Do you want to know if your an empath?
I do beleive I have figured out what it is I feel (using my clairsentience) if someone is an empath. Feel free to post a comment if you want me to try to get a read on if you are in fact an empath and any other info regarding abilities you are blessed with.
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February 19th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Greetings,
Well, browsing around to find out more info about involuntary visions, and hearing voices and music when I am fully awake - I found your lovely site. I find these experiences have been with me all my life but were very intermittent, yet now as I approach Cronedom they are becoming much more frequent but I don’t know how to work with them or for what purpose. Any guidance is welcome.
Thank you.
Michelle
February 20th, 2009 at 2:23 am
Hi again, thank you for the response. I did not notice this link before I mailed last, but would like your opinion if possible if you can use your clairsentience to tell if I am empathic? I mentioned this (empath) to my sister and she believes we developed this through necessity when we were younger. We grew up in a home where our parents were (and still are) alcoholics. And although I love my parents very much there were (and still are) extreme fights and arguments. Now my sister believes that we developed it to “know” when to stay out of the way. I would like to believe that empathy didn’t stem from something as negative as that. She is 2 year older than I am, but she remembers all the negative sides of growing up, while I don’t see it that way. I do remember arguments etc so I don’t know if I have perhaps blocked my mind? Anyway I don’t want to go off the subject. Thank you for a lovey blog site, like Lisa, it seems like something we have been looking for. xx
February 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Hi Michelle,
I totally can relate to getting things intermittently. That is similar also to what happens after just awakening from opening and clearing the chakras. It’s like stage one…undeveloped. So to get to stage two which is having control you first want to know what abilities are your strongest which are the ones you are noticing most likely. Then you want to focus specifically on developing those. Start out with simple exercises and if at all possible absolutely meditate even if only for 10 minutes a day because being able to quiet your mind is key.
With the visions simple visualization exercises really do wonders. You would be surprises how just practicing visualizing a piece of fruit in detail (sort of like daydreaming) and then seeing it being cut and bring in your other senses as well and image the sound of it being cut and the smell as it is cut. The great thing with visualization exercises such as this is they can be done any where at anytime without anyone around you even noticing. Also I practice them with my eyes open because I don’t want to get into the habit of being more comfortable using my abilities with my eyes closed. Also another exercise is visualize a room in your house from the perspective of walking into the room and exploring it. See everything in detail. Also you can look at a object and then take the object away and then practice visualizing it in your mind. These type of exercises and learning to trust what you see is key in developing clairvoyance.
To develop clairaudience (clear hearing) being able to quiet your mind is very important and so meditation would help greatly…like I said even if you only have 10 minutes a day. Start out by practicing talking to your spirit guide. Lesson one…what is your spirit guides name? Your spirit guide is there with you as always trying to help you and be of assistance to you. Just know that he or she is there and talk to her/him. Ask for help developing your clairaudience and tell her/him that you want to start out by asking what their name is. Ask and then quiet your mind and listen. Did a name pop in your head? Or you can start out by asking to see a relative of yours who represents the gender of your guide. So if suddenly you get a vision of your aunt Sue then your guide is a woman. And then go from there. Developing clairaudience by talking to your guide will also strengthen your relationship with your guide and your trust in your guide will grow stronger and stronger.
Then I must mention…help yourself out and kick things up a notch. Seriously consider getting into the practice of clearing and balancing your seven chakras. The more you work on your chakras the more open you will be and the stronger your abilities will be….and I think you will also find you more easily gain control of them. All these suggestions I have made is not from what I have read but from my own personal experience…just wanted to let you know that most often I given advice based on what I have already practiced and proved successful.
Take your time and start out slow so that you will stick with it in the long run.
Thanks for find the site…please come back and let me know how your doing and progressing.
Sherry
February 20th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Lucille,
I am getting that you are an empath. Empathy is genetic and is something you are born with. Every since I was little I exeprienced everything though how it made me feel. It was very much about the way things affected me. Growing up being an emapth can be hard. For example my parent use to argue and fight a lot. The yelling I couldn’t take very well. I would cover my ears and try to block it out. I even had convinced myself around 8 that some how I was causing the situations by my own thoughts. Oh I was tortured. You have to think back to things that maybe bothered you or things that still do. Other things like did you always have a pretty good sense of when someone sincerely liked you or didn’t even though you didn’t know why you felt they did or didn’t like you. Did you at time feel very uncomfortable in certain places or certain situations and maybe not understand why.
