Pure Intuition

When most people think of psychics, they think of the ones who can see spirits. Like Whoopi Goldberg’s character in Ghost,

they see stuff that isn’t there or they see visions. It can also be something as scientific as the remote viewing program our own government engaged in during the 1960’s. Others say that when people claim to see a ghost or a deceased loved one, they are experiencing clairvoyance. Out of all the “clairs”, clairvoyance has actually be scientifically studied from as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century. As a result, there is a large body of evidence pointing to the veracity of many clairvoyant claims.

Many of the Marian sightings, including Fatima, I consider to be clairvoyant experiences. Those who see the Blessed Mother are seeing a vision-which is what clairvoyance is. They can describe her in vivid detail, and most have similar features (bright light, incredible beauty).  

For me, it is the Clair I am least comfortable and experienced with. I believe everyone is born with Clair abilities, but they get developed at different rates. For me, clairvoyance is the ability that is least developed. I am a vivid dreamer, but that is completely different than experiencing visions or seeing spirits. I also need to caution that clairvoyance is not the same as hallucinating or the visions that some report seeing under the influence of psychedelic drugs.

 

Intuition

Have you ever had one of the gut feelings when you meet someone or go somewhere? How about smelling flowers or some other scent that wasn’t there? Feeling a cool breeze when no breeze is present? All of these can be signs of clairsentience or clear feeling. Dogs seem to have amazing clairsentience-they pick up on a person’s or place’s vibe and either like or dislike them. There are a lot of people or places that give people the heebie jeebies or bad vibes.

My aunt wore a very distinct fragrance, Giorgio, for years. It was definitely her scent, like mine is a patchouli hippie dippie one. I used to pick on her about it because it was so strong. To be honest, after she passed away in 1989, I lost track of whether or not it’s still manufactured. Every so often, I can be somewhere and I get a whiff of it. Same with certain food smells-just out of a clear blue sky. I know a lot of police officers who call clairsentience their spidey sense. It’s like they are tuning into some cosmic radio and can sense things that others don’t.

I have a lot of clairsentient ability. There are situations that I have been in that I got one of those gut feelings that this was just bad news. The problem for me was I ignored those feelings or discounted them, and as a result, had a negative outcome. Sometimes I get that feeling that something bad is going to happen, and it does. I’m not predicting the future, I just get that spidey sense. It’s the same when I go certain places. I can walk into a place and my head will spin or I will feel nauseous. Even creepier are the times I feel I am being bathed in incredible sadness. I used to volunteer as a docent at the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center. One time I was leading a school group through a particular gallery and I felt like I was walking into a wall of sadness. I had never felt anything like that before. I was telling this story at my book group one night a few years later and someone told me that allegedly that was where a worker during the renovation was killed. Whatever the case, I didn’t like going into that particular space after my incident.

As I trust my gut more, I am avoiding a lot of negative things happening in my life. It may be I am picking up on warning signs of trouble, or it can be I just tune into my spidey sense. The Big Man still thinks that I am nuts, but I usually am not wrong.

Whisper to a Scream

Have you ever had a weird thought pop into your head, then something related to it happens? Or thought of someone you haven’t spoken to in eons and then they call? Or the little voice in your head telling to or not do something?

Some people attribute these to coincidence. Others call it clairaudience. According the definition, it is receiving messages in thought form from another frequency or realm. Sometimes its hearing voices, like Joan of Arc. I like to think of it as heightened hearing. Some of the characteristics are if you are an auditory learner (you learn best or retain more material when it is spoken to you), if you can easily identify other’s voices or sounds, or if you ideas pop into your head as if someone was speaking to you in your mind. These seem to happen to me the most when I am meditating or just about to fall asleep. It’s like my brain (or spirit guides) want to tease me by giving me brilliant ideas as I fall asleep…and then not remember them in the morning. Sometimes, I swear I am hearing conversations that others are having-like I am tuning into a radio station or something. Some people consider it your brain shutting down to go to sleep, others say you are tuning into the astral plane.   It’s something that I have dealt with from the time I was a small child. As I got into my teen years, I tried to ignore it, but never could completely. Now that I am middle aged, I am starting to really appreciate it. It has been incredibly beneficial as a writer for me.  In fact, many writers consider themselves to be clairaudient-they can hear actual conversations their characters are having in their heads.  

I need to clarify that this is not the same as when schizophrenics “hear voices”. You are able to distinguish reality and you are not hallucinating. Unfortunately, in many instances, if you tell someone that you hear voices, they assume it is a mental illness. It is my opinion that many don’t admit to being clairaudient out of fear they will be branded “crazy”.

Every so often, I will wake up with a start, swearing I heard a loud bang or doorbell ringing. The weirdest was when I did not have a doorbell and I still heard it. It was clear as day, and I got woken up out of one of those blissful Sunday afternoon naps…and the doorbell (which didn’t exist at that house)rang. It happened going on nearly 15 years ago, and I still remember it clearly. I have no rational explanation for it. I have been told it is clairaudience, but I am not completely convinced. The weird part is this has also happened to both my mother and grandmother-and it weirded them out enough to talk about it as well.