We are all psychic, but to varying degrees. Even psychic abilities face logical limitations; some people are just more sensitive, more sensitive in different ways, and more talented than others. Anyone can run, but some people run faster, longer, and with more grace than others. With training you can improve and maximize the psychic skills you have, just as you improve your speed, endurance and grace as a runner.
Sometimes psychic abilities remain dormant until a specific triggering moment, such as a near-death experience, or are discovered through concentrated efforts in meditation and mindfulness. There is also a wide range of talents, from simple intuition to channeling other entities to communicating with animals and so on.
This article discusses mediumship and how it works.
Mediumship, what is that?
Mediumship is the act of creating a bridge between the living and the spirit of someone who has died but has not yet been reincarnated. Mediumship can occur in varying degrees of sensitivity and clarity. We can all experience mediumship when we feel the presence of someone who has passed away, even briefly or simply as a feeling, usually a form of cold tingling in the body.
The most powerful form of mediumship is known as channeling, which means that a spiritual entity can enter and work through your subconscious and speak through your incarnated form. There are different degrees of involvement between a feeling and channeling, such as connections with emotions, seeing energy or someone’s last form, or hearing it (clairaudience).
Different ways it works
Connecting with the spirit realm can be little more than an echo for most of us, and an instant merging as a channeler opens up to allow someone to ‘fill’ them for a period of time.
Feeling presence
One way mediumship abilities can manifest is through the feeling of spiritual energy, almost like feeling pressure on your skin or the wind moving through your hair. Feeling presence can happen unconsciously or it can be invited or allowed. It can also be denied if it is not a sensitivity you want to experience if you have the ability.
Training your mind and soul to set proper boundaries is an effort you will want to learn when you encounter the talent but don’t want to experience the energy engagement. Setting boundaries is best done through guided meditation with someone skilled in shamanic practice or higher levels of mediumship.
Feeling presence can be used in spiritual practice with accompanying tools, namely the tarot or oracle cards. If you or someone is looking for messages from a loved one and you are sensitive or want to work with someone who is a professional spiritual advisor with the gift, tarot/oracle cards can be an effective way to allow the spirit to communicate.
Feeling emotions, seeing ghosts
On a more complex and involved level would be feeling a spirit’s emotions or seeing a version of them during their last incarnation, but without the clarity of clairaudience or channeling. With practice, this skill can be effective because the medium can work with a living person to ask questions of the spirit and get their emotional response or watch them react and read body language.
Again, having the ability and using it properly means preventing spiritual energy from being used without permission and without coercion. It is important to get into the right state for the mind to be present in order to keep the experience positive and avoid becoming exhausted by constant or unregulated access. In other words, don’t leave the windows open and the door unlocked. Make sure it is clear in your mind that an invitation is needed and that etiquette is expected.
Clairaudience
Clairaudience is the second highest and clearest level of mediumship. Hearing the voice of spirit and having a dialogue is one of the most successful ways to bridge the gap between the spirit world and the incarnate world. This skill is unusual and requires a lot of energy during the exchange, which requires that you enter the conversation with good energy and take enough rest after work.
At this skill level, it is critical to “block out the voices” with proper training and technique. Incarnated individuals need to be able to rest and spiritual beings cannot. It is easy for a mind to forget time and fatigue.
Channeling
Channeling provides the most direct link between a spirit and the incarnate world. The person channeling is essentially allowing a spirit to use them as a vessel through which they can communicate. Some people are open channels, meaning they can invite in any mind that is available and willing to connect. Other people are channel specific, meaning they are invited into one entity and only work with that entity.
The channeling process requires the most preparation and proper guidelines for entering and leaving the channeling state, inviting the spirit, and sending the spirit away. Some channels may remain close to the surface, such as during a hypnosis session, while others give up consciousness completely so that the mind can work. In the second case, a well-trained channel will have a time limit that will cause them to automatically regain consciousness.
In some cases, before entering the channeling state, the medium will ask the client to assist him by telling him that once he has finished the session he should thank the spirit and tell the channeler to return . The channeler can even ask them some questions about the channeler so that the channeler can re-ground themselves once the spirit has left.
Being a medium, using a medium
If you discover that you have mediumship skills, especially at one of the higher levels, then guidance and training are extremely important. Highly trained and talented mediums are in high demand because so many people are looking for a farewell they didn’t get or answers to questions that weren’t asked in their lifetime. It is a huge responsibility to live and work with this role if you decide to share your talent with the public.
When looking for a psychic, you want to use the same research and vetting process that you would use to find a good doctor, mechanic, or lawyer. Testimonials from a diverse and sizable group of people are one of the best ways to avoid the scammer, and there are plenty of those in esoteric practices. Someone with true talent and integrity will be upfront about their fees and willing to explain their process clearly and to your satisfaction.
Whether you have the talent and want to develop it or are seeking a medium for personal reasons, the experience of mediumship is fascinating and powerful, so you should always approach it with care.
