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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychic Intuition, 3rd EditionCOMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO PSYCHIC INTUITION, 3EChapter 1Are You Psychic?In This Chapter It’s true: you’re psychic! Mysterious words for everyday events Discovering your source of psychic power Honing your psychic giftLet’s clarify what you already intuit: everyone is psychic.And that includes you! In this book, we’ll show you how tomine your special powers and use them in exciting andconstructive ways.

Your psychic ability has been with you since the day youwere born (or perhaps for centuries before you were born,but we’ll talk more about that later). We all enter theworld with an innate ability to sense information thatseems to come from outside, or beyond, ourselves. Thisability manifests itself in many forms (almost as many asthere are individuals). It provides insight and informationas general as a gut feeling and as specific as the detailsof a future event.Most likely, at least one of the following has happened toyou. Each is an example of a psychic phenomenon: You anticipate when your phone’s going to ring, andyou know who’s calling without — a distinctive ringor checking your Caller ID. You constantly find yourself in the right place atthe right time. For example, the person sitting nextto you in the jury pool happens to be a piano teacherand you’ve just inherited a piano! You buy a gift for a friend, only to discover thatyour friend has been looking for that item for sometime without success and hasn’t told you (or anyoneelse) about it. You dream about a place you’ve never been before anddiscover, upon visiting it, that it looks just likeyou dreamed it. You’re teamed up with a new business associate withwhom you feel instantly comfortable. Before the endof your first meeting, you’re finishing each other’ssentences.But if being psychic is so common, why don’t we talk aboutit more often? For one thing, people in our Western culturearen’t encouraged to acknowledge and train their intuitiveskills. As schoolchildren, we focus on mastering our ABCsand 123s. Most of us have never been required to take anemotional or psychic IQ test! Yet, according to a PewResearch Center survey, more than 60 percent of Americansbelieve in some form of psychic phenomenon. For now, restassured that you are indeed psychic and that what you nowneed is the confidence to get started on developing thiswonderful gift.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychic Intuition, 3rd EditionPsychic, Intuitive, or Just Plain Crazy?Perhaps the vocabulary of psychic intuition is anotherthing that makes discussing “psychic stuff” difficult?Throughout this book, you’ll encounter some words that willbe familiar and many that may not be. We’ll introduce youto telepathy, clairsentience, extra-sensory perception(ESP), psychometry, psychokinesis, remote viewing,channeling, precognition, the paranormal, and more. We'llalso look at the study of psychic phenomena, calledparapsychology.***BEGIN SIDEBAR***DefinitionParapsychology is a branch of psychology thatstudies psychic experiences. The term came intouse in the late 1920s, when the field’sfounder, J. B. Rhine, created the firstinstitute for psychic research: The RhineResearch Center, situated near Duke Universityin Durham, North Carolina.***END SIDEBAR***These days, the term “psychic” means many things to manypeople. It’s a word that has been around the block a fewtimes, so it’s carrying some extra baggage. For one thing,“psychic” can refer either to the ability to transcendconcrete knowledge or to a person who has this ability. Forsome people, the word “psychic” has a negative connotation.It’s not unusual for people to fear something that has norational explanation.When you’re “being psychic,” you’re accessing knowledgewithout understanding how or why that knowledge is given toyou. You just know it! Being psychic is all about trust —trusting that your source of information is more powerfulthan your own imagination and trusting that it’s there foryour greatest good.In the field of medicine today, we’re seeing doctorsembrace the power of the connection between our bodies andour minds to heal and nurture us. While high-tech computerand biomedical advances are changing the face of medicine,these breakthroughs coexist with a new respect foralternative medicine techniques such as acupuncture,chiropractic, and biofeedback.

