An aura is an intangible field of energy around living things. Each living organism, however small or big, has an aura. Your aura is like a blanket of atmosphere that you carry around yourself. In this atmosphere are reflected your emotions, your negativities and also your illnesses.

An aura or energy field appears to be suspended around human bodies in the form of colored particles of light suspended around a person’s physical body. Different colors in the aura signify different traits. Psychics who read auras can tell about one’s state of mind and inner being without saying a word!

Why is it necessary to clean the aura?

Just as healthy hands ensure you don’t get stomach infections, a healthy aura ensures that you don’t get spiritual infections. An aura is easily infected when you step out of the house and come in contact with other people and their auras. Auras are very sensitive and they pick up negativities very fast. Therefore regular cleansing of your aura is recommended in order to maintain a healthy spirit.

How does one know if he or she needs to clean their aura or not?

Generally, there is nobody who would not notice the difference in their spirit and temperament after cleaning their aura. So the rule of thumb says that everybody needs cleansing once in a while. However, there are all kinds of people, some fight infections better than the others.

People who work in places with lots of people such as supermarkets or hospitals tend to feel bogged down and tired more often. This tiredness is due to the sufferings and illnesses of other people that keep affecting their auras. Such people should regularly cleanse their aura to avoid adverse effects on their psychic well-being. People who are ill have weakened auras are more susceptible to attack from negative energies around, hence cleansing for them is a must to keep the aura as strong as they possibly can.

Do I need to see a psychic who charges a lot of money?

No. You aura is not an alien. It is a part of you, an extension of your physical being. There is no need to visit a psychic unless you are facing some serious troubles. Your regular aura cleansing is as personal a task as cleaning your body. Nobody can do it better than you yourself. But be sure that you do it only to yourself, trying to cleanse someone else’s aura is not recommended for amateurs.

How to cleanse my aura?

Begin by lighting a candle in a silent dimly lit room. Fire is believed to be the purest of the five elements of nature. It destroys negativities and hence is used in most of the ancient Hindu rituals. An open source of fire is the best cleanser for getting rid of all kinds of negativities.

Once the candle is lit, stand in front of it with your eyes closed. Visualize the brightness of this light falling on you like a shower, feel it flowing through your body and ridding you from all your negativities. Continue this process for a couple of minutes.

After this process is done, bend a little forward to touch the ground with your hands. Start combing and grabbing negativities from head to toe and remember to exhale while you do this. After grabbing all the negativities, cast them into the fire and mark a cross in the air signifying that you’ve gotten rid of all your negative influences.

To finish, pick up the candle and comb your aura from all the sides. You can chose any direction for this, clockwise, counter-clockwise, from right to left or from top to bottom. The idea is to seal out all the negativities from your aura using the candle flame.

Other methods for aura cleansing

The candle method is the simplest method for aura cleansing. However, there are other methods too that are used by seasoned practitioners. These include the use of a psychotropic disc, visualizing a bucket of water falling from above to cleanse you and sometimes visualizing a net mesh too. The option that best suits you has to be figured out by a trial-and-error method.

The word meditation traces its roots to the Latin word meditatio, which means “to think, contemplate, devise, ponder and meditate.” Meditation tools and practices are in existence since the dawn of civilization.

An interesting paradox associated with the different forms of meditation, is that it is not a religious practice, but at the same time every world religion has its own methods of meditation. A person may not follow any religion and at the same time meditate regularly. Religions in their stead have different ways of meditation, including prayers and chants.

Technically, there are two broad categories of meditation. The first one concerns with altered states of reality where the person meditates to escape the real world and enter into a world of his own creation, an altered state. In this state of consciousness he ceases to dwell on his real world problems and experiences visions, voices and other mystic powers and phenomenon.

The other category of meditation concerns with the “expansion of consciousness” to include the emotions that exist only at the subconscious and unconscious level. With meditation, you spark your spiritual growth as you come in close contact with your spirit and spiritual needs.

If your purpose of meditation is to solve the life’s problems and attain fulfillment and joy, then you should embrace the practices that lead to the ‘expansion of the consciousness.’

