Psychic Development Exercises - Developing Psychometry

A valuable skill which once learned can allow you as an individual to transcend the spoken word via psychic means is psychometry. Psychometry is normally quantified as the psychic reading of inanimate items such as jewellery or ornaments, however the techniques used in psychometry can be used to allow you to read and discern people, environments and buildings themselves.

Psychometry in its most basic form is a simple enough psychic ability to learn but in order to develop your perception to the fullest levels of capability takes time and effort.

Compassion Essential to Psychometry

Understanding the energetic body will help greatly when developing any psychic ability but none more so than psychometry. Psychometry is not only a skill of the third eye, but in no small part is a skill of the heart chakra also. The heart chakra is the centre of universal love and a vital component of universal love is compassion and non judgement.

If one sets about any task with judgement in their subconscious they are no longer empty and thus unable to discern the truth beyond themselves. Any information or visions may well be related to internal reflections of your own pain and suffering and not that of the item which you are attempting to read.

Using the heart chakra you can elevate your consciousness beyond your internal judgements and into an arena of compassion. Compassion allows you to resonate with an item, to understand and discern the true nature of the energetic impressions imbedded on anything which you are reading. Without compassion any developmental activities are doomed to failure.

Understanding this vital fact of spiritual and psychic development we can implement a compassionate state by using a short “waking” meditation. This meditation does not require any specific circumstances, positions or timescales it can be done very simply. It may take a little while at first but you will soon get the hang of it.

Sitting or standing comfortably, allow your attention to drop to your heart chakra.

Slowly visualise it in a manner which is best for you, some visualise it as a flower, I prefer a vortex like wheel.

Now visualise this flower growing and blossoming and as it does your heart chakra expands (if you are visualising a vortex see it spin and grow)

Some times the heart chakra will feel as though it is stuck at one area and wont grow beyond that, just push through with a bit of determination.

As your heart chakra grows beyond that stuck point you may feel a sudden burst of emotion or even become tearful, don’t hold it in, just release it and let it go.

Once your flower/vortex has grown to about the size of your rib cage, just settle into it and sense the love and compassion which now flows through you.

In this state you will be capable of resonating (becoming one so to speak) with anything or any place. This is the start state you should be aiming for before any spiritual work psychic or otherwise, but particularly psychometry.

Learning Psychometry

The first exercise will allow you to develop confidence in your ability to identify and resonate with energy patterns.

Find a number of identical objects I use five similar washers as they feel and look exactly the same.

Choose a washer which will be your test piece.

Mark your chosen washer with black permanent marker, and store the others somewhere safe.

Carry your chosen washer close to your body for the next week or so, allowing it to absorb your own personal imprint.

After a week, place your marked washer with the other washers (remember to allow it to return to room temperature)

Now the test.

Open your heart as described before, and then focus on the third eye (try and maintain a loose focus on both).

Without looking for the marked washer (you can be blindfolded or they can be in a bag)

Slowly work your way through all of the test washers and attempt to identify the one which you have been carrying.

You may find that you just know which one it is, or the others my feel cold and just not yours. It is difficult to explain the sensation’s you will feel which will help you identify your washer, but if you practice you will just know which one belongs to you.

Reading Items Belonging to Others.
Again settle down, and open your heart, once you feel you resonate with love and compassion, gently switch your focus to the third eye, and slowly empty your mind of thoughts.

Now pick up the item (favourite items are engagement rings and wedding bands)

Slowly roll it about in your hands. Really feel the curves the impressions and physical shapes.

Focus on what you feel, firstly in your hands, It may feel warm, it may feel cold, it may feel heavy it may feel light.

Switch your focus to your heart chakra and feel what the energy is telling you, you may feel joy, anger or emotion each individual is different.

Think about your body, do you feel anything impressing upon your body? Maybe a pain in the ribs, or a stuffy chest this could be a health complaint of the owner.

Now slowly place your attention on the third eye,

See any pictures that come to mind, sometimes these can relate directly to the emotions you felt in the heart chakra, sometimes they tell the story of the Item.

Take a moment now to absorb all of the information you have received, and that is the story. Try not to think to much about it, just open your mouth and speak your truth. Sometimes what you say may provoke an open response from the sitter, they may feel open enough to talk about things which would otherwise have remained bottled up. Be prepared for this.

Psychometry in Environments.
Using the techniques described above you can experiment in different places and surrounded by different people. Once you slowly start to resonate with an environment you will become one with the signals and information which are constantly circulating. You will know if an environment is hostile or loving and have an understanding of the reasons why.

