I certainly can appreciate there being some questioning by the unacquainted wondering about why I might adhere to the thinking that everyone has some psychic sense, regardless of what they themselves might believe or not believe incidentally or as a result of their own experiences thus far in their life. I will present the belief that ones psychic sense is no different than any of our other senses, and is as integrated into our being just as ones auditory sense, ones tactile sense, ones olfactory sense and on and on allowing for the perception of the totality of an experience.
People’s psychic sense is a functional extension of their physical senses on a soulfully spiritual level, combining the multitude of other states of being all then coalescing into a great global perception of the self interpreting what lies outside of ones own physical shell, while also being intertwined into the fabric of ones soulful experience. One might think of their psychic sense as being that one sense that interprets and allows one to interrelate with all of the totality of what exists. A feat not allowed for by the purely physical senses in and by themselves alone. This is the interpretation of an aspect of reality that cannot always be seen, heard or felt but that exists nonetheless regardless of the opinions of the naysayers and the skeptics who adhere to the existence of the purely empirical universe. Here is where the split usually takes place between those who have a great inner acknowledgement of what they believe to be true versus those who demand physical proof of a spiritual quality of being that had no consistent basis or quantity for a test tube or a video recording.
There is one generally accepted path for one to set out upon in the quest of honing ones psychic sense, this greater spiritual sense. This is the path of meditation. Now, as there are so many various forms and styles of meditation, there can hardly be a set rule that determines one specific path for anyone. People respond in varying ways to different stimuli and to different forms of self-awareness throughout the path of their days. It’s therefore a given to presume that the same is probably true for the effects on, and the styles of meditation that people choose that match their states of mind and emotion as well as their physical states of being. As some people cannot sit for prolonged periods of time for physical and very functional reasons, the same is certainly true for their emotive states of being and their soulfully spiritual being.
Some inner cues that add to the further development of ones psychic sense, includes the augmentation of ones inner and outer levels of awareness relating to themselves and their interrelation to their surroundings. This then leads to a greater awareness of ones spiritual connectedness to the energies of life and to the energies that make up the world that surrounds them. Everything is comprised of, vibrates and gives off energy, and more so for those aspects of existence that can rarely be seen, sometimes heard and more so felt on some inner level of sensation. Everyone can relate to that rare offbeat sensation of feeling a vague presence in some room, about in a house or in some place that simply sets off a sudden state of hyper-vigilance. These are the very senses that are spoken of when relating the psychic experience. Surely there are some who have these senses tuned as a matter of incidence and being in their life while others for unforeseen reasons remain in the need of some tuning in these areas. It can be likened to some working of the muscles of these senses to get them working better than they otherwise had been.
In and through this process of retrograding oneself back to a greater state of heightened awareness of ones inner soulful senses, the progress is as varied as the course one takes to achieve it. Some might simply sit in a quiet setting for a variably short amount of time finding themselves amidst their own meditative states while others might discover that they need to spend a much greater amount of time, honing their inner disciplines step by step in the attempt. The course one takes can be an important factor in the journey but it certainly isn’t the singular deciding factor. Ones own motives and connectedness with themselves and their relationship of acceptance to the reality that surrounds them is as important a key to the journey. Most would contend though, that one of the most common of threads is the desire and the discipline of engaging in some meditation that works to allow one to both recognize and to engage this sensitivity apart from their other senses.
As I believe I've discussed elsewhere in the book Spirituality For The Moment, the one or more hour session of meditation isn’t an absolute necessity. Many people find that a ten or twenty minute or less meditative experience is just as valuable to them as a much more lengthened session of an hour or more might be for others. Again, the motive and the intent that’s steering one down that path coupled with some increasing discipline and genuine desire for a heightened spiritual state of being is one fine first set of steps to consider along this journey.