Sri Chinmoy had said, “Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction. Transformation of life is the culmination of divine satisfaction. ”

This acceptance in the first place comes only after we broaden the purview of our consciousness through meditation. What more, meditation also aids psychic development by clearing the mind so as to enable it to hear the “voices” and help the individual to trust his own intuitions.

Entering the altered states of reality is the job of an escapist and is not at all the ideal way to solve the life’s problems. I

The techniques of meditation

There are as many techniques of meditation as there are religions and cults. As stated earlier, a person who does not believe in any religion can also practice meditation through simple meditation techniques. Then there are Indian Yoga and Buddhist Zazen. Both forms of meditation are famous all the over the world. They have acquired a cult status in the Western countries; vis-à-vis meditation that induces altered states of consciousness.

What is common to the different techniques of meditation is that each of them relies upon chanting (repeating) a particular mantra (incantations) or repeating the breathing exercise. This helps in focusing the attention of the mind on the particular thing and thereby eliminating all the distractions. You will achieve an unprecedented clarity of mind that will help you to recognize and solve your problems in a better way. Meditation is amongst the easiest things to know and it is amongst the most difficult things to practice and succeed in attaining the ultimate goal.

A man, who cannot love himself, cannot love anyone. Eminently, during psychic blockage, people start undermining themselves, their potentials and get into a more complex mental state wherein they get deluded of their own psychic abilities. Such emotions in turn hamper the psychic development of a person and make him more insecure and imprudent.

That being said, it’s not at all easy to get rid of such blockages, as they reside deep within your subconscious mind. Prominently, unless the subconscious mind completely accepts, understands and attests your inner-most beliefs and perceptions, it is extremely difficult to get rid of these psychic blockages.

However, here are a few subtle tips on how to deal with certain types of psychic blockages:

1)       Lack of Belief: Sometimes, people do not believe in their own potentials and thereby, hamper their own psychic development. This may be due to some misconceptions perceived through reading a negative book or due to some traumatic experience in the past.

The key thing here is no matter how much you back yourself that you can do it, it is extremely important for the sub-conscious mind to believe in that voice. Hence, to get rid of this psychic blockage, you may read a good inspirational book, practice mediation and be in company of optimistic, avant-garde people, who emit positive vibes and thereby keep you inspired.

2)       Opinions matter: Most people spend their lives, thinking and enacting on what others think about them. The irony of the world is that most people think what others think, over-considering the fact what they think about others.

So it is important not to get deeply influenced by anyone’s opinions, perceptions or manifestations. If some opinion or belief has been malignantly embedded into your innermost subconscious mind, you can cleanse them through emotional healing and meditation. It is advisable to live each day without judging anyone, including yourself.

3)       Negative vibes: These negative vibes are primarily aggression and hate. This is another type of psychic blockage which people experience due to manifold reasons. Nevertheless, one must try to achieve self-control by doing meditation and should strive to control one’s negative emotions.

You can tackle these negative vibes by believing and respecting people’s psychic abilities, perceptions and responses. It is important to control these form of psychic blockages as they decline the overall psychic development, very sharply.

4)       Relationships: Emotions flow in any form of relationship and they often lead to psychic blockages. Love and friendship despite being benevolent often lower the energy flow, as people start becoming more insecure. People’s priorities get dismayed and they experience occasional mood-swings.

To tackle this, it is important to have stable relationships and look to maintain transparency, spontaneity and trust in it. Accept more and expect less, as simple as that.

5)       Money matters: There may be some financial issues when you approach a psychic guru, wherein you may feel reluctant in paying people for psychic development. More prominently, you strongly feel that psychics should not charge money for their services.

However, this belief can be rectified by making yourself understand that psychics are people who do not work for money and that, no service should be offered free of charge as people start taking it for granted.

6)       Being yourself: Do not feel even a bit scared in being yourself. Say what you feel without the slightest of stutter and do what you feel is right. Do not believe that people won’t accept you as a psychic. Back yourself up and let go all your fears. Be proud of what you are and the choices you make.