The things that happen to you in life, especially when young, sometimes cause your abilities to shut down either slightly or completely. My were pretty much compeltely shutdown until I purposely opened and clear my chakras. Then the real me was there again as it was when I was very young. Traumatic events can also shut you down. It may be hard to tell because of their drinking but is it possible one of your parents is an empath? I am adopted and it was my biological mother who was the empath. It affected her decision making and the way she felt about things happening in her life. I am going to look for a youtube chakra video and make a new post. I would recommend you follow along to the video and see if you can open and clear your chakras.
Sherry
February 27th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Hi Sherry,
I stumbled upon the word empath like two days ago and then looked it up and learned the meaning of clairsentience just about an hour ago. I had no idea such degrees and variations of abilities existed until now. But reading up on this gave me a strange sense of elation because it explained what I only thought was simply vague instinct all this while.
I was called an overtly sensitive little kid when i was younger and though now I’m almost 25, I’ve always relied on a sense of vibes i got from people to assess situations. I didn’t read their faces, body language or tone of their voices. Just being around people sent off vibes that spoke louder than anything people did or said. I wasn’t always correct ultimately but I’d think my estimates were largely accurate. I can also feel outcomes. something like a gut instict. But whatever this ‘ability’ of mine is only ended up making me feel hurt largely and therefore very confused.
I also have the strangest sense of deja vu which are probably dreams i’ve had but I can never remember or know for sure
I had begun to use Tarot cards as a curious hobby a couple of years ago and friends who humored me by letting me read for them were usually surprised by the results. But i quit shortly after. A lot of emotional trauma in my life has shut down my basic ability to concentrate and focus on anything- like even meditation
I’m afraid i’m not making much sense but this is something I have to understand myself yet. However, I’m glad destiny led me to you. I’m eternally looking for answers and no my quest will not end here but i hope you can lead me ahead on my path.
Thank You,
K
February 27th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Hi K!
Yes, actually it make a lot of sense to me. Sounds similar to what I experienced most of my life. Always had a feeling although I couldn’t prove it that I knew things and not by coincidence. Also overly sensitive as a child because I was picking up on emotions around me as well as very affected by negative emotions. Yes also I experienced De Ja Vu so much that at one point it was happening so often it was driving me crazy. However, I do not at all beleive that De Ja Vu is an unremembered dream. People have tried to use that explanation to explain even my current Precognitive experiences…such as seeming to relive a moment…but not just a moment but a whole event from beginning to end and be so confused because in my reality the even thad already happened and I had already experienced it a month before…and not in a dream. I do beleive the dream is a hint at possible precognitive abilities.
As far as what your abilities are…with you I feel the heart chakra very strongly…also the solar plexus and the throat chakra. Note that if you are wanting to awaken to who you are I would start by working opening and clearing those chakras. I also with you feel my lower bad…at first I thought this might be pointing to the sacral chakra needing to be opened and cleansed but honestly to me this feels like lower back pain.
Sherry
February 28th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Dear Sherry,
Thank you for the prompt and extremely helpful reply. I like to believe that I really can make a difference and it’s not just my imagination. However, how do i work on my chakras and clear them? I have trouble concentrating at all. I cannot sit still or still my mind even for a minute. it’s the hardest thing for me to do and i’ve truly tried. How do i change this?
Also could you please explain the significance of the chakras that you’ve mentioned? And yes, i have bad muscle damage in the back and limbs from work out but now that you’ve specifically mentioned it, is it serious or something i need to see a specialist for?
Thank you so much for your time and for taking the trouble.
Sincerely
k
February 28th, 2009 at 10:35 am
K,
As far as the back pain is concerned that was my empathy picking it up. In this case it seems to be validation that I was connected to you. Every now and then I get someone who feels they can’t relate to what I am telling them and suggest that maybe I was not connected to them and accidentally connected to someone else, which has never happened before although I guess possible. So it’s validation. If I was giving a message from a passed on loved one I also get validation to give to confirm that it is their loved one.
