All my experiences that can't be explained in any other way. What makes you think you're not psychic? Or am I assuming too much?
I would consider that question unworthy of your intellect dope, but knowing your intellect I wonder if you possibly have some unstated reason for asking it. Isn't the logical question after my statement about my experiences: "What are your experiences then, so that we may judge for ourselves?" And the other question necessary to make that judgment is: "What is your definition of psychic?"
I could ask the same regarding your definition but I don't need too because I am psychic. From your definition of "how do you know you are psychic", and in combination with your subsequent question, I could discern only that you had "psychic experiences" of a transient nature. In order to truly ascertain the length and breadth and height of a thing, we first become aware of our own dimensions.
That you are psychic has become fairly apparent to me... Yes, psychic experiences of a transient nature. On the other hand, I also have psychic experiences on an ongoing basis, if you include my constant telepathic connection to my spirit guide Deanna. That seems like a gray area to me, because on the one hand, I believe it's mostly because of her psychic abilities that I'm able to have that connection; yet on the other hand, if I didn't have a certain level of psychic awareness, that too would prevent me from "hearing" her in my mind. But here's a pointed question for you: Since you are psychic, as you just confessed, why do you not answer greengirl's question from your own perspective instead of concentrating on pinning me down?
We had an interruption. When I was looking at the board I responded to the post by zengismo. I am not pinning you down, I am responding to your deepest requests. You have many conversations every day which you regard as mundane and not particularly relevant to the "psychic" life. These represent large swaths of time devoted to a divided attentiveness. On the one hand through the path of introspection and on the other through covert means. By covert i mean with the assumption that something is secret or hidden. Greengirl, I consider all things to be ideas, and on this basis, by definition we are all psychic.
Interesting to me, dope, that when you asked me "Are you psychic, or do you make assumptions," the question felt like it was coming from greengirl rather than from you. Dope has definitely been responding lately to my deepest requests, even though I ostensibly make the requests mentally to my spirit guide Deanna. But we're all connected, and some like Deanna and dope are more aware of the connections than, say, I am. Anyway dope's statement about ideas reminds me of a Zen saying: Many people want to know the meaning of dreams, when they should be asking the meaning of things that happen while awake. And I'm also reminded of the lines in a poem by Edgar Allan Poe: "ALL that we see or seem/Is but a dream within a dream." Whose dream? Yours? Mine? Or Ours?
Which I suppose is why another friend of mine long ago scoffed out loud at my thought of the word, "psychic." It's not really reading somebody else's mind - it's reading your OWN mind - becoming more aware of what's there. But sure, you can call it "psychic" if you want.
And greengirl, if you haven't already, you should take a look at today's exchanges between dope and me on the "so I'm an empath" thread to get a feel for how that can work on a practical level.
to say one's self is psychic, or to assume someone is psychic, is to take on many different connotations of the word. Does that mean you read minds? Predict the future? Know all? I would say no. Most people, when referring to being a psychic, are referring to intuition, dreams, feelings and emotions they feel are different than others. We all have the same potentials that lead us to the same abilities, but there are many different paths. Understanding is paramount to expanding one's abilities. Once you dissolve the ego, the different personas of your emotions show through, leading you to believe you might have schizophrenia or some type of mental illness. However, this is merely a process of your being (which is a universe in itself) understanding itself. The word "psychic" has so many attached meanings it is difficult to take it seriously. Most picture miss cleo or a crazy lady behind a crystal ball. But from my point of view, a person with "psychic" abilities is merely someone who has embraced a very open stance on existence, one who analyzes signs as they come and doesn't chalk said signs up to pre-existing notions or beliefs. In a nutshell, don't let anyone tell you how something works (including existence). Discover and find your true self, the true self, the only true self.
psy is a way of knowing . one question that always needs good consideration is what cannot be known . it requires careful reasoning . other ways of knowing have this aspect also . would you know God by science or psy ? my question to you might be ridiculous . so how about this ? can you know what another person will exactly do ? probably not . however , a person's intention has existing motion and can be known . the future can be reasoned . this the primary function of Reason and we survive by it .