Whether someone wants to seek a much more qualitative meditative experience as a means of seeking a greater relationship with ones guide as well as with ones own psychic senses, or if one simply wants to seek a more relaxed demeanor, seeking to reduce stress, to lower the effects of chronic pain or to simply increase their own inner connections with themselves, the simple meditative exercise can suffice quite nicely.
This next section is also available in the article:"Angelic and Spirit Guide Presences during Meditation”
A Comfortable Meditation:
Find a comfortable and rather secluded quiet setting where you won’t be bothered for at least a half-hour and if necessary, make it known that this time whatever it is, is your time, and your not to be bothered.
Once placed into your chair, on your sofa or what have you, set out to stretch your muscles, your arms, chest, neck and legs so they won’t cramp on you too frequently setting your body into the ready for a short times sitting.
The most desirable setting would be to shut off the stereo, the tape player and the television. As much as one might want to hear that ocean, that choir or that melody that they find fills them comfortably in quiet times, it might not be the best filler for such meditative moments. The best setting really is a quiet one where ones inner awareness has a chance to come to the surface and can sharpen itself with the senses. Just think of how easily you can hear another person speaking softly in a roomful of buzzing and clattering conversations going on around you. How often have you asked someone to repeat themselves because what they present just couldn’t be absorbed in all of that noise?
Once set comfortably into your place, place your hands on your side on an armrest, or even your lap and close your eyes.
Breathe in through the nose filling your lower diaphragm, holding the breath for several seconds, and then release the breath slowly out through the mouth. Do this three times in even periods, and at each series of breaths further relax yourself allowing your mind to both wander and come back to a centered spot where you can begin to view what’s before you in your mind.
After the breaths are done, now continue to breathe evenly and without undue effect. If you have to cough, swallow or clear your throat, by all means do so. It’s all a natural part of the body rhythm as is setting ones feet or legs in place.
Now that you’re in your meditative rhythm, this is how you remain. The reason ones breath is such an important factor to meditation is due to its integral part in the rhythm of the body and thereby affecting the rhythm’s of the mind as well. When the breath is calm and easily flowing, so is the mind and its influences.
Allow your mind to view what comes before it, taking notice of everything that’s comes forward and letting it pass along just as easily. Try to get into the practice of not judging yourself or your reactions to your feelings or what you perceive during meditation! Just keep everything in its perspective for what it is. These things are what they are, and have been in your past, and in some cases might be in your or someone else’s future. You have to be the determiner of what you see, feel and in some cases inwardly hear during your meditations which is why many who have practiced for some time will allude to the necessity of not overreacting to anything and remaining calm giving yourself the convenience of some objectivity.
If you’re a believer of such in your life, ask your spirit guide(s) to help to clear your channels to allow for things to come to you much easier.
Make whatever questions you might have about what you see and feel known to your guide(s) by asking them out loud. This cements the perception into a tangible place within you and makes it all the more a very real experience.
As you visualize what comes before you, look, experience, and don’t be afraid to articulate what you visualize, this serves well to set it into your awareness.
In the course of your meditation, if you wish, make questions known to your angel(s). They will hear you and of course always do, but this course of contact increases the connections between your perceptions and what becomes known to your perceptions.
Once you have experienced enough in your meditation, make some thanks known to your guide(s), angel(s) and connections and then withdraw from the meditation while slowly breathing deeper and deeper, then opening your eyes slowly allowing yourself the moments to begin to shift about and come back to be where you are.
Practice this again and again as you will. Eventually you’ll find the experience so gratifying; it might just become a desired retreat for yourself when in and amidst your busy life giving you even more to look forward too.
At the end of your meditation, if you find that the experience was one that you weren’t quite expecting or one that you found yourself quite surprised by in whatever way, do remember that repetition is as important to the practice of meditation and the benefits it provides just as repetition is important in honing a muscle of the body. Meditation is a wonderful exercise for the soulfully spiritual self and a wonderful way to re-connect you to that part of yourself you just might have forgotten about so long ago only now to rediscover it again!
As Always,
WD
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