How to Develop Psychic Abilities

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Psychics are people who can tap into the subconscious mind. Most people have some psychic abilities, however they may be clouded by too much clutter or you haven’t figured out how to enhance or use them. Psychic abilities can be fine-tuned, brought out, and developed.^{[1]
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Method 1

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Using Exercises to Develop Psychic Abilities

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Learn about the different kinds of psychic abilities. Some psychics are strongest in one psychic area or they choose to focus on one at the expense of others.
- Imagine you are using your “third eye” – the chakra (or energy field) that is located above your real eyes. Visualize this third eye opening and expanding. See what you notice in the mind’s “inner screen.” Try this with your eyes shut.
- Clairvoyance means you are able to see spirit images. One aspect of clairvoyance is “remote viewing,” which is the ability to see things that are not known by the common senses. Clairvoyants work through the aura to receive impressions from spirit communicators.^{[2]
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  Research source} For remote viewing, determine a remote location you want to sense. Shut your eyes, and think about the location. Shift your intention upward to your third eye. Note the first impression you have, and write it down. ^{[3]
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- Clairaudience means the ability to receive spirit impressions but in the forms of sounds. Words are transmitted through the aura into the medium’s subconscious, as if the medium is a telephone. To practice clairaudience, repeat a word in your mind as you think it. This helps develop your inner voice. Clairsentience is the ability to sense the presence of a spirit, including its emotions and personality.
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Practice your psychic ability with small objects. Some psychics, such as those working on criminal investigations, will use clothing. The key is to find an object that’s been used, as psychics believe it will have more energy than an unused object.
- Put the object in your hands, close your eyes, relax, and feel – what your body feels. You could ask yourself whether you think the object belonged to a man or woman, what the emotions were of the person who owned it, and what kind of work they did.
- Write what comes to you as instinct. This is called an energetic impression. Don’t edit anything. It’s best if the person who gives you the object actually knows the owner but doesn’t tell you. That way you can compare what you write down to the actual facts.
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Try other exercises with objects. Have someone hide an object, and see if you can find it. The key, again, is to see whether you can sense the energy in the object. Try to “feel” where the object is located.
- Visualize yourself connecting with the object’s energy in order to figure out its location. Ask yourself whether it seems somewhere high or low, and whether it’s hidden under something or placed inside of something.
- You could use pictures instead as the objects. Have a friend select photos out of magazines, and seal them in envelopes. Then, see how many details you come up with about the photos.
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Meditate in order to develop your psychic abilities. This will allow you to clear your mind and better focus on your sixth sense. It's extremely important that you reduce clutter.
- Upon waking in the morning, make an effort to lie still for a few minutes without opening your eyes. Try to notice as many sounds, textures and smells as possible before you decide to open your eyes. This exercise, if carried out for several weeks, can greatly help to increase your levels of awareness and intuition.
- To meditate, close your eyes and draw in a deep and slow breath. Then, inhale through your nose. Hold the breath in for a moment. Breathe back out through your mouth.^{[4]
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- Playing soft music in the background could help you still your mind. Or you could chant a mantra to do so – this is a word or short phrase that you repeat to yourself over and over again. The goal is to screen out unwanted mental clutter. The reason meditation works is that it helps you turn off your analytical mind and free up the subconscious mind.
- Imagine a “plus” sign when you inhale, and imagine a “minus” sign when you exhale. Do this exercise repeatedly. Clear your mind of all negative thoughts, as they can impede psychic abilities. ^{[5]
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Method 2

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Enhancing Your Subconscious

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Learn how to rely on and recognize intuition. Intuition is a belief or sense of something that is not anchored to logical reasoning. It’s a gut instinct that transcends logic.^{[6]
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- Although everyone has intuition, some people are able to develop it more than other people. Work on developing your intuition by trusting it; it’s the gut feelings you get when you first meet someone.^{[7]
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  Research source} Make sure your motives are pure; that will free up psychic tendencies.^{[8]
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- Pay attention to random thoughts and feelings. Keep a journal handy at all times, and try to write down those thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere. You may notice after a while that patterns tend to emerge. Thoughts that previously seemed completely random and unconnected begin to form themes or recognizable ideas.^{[9]
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- Allowing yourself a few minutes to be still upon waking makes it much easier to remember dreams with more detail than if you rush out of bed in the morning and hurry to start the day. Try setting your alarm clock to wake you up ten or fifteen minutes before your normal waking time. Give yourself some time to remember your dreams and make a few quick notes in your journal. The subconscious is more unrestrained during sleep.
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Hone your ability to feel empathy. Some people believe that psychics are acutely tuned into other people’s emotions, pain, and energy. They are able to experience those things in other people as if they are their own.^{[10]
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- Although people can be born with empathy, people can also acquire empathy. Some people believe that everyone is born with some degree of psychic ability, so this can be developed. Become an expert reader of body language. Psychics learn a lot about a person by being able to read their non-verbal cues. These can provide key predictors of inner feelings.
- Psychic healers will sometimes place their hands on another person so they can better perceive their emotions. Protect yourself from negative psychic energy. This is called psychic protection. That means that you are able to protect yourself, or shield yourself from negative energies of other people.
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Learn how to concentrate. You need to develop your ability to concentrate if you want to perceive someone else’s thoughts or move objects with your mind. Being able to focus the mind is critical.
- Hold a picture for one minute while looking at it. Then close your eyes, and try to reproduce this picture with every detail you can remember in your mind. This visualization technique will help improve your concentration abilities.^{[11]
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- Use the power of imagination and daydreaming. It's no surprise that children, who are more imaginative, are better able to use their subconscious. These attributes will encourage psychic abilities.

