What Does It Mean To Be Psychic?

Sometimes people use the word 'psychic' interchangeably with the phrase 'beinga medium' but there is a difference. Being psychic means that you can pick up on things that you wouldn't be aware of by 'normal' means. Examples include knowing whether someone is unwell, unhappy, is keeping a secret.

These things can be picked up, I believe, by being able to 'read' the person's aura, or by tapping into a universal pool of information, often referred to as the 'collective conscious'. Being psychic does not automatically mean you can see ghosts or speak to those who have passed on. Although many psychics can.

Being a medium (through clairvoyance, clairsentience or clairaudience) means that you are able to see and communicate with spirit.

There is often a cross over of the two, perhaps where a person is unaware that they are acting as a medium but are receiving information from spirit.

Can Anyone Be Psychic?

I believe we all have the ability to know more by accessing information that we are not currently aware of. I imagine that there is a spectrum of 'knowing' starting with gut instinct, greater awareness and observance, going through intuition and eventually to psychic abilities. Anyone can increase their abilities from where they are now, further along this spectrum.

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