To understand what I discuss in this post, it is important to define the differences between being "psychic" and being "mediumistic". People with mediumistic abilities are able to connect with spirits and communicate with them to deliver messages or otherwise understand the wants or needs of any particular spiritual entity. People with psychic abilities are able to connect with an individual to see and understand the events of their past, present, and potential future (I say potential because the future is not defined but is ever changing).
These two abilities are related to each other - but there is some disagreement in the metaphysical community regarding exactly how they are intertwined. A popular phrase in the community is, "All mediums are psychics, but not all psychics are mediums".
For a long time I have disagreed with this phrase because I did not consider myself to have psychic abilities - just mediumship. When clients asked me about the future, I never felt I could connect with anything reliable.
"When will I get back with my boyfriend?" - I don't know, I can't see that.
"Will I get this job that I really want?" - I don't know, I can't see that.
"What should I do to achieve my dream?" - I don't know, I can't see that.
The future is always elusive to me. And by being unable to answer these questions, the validity of my abilities came into question. So I stopped calling myself a "Psychic Medium" altogether and dropped the word "Psychic" completely, as it confused people about what my capabilities actually were.
But during a workshop I attended recently, I was astonished to find out that I do have psychic abilities. I just hadn't recognized the signs.
There is always something new you can learn when you work in this field and with
these abilities, so I regularly look for opportunities to learn and grow. One of my favorite teachers who regularly holds psychic and mediumship workshops is Cindy Kaza, a well-respected and well-known psychic medium who has appeared on shows such as, "The Holzer Files" and, "The Dead Files".
I had worked at a metaphysical fair the day before, and to say the medium part of my brain was drained is an understatement. So, I anticipated struggling with the breakout exercises that Cindy had planned. My expectations of myself were low, and when Cindy explained that during these exercises we may lean toward psychic abilities, my expectations fell even more.
"I'm not a psychic", I thought, "And I am so tired from connecting with spirit all day yesterday I don't think I can do this".
But I tried anyways - I had paid for this training after all. I let go of all reservations and false senses of control, surrendering to the fact that whatever I would receive would be whatever it was. And in doing so, I leaned psychic. I correctly identified one partner's type of work, its ebb and flow, and the path she was being directed to follow - all without any connection to a person on the other side. In another, I wrote down four random ages, letting them flow from my hand without thought. In explaining the ages and the impressions I had about the significance of these ages to the female connected with them, one of women in my group validated that they were the exact ages and events that led up to her current age.
I was dumbfounded. How could I be reading into a living person's energy and life events? How could I possibly know these intimate details about complete strangers?
How could I have possibly leaned psychic?
As Cindy discussed the connection between the two, the differences between them, and how they manifested in different people, I realized that I had been receiving psychic impressions all along. I knew what clients had gone through or were going through without the input of spirit. I had been infusing my mediumistic readings with psychic impression without even realizing it. The flow of information was simply so intertwined that I did not discern the difference between the two abilities.
So I went back to the phrase, "All mediums are psychic, but not all psychics are mediums". In doing so, I realized that I now disagreed with it for a different reason. If I, someone who denied having psychic gifts, could possess them both, why couldn't anyone else? Why couldn't a psychic also be receiving mediumistic information? It became clear to me that the two were inseparable, and like with any gift, sometimes one half was stronger than the other. And in my case, when my mediumistic gifts were tapped out, my psychic gifts stepped up to take on the load.
This discovery changed my entire view of myself and my gift. It was much more complex than I had given it credit for. So while I might not be able to answer questions requiring a definitive answer, like those listed earlier in this post, in sharing my gift with others they are enriched by psychic impressions that give me a deeper connection to my clients.
So today I reclaim my gift as a, "Psychic Medium". I am multifaceted and connected to the world in a complex manner. I will continue to learn and discover they many ways in which my psychic and mediumistic gifts intertwine, and explore the ways in which they can support the other.
And if you're wondering what the overall message of this post is, it is to keep learning. Keep an open mind and explore the possibilities of your own capabilities. There are certainly things about yourself that you have yet to discover. So keep analyzing, keep exploring, and keep embracing new parts of your inner self that you find along the way.
You may just be surprised by all the gifts you find.
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