This technique also allows you psychic access to the multidimensional nature of this universe. Once you develop this skill you will slowly open gateways to witness the spiritual realms which live hand in hand with this world, seeing those things which others do not see, feeling those things which others do not feel and knowing things which others can not know. This technique is not a clairvoyance technique per se but is certainly a technique which will re-enforce your clairvoyant ability.

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Rob Lightbearer

Psychic Development Exercises - The 3rd Eye Chakra - Opening and Awareness

The Third Eye Chakra is commonly associated with psychic abilities and in particular psychic clairvoyance, however it must be noted that this is only one part of our energetic anatomy which enables the whole spectrum of psychic gifts. (other parts of the psychic anatomy will be discussed later). The third eye tends to open and activate relatively quickly, especially if you are a frequent meditation practitioner (even though you may be working consciously on one of the lower chakras).

In general the first awareness of this psychic centre may be pressure or sensations in the brow area. This is one of the outermost vortex's of the third eye slowly activating to a new level of awareness. This vibration may later be accompanied by colours in spherical or cloud form. Which will in turn be followed by perception of depth and the colour violet or purple.

The awareness of these phases of development is important as it gives you an indication of progress and development. Also understanding what these phenomenon represent will allow you to know when you are capable of developing and utilising certain psychic abilities.

Brief Understanding of Sensations

There are multiple aspects to these sensations especially from a healing and developmental perspective. In this series we are interested in the developmental aspects of these sensations and what they mean to our over all progress.

Pressure in the brow- which could also be tingling, burning, or any other abnormal sensation indicates that your psychic anatomy has gained access and is activating to the level of the etheric realm of consciousness.

Colours in Vision- with eyes closed you observe any colour in any shape or form, most normally clouds or spheres. This indicates that you have developed to the point of Astral Consciousness

Violet or Purple Light - This is a very good sign and indicates that you are connecting with the upper astral realms, and therefore making progress towards liberation or higher development.

Violet is by no means the highest stage in development, but is certainly the stage that most people will reach for the time being. Another important stage in development which is still quite rare is that of seeing gold in stead of violet, which indicates development towards Christ consciousness and the spiritual planes. (there being a difference between the psychic planes (etheric and astral) and the spiritual planes).

Uses of Colours in Development

One of the most precious gains you can achieve during meditation on the colours at this stage in development is that of impartiality. The object is not to become drawn in and focused on the colours and what they are doing. Observe them but let them flow, and allow your subconscious to do the analysis. When you progress to the ability to consciously bring these planes of awareness into conscious living, being able to remove your mental process's will strengthen your psychic clairvoyant ability.

Exercise one - Stepping into Vibration
This exercise is simple and the most basic exercise, which many of you may have already surpassed but i will place it here for completion. The objective is to slowly relax into meditation and let your attention drift to your 3rd eye chakra. Once you feel a vibration or pressure in the area, simply hold your attention there and allow the pressure to do whatever it pleases. This will slowly strengthen the etheric body of awareness in your third eye.

Exercise two - Observing Colour
Following on from exercise one slowly over time you will start to observe colours, once again simply observe do not judge or become involved in analysis of what you see as things will unfold on a subconscious level. You are now slowly attuning to the astral plane. At this stage you may begin to see faces or eyes, this is nothing to fear it is other beings curiously checking out the new light in town.

If you imagine the astral being a dark place where every being gives off its own light signature. Some light signatures are brighter than others and some are brighter than most. When your light signature stands out of the crowd you will attract beings like a moth to a flame. Just observe and release you are not required to do anything at this stage (though in the future you may become able to talk to these beings, some of whom may want help etc)

Exercise three - Tuning into the Upper Astral
As before when observing the colours, slowly let your attention shift from the colours dancing or drifting in the foreground to the darkness in the back ground. Over time, even though it is pitch black you may get a sense of depth and space this is you slowly tuning into the upper astral. Slowly over time you will observe a violet or purple colour, which brings with it a sense of peace and love.

There is much benefit in just holding your attention at this level, just remember do not become mentally involved in what you see, just observe and drift. In the last exercise you may have encountered faces, and some of these people may have wanted your attention, but now at this level, your wellbeing and progress is the only concern, we are starting to approach the higher spiritual realms.

