Clairsentience - Overview
DEFINITION
Clairsentience means clear feeling. Instead of like with clairvoyance in which you commonly see in your mind or outside of your mind, you are clear feeling. The most common definition that I have found is:
Prophetic Clairsentience -
A person who picks up thought and has the ability to just know things although they do not understand or know why they know. This type of person also experiences procognition that may express in the form of hunches, dreams and knowing revolving around past, present or future and how it will effect another person. For example this person may have dreams that turn out to happen although those dreams may not be literal and may still have to be translated.
Feeler Clairsentience -
This type of person picks up thoughts, feelings and experiences that manifest as a feeling. What they are feeling is energy translated into a feeling. Their sense of touch is well-developed and they have the ability to know people by feeling what they feel. After enlightenment, this is someone would have the ability to practice psychometry. The ability to put something belonging to someone in their hand and read the energy. Depending on their other gifts, they could tell the past, present or future from the energy. They have the ability to feel how others feel and not just on the emotional level. They will be able to not only empathise but experience a persons pain, bruises, loss, grief etc. For instance, if they were to channel energy from a persons past life they would experience the pain and hurt that that soul experienced in that past lifetime.
Some may have abilities of both Prophetic and Feeler Clairsentience.
For those of you attempting to discover if what you are experiencing is clairsentience, hopefully this will help.
When spirits are around you you usually feel them. Maybe you feel them touch you some where specific (your hand, neck, foot) or maybe you feel them in your heart chakra (your chakra begins to spin very fast) or maybe you even get a twitch some where on your body. You are feeling energy. Remember that everything is energy and if you are clairsentient then you have the ability to feel the energy of everything. People, animals, plants, objects and spirits. You may be thinking “Well, I don’t feel the energy of all those things.” That may be but it is really just a matter of developing your skills. I can’t usually feel animals but that does not mean I can’t develop that skill, which I plan to do. What you might feel is an electric type of energy feeling that may be very weak and light or may be quite strong. I have felt light energy because what I am feeling is not that strong and I have felt energy so strong that it is almost painful. This includes the feeling of heat and cold as well. Also what you feel may feel like pressure in your chakras. A pressure in your crown for example or your brow that you can also feel in your pineal glands.
Now of course as you may have already realized this all would mean that it is important for your chakras to be clear and functioning properly. Ground and clearing become, to you, and important daily activity.
Here are some common example of what I experience on a daily basis without any effort on my part:
- During conversations I may feel energy in my right foot that tells me that what I am saying or the other person is saying is correct.
- While in the presence of some one with high vibrations (other psychics) I feel them in my crown chakra as a pressure. While in chat rooms when a person enters the room I will feel a certain chakra active. I have not determined if this is letting me know their aura color or their emotional state.
- When someoen tells me something I hear their words but feel the truth fo what they are saying. So no matter what oyu say I know your true feelings.
- With communicating with my Spirit Guides, Angels, Ascended Masters, and other spirits I first feel their presence by various feelings like a chill, a touch, or an overall feeling as though they are over shadowing me (to me that feels like they are trying to get inside me almost).
Note: I do not have to do anything specific to communicate with spirits. However to comment to someone to do a reading I do. My clairsentience seems to just be always on and available to me although I seem to be able to turn it off just by focusing elsewhere. It is similar with my Empathy. If I do not focus on someone I can stop from picking up their emotions and pain. Basically I can stop from connecting to them.
Other abilities -
One who has clairsentience also commonly experiences at least so clear seeing, hearing, and smell. Many clairsentients develop the skill of psychometry which is reading the energy of objects, places and people.
Next I will post about developing and using clairsentience
March 24th, 2008 at 4:42 am
favorited this one, dude
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Fortunately, there is more knowledge and information about Clairsentience than there use to be. Being Clairsentient myself, I relate to the sense of isolation caused by not understanding why or where these signals come from. Contact me if you would to get directions to some Clairsentience resources.