Well I can relate because when I started meditating because of my hyper mind I couldn’t even do a minute of quieting my mind. So I started with that minute and kept increasing the time. The morning you do it…even a minute only…the more you are conditioning your brain to quiet itself. So just start with a minute for now. I would recommend reading the basics of all the chakras and their purpose and begin using a guided meditation for chakras. Visualization plays an important role in psychic development. For example, opening and clearing the chakras is usually done in meditation or by possibly going to a healer such as a Reiki healer and having them open and clear your chakras. The only draw back to having someone else do it for you would be that you will find it hard to develop psychically without being able to open and clear your own chakras, clear your aura, and close your chakras when neeeded.
Here are two site I recommend you start with….
Youtube Guided Meditation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqHa4gOP3c
About the Seven Main Chakras http://www.threeheartscompany.com/chakra.html
This site is a must when opening and clearing the chakras http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/open.php
Also use the sites Chakra Test to see how open and/or blocked your charkas are, it really works http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/open.php
March 4th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Hi Sherry,
Do I want to know if I’m an Empath? Sure! Maybe it’s an area I need to work on. And any other latent abilities I might have.. Feel free to contact me directly if necessary.. None of us really know what lies beneath the surface.
Michael
March 5th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Michael,
I didn’t get that you were an empath but I also didn’t get from you comment that you thought that you may be. Most people do have a feeling if they are because all their lives they have been and considered a highly sensitive person. Easily moved by everying at the drop of a dimes and often feeling out of control when it comes to their emotions. For you I got the throat chakra (clairaudience aka Clear-Hearing) and the brow chakra (clarivoyance).
Sherry
March 5th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Hi Sherry,
While I would consider myself deeply feeling, I would never describe them as “out of control” and I’m pretty thick skinned, so perhaps I’m not as empathic as I thought.
I had never heard of clairaudience, but now that you mention it, lol.. I did have a clairaudient experience very recently, although I have no idea what it meant. I have also felt that you can learn a lot by “listening” to the universe - it will speak to you if you listen carefully.
As for clairvoyance, I’ve had some dreams come true, some of them very startling. It’s made me question the nature of time and our understanding of it. I’m also pretty good at reading people.
I’ve heard of chakras, but know very little about them. I’d be interested in exploring some of these experiences further, where would be a good place to start?
Michael
March 6th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hi Sherry,
I have been told by someone I met that I am an empath but I am not entirely sure. I would appreciate your feedback if you can help me have a better understanding.
Thank you
Love and compassion,
Kat
March 6th, 2009 at 1:32 am
It’s so nice just to be able to talk to someone out there about this. If I must guess, I would probably say it would be from my mom’s side. Although she is an extremely shy, quiet person & might not readily talk about something like this. The only “downside” of this at the moment is that I always know when my husband is lying to me. I don’t think I rely totally on empathy for that though, but do try to use logic as well and I haven’t been wrong lately. I will have a look at your posts.
p.s. I also find when in confrontational situations, like with my boss especially, my heart starts pounding in my chest & ears till I feel dizzy, does empathy have somehthing to do with that or is that completely different? My ears are also sensitive, even though I am a little deaf in the one ear following a car accident when I was 6. Strangely I have no problem listening to loud music though. Mostly certain peoples voices.
Thank you, all your kindness
March 6th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Michael,
Yes, I understand. Of ocurse we all have abilities, it is just a matter of awakening them. Although we all have abilities we are not all empath’s which is genetic.
Yes time here on earth is linear while on the other side time is non-linear. It has been stated in channelings by the ascended master that on the other side that past, present, and future is all at the same time. For example, when it comes to the process of crossing over and being healed and going through the process of reviewing your life seems to happen in a few moments of our time because of the difference. Try some readings by Kryon who explains many things like time and quantum pyhsics at http://www.kryon.com/k_25.html
There are links on my blog in the article about opening and clearing the chakras to really good sites where you can learn about the seven chakras and also the various methods for opening and clearing them. Meditation is key.
