Psychics and Spirituality

Are psychics necessarily spiritual? The plain answer is no. I think this is important to talk about because people generally believe that, to be a psychic one must be spiritual. Let’s back this up a little to another belief I have.

I believe that each and every one of us has the innate ability to access information via the sixth sense. Are some people better at it than others? Yes. Do some people possess a stronger sense in intuitive abilities rather than, say, clairaudience? Yes. It’s easy to understand if you think about playing the piano. We can all hit the keys in one way or another but certainly there are those we would prefer listening to over others. Most, if not all of us, can think of times when we thought of someone then suddenly, seemingly out of the blue, we heard from them. Maybe we were lost driving in a strange place and “felt” that we needed to turn left only to find the exact place we were looking for. Many of us have had countless other experiences with things we were unable to explain. And even more of us have ignored these experiences, gut feelings, etc. Since the beginning of time, people have reported odd occurrences, psychic impressions, encounters with lost loved ones…. Enough so that scientists continue to conduct testing and experiments and the government has created things like the STARGATE program. So, for the sake of argument and, because you are here, reading my blog, I’m going to assume you already believe in the existence of these abilities. In a nutshell, regardless of race, culture, socioeconomic status, religion, age… we can all be psychics or gain information psychically.

Think about the people you know, have known, and will ever know in your life. Are each and everyone what you would consider spiritual? Are they all coming from a place of love? Are they all concerned about the better good? I’m going to make that jump and answer for you. No. Do they all have the ability to exercise their psychic sense? We’ve already answered that one. Yes.
So what or where is this knowledge that a psychic has the ability to access with something other than our five senses? Some people believe that the information gained by a psychic is given to them through angels or spiritual guides and sometimes even from our dearly departed but definitely from an otherworldly entity. Others hold a more Jungian belief, that being that we tap into a Universal or Collective Unconscious. Jung stated in his book Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (p.43) “My thesis then, is as follows: in addition to our immediate consciousness, which is of a thoroughly personal nature and which we believe to be the only empirical psyche (even if we tack on the personal unconscious as an appendix), there exists a second psychic system of a collective, universal, and impersonal nature which is identical in all individuals. This collective unconscious does not develop individually but is inherited. It consists of pre-existent forms, the archetypes, which can only become conscious secondarily and which give definite form to certain psychic contents.” I think of this Collective Unconscious as a holding “place” of all the knowledge of what was, is, and ever will be. I personally believe in a sort of spiritual soup mixture of the two.

I can almost hear you ask, “Accessing this information is spiritual unto itself, isn’t it?” Yes! That naturally leads to you asking “Well then, what the heck do you mean when you say that psychic’s aren’t necessarily spiritual?” Fair enough. Let me try to explain what I mean. We are all spiritual beings, each of us with an eternal soul, purpose and connection to the divine. Few of us walking around this world today live a spiritual life 100% of the time. Of course there are the Mother Teresa types and the Dalai Lama and others but for the most part, we all struggle with our shortcomings and defects of character, as we should. Huh? Yes, as we should. We are spiritual creatures having a human experience. Being psychic is actually the perfect storm for out-of-control egos. We tell ourselves that we are somehow more special than the average Joe. We have a “special” connection to the other side. We might even have “special powers”. We might even believe that we are never wrong. Not very spiritual sounding, is it? No, it’s not.

Unfortunately, these types of feelings are present and full blown in many people who “work” as psychics. After some time thinking and believing these thoughts, I believe it is next to impossible to suspend the ego and get to that place of using the sixth sense. Not wanting to recognize this, the “psychic” then relies on other ways of getting information. Most of this has to do with making very vague statements or asking you questions designed to gain more information from you. Their intent has gone from connecting in a spiritual manner for a spiritual reason to a completely self focused intent. If you do not tell them how amazing and wonderful they are, they will.
So, where do I think I fall in all this spirituality vs. ego stuff? I’d love to say that I am 100% spiritual, 100% of the time but that would be an ego filled statement! So one cancels out the other there but I do try. I try daily. I try to string together as many of those spiritual moments as possible. I don’t think I’m elite or better than anyone else. I do sometimes get a little too pleased with myself if I give incredibly accurate information. I forget that it just came through me, it was not of me. I heard a friend of mine say “Please don’t feed the psychic” meaning do not feed them information but, I take it a step further. Don’t feed their ego crazily either.

The reason I wrote this was so that people don’t make the mistake of putting a psychic on a pedestal. It’s no good for you and it’s certainly not good for them. Each of you has the ability to access this place of information. Each of you already does, even though you might not recognize that. So please don’t make the mistake of giving anyone, including psychics, too much power. They probably aren’t a walking angel and if they are, their wings have been clipped. If a psychic tells you that you need to do something, check in with your own gut first. Does it “feel” right to you? Does your inner psychic play well with theirs?

Psychic are people too.


Big spiritual hugs to you! ;)
Michelle