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Using Energy Fields

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Learn more about your personal energy field. Psychics believe that all people are surrounded by electromagnetic fields that they use to pass energy on at a psychic level. You can use these energies better if you understand what they are.^{[12]
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- Auras and chakras are two aspects of your personal energy field. If you understand what they are, you can better control the flow of energy into and out of your body. It can take many years to hone your telepathic abilities. You should try to practice these skills on a daily basis, if possible. Auras are energy fields that surround the body; chakras are the places that energy flows into and out of the body.
- You can try to perceive other people’s personal energy fields, and, thus, increase your ability to read the thoughts of other people. Have people draw pictures on cards, and then try to figure out what the person drew without being shown cards.
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Study the major chakras and work on unblocking them. Within the body are seven major chakras. These are openings in which energy flows in and out of the body. The top two chakras are mental centers, the four on the front deal with emotions and the four on the back of the body focus on will. The root chakra relates to physical.^{[13]
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- If a chakra is blocked, energy doesn’t flow. This can cause illness and suppression of emotion. If chakras are too open, this can lead to overreaction and emotional problems.^{[14]
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- Imagine that you are opening and closing the third eye, which is the chakra just above and between your actual eyes. Shut your actual eyes, and imagine the third eye opening more.^{[15]
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Figure out how to see a person’s aura. Auras are the energy field emitted by all human beings. They vary in color and intensity. If you learn how to sense a person’s aura, you can better perceive their thoughts.^{[16]
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- Energy is everywhere, including radiating from the body. Stand about 10 feet away from another person. Have them stand against a plain white or black background.
- Look at their nose with relaxed gaze, and use your peripheral vision. The aura will look like a slight fog first. Keep your gaze at the fog. Once you see it, hold the gaze and you should be able to see it. When you blink the aura will probably disappear.
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Get rid of your negative energy. In order to become sensitive to other people’s feelings and experiences, you need to operate at a higher level energy frequency with your own energy.
- Negativity and unhappiness are energy that will cloud your psychic abilities. Think positively as much as you can. ^{[17]
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- Start by grounding yourself. This will help you learn how to control your energy. Stand with your feet apart, and your arms hanging loosely. Bend your knees slightly, and sink your feet into the ground. Mentally move your energy to your feet. Visualize roots extending deep into the ground out of your feet.
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Be still and quiet in order to perceive natural energy. You will want to get out of the clutter of modern life with all of its distractions to perceive energy better.
- Keeping away from the rowdiness and activities of noisy distractions can help the mind think more clearly, in terms of developing inner mental accuracy and focus. Drink in the beauty of natural sounds, like the chirping of birds, the babbling of water from a brook, waterfall, etc.
- These natural echos are known to enhance intuition and psychic abilities. Remove the distractions of electronic devices - cell phones, television, and even electric lighting can be a barrier to psychic abilities.

Expert Q&A

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Why can't I channel?

Jennifer McVey, Cht
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Jennifer McVey is a Spiritualist, Seer, and the Spiritual Director of Spiritual Answers and Solutions. With more than 22 years of experience, she specializes in manifesting, ghosts and spirit attachments, hypnotherapy, channeling, and spiritually based life coaching. Jennifer has also published 13 Affirmation Image and six Word Search Puzzle books in spirituality and self-help and has produced over 600 audio sessions.

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Expert Answer

You might be struggling with negative thoughts and doubts. Even if you're a great channel, all of the information you receive has to come through your higher self; so if you're feeling negative, you might have trouble getting clear information and answers.
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How can I improve my psychic abilities?

Jennifer McVey, Cht
Spiritual Director
Jennifer McVey is a Spiritualist, Seer, and the Spiritual Director of Spiritual Answers and Solutions. With more than 22 years of experience, she specializes in manifesting, ghosts and spirit attachments, hypnotherapy, channeling, and spiritually based life coaching. Jennifer has also published 13 Affirmation Image and six Word Search Puzzle books in spirituality and self-help and has produced over 600 audio sessions.

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Expert Answer

Practice and meditation are key. Meditation allows you to hear your inner voice, and you need to be able to hear your higher self to be successful. Meditation can also help you block out all the other interfering energy and noise, which is really important.
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Twice I have known before arriving at a place who would be there and what would be happening. Why is that, and is it possible to make it happen again?

Community Answer

This is a certain sign that you can see the future. It is possible, but It decides when and where, you cannot control it. It happens to me a lot, and gives me headaches.

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