Sherry
March 10th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Hi there. I stumbled upon this blog and am very interested in some of the things you have said. Although I don’t think I am an empath, I would say I have very good instincts as to when someone is “up to something” for lack of a better phrase. I also (years ago) asked for several days the name of my guide. I woke up one night as I heard the name Jack yelled into my ear. ( I don’t know a jack) I have also (again years ago) heard my name spoken out loud when no one was in the house with me. I also had an experience with someone sitting on my bed. I could feel the bed press down but when I turned around noone was there. At first I thought I was dreaming ( I had just woken up) and shook it off. When I turned over to go back to sleep it happened again. I tell you that scared the “beep” out of me.
Does this mean I may have some ability or is it just part of the life occurrences that happen to people from time to time.
March 10th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Deb,
Everyone has abilities. Whether we choose to awaken to them or not is a different story. Those type of experiences some consider to be paranormal experiences and I also consider them to show a certain level of spiritual awareness on your part. Hearing the name Jack…you asked and most likely they had been screaming the name to you and you couldn’t hear. You were finally able to hear because you were in the proper state to be able to fully hearing through your clairaudience. The state you are in when you are half asleep/half awake. Or upon just awakening whether in the morning or middle of the night. The spirit sitting on your bed could be a passed on loved on wanting to visit and possibly watch over you as you sleep. Also hearing your name spoken could be spirit trying to get your attention.
Also note that I experienced all those experiences and more BEFORE awakening. I did not actually awaken to abilities and then be able to develop them until I worked on opening and clearing my chakras for a time of time. I think I worked on my chakras and meditated daily for about 3-4 weeks before awakening and then of course have had to continue doing charka work since them as well as practicing developing to actually learn to control and use all abilities.
March 10th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Wow, thanks for such a quick response. You have peaked my interest. I think I will check into this a little further.
All the best
March 11th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Dear Sherry,
Sorry that I am responding late. Thank you for taking the time to make the suggestions that you did. I greatly appreciate it. Coincidentally or perhaps through synchronicity I do practice meditation and visualization on a very frequent basis as I use both to journey with. However, I am sure the more I practice the more my skills will develop.
You had mentioned chakra work. I have done some in the past, and I am intrigued by your suggestion. Did you sense that some or all of my chakras were imbalanced? Any suggestion here would be welcome.
As you did not mention empath in your response to me, I take that to mean you did not sense that in me. Interesting.
I have greatly enjoyed reading other posts on your site and wish you the very best in your work.
Thanks again for your generosity and kindness.
Sincerely,
Michelle
March 11th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Hi Michelle!
You are welcome always. I just checked and as far as what ability…when asked I was told clairaudience (clear hearing) is your strongest ability as well as empathy. Also I checked your chakras and sent them all healing energy however the ones I found that needed clearing where your solar plexus and sacral chakras. Although your throat chakra looked clear to me I was told that it is the chakra you still need to do work on. Check this link out for info on chakra blocks. And let me know if you would like me to give you a reiki healing for all your chakras. http://www.balanced-energy.com/a_bit_about_chakras.htm
Sherry
March 14th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Well I have had dreams like this one I am going to tell you, but this one was different in a way that I was sneaking around and in an unfamiliar place.
Ok well, I was in some sort of house it kind of looked like my Aunt’s but not quite, And my best friend, Aimee was there. We left together and I am a Lesbian and so is she so one thing led to another. I am very atracted to her in my dream, but we are sneaking around to keep this from her girlfriend and my sister who would absolutely disapprove.
So we say we are in another place that I really can’t ever think of us being there. It’s a farm and my mom is there. She hands me a cell phone. The one that i have been obsessing over for about a month now. We talk briefly and then an alarm goes off in my head to make out with Aimee so I do.
We are now in a car and Jay,Aimee’s girlfriend miraculously appears in the back seat screaming and yelling at me and Aimee. I get out of the car to leave those two alone and I am back at the farm and my mom is being a bitch (excuse my language) and an asian lady who is acting the same are selling vegetarian burgers for $100 a piece. I am a vegetarian but as any other sane person, told them off and stole a burger and now i am being chased by Jay, my mom and the Asian lady.