Exercise four - Going With It
A direct lead on from the previous exercise this exercise involves psychicly exploring what is beyond the colours. All that is required is to let go. Previously I said that you should hold your attention and don’t become involved. This exercise requires that you become one with the ebb and flow. You may feel yourself spinning clockwise or falling backwards or forwards, do not panic you are perfectly safe, just go with it. During the early stages you will become over excited by simple things, but once you become used to the process and more able to just let go, you may find that many things are revealed to you, but the only way you will know is by going through the meditative process.

This exercise is outstanding for delivering the experiential progress which so many crave. I can not begin to describe the type of things or places you may see, as each individual is different, has different guides and teachers, and many different lessons. This exercise is the key to the gateway which holds those answers. It is very simple, and some of you may have already experienced things but never truly understood how you got there. You now have a system which you can repeat time and again in order to learn and grow.

Ever wondered how to Become Clairvoyant The next post gives an excellent exercise.

Rob Lightbearer

Psychic Development Exercise - Communicate with your Higher Self

One of the biggest questions by those who are interested in psychic development is "how do you talk to your higher self?". Many of those people and in deed many of you will have had a tarot reading or some other form of divination reading. These techniques are merely tools for accessing the higher self. They are pretty well formatted techniques by which you only have to read and understand the signals, there is not necessarily any required "psychic gift" in order to have a reasonably successful reading done. It is direct communication from the higher self through these tools and into your consciousness.

I have found it to be far more empowering to receive communication directly from my higher self. By establishing a connection you can communicate any time any place without the embarrassment of pulling out a deck of cards or a pendulum on a busy train or in a restaurant at dinner time. There are many ways of establishing this psychic connection but I will describe one that I have found to be very useful, and then show you how to develop it further.

Establishing a Psychic Connection

First of all you must get yourself into a relaxed and receptive state, you will over time be capable of doing this automatically but at first it may take some time. You can do this by any means that works for you, this is all about empowerment and is not prescriptive, you are in charge of your life. You can meditate gently, or light some candles and go for a relaxing bath, whatever it is that works for you the only rule is

You must be able to still your mind, and sense your body.

In your relaxed state, just sit and think some statements into yourself. They do not need to be of any great importance just feel the words move around your body.

I frequently feel the words come from my upper right hand side of my brain and travel down to the centre.

You can split your head up into quarters, and try and locate where the words come from.

This may take some time depending on your sensitivity, but this short exercise lets you know the base level of your conscious communication with your conscious mind.

This is you to you communication which you do every day without though.

You must now let your higher self know you wish to communicate with it. You can do this by just simply stating that intention.

The first thing you must do is develop a basic signal for yes and no.

This signal could be anything from a tingle sensation to a taste or sound it really depends on you.

(for me I feel almost like a second head inside my own, which nods for yes and shakes for no)

Once you have established the signal, you must now test the psychic signal, in order to discern the veracity of the communication.

The simplest way to do this is to ask a yes or no question relating to yourself i.e. "is my name Donald Duck?"

I would hope that unless you have beak and a speech impediment the signal should come back a resounding no.

You can then ask if your real name is accurate, which I would hope would come back a yes.

As a means of further building confidence in this system, ask a friend a question which you do not know the answer to, for instance "who was their first teacher at school?"

If your psychic connection is strong enough you should be able to accurately get the answer (don’t be disheartened if this takes some time to get accurate, spiritual and psychic development is a life long process)

Developing Your Ability to Communicate Further

Once you have become proficient at the above form of psychic communication, you will be ready to receiving more accurate direction and possibly even have conversations.

Once again become relaxed and receptive, maintaining a clear mind.

Split your head up into four sections (like you have just cut a birthday cake)

Now make a statement (nothing exciting just enough to reconfirm exactly where your own words come from)

Again let your higher self know that you wish to establish a psychic connection.

Now ask a question. (preferably not a yes/no answer)

After a time which may vary depending on your sensitivity, you may hear an answer.

Try and locate where this answer comes from (it should have originated from a different location in the head than your own self to self communication) (for me higher self communication comes from the upper left side of my head)

(remember these sensations are not necessarily the part of your brain or even your body receiving the message it is just how you feel it).

Summary

By working and developing this technique, you will not only enhance your psychic ability, but will enhance your spiritual development and bio-energetic template. The enhancement of the bio-energetic template in itself is a great leap forward in your development, as communicating and acknowledging the higher portions of your being re-establishes an axiational reconnection of the meridians and the bridge bringing you one step closer to truly becoming a multidimensional being.

