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Developing Your Own Psychic Powers
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- GenresSpirituality
6 pages, Audio Cassette
First published February 17, 2000
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October 22, 2008
Good meditation exercises
April 19, 2019
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.
September 21, 2016
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.
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.
January 13, 2012
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.
June 29, 2013
very disappointing - very general- not what the title implies
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