I am so confused and i would really like if you could interpret this because it doesn’t fall under any specific category. Thank you
Anna
March 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hi Anna…Happy saturday! I will do a full interpretation for you but can you tell me…do you remember when you were in the car where you were in the car? Were you driving or in the passengers seat. I really loved your dream. Once I interpret and tell you what many of the things mean it will make more sense to you and come together with an better overall meaning. By the way, have you been thinking lately of how expensive it is to eat healthy? Any feelings about maybe it cost you way more to eat as a vegitarian than for people who are not?
Thanks for sharing your dream with me/us…feel free to any time you want some help interpreting them. I will get back to you with the full interpretation by this evening.
Sherry
March 14th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Well I do remember…The time of day was late afternoon almost evening and I was in the passengers seat…
Oh my goodness yes that is what always keeps me from eating more healthy then I should. Money isn’t a very big issue but i don’t like to spend money.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Anna,
One of the best things all of us can do in life is one thing…well two actually…love ourselves and take care of ourselves. I think of taking care os ourselves as a way to show God, the Creator, etc that you are thankful for the body you have and this opportunity to life and that you understand what a blessing it is to have the chance to live and have these experiences both good and bad. I am not sure if you are a religious person but try this…when it is time for you to go grocery shopping ask God or call on Archangel Raphael and ask for help in being guided to healthy but economical food. Beleive that you will be guided and you might be surprised that you receive the help you ask for. Hey…I ask for help find parking spaces in unbeliebably crowded parking lots and yup that help comes in a flash. Our guides, helpers, etc love it when you ask them for help and allow them that opportunity and chance to help us. I am not saying to rely on them for everything, but just don’t forget to ask because unless you ask they do not have the right to step in because of free will unless it is to divert disaster.
I am glad I asked about where you were in the car…as you will see as you read on.
The house represents your self/body. Your best friend in your dream although she could represent herself seems to represent a part of you. Being attracted to her in your dream…you are actually attracted to yourself. It is the part of you that you like about yourself. The one thing that led to another could represent a need for you to know your self better, or a need to express some feelings that maybe you don’t share with many more. Why is it represented that way? That is the other part of this. There is some self-guilt. Some times this comes out when you feel guilty about pursuing the things you desire and putting yourself first. The girlfriend and your sister who in the dream you worry would not approve…that speaks of your feelings. Worry about disapproval of some action you are taking or thinking about taking or know that you want to take in orse to make YOU happy. Findign yourself on a farm suggests that you need to develop an aspect of yourself and utilize your potential. You are ready for growth. All the symbols in your dream so far tie into one another. Seeing your mother in your dream is the part of yourself that is the nutring aspect of yourself. The part of yourself that nutures you, protects you and provides for you…overall looks out for you. So that part of yourself hands you a cell phone and it happens to be one that in your waking life you really want and that points to that nuturing part of yourself provinding you and making a way for you to ge tthe things you not only need in your life but that you also want. Interesting use of the cell phone you actually want. Whoever is giving you this message/help feels that you would understand the symbology there. Getting back to your mother handing you the cell phone…represent your being receptive to new information but also speaks of mobility. The basis in a nut shell meaning…the part of yourself who takes care of you is giving you the information (cell phone) that it is time to explore your inner self. It is time to get to know the real you and to start living as the real you…that is the alarm going off…TIME TO WAKE UP I’d say. But who were you talking to on the phone?
The car in your dream is your vehicle and how you travel along your path through life. The vehicle is very important. Whoever is driving is in control. You are in the passenger seat though which mean at this time you are not in control. You need to work to get yourself in the drivers seat…this is very important to do…to have control over your own life, path and journey. Don’t worry I had that same problem too. I was in the passenger seat for what seemed like forever. Now the girlfriend Jay is in the back seat though. The person in the back seat has even less control. I feel this person Jay in the back seat actually represent the part of you who is very hard on yourself but could also represent some part of yourself who feels betrayed or cheated. Some how you need to let go of those feelings or possibly some emotions about something you are holding onto and beating yourself up about.
