Ask the Psychic
On Being a Psychic Sponge
Just wanted to say that I love your site and it has become very helpful for me! Perhaps, you might be able to help me out with a little problem of mine. I was just wondering if you could offer me some advice on staying grounded. I am an "energy sponge" and at times I feel as if this energy is quite difficult to manage. For as long as I can remember I have experienced random preconitive dreams, 'feeling' and visions in my minds eye. Sometimes I see nothing at all and at other times it feels as though I am just bombarded with an overflow of information and feeling of my own and especially other people. It is even hard for me to think straight at times. When I meet people I can instantly tell how they feel, why they feel it and am able to understand what seems like there entire being. It is quite overwleming and it has caused be much anxiety and led to some illness within me. I do try to meditiate on a daily basis (as well as practice grounding exercises) but was wondering if you had any other advice on staying grounded. Friends have reccommended Reiki to me but I have not yet taken it up as I am afriad it will open me up to even more things I cannot control. If you could help me out that would be great.
One more thing, I met a psychic randomly in passing one day a year ago. He told my exact b-day and age, somethings about myself that were true and others that I was skeptable about. He said that he teaches people like me for free and gave me his card. I felt a bit weary of him almost violated (and I'm not sure why... I felt like he was looking for something..I just cannot explain) so I have not called. A tarot reading suggested a new guide would enter my life but I still felt like something was amiss and resisted making the call. Can psychics be bad, negative, or manipulative? Should I or can I protect myself? It was a very odd experience for me that I think about still. If you have any advice it would be great. Thank you so much for your time and my appologies for the length of this email. Namaste! Natalie
Your situation is very common with sensitve and psychic people, try not to allow yourself to worry that you will not find a way to "manage" the energies, because you CAN and you WILL.
I would suggest that you begin with the thought that you are a "student" because you are. You have gifts that you are required to learn about, learn about yourself. You are naturally psychic and sensitive, with that you must learn to manage energies.
The best advice I have at this point is to consider LEARNING reiki, as opposed to necessarily recieving reiki treatments (you can do that as well, but my impression is that is not the key to learning, growing and empowering yourself. Learn reiki, and go out and have a good intuitive look around any book store for books about energy healing and management... most likely in a metaphysical book store in your area.
The emphasis is on LEARNING, learning about yourself and what gifts you have been born with. At some point we must all learn about ourselves in order to bring balance into our lives. Protecting yourself can be done on an energetic level, learning to sense and manipulate your aura (your own personal energy field) when I say manipulate I mean in a positive way, by learning to mentally and visually "strengthen" your aura. you can create a strong aura which is open to higher energies of love and kindness and joy and which will act as a wall to lower energies of fear, negative energies etc. We use our minds and our hearts to do this by closing our eyes (in a quiet and safe place alone) and allowing ourselves to open up and sense our own energy running through our bodies and outside our bodies (aura) once you have become aquainted with yourself as an energetic being, you will havea great sense of control over the energies of others, you will be clear of YOUR energy, meaning you will KNOW YOUR OWN ENERGY and you will be clear what energy IS NOT yours and because of this knowledge you will simply not "take the other energy on". Begin to percieve yourself as a student, teach yourself through studying about the the spiritual (energetic) qualities of life and being human, you will soon find the inner power you require. I hope this has been helpful to you Natalie, if you need any clarification give me a shout :-) Lots of love and peace to you sweetie. Debbie
P.S if you FELT that the psychic person making you an offer was "off" in some way, trust that. I personally do not feel we need anyone to teach us about ourselves (unless we want that and feel right with that person) I feel we can learn about ourselves and teach ourselves very well. Some people as opposed to psychics CAN be less than honest and straight with us, so regardless of who or what their profession, always trust your instinct. if it doesnt feel right, dont do it. Psychics are people, so a bag of mixed nuts... lol some have wonderful intentions, others not so much. your safety lies in your own hands, by learning to know what you sense and feel and learning to trust that
