Developing Your Own Psychic Powers

by John Edward

On this remarkable six-tape audio program, internationally acclaimed psychic medium John Edward brings you a wealth of information that will help you develop your own psychic powers. The topics he discusses include the John teaches you how to successfully meditate so you can relax your body, open your mind to the intuitive side, and visualize what you want in life. He emphasizes that the foundation for any serious psychic/spiritual work is to be able to work with energy through meditation. In this vein, he discusses the seven chakras, the vital energy centers located within the etheric body that enable you to process the universal energies around and within you. He then takes you through practical meditation and visualization exercises that help you apply the theory and explanation that he has presented. Psychic John points out that we protect ourselves in the physical world all the time (locking our doors, wearing a seat belt, taking vitamins, etc.), but since there is more to us than our physical body, we need to protect ourselves from negative energy as well. Psychic self-defense allows us to maintain the energy in our own auric field and not allow others to affect or drain it. John then has you engage in specific exercises to help you fortify and seal your energy field in order to create a cleaner, clearer mental atmosphere. Angels and First, John discusses the difference between angels and guides. An angel, he says, is an energy that has never had a physical incarnation, but who can assist, protect, nurture, and inspire the human condition. That is, an angel can take on a human form to get the job done, from time to time, but has never had a lifetime in a body. A guide may have a physical body at one time, and works with you when you choose to incarnate into the physical. John then proceeds to lead you through visualization and meditation exercises to help you meet your guides. Unleashing Your Psychic John helps you understand your own psychic abilities. He insists that everyone has psychic gifts, but most of the time they have been locked away in the recesses of the mind and need to be developed and recognized. You must give yourself permission to perceive and receive energy, and then use meditation and other tools to unleash your potential. John then takes you through meditations and visualizations that will help you embark on a psychic and spiritual journey. Psychic Tools in the John explains that it's natural to want to apply your newfound psychic abilities to the workplace by doing readings, but he emphasizes that there is a lot of responsibility involved. He discusses spiritual ethics; and also delves into topics such as numerology, crystal gazing, psychometry, tarot cards, dowsing, the I Ching, and rune casting. How to Conduct a Psychic John discusses his basic theories and philosophy about conducting a psychic session. He points out that when you do a reading, your words may have a profound impact on someone's life, and the goal is always to help. He urges you to be both psychic and spiritual so that you attract positive people and experiences. John then gives you step-by-step advice on actually conducting a session.

Genres: Spirituality

6 pages, Audio CD

First published February 17, 2000

Reviews

[Edie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good meditation exercises

[Jolie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pleasant little guide for meditation – the title is a bit misleading but the information is valuable, especially if you’re looking for ways to center yourself.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, a well-rounded foray into developing one’s sixth sense, so to speak. Do not be fooled by the title—reading or listening to this book will not make you psychic or mysteriously unlock your psychic abilities. Instead, Edwards provides tools and information that can be used to discover, incite, create, develop and become attuned with one’s inner energies and psychic awareness. The book begins by explaining that meditation is the foundation of all psychic capability, as the mind must be quiet and calm in order to sense, receive and process the information the energies that surround us are sending. Edwards provides and overview of how to get started meditating and offers various guided meditations throughout the audiobook. Personally, I skipped these, as guided meditations don’t do a whole lot for me (why meditate to someone else’s vision?); however, other readers/listeners may find these helpful.

Following meditation, the book moves on to the concept of spirit guides and calling upon them for assistance. This is probably the section that will lose all skeptics or those who are not open to this information or cannot yet conceive this information. To me, spirit guides are not entities, but rather energy forces that surround us (perhaps in the same vein as Sheldrake’s morphic fields) and steer us magnetically along our path. I am not super keen on angels and spirit guides described as a collection of people or beings from our past that look over us and show us the way—I think the energy process is far beyond what we can comprehend and we therefore assign anthropomorphic attributes to our energy guides and fields. This is not necessarily how Edwards addresses them in his book, but more so an expression of my personal musings. At any rate, the benefit of reading these types of books is not only for the exposure to potentially new concepts, but also the fact that you can pick and choose what you want to use in your “spiritual toolbox.” Don’t want to call upon supposed spirit guides? Just skip to the next section!

Edwards also outlines the five “clairs,” which include: clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsentience (clear sensing), clairalience (clear smelling), and clairambiance (clear tasting). In order to access any or all of these, he recommends incorporating other divination tools into the spiritual practice. Some of the tools covered include numerology, scrying, psychometry, and tarot (my tool of choice). While only a brief overview of possible tools is provided and the list is by no means exhaustive, I felt the descriptions and information included on each tool were adequate. The section on numerology and how to calculate someone’s personal year was very helpful and a small insight that I can see myself incorporating into readings. Edwards also corroborates what I always tell my tarot clients—time is irrelevant!

I think what I enjoyed most about listening to this book is that not only is Edwards conversational in his approach, making the topics palatable and accessible, but he also recognizes and acknowledges concepts that might draw skepticism from the common person. I think there’s importance in acknowledging possible gaps, shortcomings, or uncertainties related to the practice of divination, considering it’s such a personal and polarizing concept. Furthermore, he speaks to his own experience and assuages those who might be thinking “there’s no way I’m psychic.” Listening to his journey gave me an expanded frame of reference for accessing my own psychic abilities. Recommended for those interested in the topic.

[Avel Rudenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's like he's right there with you! Teaching and helping you along. He not only gives you the tools and guides you through various meditations, but also suggestions for further study to help you find your "niche". I purchased the CD's and have listened to them again and again, there is so much to comprehend and absorb! I found a mentor! Highly endorsed.

[Mayra · Rating 1 out of 5]

very disappointing - very general- not what the title implies