Lea
http://www.oceanofperspectives.com/2008/04/18/clairsentience/
July 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
All my life I have always thought there was something wrong with me, that I was crazy in a way because I could pick up on peoples thoughts and feelings. I never knew there was a name for it until the other day , now I feel much better knowing I am ok , and not crazy,lol. The funny thing is I am a hairstylist I touch people everyday , somedays are very difficult when I feel a negitive energy it use to ruin my day ,but now I know what and where it is coming from, I would like to know how to use this gift and make it usful and for the better in my life, I feel I am both Clairentience and Claircognizance. My mother use to go to see a psychic, the psychic told her that she has a daughter that with psychic ability and if she dont practice it she will lose it. My husband is very close minded he just looks at me like I am a green bug or something. I would like to improve my strengths in this area Thanks you for writing this it helped me understand a little better
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Lea,
Thank you for leaving a comment and a way to find you. I really enjoyed your articles.
Sherry
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Susan,
Your welcome. Read my entry “Empathy and Crystals.” Possibly putting a couple of small crystals in your bra (my favorite location to have crystals on my person). Citrine should work really well and allow you to enjoy touching people without a second thought.
Sherry
August 12th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 am
I like this. it helped me a lot. I’ve always wondered about the weird engerys I pick up but had no name for it lol
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I have to say this also helped me very much. I often get feelings but had no idea how or why. Lately i’ve come across or readings/ signs that point me to “an awakening” or power within myself that needs to be touched/addressed/ developed. Needless to say I have no idea how to start but this has given me a name to work with.
Thank you.
November 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Hi there, I’m not sure if I would qualify as one but I have notice a few things about me…I always know how someone feel or how they are like just by taking a look at them, I don’t know how to explain it and it just hit me that I’m always telling my roommate how people’s feelings can rub off of on me easily. I really don’t think I am imaging this because a lot of stranger has admitted to me that they usually tell me things they have never reveal to anyone else because they somehow know that I understand even though I have not experience what they have. Anyways I would be glad if I were and was wondering if there is a test for it.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Wow! I finally have a name for my ability. All I’ve been able to say is that I FEEL EVERYTHING! It is hard to explain how I know so much just by “feeling” it. I found this word in a book called Angelspeake (an amazing book btw). So I started searching and here you are. Thank you for helping me put words to something I didn’t know how to explain.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Lisa,
I know the feeling cause in the beginning I searched and searched and then was disappointed to find limited infomation past just a definition. Also a book that was recommend was Animal Speaks by Andrews. I have his book on How to Use Psychometry and he is a good author and writes in a way that is soooo easy to read and understand…definitely not boring reading. I will have to check out Angelspeaks because I have seen it in the book store.
If there are any questions I might know the answer to feel free to email me at sahorlando1065@hotmail.com
Sherry
January 8th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Here is the thing that I am having the most trouble with as I am learning to trust and allow these experiences and feelings. I sometimes pick up on someone’s energy, such as anger and find myself going there even though I am not angry. It is difficult for me to disengage. Most of the time it happens when I am drained by something else, a crisis at work, followed by a really negative person calling. Any suggestions on keeping myself protected, or not so open?
January 8th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
A small little piece of citrine crystal in your bra will help while at work. It will absorb the negative energy and stop most of the connections from taking place. Then of course all else fails silently in your head ask your guardian angel or guide to break all connections for you. They will only help you if you ask. I know it is strange to think they can stand by and see you suffering and do nothing but they are not allowed to interfrere with us becuase we have free will. So they do need us to ASK for help before they can step in and help us. If you don’t know your guides name do what I did before I knew…I politely told them that I wanted to give them a name so that it would make it easier for me to communicate with them cause I felt awkward calling them “Hey Spirit Guide!” lol. They do not mind at all and will welcome the chance to start helping you.
One other thing you might try is chanting something silently to yourself when trying to stop yourself from acting on the anger you feel. I have don’t many things…I change what I chant based on how I feel. I have chanted mantas, prayers, things I made up, phrases like “I love you” which is a very powerful phrase, etc. It actually does really good with helping you disengage by distraction. I know it sounds to simple to work but it actually works pretty good.