Do you feel you have gotten something you don’t deseve? Or that you haven’t given enough of yourself. Instead of nurturing yourself you are hard on yourself. The asian lady is some part of yourself that maybe you don’t understand very well…is foreign to you. You need to get start doing some self exploration. They are all chasing you…but they are all you…some part of yourself. You are being really hard on yourself.
I may be a little off with the cell phone meaning. Maybe tell me who you were talking to on the cell phone and how you felt at the time in the dream.
Sherry
March 14th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I was texting an anonymous person…someone who wouldn’t reply to me but i kept on texting and i got very upset and gave up…My dream went on.
I really felt betrayed that I was really happy for getting the cell phone and now since no one was responding I hated the phone!
March 14th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Anna,
Ahhh I know that feeling all to well. Yes, to want something and then be so excited about it…but in the end it ends up being bitter sweet because something still isn’t right and I realize I am not as happy as I thought I’d be and I feel let down in the end. Are you holding back…not expressing some emotions or feelings about something? Or holding back in some other way…do you tend to do more for others than for yourself?
Let me ask you…are you not getting the phone? It seems you really want it…is there something stopping you from getting it. This really isn’t about the phone but I ask those questions because there
I keep hearing something. “It doesn’t matter.” I keep hearing it and oddly enough I read a channeling yesterday and one of the things Todias kept saying and bringing up was “it doesn’t matter.” Well I went and I found the original channeling where he explained why he said that. I am hearing it when I read your last comment so I think I am suppsoe to give it to you to read. Here is the link and if you scroll down you will see the section titled “It doesn’t matter.” http://www.lightworkers.org/channeling/70365/crimson-circle-shoud-8-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-matter
Let me know if you feel this was meant for you.
Sherry
March 15th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Hi Sherry,
You have said some interesting and helpful things already and I guess I am now curious of the state of my chakras and how I can get over fear of the unknown.
In regards to the empath thing, perhaps I am just a feely sort of person but I have been scared of advancement because of some of the things I experienced scared me.
The ringing in the ears and intense vibration in my head and intense dreams of things I didn’t understand drove me to drink and abandon meditation because I couldn’t hack the noise and the dreams.
I know I am meant to advance spiritually in this lifetime, but fear holds me back. Is it better to be advancing but living in fear or to be ignorant and happy?
Also, I was wondering if you could help me understand about a male’s voice who talked to me in between sleep and awake, a few months back. It was intense and I can only remember bits of what he said, he was really quite pushy and kept telling me to speak up about the state of the world and wake people up. I think this is strange because I feel like I am still asleep ^^, but then he kept repeating that “things are not what they seem”, just as I jolted awake and ran out of the room.
I am curious to know if it is possible for another person to send that message to me? Because it did not feel or seem like a dream, I was aware of myself lying in bed while he spoke and it was almost like I was an antenna picking up his voice.
Perhaps there are other issues that I can not see. I hope you can help me I have been struggling with this for some time.
Thank you,
A
March 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
A,
Something empaths have a need to learn and then do on a regular basis (daily if possible) is to break connections, clear the chakras and of course gorund because through grounding much of what is or would be picked up would be grounded out. SO it’s important to realize that it is a life long committment that at times have you wishing that maybe just for one day you could take a little vacation from being an empath. Although it can be a wonderful experience I won’t lie and say that I do not have those days occassionally.
I can relate to your question because I started this journey in fear. I can remember a time that I slept with all the lights on in the house for weeks. The first two charkas I worked on were the foot and root chakra. The root chakra because with a clear root chakra your fear and anxiety you feel will lessen emmensly. For me the difference was like night and day. I went from an anxiety ridden jumpy basket case to calm and confident. But I think my determination also had a lot to do with it as well. Do you know how to clear and balance your root chakra? Visualize the root chakra as a red lotus flower spinning clockwise and getting brighter and clearer as you see it spinning and of course along with your intention of wanting it cleared.
The thing about being scared from past experiences is that of course as you know it is holding you back because you are relating it to developing further so any time you think of developing further you feel that same feeling of fear. Developing empowers you. With control and skill all things you will be able to handle. And you are not given anything you can’t handle.
