| Time after time, during my consultations,
I am asked how I came by some piece of personal information,
like a date, or sometimes a name, or some image, which is
recognised by the Client as meaningful! (Let me make it clear
- it doesn't happen all the time.)
When asked this question, I am stumped. I am unable to offer
an adequate answer. I can convince myself that I possess some
'gift', a kind of greater spiritual force enabling me to impart
these pieces of information. (Which mean absolutely nothing
to me, and most of the time cause me considerable confusion).
Or, I can pull my hair out; give myself a migraine, by looking
for a more rational, acceptable, psychological explanation.
Generally speaking Clairvoyancy is approached from a mystical
point of view. It is assumed that there is a power in certain
individuals which allows them to perceive things which cannot
be perceived by less 'gifted' people. There are usually two
camps in the field! The first believes that you are born with
the gift; the second believes that you can learn it! I believe
that both statements are true! Every conscious soul has the
innate ability to 'sense' something with precision, but it
takes time to comprehend and wisdom to use!
Let me start by explaining how I think it works, for me!
The Human Mind may be thought of as having 3 parts.
- The first one is the Conscious; this is the part that
talks, reasons, decides, remembers things, and is generally
aware of itself.
- The second part is the Sub-Conscious; this is the part
that feels, and notices all things, and makes the decision
as to what to tell the Conscious or not.
- The third part is the Un-conscious; here are the instincts,
the reflexes and drives.
Now, whether through our education systems, our alienation
from nature, or our structured civilisation - these 3 parts
of the Human Mind communicate badly with each other. This
is especially so between the Conscious and Sub-Conscious.
Everything that happens around us gets noticed by our perceptual
organs, i.e. our eyes, ears, nose, etc. which convert what
they absorb into electrical signals which are transmitted
to the brain.
Every minute detail of our lives, is absorbed into the Sub-Conscious
mind – perhaps this is why under hypnosis, we are able
to recall much more information than we were aware of!
The Sub-Conscious part filters information through to the
conscious mind. Important things, like a change in traffic
lights or the smell of burning; others don’t matter
enough to be passed on, but, and this is important, they do
get noticed, and are stored in the Sub-Conscious.
A good analogy to use would be that the Sub-Conscious is
like a P.A. (personal assistant) or a secretary to the Conscious.
It only passes things on which it thinks will be required
by the Conscious.
Clairvoyancy, psychic ability, can be seen as a re-routing
of this information. Almost like relaxing the structures around
the sub-conscious mind, and allowing more, almost imperceptible
information through.
If we tie this in with an ‘altered state of consciousness’,
I think that we are getting closer to an explanation as to
how honest and reliable Readers are able to highlight names,
dates and places! |