This technique also in time reinforces you psychic clairaudient ability, and so in time, conscious communication with spirit and higher beings is reasonable target to aim for. I would not suggest that you try and attempt this too quickly as there are issues and dangers involved in such practices. I recommend allowing things to unfold naturally giving your energetic body time to toughen up and be capable of dealing with issues which may arise.

To Learn about opening The Third Eye Chakra please read on.

Rob Lightbearer

Psychic Development

Psychic development, in my opinion is not the be all and end all of spiritual development, it is a side effect of the path. As we start to realise the true nature of ourselves and our natural energetic blue print opens up everyone will experience some sort of psychic phenomenon. This is perfectly natural and indeed useful to your spiritual journey in itself. To develop psychic abilities you do not have to be special, or a chosen one or what ever other label that some people wish to adopt. You are psychic, you always were, it is only the energetic blockages and dis-empowerments that have restricted the flow of energy through your psychic channels and centres rendering your view of the world as material and 3 dimensional.

There are draw backs of psychic development as well as the many positive aspects which I will discuss in this post.

The Benefits of Psychic Development

One of the things that will have occurred to you during your spiritual journey (if it has not yet it will) is your reliance on others and sources beyond your experiential comprehension. How do you know for sure that what you are being told is true? Even if what you are being told is true, how do you know that what you are being told is in alignment with your own individual path and best highest good? The fact is you do not. You have to wade through the charlatans and cowboys, then filter through those who use their talents to empower themselves and keep you dis-empowered for their continued benefit, before you even find a glimpse of the truth.

By pursuing psychic development you open up a whole new universe of direction assistance and possibilities. Before you open up your psychic abilities you are restricted to what you can learn by what others want you to know. You can find the answers which are appropriate to you by using your inherent tool of psychic empowerment.

Your ability to work for the good of all sentient beings enhances with your psychic ability. I will go into this in much more depth in a later post, but suffice it to say there are things that are essential to the development of the collective which can be done psychically allowing your process of empowerment to be a process of empowerment for all.

You are as infinite as anyone else on this planet. You have the same abilities as anyone else on this planet anyone who says otherwise, does not have your best interests at heart. All I have ever intended to do in this blog is to show you how to safely open the doors to yourself, I don’t want to be your master, i want you to be your own master, to hold your power and spread your light.

Draw Backs of Psychic Development

The major draw back, which is perfectly apparent if you look around the web, is the fact that many seekers do not progress from their stage of psychic development. As they experience the excitement and intrigue of the other planes of existence they get sidetracked, and may think they are developing spiritually but in fact they are not. They are feeding the ego, and disempowering our collective.

Yes there is value to be gained from assisting those who are as yet unable, but as I observed in the rules of one highly ranked psychic forum “if you see any of our competitors advertising on our site report it to us and they will be banned”, things have gone way too far, not only are they ensuring the spiritual dis-empowerment of their members, they have also convinced their subscribers to protect the masters of the psychic arts from any competition. (I wont place a link here because I have scanned their aura and it is not good energy)

“The wise man built his house upon the rock”. You can join a psychic development circle at any time, and will most probably start to see results reasonably quickly, however it is those who follow a psychic path rather than a spiritual path who are most likely to fall into the stumbling blocks I mentioned above. As I have always recommended by building a solid spiritual foundation prior to allowing your psychic powers to open up naturally you will know what to do with them rather than following a purely commercial path.

There is an energetic risk of transference through every contact you make both physically and psychically. Without adequate spiritual development you will have no idea that this occurs and more importantly what to do about it. This transference builds up over time and eventually impinges on the health of our friendly neighbourhood psychics. I have yet to meet a psychic who was aware of the affects of transference of negative energetic imprints. Through psychic development after spiritual development you are more able firstly to deal with these issues, and more importantly contact higher dimensional entities who will provide a positive transference experience.

Summary
I do highly recommend flexing your psychic muscles. This sort of development will empower you, and your journey. It will take you out of the clutches of the cowboys and onto your true path. I believe however it should be done at the correct time. That time will be particular to each individual but my suggestion would be at a time when you have outgrown the curiosity and are truly devoted to your own personal, energetic and spiritual development.

The following posts will cover a number of exercises for those wishing to develop psychic abilities, starting with Psychic Development Exercise for Advanced Intuition

Rob Lightbearer

Understanding Psychic Phenomenon

A subject which I have been very careful to avoid until this point is that of psychic powers and psychic development. However when undertaking a spiritual path an individual can quite quickly perceive that which they maybe had only heard about previously. Or experience psychic phenomenon which leaves them confused and or distressed.