Yes, the ringing in the ears from opening the crown and brow chakra is hard to take but it does lessen and then subside. You shoudl try to be able to hang in there through it but if it gets really hard you can ask your guides to back it off a bit. After all a part of awakening is raising your vibrations and often when your vibrations are raised or the earths vibrations are raising you will feel it in your crown chakra. It’s all a part of the process and yes I soooo remember how the ringing in the ears nearly drove me batty and the headache from my brow chakra opening seemed to last so long. But I was so happy to be finally figuring it all out and opening up to who I really am that I probably would have suffered much worse.
If you do nothing else at this time just do one thing. Ask for help…from your guides, God, Jesus, the Archangels…it isn’t important who you ask, but just ask for help with the fear and and moving forward and I assure you you will get help.
You are clairaudient (clear hearing) and the easiest state to be able to hear is the state you are in when you are half awake half asleep. It is that state were you are right before you actually fall asleep. If you can hang in that state you can get more of what is being told to you. Well often when it is an Archangel or an Ascended Master, for me anyway, they start by saying who they are and it is usually phrased as “I AM…” That is awsome and it sounds like you may not know just how far along you actually are. Pushy…made me think that possibly he might be a guide but by pushy not sure if you mean the tone of voice or attitude. And yup, that message makes sense in light of your fear. Fear is one thing…reality is something else. In reality nothing can hurt us, there are no monsters or boogiemen under the bed, and the fear we feel is created by our own minds. Yes it is possible for someone to send you communication but it would be telepathic in the form of thoughts that you would have to try to discern from your own thoughts. When I have heard Arachangels and also Mother Mary the sound of the voice seemed to be coming from outside my head and not a thought…I mean it seemed like I was hearing it with my physical ears. When it happens you have to try and stay calm and just breath, hang in that state for as long as you can and then after you hear the message don’t go to sleep but instead you need to get up and write it down because much of what is said might not be remembered.
Now that you have run screaming you are going to possibly need to let your guides know when you are ready again to try again. Now that you know it is nothing to fear and you lived through it and nothing can physically hurt you…you can do this…I assure you you can. Just take baby steps and you will get there.
Also go to http://www.lightworkers.org and read some of the channelings there because often message are channeled from AA Michael, Jesus, Mother Mary that gives insight that will clue you into reality, spirits, and the other side that will help ease your fear. That’s if you have time but if not don’t worry…anything that is important you will be guided to.
Give me a write back and let me know if there is something I can help you with maybe to help you get started or any questions you might have about those experinces that scared you. Maybe if we clear up what happened and you understand what took place and why you can move on from your fear.
Sherry
March 17th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Good day Sherry,
Once again I thank you for your time and energy that you share with us here.
Even though I have read material on your site as well as other places and feel I have a basic understanding of what an empath is, I was wondering, how does one tell the difference between what they pick up empathically from a person and what they pick up with clairaudience, clairvoyance or one of the many other gifts individuals have? For me it is a knowing but not knowing how I know. Sometimes it is information about the person, or information for that person and other times it is like a lie detector, where I seem to be able to know the core motives of people or what I believe to be what they are really feeling. I appreciate your answer. Thanks for letting me ask questions, I so want to learn.
I thank you for sending healing energy to my chakras and for your generous offer to send Reiki to my chakras. If it isn’t too much to ask I would be happy to accept the Reiki cleansing.
I hope your day is going well and wish you all the best in all your endeavours.
Warm wishes,
Michelle
March 17th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Michelle,
Your very welcome…any time!