7)       Believing in the psychic: Lastly, there may be occurrences wherein your psychic development got hampered due to an incorrect piece of advice or tip from the psychic. This should not let you believe that all psychics are the same. There are many psychics who would actually understand your mental state and would provide you better guidelines. Thereby, for overall psychic development, it is an absolutely necessary to have complete and unbounded trust and belief in your psychic.

On a simplistic level, almost any service, spiritual or otherwise, is rewarded with some kind of monetary token. Some societies in India, Brazil, and Australia still use forms of a barter economy, which exchanges materials for services. It is safe to assume that there is some competition in any service-oriented work, and price is one determining factor for choosing a psychic practitioner.

This concept is similar to the ‘shamans’ of Native American Indians, who used to drive out evil or help people become well. Essentially, he was a tribal doctor. Just as there is a high price for healing in modern medicine, healers have enjoyed reputable positions in society since primitive times. All of this indicates that psychic healers, too, fall into a category of spiritual leaders and healers.

In today’s society, priests and physicians command high remunerations. In the same way, psychic healers also deserve a fair wage for their special skills. Although psychic readings may not be in mainstream society, there are many people who use online psychic services, from tarot readings to health and wealth projections.

There is no single way to become a psychic healer. Keeping this in mind, it might take ingenuity and skill to learn about a process that has to come naturally from within. This makes a psychic’s learning more intense, spiritual, and experience-based. One would think that this unique type of intuitive learning demands skills that are high in demand.

While in some cases it might be wise not to take money, such as charity and publicity events, a psychic healer has the right to charge for his or her knowledge, experience, and skill sets. For instance, some online sources suggest that a psychic can earn as much as $700 for doing a TV show. At the same time, one half hour session might range from $50 to $100 for an established psychic. For a psychic healer with regular clients, the financial opportunities are virtually limitless. A satisfied customer can offer up to four times as much as what the psychic would normally charge.

More importantly, healing is an integral aspect of living full lives. In the wake of discovering alternative medicines such as Ayurveda from India and Acupuncture from China, psychic healing may also be considered an alternative therapy for wellness. As more and more people turn to non-traditional forms of healing, psychic practitioners are bound to have a greater impact on modern society.

The need for such types of healing also correlates with the high degree of distress and anxiety prevalent in today’s lifestyle. Though some may turn to extreme forms of spiritual worship to escape the stress of modern living, it is also likely that psychics will become more and more accepted as healing professionals.

Scientists confirm that all of us experience psychic sensitivity to a certain degree. People with psychic connectivity are not born that way. Still, some may experience a greater degree of psychic feelings, and may in extreme cases be so over-sensitive that it affects their normal life.

Our environment is dynamic; things are constantly happening around us. We may not be always be aware of it, but our latent psychic abilities pick up incidents, events, and happenings around us, and lock them away in our inner self. By being able to recognize and analyze the psychic data, it is possible for us to improve our psychic sensitivity.

Utility of Psychic Sensitivity

According to Judith Orloff, MD, a professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, psychic ability can be used for life enhancement. In an interview, Dr Orloff agreed with a quote of Jean Houston (noted American scholar, lecturer, author and philosopher): “a lot of giftedness, though by no means all, has to do with having a broader palette of perceptual capacity, being highly sensitive to all the senses.” In a sense, psychic sensitivity can be extended to increase creative capabilities.

Awakening Psychic Sensitivity

How do we access the power of psychic sensitivity? Awakening the senses is the first step towards unlocking the mysteries of psychic power. We are gifted with five senses, and using those senses to decipher the psychic experience can bring to us a world that is vivid, sensuous, and alive with meaning.

Steps towards Awakening Psychic Sensitivity

• Focus on a subject using your senses. Start by using one sense at a time.
• Note all the incidents and perceptions that gave out positive vibes.
• Make a mental note of your own reactions to the incidents. E.g.: whether it was frightening or hilarious, or was arousing, calming, or repelling.
• Each day’s events can result in triggering a known association in the mind, like a fading color, a fleeting scent, etc.
• Writing down everything could enhance psychic awareness and remind you of people and places long forgotten.
• Sense an object, person, or room, or even symbols. In the psychic world, distance is not of essence, and even a picture can help one connect.

