Ten Ways to Improve Your Psychic Abilities

Every one has psychic abilities. Many times this is explained as coincidence for e.g. when one tries to call a loved one, receives a busy signal and later finds out that he/she was calling you at that exact moment. May be you can finish other people's sentences, or you know where the conversation is heading. Perhaps you can "sense" something is going to happen before it does or get a "feel" for someone within minutes of meeting them? You may be an animal and children magnet. Are they instinctively drawn to you? You might be one of those people who dreamt something that made you cancel a trip and later found out that the plane you were to take has crashed. What I mean to say is that all of us have one or more of these psychic qualities, but since we live in a society that encourages logic and reason over gut feeling and intuition, these inherent abilities are grossly neglected. In olden times, these abilities helped us to survive in a hostile world and were valued and feared. The modern man lives in a safer world, so these are not valued so much, but the fear of such unexplained mental abilities is still there, and it makes us neglect them and not develop them.

It is very easy to improve and strengthen these latent abilities. All it requires is commitment and a willingness to work hard. After all it is a new skill you are trying to learn. These 10 steps help improve these abilities that you are born with.

1. Remember and believe that the mind is the most powerful tool. I say this with a warning, always treat this tool with caution because God has an eye on us, and if we do or even attempt anything wrong or against the Law of Nature, we should be prepared for punishment

2. Meditation is one of the tools to control and develop the psychic powers. It is a good tool but not the only one. Meditation is to be used with other tools listed below. There are many different systems of meditation. Find one which suits you and learn the art. It is not important to become skilled at it or practice it regularly. Every one has a lot of distractions. Friends, family, work, media all distract you and this leads to stress. Meditation calms you and helps you focus. The calmness or "centering" as it is called improves psychic abilities. It gives you awareness, positivism and the mental focus helps you to receive the non verbal psychic messages.

3. Belief in one's own power (This includes faith, trust, willpower and confidence) the willingness to believe that you can have psychic abilities. People more often than not are afraid of things that can't be explained rationally. If you are thinking of someone and he/she rings you up, it is not weird or spooky. It is just a psychic connection. Unless you have faith that you're capable of achieving your goal and unless you believe that this goal can be achieved, it is not possible. If you are a skeptic in all things related to parapsychology, you won't believe. You are learning something new. It will require time, commitment and hard work. It is essential to have a strong desire to learn and the willingness to believe otherwise you are destined to fail.

4. Belief in the supernatural power, your God. This gives you strength and an anchor around which all your psychic growth will happen.

5. Constant practice and repeated tuning of the mind. Be observant. More often than not, psychic signals are non-verbal. They might manifest in a drop of temperature or a subtle change in atmosphere that can be easily missed. Being sensitive and aware of the atmosphere around you helps. The mind thinks in symbols and patterns. We have to learn the language of the mind and know how to interpret it. This requires practice and training.

6. All the above are important, but that is only thinking, which is useless without implementation. Take a pen and a paper every night before you sleep. Jot down all the thoughts which came into your mind on that day. Then try to validate them and prioritize them that which one is important and which one is irrelevant. Transfer all the important thoughts in a notebook and always keep it with you until and unless they are fulfilled by you. Do this exercise for a week. One should also maintain a dream diary, since many times messages come to us while we are asleep.

7. Find a teacher or attend a workshop.This will give practical training and you will also meet like minded individuals with whom you can practice. If that is not possible, read a lot of books on the subject and join on-line groups dealing with psychic powers and mind training.

8. At first practice alone. Set yourself simple goals to achieve. If you have joined a workshop you will have many small exercises. Do them when you are alone. Pick up any object and focus on it. Then close your eyes and recreate it in your mind. You will be amazed how sharp your mind and senses become with constant practice. There are many such exercises. Then practice in groups.

Once you become good at it, practice on animals. At first try sending out non-verbal signals to your pet or any animal. Animals are more attuned to psychic signals. Just focus on the pet and tell it gently to leave the room. Be very friendly, gentle and firm in your message. You will be pleasantly surprised by the result.

9. Turn your focus outward. As you meditate, you will find yourself relaxing. It is now important to project this relaxation around you into your surroundings. Attuning yourself to objects around you sharpens your senses and helps you pick up signals faster, thereby improving psychic abilities

10. Specialize. There are many different psychic skills. You may find that you are naturally inclined to healing or remote viewing or any other. Try to make that your core skill and build other skills around it. If you would like to specialize in healing, go to a healer for a session. If hypnotherapy is more to your taste, undergo it or perhaps go to a psychic for a session. These experiences will help you in learning about the field you are entering.