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Hi, interesting post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for writing. I will certainly be subscribing to your posts.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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April 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Yes. I am so glad others share this. I have had this my whole life. I noticed it at 14. I had a clarivoyant flash and it freaked me out. when I was 19 I drempt of a car accident 48 hrs before it happened. I blocked it after that but not fully. I feel when someone is mad at me. Once i discovered what it was I have sense developed this and I know peoples thoughts now. I now get the flashes but still not as frequent as I do knwoing. I know things people are not saying. I don’t hear it persay and i jsut knwo and I have confirmed it many times. I jsut fele what they are not saying. Other times phrases hit my head. SOmetimes in conversation I get a feeling a vibe and latre i concentrate on the vibeand suddenly I knwo that background information it contained. I have learned to recall and tap into it if i do not understand it then. I am able to feel animals as well. I smell things as well and once in awhile I hear say my friends voice though she has not spoken aloud. I do not mess with spirits and am shut down in that area though I have felt them they scare me. I have spent most my life blocking so opening was like pandoras box and it took me awhile to gain hold. I cannot shut it off and i cannot help what i know or feel. I run to reground or go to the ocean and let the feeling of it surround me. Grounding is important or you become drained and if I am drained i literally will sleep for hours to recover.
April 30th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Lynette,
Thank for sharing your experiences. I am sure it will help others who have like experiences.
Sherry
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:38 am
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May 15th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Hey, I stumbled on your site and am quite glad I did. I’ve been questioning the title of my gift alot lately. Do I have clairsentience or empathy? I can relate quite a bit to both. I don’t believe i have empathy because I don’t actually ‘feel’ emotions as if they were my own. But I do sense them. My friend says that’s good and that I’m just a strong empath… well that doesn’t make sense to me! haha. I use a crystal to keep energies from me so before lunch I’m not completely drained and just wanting to cry with all this energy weighing down on me. This is so strong however that I feel peoples energies weighing me down simply from communicating online.
Because I sense rather than feel, I’ve chalked it up to clairsentience, but I don’t think I can sense spirits. I won’t ever know however as I am not clairvoyant nor clairaudient. I am however able to sense the energies of nature and animals as well as peoples. I am overly sensitive according to my friends, ‘crying at a drop of a hat’.
Any feedback would be great. thank you.
May 16th, 2010 at 11:41 am
What you describe is how I use to feel empathy before I was fully awaken and clear to it. Before learning about chakras and doing chakra work on myself that is also how I felt everything. My reason for so diligently doing chakra work was to awaken because I was tired of not knowing and was not satisfied for someone to tell me what I was…I wanted to realize fully and truly my true self. To realize who you truly are work on becoming clear…then it will no longer be hints of this and that such as empathy and clairsentience but you will realize your true self.
May 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Thank you so much (:
July 13th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I am so taken aback concerning the information on this site. I now know the word for what my gift is but to be able to put a name to it is completely amazing. I just don’t know how to recover from the emotions I have with an individual I love with a very pure love and it is returned. I was fortunate enough to see what pure love looks like. The only problem is - the energy that has been given from me is not returning. I am so tired and drained - and then to learn that he is scared of me because he doesn’t want to understand. He too, can pick up on things but he has run so fast away from me. I just don’t know how to reclaim my energy, myself and the thought of “just letting go and go home”. Hopefully, I will get it all back.
Thank you so very much for the knowledge you have passed on. I just would have like to have known this a long time ago and not think I was just strange and was afraid of the feelings and thoughts I had.
I just don’t know where to go from now.
July 14th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Algia Lynn,
Thanks for the awesome comment! Keep in mind that often what we are is a mirror for other people. Oh…and who likes that right? Because of the empathy when someone deals with us, and there is a connection, to them it feels strange or off and they don’t know what they are picking up from us but that they just don’t like it. When we are connected we end up mirroring them. Think about what happens when we check out ourselves in a mirror. Sometimes we like what we see and some things we don’t but what we are looking at is the truth we can’t deny as we stare at our own reflection. So what do you think he saw looking in that mirror that made him so uncomfortable?
Sherry