Techniques towards Controlling Psychic Sensitivity

People who are over-sensitive to psychic feelings need not worry, as there are techniques to control it. The first method is to control curiosity. Curiosity has a tendency of attracting information physically.

Another technique is to keep the mind off other people’s working and dealings as this can reduce the amount of information received on a psychic level. Practicing to energetically shift awareness completely inside the body will help in preventing unwanted psychic feelings from being picked up.

While Reiki is related to the gradual spiritual development of a human being and has become immensely popular in recent years, it is nevertheless a pretty old concept. Initially conceived of in Japan by Mikao Usui in the 19^th century, it was preached to a moderate number of Japanese populace by Usui. It was only after World War II that Reiki was taken to America by Takata, and it has increased in its popularity over the years.

Reiki has several levels and the basic level starts with the initiation when the body is attuned to this art of channelizing energy. Obviously, while this is one of those arts that can be practiced by anyone, the beginning should nonetheless be done with the help of a Reiki teacher.

Since the initiation phase is vital to the success of a Reiki practitioner, thus it is rather advisable that one seeks the help of a professional in this regard. Most Reiki teachers charge a handsome amount of money or teaching this art or even helping out the aspirants with the basic levels as well as taking them to the higher levels gradually.

A Reiki practitioner should ideally aim at undergoing a healing process through practicing Reiki. Again, the healing process starts with physical healing and continues to the psychic level, which is also healed. Subsequently, the art aims at energizing the practitioner and the obvious outcomes of practicing this art are increased focus, bettered flow of blood in the body, refreshed mind and the like.

Once the healing process is done, the last stage of Reiki or the third level is concerned with the spiritual growth of the individual. Since this is the highest level, the teacher should take extra care so as not to risk the entire endeavor to turn out to be an exercise in futility. Thus the teacher should be very cautious once the level of practicing Reiki increases. Of course, one should go to a competent teacher – one who knows the art inside out.

The payments charged for these Reiki sessions vary from teacher to teacher and based on the mode of instruction as well as the number of students per class. Since increased concentration and focus is what is Reiki mostly about, thus it is again advisable to join classes where there is more of face to face interaction with the teacher, the scope to get full attention of the instructor as well as the chance to resolve the queries that arise in one’s mind while learning Reiki.

A person who has mastered Reiki has indeed achieved the art of controlling his or her body to such an extent that his or her potential increases considerably apart from leading a much healthier life than before.

There are certain laws of attraction that help a person in his psychic development. Using these psychic development techniques, one can tap into great powers vested in him and in the universe. But, “with great power comes great responsibility.”

Though there is only one right path of psychic development to enhance one’s spiritual being, create positive energy circles, eliminate the impact of bad memories and painful past, and generate real positive powers for common good, people at times will be lured by the negative path. This is usually because they have selfish motives.

As the name itself suggests, “Light Path” is the bright and optimized path that will reap the bright results–the ones that you really need. It is easy to get distracted as the “Dark Path” of magic brings in quick results without much effort. How can you differentiate between the right path of psychic development and the wrong one? Between the light path and the dark path?

1. The light path works on principals of self-enhancement, while the dark path works on the fulfilling your desires at other’s expense.
2. The aim of the light path is self-enhancement. It results in truly enhanced growth of your spiritual aspects, while the dark path leads negative magic that is for nothing more than ego fulfillment.
3. When the light path takes you higher and makes you close to nature and universal positive energy, and gives multiplied returns that are positive, the negative energy gets multiplied through dark path.
4. The practice of the light path glorifies your being in the long run, whiles the dark path, through reaps a handful of results one desires, destroys ones entire spiritual facet in the long run.

The Dark side of the Easy Path

The dark path of ego is attractive, for it is fast, but that is the trick. Since it is fast, it gnaws on your patience, and patience is the food of the soul. Patience is what the soul feeds on. The greed of fast results destroys your soul’s very base.

