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You constantly find yourself in the right place at the right time. For example, the person sitting next to you in the jury pool happens to be a piano teacherand you've just inherited a piano! |
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You buy a gift for a friend, only to discover that your friend's been looking for that item for some time without success, and hasn't told you (or anyone else) about it. |
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You dream about a place you've never been before and discover, upon visiting it, that it looks just like you dreamt it. |
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You're teamed up with a new business associate with whom you feel instantly comfortable. Before the end of your first meeting you're finishing each other's sentences. |
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But if being psychic is so commonif everyone's psychicwhy don't we talk about it more often? For one thing, people in our Western culture aren't openly encouraged to acknowledge and train their intuitive skills. As schoolchildren, we busily focused on mastering our ABCs and 123s. Most of us have never been required to take an emotional or psychic IQ test! Yet, according to Life magazine, a recent poll showed that 60 percent of Americans believe they've had at least one psychic experience in their lives. For now, rest assured that you are indeed psychic, and that what you now need is the confidence to get started on developing this wonderful gift. |
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So, for starters, this chapter tells you the basics about what it means to be psychic. You'll find out about some psychic ''stars" and other tantalizing tidbits of psychic trivia. And you'll discover a few more ways that your intuition has expressed itself, too. |
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Psychic, Intuitive, or Just Plain Crazy? |
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Perhaps the vocabulary of psychic intuition is another thing that makes accepting and discussing "psychic stuff" seem so . . . scary . . . intimidating . . . weird? Throughout this book, you'll encounter some words that will be familiar to you, and many that may not be. We'll introduce you to telepathy, clairsentience, ESP, psychometry, psychokinesis, remote viewing, channeling, precognition, the paranormal, the Gaia mind, and more. Don't worry about what they mean right now. Just remember that the range of words used to describe psychic phenomena is as varied as psychic experiences themselves. The study of psychic phenomena is called parapsychology. |
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These days, the term "psychic" means many things to many people. It's a word that's been around the block a few times, so it's carrying a bit of extra baggage. For one thing, "psychic" can refer either to the ability to transcend concrete knowledge or to a person who has this ability. Some people view the word "psychic" from a rather |
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