Discover Your Psychic Gifts I Retailing Insight Magazine

have you ever had that random thought or feeling that seemed to come from nowhere? How about a vision or hearing words that you quickly discovered were not part of your physical world? And possibly strongest, and most powerful, the moment you question if you just had a psychic or an intuitive flash. These are the times your psychic gifts are letting you know they are present, just waiting for you to use them.

Let’s start with the basics, first. Psychic versus intuition. There are many explanations for the differences in these words. For me, the word psychic refers more to those who have expanded and studied, and possibly have a greater disposition to become professionals, reading for others. But, intuitive, is what we all are. We are born with a natural intuition that we use regularly. You will often find me interchangeably using the words psychic and intuitive, as they refer to the same basic gifts. More importantly, it can be amazing when you discover you have them.

So, how do we recognize these abilities? How can we understand when our intuition is trying to tell us something? It can be different for everyone. I say this because even though we all have access to the same psychic gifts, we don’t always use them. You may feel drawn to one more easily or even more excitedly – you probably have a natural propensity towards that one. As you read the psychic abilities below, you may relate to one or even a couple. You might even think, wow… I’ve experienced that. So, let’s take a look!

Psychic Senses

We can’t talk about our psychic gifts without first addressing imagination. We sometimes question whether what we are perceiving as intuition may just be our imagination. After all, so much of psychic ability is individual and occurs inside the mind or the body, rather than external. They are the intangibles that are difficult to prove.

You can think about it this way. Without the collection of imaginations to fuel our visions or sounds, we would not be able to recognize anything – psychic or not. So, we need our imaginations to recognize and identify what we are perceiving, psychically as well. To take it a step further, when we see, hear, or feel something in our imagination, it tends to feel more commonplace. When it’s intuitive based, it will feel more energetic, at times even giving you a tingly feeling. When it happens often, you’ll be able to discern between your imagination and your psychic abilities more easily. There are five basic psychic gifts – These are the ways we perceive intuitive messages.

Each extra sensory ability starts with clarity which means clear. Clairvoyance, one of the most recognized words, does not mean psychic. In other words, if you’re clairvoyant you may be psychic, but being psychic does not mean you’re clairvoyant. It doesn’t encompass our metaphysical gifts, but it does cover one: clear or psychic sight. The most common way to experience this is to see an image, a color, and possibly a symbolic impression in our mind’s eye, or our third eye.

Symbolism is something we can understand in our language, that we can more easily decipher. There are some other common misconceptions about clairvoyance. To be clairvoyant, many believe, you have to see people or things outside your physical body, with your physical eyes. It is extremely rare for people, even most mediums, to see images like that. It is more likely to see images in your mind’s eye. Another common misbelief is these images will appear like videos. Usually, rather, or most people, these images will pop up like photographs or photographic flashes.

Clairsentience is a clear feeling. It’s a feeling you may have in your body, often in your belly, which can feel warming or chilling and doesn’t just refer to temperature. Rather, more so, it might make you feel happy or sad, angry, or content, cheerful or confused.

Though it’s not always easily discernible from that egg salad sandwich you just ate, this gut instinct invokes a sensation in your body or even in your mind, which you can interpret to be an emotion or two. Clairsentience emerges if you are trying to decide if something feels right. Think about being on a dating app that doesn’t have pictures and all you have is the name. If location and age were all the same, you’d have to rely on whether you got a good vibe on the person or not. That vibe is coming from your clairsentience – you’re feeling their energy. That gut instinct you have will also help you decide the energy of a room when you walk into a potential future home. If it feels yucky, chances are you’ll move on to the next place, regardless of the physical appearance.

Claircognizance is a clear knowing. It is the knowledge that comes unexpectedly, a surprise, which is born not from evidential means, but from metaphysical. This means it is grasping a truth that you have no proof of or no reason to know. This knowing may shock you initially because it makes you wonder how you could know something you have no reason or logic to know.

It is surprising. That absolute knowing. And it may happen if someone asks you a simple question and you discover you instantly have an answer that you shouldn’t know. Being able to answer a question with no history or previous familiarity might normally feel like you were making it up. But, when your claircognizance kicks in, it’s like you are certain and there’s no question. Just yesterday my friend texted me and asked if I knew where her passport was because she couldn’t find it. I didn’t think about it, just told her it was in a box, in a bag, with kitchen stuff, somewhere it shouldn’t be. I didn’t see it or feel it or even hear it. I just knew it. Sure enough, she just texted me that she found it, exactly how I described it. You can practice this psychic gift yourself by asking quick yes or no questions about what will be on the television when you change the channel.

