Text: A reader asks: I have been doing automatic writing with my guide for about a year. I feel the sense that there is more. How does one move beyond the automatic writing to maybe voice channeling or to clairaudient? Is this a question that Quado would have some insight on for me? Quado, do you have an answer to this question?- - Ah, yes, of course, of course. You are, of course, psychic. Every time you know that it is your sister on the o ther end of the phone line before you pick up the receiver, every time you get a ³gut feeling² about something, every time you turn left instead of right and run into a long-lost friend, you are using your psychic skills. Every time the answer you need just pops into your head when you are at work, every time you somehow just know that it is not the right time to speak to your supervisor as you had planned, you are using your psychic skills. All people are psychic, but as with everything else in life, you have some things which come naturally and easily and some things which require practice for proficiency. Some small children can sit down at the piano and pick out tunes by ear. Some people must spend years working hard to develop a musical talent which comes easily and naturally to others. Psychic skills are no different. The natural ability is there, but you may have inclinations in one way or another, just as some play the piano, some play the drums and some prefer to sing or dance. And the way you find out is through experimentation and practice. You may expand your skills in many different directions. As a small child this might have been easier for you, for you would not have the training this society imposes upon its children, telling them that the angels they see are not real and that the playmate is imaginary, until finally they no longer trust this part of their experience. But the basic skills are there and can be developed. The primary thing to know about psychic skills is that it all requires relaxation. If you push and try too hard, it will recede from you. You must do everything with a light hand, an easy and gentle approach. And you must also realize that your rational mind will try to talk you out of it. Your busy mind, your intrusive ego, will be continually telling you that what you see and feel and hear is not real. But it is. This is one of the primary reasons that practice is required. It is practice to learn to trust yourself, to learn that what you sensed was in fact true and real. You must also realize that some of the psychic senses will be easier for you than others. Some people see auras readily. For some they are vivid and full of color. For other people, they must be satisfied with a bare shimmering effect and will instead rely upon their psychic feeling to give them an interpretation of what is there. For some people, psychic senses are largely centered in a simple knowing, just an intuitive insight which says: I know this is true. And if this is your primary psychic sense, you will be blessed with much insight, but it may be difficult for you to understand it as a psychic skill. But yet it is. And psychic hearing is often misunderstood, for it can sound just like your thinking inside your head, but just has a different feel and may be accompanied by a sense of knowing that it comes ! from outside. All of this is very subtle. I would suggest that you enlist a friend for some fun experiments. Do some reading, but do so cautiously. You may be reading a book by someone who is very strong in psychic seeing and attempt to follow her exercises unsuccessfully because it is not your primary skill. In the end, all of it requires experimentation and time to build up your trust. And remember, if you are tired and if you are pushing, you need to just stop and come back to it another time. You may also find that when you are trying hard you fail, but that the minute you release and give up, just give up because it is not working, that suddenly some vision or word or insight will pop into your mind. It was there all along, waiting for you to stop pushing and trying so hard. I would recommend that you keep a journal for your psychic experiments. The impressions you receive are fleeting and will fade over time, like a dream. When you have some thought or vision or feeling, you need to write it down. Then see over time if it told you something. And if it did, make a note of that as well. As you go forward, your journal will fill with little things which begin to help you build up faith in your own abilities. This establishment of trust can take time. And of course, the other thing that you can do to increase your skills is to meditate, and during that meditation, reach up into your soul self and open up wider the communication you have at that level. This is where the communication takes place in any event, for your soul self knows all and is connected to all. And so widening this pathway, expanding the golden channel of energy which extends upwards from the crown of your head to your soul self will enhance your psychic skills. And lastly, know that it is all one thing, and the expansion of any area enhances all. If you practice faithfully on expanding the skills in your strongest psychic senses, they will all improve to some degree. And creativity is a part of it all as well. If you practice your writing and singing and songwriting and acting and musical instruments, this will also enhance your receptiveness to the muse, who is also deeply connected and one with psychic phenomena. Love yourself. Trust yourself. Dare to experiment. Dare to seem foolish to yourself and others while you expand your skills. And above all, have fun. Enjoy the expansion of this part of your experience. Expand your intuitive skills and some day, when you most need it, you will find that you have the ability to tap in and find out just what you need to know. When the fog is thickest, you will find that you can still see. When your mind is noisy with fear, you will still be able to hear that little voice underneath the fear, telling you the truth. It is well worth the effort. If you have a question you believe might interest other Quado readers, please send it to carriehart@msn.com Visit www.carriehart.com for meditation CDs, healing services, music and more. This newsletter is distributed free of charge. Just send an email with Subscribe or Unsubscribe as the subject to carriehart@msn.com . Copyright 2004 by Systematique, Inc.

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