. Other spirits may not feel worthy to go to the light while there are some who cling to the physical world because they do not believe in an afterlife and in more rare cases there are a few who refuse to go to the light. A person who is possessive, highly materialistic or extremely stubborn may decide to stay in the physical realm after death to hold onto feelings of power and control or what they feel is materially theirs. These are usually the most disturbing type of ghost.
I have worked with many people who have encountered ghosts. These people live, otherwise, normal lives. They live in suburban homes, work in corporations and have never had an interest in the paranormal. Then, out of nowhere and usually while in their home, they hear strange noises or knocking on the walls, smell strange odors, feel sensations on their arms, legs, shoulders or hands, experience a shiver up the spine, feel a wave of cold or warm air or have objects fall off of shelves for no reason or they see the outline of a figure, a shadow or iridescent color or light flash across a room. These are the most common signs that there might be a ghost sharing space with you.
Most ghosts are not out to scare, traumatize, hurt, push you out of your home or possess you. They do however need to go to the place of all love and light and it is important that you remember that they do not have any real power. As a full-fledged mem
ber of the physical realm you have the power and ability to assist and move them forward on their way.
Here are some tips on what to do if you encounter a ghost.
- Remain calm, fear only intensifies stress and creates an uncomfortable environment
- Unless you do this as a hobby or profession, do not try to contact and carry on a conversation with your ghost
- If you are religious or spiritual draw close and open yourself to a higher power. If you are a nonbeliever or atheist, imagine the highest most pure energy of love.
- Imagine God, love, divine spirit, whatever you are comfortable with surrounding your ghost.
- Then ask for a loved one who is now in spirit (has died) who can influence and take your ghost into the source of all love and pure energy to draw close and assist your ghost.
- Most ghosts will immediately go into the light at this point. You can however repeat this process if you feel that your unwelcome visitor is not responding. Keep in mind you may have more than one ghost so you might need to do this a few times.
- If your ghost is not responding and gets more persistent and increases its presence in a less than pleasant way, I encourage you to contact a professional ghost buster. They do exist and you can usually find a reputable one through a local New Age Bookstore referral.
Remember you are in charge!
Thinking Intuition
06 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
I originally wrote this blog for the Fem Central Blog. It has also been featured on The New Age Journal
The Thinking Intuitive
In my work as a professional intuitive I have discovered that intuition surfaces in four primary ways, through our emotions, our spirit, and the physical body and through the mind. I call these different intuitive modalities your intuitive type. You are most likely a combination of two or more primary types. (In my book, Discover Your Psychic Type there is a quiz that will help you to decipher your intuitive strengths and weaknesses).
A mental intuitive absorbs intuitive energy through thoughts, instantaneous knowing, quick insight and through understanding systems and patterns. They are often naturally telepathic, which is the ability to tune into the thoughts of another or a group. Their spiritual path is that of consciousness and mindfulness.
Quite often mental intuitives do not recognize their intuitive instincts as anything other than their own thinking. Because their intuition surfaces through ideas, understanding systems and insight, they will often be found in such fields as science, medicine, technology and cutting edge research, innovation and invention. They love to intuit, but they do not always recognize their own often insightful exacting intuitive ability. I love it that Steven Jobs of Apple computers and clearly a mental intuitive has claimed intuition as a strong and valuable asset. Of intuition he said: “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Recognizing and then encouraging your natural intuition will empower you to make the best use of it. The mental intuitives biggest challenge is to differentiate between the constant mental chatter of the thinking brain and the insightful flow of unbiased clear intuition. Begin the process by making the assumption that you are intuitive. The simple intent of acceptance will save you much time and effort, over-thinking and guessing as to whether or not you are intuitive. Mental intuitives have the tendency to over –think and get bogged down in inner arguments and intense focus. Attempting to figure out and logically discern intuitive thoughts just doesn’t work. Instead, a relaxed, lucid, even day- dreamy imaginative thought flow is the optimum state to achieve. Find something that soothes the brain. Some find that listening to music, exercising, especially running and swimming, driving through the countryside, doing mundane physical tasks, such as mowing the lawn, folding the laundry, creative activity such as painting, gardening, anything that gives your mind something to focus on without over-thinking, helps. While your brain is busy your intuition will take this as an opportunity to sneak into your consciousness. You may have had this experience. We often call it an ahha moment when out of seemingly nowhere we receive an answer or understanding that has previously eluded us.
The obvious activity that many people “think” should work and be helpful is meditation. While meditation has many benefits and certainly the ability to tune into your intuition is one of them, all too often, people expect too much and put pressure on themselves to quickly achieve a calm clear mind. Unfortunately instead of peace this only promotes frustration and stress, not exactly what you were aiming for. If you regularly meditate or you find that you can easily achieve a quiet receptive state by all means jump in, if not, know that there are other ways to tune within and receive intuitive information.
The next step is to be become aware of the difference between your intuition and your thinking mind. Unlike the chattering of endless thoughts, intuitive knowing is awareness that emerges as a cohesive whole. It is not a step by step logical process. You simply know. This knowing may be accompanied by a slight or sometimes pronounced, buzz of energy or tingling sensation. With your intuition there will be a moment, when you simply know that a thought or insight is true and authentic. I give readings most days of the week for people all over the world and I have been doing this for many years. Yet, almost every day I receive information that surprises me. This is another common indicator that you are receiving intuitive information. You will be surprised and even a bit jolted by a new insight. The thinking mind can only tell you what it knows. It will feed you information based on your beliefs, past experiences, judgments, biases and education. Your intuition could care less if you believe or trust what it broadcasts your way. Even if you reject an intuitive knowing as impractical nonsense it will return and persist.
This brings us to the next step. The art of developing a receptive and open mind and learning how to simply listen without letting the thinking brain take over. When you feel you are receiving intuitive information or are not sure but suspect it is possible, stop and listen. Not so easy for the mental intuitive. The mental intuitive’s brain at work might look like a house overly decorated with streaming flashing lights at Christmas. You know the ones where people come from miles around to view and marvel at the time, expense and sanity of those who devote their lives to creating the visual wonder. Instead of lighting up all of your circuits, pull back, take a deep breath, and listen. Train your brain to accomplish this and you will soon be amazed at your intuitive capabilities. Think of yourself as a reporter covering a story. Your job is to listen and if possible write down what you receive. That’s it. Do not try to figure it out, understand the why, when, how and who. Just accept what you receive in its entirety. You can at a later time let loose the thinking brain and let it mull over what it is that you have intuited.
Okay, mental intuitive, you are well armed (or at least beginning steps armed). Boldly intuit the stuff that we need figured out. You are our tough-minded, solution seeking, discoverers, writers, liberators, cutting edge inventors and creators. The world needs you just about now.