The dark path makes you focus deeply on mala fide intentions. Your intentions create and attract energy that is similar to your intentions, and thus you end up being surrounded by multiplied negativity, that leads to a low life. Based karma principals, such negativity will surround the practitioners for many years because, “as you sow so shall you reap.”

The dark path is path of low and subtle vibrations, and that is where the astral critters reside. Once a soul enters the low vibrations zone, he is an easy prey for astral critters, and he is far from the blessings of angels and the supreme power, who reside in the high vibrations zone of positive energy.

Let the Light Guide You

By keeping your intentions, actions (karma), and faith optimistic, the law of attraction will bless you with flawless abundance–not just for you, but also for all those who come in contact with you. This leads to further multiplication of positive energy, and your energy circle becomes strong enough that it cannot be breached by any mala fide ways. As they say, “your intentions color your thoughts, your thoughts fuel your words, your words dictate your actions, your actions turn in to your habits, your habit results in your character, and your character defines your destiny.” To ignite a blissful destiny for health and prosperity for ages, or to give in to a momentary Pandora’s Box of attractions, is purely your own choice.

A few research panels studying the reasoning process of intuition say this gut feeling does have intelligence behind it. The split second diagnostic process of past experiences, combined with analytical reasoning, can literally give you a feeling of either alarm or reassurance in your stomach area. No one who has experienced that gut feeling really understands what it is and why they act on gut instincts, but they believe that they are doing the right thing.

A team at the Centre for Organizational Strategy, led by Professor Gerard Hodgkin son, feels that intuition is the result of the way our brains hold information on a subconscious level, combined with external clues happening at the time. The professor notes this as a true psychological phenomenon that happens at a non-conscious level. All that you may notice is a general feeling that what you are doing is either wrong or right, but never all that is happening within your brain.

Scientists believe that this non-conscious level of thought and action are also recognitions of a deeper knowledge that lies within all of us, and can be harnessed with the right channeling. They are contemplating honing the intuitive skills that business people have when they are making quick decisions every day. Psychologists believe that they could help organizations teach their managers how to act on the level of thought that will bring them quick and successful answers to difficult problems.

Psychics use their gut instincts quite a bit when they are guiding someone with career choices, among other areas of their lives. Moving a reader’s consciousness aside and letting that non-conscious level of thought and the intelligent gut feeling that most people have experienced, is part of what a psychic can do for a person. Professionals in the field of medicine known as spiritual psychology and life coaching are now enhancing understanding in the development of gut feelings.

Parapsychologist Dean Radin, author of “The Conscious Universe” has been studying this perception of intelligence for many years. Advanced scientific methods are currently being used to confirm what were previously believed to be abnormal experiences, which are really everyday occurrences that are considered to be gut instincts. The events that most people feel in their gut can include premonitions, dreams, or simply creativity; it is how and why they are acted on that is attracting so much attention from the world.

This testing being performed by parapsychologists and scientific researchers is combining knowledge that western cultures found to be most comprehensive over three thousand years ago, with new technology. The western system known as Chakras deals with 7 vital energy centers, and parallel channels in a persons’ body. The center of each is in different physical locations, the “Manipur” chakra, which is someone’s sense of right or wrong, deals with ones organs of digestion, or the “gut”, hence the term a gut feeling.

While the final results are still pending, testing seems to indicate that there is a connection between brains, past experiences and a non-conscious level of thinking. All of this happens in a split second to produce something people have been calling their gut instincts for generations. With all of these actions that happen simultaneously and cause people to act on a gut feeling, the results of testing so far are proving to show that your gut feeling is almost always right, no matter how it originates.

Psychics are the spiritual souls. Psychics are people who have been gifted with psychic abilities, and they help mankind through their psychic experiences. Psychics might belong to different religions, but all of them contribute to spiritual growth.

Psychic study is based on reincarnations, intuitions, thinking of God, and positive thinking. Reiki is a psychic power that can heal emotional problems. Psychic abilities can enable practitioners to look into the future and take some corrective measures if needed. Psychic abilities are true gifts for the few who practice them.

Who are Skeptics?

Skeptics are the people who study everything using scientific approach. Skeptics are always rational and logical. They believe a concept only when they can touch or see or smell it. They trust concepts and objects that physically exist. They never indulge in spiritual thoughts.