Disciplines that combine mental and physical well-being(such as yoga, meditation, and massage) are enjoying arenaissance and some medical schools are conductingscientific studies into the documented healing effects ofprayer. Doctors and scientists agree that there’s a lotthey need to explore about how the health of the psyche andthe soul influences one’s mental and physical health. So,let your fear of “psychic stuff” and/or the fear thatothers might not understand or worse, that they might thinkyou are crazy become a thing of the past!Sure, some psychic experiences can sound strange, butthat’s often because they are hard to describe. One reasonis because they occur in a nonphysical realm, which meansthat they aren’t concrete. You can’t touch them or takethem home to show your mom. And it can be very difficult toprove them. One of the key lessons you’ll learn from thisbook is to have faith in yourself. The foundation ofimproving your psychic power is trusting yourself. As thesaying goes, “Trust your intuition.”In fact, Lynn believes the words “psychic” and “intuition”are interchangeable. In her practice, for instance, sherefers to herself as an intuitive consultant. The word“intuitive” sheds new light on being psychic because itfocuses on discerning truth through a direct — albeitunexplained — source of knowledge (as compared to receivinginformation from a supernatural force). “Intuitive”suggests that the information sent or received finds itsorigin inside one’s self. So, if you work on developingyour ability to think and feel intuitively, you’re beingpsychic.How’s Your Psi These Days?Psi (pronounced “sigh”) is the study of psychic phenomenafrom a psychological perspective. It’s another term createdin an attempt to talk about the abstract concept of beingpsychic. The Journal of Parapsychology defines psi as “ageneral term to identify a person’s extrasensorymotorcommunication with the environment.” The Journal wascreated by a group of researchers who were trying to provethe existence of extrasensory perception (ESP).In general, psi isn’t a word used everyday — but it’s surethe buzzword within the psychic community! You might wantto save it for an impressive opening line at a party. But

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychic Intuition, 3rd Editionwe want you to avoid getting too attached to any specificterms for the psychic experience so that your mind willhave more freedom to welcome and explore the many intuitivemessages that come your way every day.***BEGIN SIDEBAR***DefinitionScientists who study psychic phenomena createdthe term psi as a neutral (that is, a morescientific) way to refer to psychic experiencesand abilities. Psi is a letter of the Greekalphabet and the first letter of the Greek wordpsyche, which literally means “breath” in Greekand refers to the human soul. Havingextrasensory perception (ESP) means that youare able to perceive someone’s thoughts,situation, or issues in life without using oneof your five “ordinary” senses.***END SIDEBAR***Do You Have It?Like many people, you’ve secretly wished you could readsomeone’s mind, see what was happening with a loved one onthe other side of the country (without the use of the phoneor e-mail), or receive guidance and insight into matters ofyour healing and spiritual growth. Although most people,especially those without any training, are not open toexperiencing these types of mental feats, everyone doeshave a psychic sense (including you!).Lynn once asked a physicist whether he believed in psychicintuition. His answer (the short one!) was “No.” His longanswer, however, reveals something interesting. Thisphysicist postulates that psychic awareness relies on anaccumulation of knowledge and the ability to predictoutcomes successfully based on that knowledge. It’s alittle bit like playing the odds — the more insideinformation you have, the more accurate your choices andthe greater chance you have of beating those odds. So,according to our physicist friend, if you have intuition,you’re consciously applying knowledge you’ve accessed andprocessed in an unconscious, unexplainable manner thatscience has yet to catch up with.Ever Had a Psychic Experience?

Because you’re reading this book, we’ll assume that you areamong the 60 percent of Americans who believe in psychicphenomena. But maybe you’re in doubt about whether you’repsychic yourself. Consider the following questions: Do you get hunches about things coming up in yourlife? Do you sense what is going on with other people’sfeelings? Have you ever known about future events before theyhappened? Do you feel physical sensations (knots in yourstomach or an all-over heaviness, for example) thatalert you when you’re making a decision that’s wrongfor you? Do you honor those physical clues? Do you feel physical sensations (tingling orlightness, for example) that alert you when you’remaking a good decision? Do you honor thosesensations? Are you aware of how your intuition speaks to you? Do you receive information through kinesthetic(physical) sensations, through more cerebral hunches,or through feelings and emotions? Do you check in often with your intuition when youneed information?Did you answer “Yes” to any of these questions? If so, thisconfirms the answer to the question you’ve been askingyourself all along: “Am I really psychic?” Doubt no more!The answer is “Yes.”In future chapters, we’ll talk about why you answered “Yes”to some questions and how you can use each question todevelop your psychic intuition. Everybody has a unique wayof getting in touch with his or her own psychic abilities.Throughout this book, we’ll help you discover the best waysto tap into yours. We’ll give you insight into the variousforms of psychic ability and help you understand where yourspecial talents fit into this awesome, yet undeniably real,range of powers.