Increasing Psychic Abilities Through Meditation
Increasing Psychic Abilities Through Meditation
We all have psychic abilities. For many people this ability is
dormant or asleep. It's a bit like the person who sits at a
piano for the first time and discovers that they have a natural
talent for music. The ability was always present it just takes
the right circumstances for the talent to become apparent.
Most of us have times in our lives when we notice something at
work that can be considered psychic. Usually this psychic
ability is in the form of intuition, hunches or gut responses
that seem to defy reason or logic. These uncanny hunches and
sudden insights can sometimes leave us feeling bewildered, but
the truth is that they are a perfectly natural ability. And like
any other talent, psychic abilities can be trained and
perfected.
There are any number of tools and methods available to the
psychic any or all of which may help to increase or focus
intuitive skills. Most psychics use some form of meditation to
enter a frame of mind that heightens intuitive awareness. Some
read palms or tea leaves, tarot cards or rune stones or use a
crystal ball; some may involve intricate rituals. Regardless of
the tools used to assist a psychic reading they each serve to
aid the psychic in entering a form of focused meditation which
greatly enhances the natural intuitive sense.
Focused meditation provides the frame of mind that is most
receptive to intuitive information. Meditation quiets the mind,
filters out the noise and chatter of the conscious. This
filtering of conscious noise allows the sub-conscious mind to
voice its thoughts, as well as enable the mind to tune in to the
environment. Some have called this a heightened state of
awareness or altered consciousness. The attention is drawn
inward with a kind of detached awareness. Developing your
ability to enter into this heightened state of mind plays the
important role in increasing your intuitive senses.
If you're unfamiliar with the practice of meditation then the
following exercise should help to gain a better understanding of
the methods used. This exercise focuses on breathing and
visualization. Controlled breathing provides an area of
immediate connection with the mind and body and also increases
the supply of oxygen to the brain.
Begin by finding a comfortable place to perform your meditation.
This can be any place of your choosing, provided that you find
it comfortable and relaxing. It is not required for you to sit,
though you may, if you choose. Many people find it difficult to
sit still for any length of time. Standing or even walking
slowly is perfectly acceptable for the sake of this exercise.
Focus your attention on your breathing. Notice the air as it
enters your body. Try to breathe in through your nose and exhale
through your mouth. Take slow, deep breaths.
Inhale slowly through your nose and hold the breath in for nine
seconds, then exhale slowly for another nine seconds, count out
the seconds steadily, not rushed and not sluggish, try to find a
pace that feels comfortable, just remember to relax your
breathing.
Inhale for nine seconds, exhale for nine seconds, and repeat
this process nine times. With every breath, imagine that you are
inhaling precious life giving air and exhaling any unwanted
energies. After you have repeated this cycle nine times you can
begin your visualization. Try to maintain the rhythm of your
breathing without counting it out in your head.
At this point you may notice random thoughts popping into your
head, simply dismiss them as they enter your mind, let them slip
away easily.
Imagine that you are walking across a dry and sandy landscape.
The temperature is comfortable, the air is easy to breath and
you feel at ease.
As you walk along you notice a shape on the horizon. As you near
the shape you see that it is a stone building, a round, stone
building with a single door. You are facing the door and now you
see that this door is slightly open and a light is coming from
inside.
Now, you are standing at the door and decide to push the door
open. You open the door and enter the stone building.
Inside you see a round room with a table in the centre. The room
is well lit, warm and comfortable. You approach the table and
notice a small wooden box, paper and a pen.
You form a question in your mind that you would like answered,
an issue that you would like resolved, it does not take you any
time to form this question. You write this question on the paper
before you and place the paper in the box. You see the box has a
lid and you close it.
After a moment you open the box, you see that the question is no
longer written there, instead an answer has appeared. You take
the answer with you as you leave the building and return to your
present space.
You may see immediate results with this exercise or it may take
several attempts before the answers found within the box make
any sense to you. Over time this visualization becomes much
easier to enter into and you may be tempted to treat this
exercise as some sort of oracle. This is not the true intention.
Instead what we are trying to accomplish is entering into the
receptive mode of meditation that was spoken of earlier. The
easier it is to enter into this state the more likely it is that
you will become tuned into receiving intuitive information.