Origin of Skeptics

Skeptics are originally from Western Civilization. The people of Western Civilization are rational and logical. The skepticism spread from Europe to different parts of the world, due to colonization. This spread skeptic people all across the globe.

Why is there a Psychic-Skeptic War?

A war has existed between Skeptics and Psychic practitioners for many years. Though Psychics are spiritual, they also accept logical and rational facts. They are happy with advancements in technology, and they align themselves with the current developments. At the same time, they propagate thoughts of spiritualism, and they use their psychic abilities to help mankind.

But Skeptic people do not accept spiritual growth. They argue with Psychics about the existence of spiritual sources in the world. Though Psychics try to explain the psychic abilities and spiritual existence, the Skeptics argue that they are just emotions and feelings, which are falsely interpreted as spiritual.

Skeptics cannot find the scientific reason of how the psychic abilities are built, since they are unaware of the spiritual world. Skeptics feel that psychics are emotional, spiritual, and basically irrelevant. Hence the psychic-skeptic war is still on.

How Can We Settle the War between Psychics and Skeptics?

The Psychic-Skeptic war will be settled if the Skeptics understand the following fact:

Technical growth is highly needed for any person, but it should not hamper spiritual growth. Skeptics should admit that there are no logical reasons behind some things. A Psychic’s power is beyond logic and it can be understood only when it is experienced. Psychic phenomena have to be practiced through meditation, dedication, and belief in what you are doing. It is the soul connecting to a higher self.

If Skeptics do not force the Psychics to prove spiritual concepts, and if Skeptics do not attempt to destroy their spiritual growth, the Psychics will be pleased with them and the war will settle down. Until then, Psychics will rigorously try to popularize the spiritual growth and psychic abilities. They will continue in spreading the information about holistic medicine.

If you are a skeptic, try to understand and experience the spiritual world of psychic abilities. Even if you are not interested in Spiritual facts, do not argue about something you are not aware of. If you are a psychic, try to spread the spiritual messages all over the world, without intruding on the skeptics. In this way, we can settle the Psychic-Skeptic war smoothly.

This is not a new development. It has roots in the past, as the Bible speaks a lot about psychics or clairvoyants (people with the ability of clairvoyance, i.e. remote viewing). The modern world is not untouched by the spell of psychic powers, as Russians also took the help of psychics to spy on the United States during the Cold War. In the last decade, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report from 1995 proved the authenticity of remote viewing, thereby addressing the possibilities available for future military operations.

In a survey conducted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2001, 60% of Americans claimed to believe that some people have psychic abilities or extrasensory perception.

But on the contrary, defying the occurrence of parapsychology, the United States National Academy of Science published a report in 1988, which concluded that there was “no scientific justification from research conducted over a period of 130 years for the existence of par psychological phenomena.”

It is hard for any one of us to believe in something that does not appeal to us or convince us, or that we are unable to accept and identify with. This leads to a psychic blockage, which can be treated and rectified through affirmations, meditation, and core images work. The general view towards psychics is that they are unnatural, evil figures, and they leave painful experiences and memories. Problems in friendship or love, and the practice of aggression and hatred can lower a person’s energy flow, which causes psychic blockage. The best way to deal with the issue is to protect yourself the way you are. A psychic? Yes.

Additionally, approaching a psychic advisor or a spirit guide for psychic development can help release yourself from the shackles of negative beliefs, thoughts, and energies. Begin with energy work and meditation in order to address blockages, and then proceed with the healing techniques and measures. Practicing this on a regular basis will lead to psychic development.

In psychic classes or workshops, you should go with the aim of learning novel, gaining something, enhancing knowledge, and growing for the better. Do not compare yourself to others. You only make a fool of yourself by doing so. Always remember that everyone is different from the other and has his or her own unique behavior. Move ahead with a learner’s attitude, and do not feel ashamed about the fact that senior psychics are better at what they do or know more than you. Focus on practice, as it is the key to achieving perfection.

With patience and confidence, get ready for the months ahead, in order to be a psychic.