Everyone is born with the ability to be psychic, no one individual is special because they may appear to be more psychic than others, though it may appear that way, we were all born equally special. Psychic abilities tend to emerge in one of two ways, they are released early through an unknown cause or through psychic development, or are released through progressive spiritual development. Naturally my favour is for psychic development through spiritual progress.

Where do these psychic gifts come from?
Most people believe that psychic gifts are hosted in the third eye chakra which is a complete untruth. Psychic talents are available at every level, in fact one of the most common psychic complaints is that of excessive empathy (causing upsetting experiencing of others grief). The psychic skill of empathy is seated between the sacral chakra and the solar plexus chakra. (hence why it is most common as most people in this planet today are at that stage of development).

We have many psychic centres in our body, we just confuse the issue by calling them chakras. They are in deed chakras but they are also psychic centres which assist us primarily with our own intrinsic survival mechanism (instinct). Our inner knowing when things are not right. Hence why the majority of people who claim to be psychic empath’s are plagued by the upsets of the world.

If it is understood that we have a certain degree of psychic ability or awareness at every level, it becomes easier to deal with the phenomenon experienced and as a result easier to unleash further psychic abilities at a later stage.

I will return to empathy for a moment. The extreme experiencing of others negative emotions highlights an issue which for me is fundamental to our entire spiritual journey. You experience their negativity because your awareness has just opened to this psychic phenomenon. Your energy is out of balance and will remain out of balance if you avoid and suppress this phenomenon.

When you as an empath are in balance you become aware of others grief psychicaly without engulfing yourself in their hysteria. You as an awakening being, have a tough enough task ahead without taking on and giving your power to the psychic garbage of others disempowered life. (there will be time enough to help others later, first you must feed and nurture yourself)

An Entity with Negative Urges

One of the things I became aware of very quickly on my psychic and spiritual journey was the nature of the spirit world, particularly those that choose to roam the earth plane. I found myself confronted with a number of spirits who were bent on trouble. The first was a woman who I had never met nor new anything about, but at first this woman appeared to be friendly enough. I recognised that she had not passed over and was therefore not receiving the spiritual nurturance that here soul needed. I attempted to help this woman psychically which appeared not to be what she wanted. I was then pestered with accusations of being the cause of this woman’s death and that I would not rest as she had not.

The second was the brother of someone I know (but would rather not know if you understand what I mean) and he died as a result of drug and alcohol abuse. Everywhere I went I observed the behaviour of this individual which was steeped in jealousy and hate. I attempted to help this individual but was temporarily powerless as his brother and her fiancé (who never met him) thought it was all wonderful having the now deceased brother looking after them. There was no way of explaining that the reason for the fiancé and her two toddlers being of continuous ill health was the drug addict drawing energy from them.

Both cases highlight the fact that not all in the spirit world is love light and chocolate dusted fairy cakes. In both cases resolute action was required in order to cut the individuals off from their targets. Which is sadly all too common an occurrence. Please don’t be mislead into the misunderstanding that all is well in the astral. There are as many fruitcakes and nutcases in the lower realms as there are here on earth.

A simple rule of thumb is that if you would not mix with them here on earth don’t mix with them in spirit. There will come a time when you are able to help them, but that time is not now.

The Solution
As I stated previously I am in favour of psychic development through spiritual progress. Be aware of your psychic abilities and the related psychic phenomenon, but be of the understanding that psychic skills and abilities are there to protect and help you on your journey. There will come a time when you can and should use them for the greater good, but until that time nurture yourself.

Grounding both in meditation and in life is a good method of preventing yourself getting caught up in the whirlwind of psychic phenomenon. Be aware that you are here on earth, in the material for a worthwhile cause and that you will have an eternity in spirit to experience that.

Psychic shielding and protection are essential if you are to develop without psychic interference. You will reach a point where shielding is not necessary but until that time protecting your psychic centres should be part of your daily routine.

Prayers for assistance also hold great power. There are a great many beings in the universe who are ready and waiting to assist but are powerless to do so until you request it. As soon as you request any form of help that is in accordance with your higher good, you will be helped, and sometimes in miraculous ways.

Knowledge is power. Knowing that although these beings of low energy are attracted to your light, you are far stronger than they are and can demand them to leave you at any time. Whether it is a psychic empathic feeling or a spirit being who you do not wish to be there. Command it to leave and it will. Try it for your self.



Bless you all

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