Clairaudience is clear hearing. It is different from our physical hearing because it’s not heard externally. It is an internal sound. It might be just a sound, a song, a word, or anything else your physical ears can hear, but something heard inside your mind. As with clairvoyance, clairaudience can be extremely brief or can be longer, but it may make you ask those you are with if they just heard something.

Let’s imagine you are deciding whether to move to New York City or stay where you are in a rural part of Connecticut. While thinking about this you suddenly hear train whistles. Then you hear what sounds like a lot of people talking. And finally, you hear car horns. Now, you didn’t hear actual words telling you to ‘move!’, but it’s pretty obvious that your intuition is saying to ‘go’ to the city! Alternatively, if you heard chickens clucking and roosters crowing, that indicates a more rural or even country setting. Just listen.

That leads us to the fifth Clair sense, but I will add on a sixth because they work so well together!

Clairalience is the psychic sense of smell. When we talk about this sense, we can’t forget to mention clairgustance which, you’ve probably guessed, is psychic taste. As with your physical senses, these two gifts go hand in hand and can enhance what your metaphysical senses are imparting to you. If your initial thought is your clair gifts will present you with wonderful, chocolatey goodness smells and tastes, think again. I’ve had everything from actual trash scents to tasting what I can only describe as the best fried chicken ever. It all depends on what you’re tuning into. People also relate scents and tastes of food, or tobacco, or perfumes to their deceased loved ones.

Other Examples of Psychic Discovery

Now that you’ve been introduced to what you may or may not have already experienced, it’s time to give you some other real-life examples you might be able to personally relate to. Have you ever felt an energy around someone you’ve just met? What about goosebumps? Both may indicate you are having an intuitive reaction! Like an allergic reaction, an intuitive reaction lets you know your intuition is alive and well. These are energetic and even aural occurrences that let you know you’re connecting to someone else’s energy. The aura is the energetic field that surrounds all living things which can be tapped into psychically. It contains information about the person it is attached to.

Signs and synchronicities are often indicators of your intuition showing up. Signs can be thought of as external or tangible guidance that you may see or notice. For example, seeing a cardinal after asking if your deceased loved one is with you is a common response letting you know they are sending you a sign they are indeed around. Other common signs include seeing pennies in unusual spots or at strange times, such as pennies from heaven, for loved ones.

You can ask for a sign, such as, “show me a sign to let me know where I should go on vacation,” and when you turn on the television there’s a commercial to take a trip to Alaska. But, to provide you with even more direction, you change the channel and there’s a gold rush show which takes place in Alaska. These two signs are pretty clear — head to Alaska!

Synchronicities are interesting. They are two, or a collection of unrelated events or occurrences that wouldn’t otherwise have been connected. Carl Jung, a psychologist, introduced the concept in his work back in the 1950’s. He later went on to say if you wait long enough, you’ll always discover synchronicities. The synchronicities we are concerned with are the kind that feels mystical and makes you pause.

This type of psychic existence can be difficult to recognize because it occurs in two separate, mostly unexpected ways. Usually, there will be a first event that makes you take notice in some way. However, you most often will not have a clue as to why it seems important. Until, and it can happen soon, or may take a week or so to occur, the second event or sign shows up. That is the moment that you identify there is a synchronistic connection. It might be something big, to help you in a major decision or it could be something smaller.

I was shopping in a local mall, not for me, but for my kids. I passed by a store and in the window display there was a pair of black pants. Now, black pants are not uncommon. So, although I was drawn to the black pants. I ignored it, convinced I did not need them, and after all, I was shopping for my kids. It wasn’t until the following week that I discovered why I had specifically noticed the clothing. Unfortunately, a family member had passed, and I needed to attend the funeral, and lo and behold, no black pants. But I knew where to get some.

These are the types of synchronicities you might experience, even if you hadn’t originally identified it as such. One suggestion to help you better familiarize yourself with these events is to write down when something makes you say, ‘huh?’ And leave space for the coordinating synchronistic event. By setting yourself up with the intention, you will be more apt to remember and more in tune with spotting the connection.

It’s All Psychic

Regardless of how you discover your psychic gifts, I hope that you will give yourself the space and take the time to dive into your abilities! You have your own guidance system that you can utilize every day. Start with one simple exercise a day and you might discover you’re more tuned in than you ever thought! The key? Just believe!

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