To answer your questions…first empathy isn’t one of the clair’s. Empathy is feeling the emotions or pain of others as though it is your own. Also once you have an empathic connection if it is not broken by you then the connection stays for some time (days or weeks) and you would feel what the person or persons are feeling as though it were your own until the connection is broken. For example, if you felt fine a few moments ago and suddenly you don’t, have full blown headache suddenly, go to stand up and feel like you have a twisted ankle, you felt very happy and suddenly you felt very depressed and don’t know why, etc. then that is a clue that you are picking up someone empathically and it is not actually your pains and emotions. Clairaudience is clear hearing meaning you ask a question and hear the answer as a thought in your head. Clairvoyance is you ask a question and you get a vision in your minds eye which may or may not be symbology that you must translate. Think of an apple and imagine it. What you see when you imagine it is similar to what you see with clairvoyance. And then claircognizance is just knowing. What you described sounds like intuition which is like claircognizance not fully developed. Here is a really good definition…
Claircognizance (clear knowing) allows the angel’s thought and feeling, the bigger picture, to enter the person’s mind with such clarity that a general knowingness is felt and understood. Each of these means of communication can be refined with practice and meditation. However, how do the angels catch the attention of those who haven’t yet begun actively seeking out communications with their angels? Without an invitation for active communication and intervention, Angels provide more subtle messages and communications through intuition, thoughts (both of which fall under the claircognizance category even if not recognized as such) and signs.
http://newage.suite101.com/article.cfm/recognizing_messages_from_your_angels
http://www.crystalinks.com is a great resource. The info they have seems never ending an so thorough. Here are some links:
Clairvoyance - http://www.crystalinks.com/clairvoyance.html
Clairaudience - http://www.crystalinks.com/clairaudience.html
Clairsentience - To really get a good full understanding of clairsentience I would recommend reading definitions from many many (at least 10) sites to get an a really good idea of what clairsentience really is. Many site’s definition makes it seem like it is just having tickles on the back of the neck and shivers down your spine and it is soooo much more than that.
Clairolfaction - Clear Smelling
Clairgustance - Clear Tasting
Related to empathy and clairsentience you may also want to google Psychometry which is reading objects through touch. http://www.powerful-psychic-reading.com/psychometry.html
Hope this help a little. I think mainly it gets a little confusing when what you have going on is multiple abilities working together.
I will do Reiki for you in the morning and then send you an email after it is complete.
Sherry
March 17th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Hi Sherry,
First let me say thank you for all the information it has been very helpful. The thing I’m wondering is how does one differentiate between being extemely sensitive and empathetic and being an actual empath. I’ve had such a timultuous past and have been through so much and crossed paths with so many that I sometimes feel older than I am and wonder if what i’m feeling is not just extreme sympathy having myself been in so many unfortunate situations. Then other times I wonder if it’s possible that my doubting myself gets in the way of developing an abiity that i really might have. I just don’t want to feel like a fool.
March 19th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hi Tina,
That’s a good question, the difference between being an Empath and being HSP (Highly sensitive person). HSP and Empaths are not the same although both could be considered sensitive. Empathy is genetic so either oyu are born an empath or you or not. Empaths are less common than HSP. 1 in 20 people are empaths whereas 1 in 5 people are HSP. Empaths, unlike HSP, also have at least one other skill (gift) that can be further developed, such as one of the Clair’s. The way I think about it is that as a HSP you can SENSE many things whereas an as an Empath you can not just sense things but feel the energy of things and people as though you were them. Think of it this way, HSP experiences in a way that is from the outside looking in and Empaths experience as though they were on the inside looking out.
You will notice that many don’t even get that there is a clear difference between the two. I have read many peoples description of themselves when they are promoting themselves as a psychic or healer and see that they call themselves both HSP and an Empath. No, you are one or the other or neither. Now, of course I may appear to family and friends to be highly sensitive. That is what my father has been saying to me all my life every time my feelings are hurt or I cry for someone. “Oh! You are just soooo sensitive!” Many time as an empath you have probably heard that all your life, but if you are an empath you know it. You have this way of knowing and understanding that is very unique…as though you are that person or thing. You go far beyond being sympathetic and aware of things and people.
As far as relating to people and situations. There is a difference. Relating to someone is more sympathetic than empathetic. Sometimes you can sympathize because you have walked in that persons shoes and have gone through that same experience. Empathically speaking whether you have or not you experience that persons feelings, pains, emotions, etc in the moment as though it is happening now. For example, often when I am speaking to someone I have a tendency to say “I feel…” and very rarely begin with “I think…” I am not in my head I am often experiencing from my heart….my heart chakra and not from a place that related to a memory of a past event or experience.
It is almost impossible to develop any ability while feeling doubt or being worried you’ll be wrong or feel foolish. It’s almost like you need to be more than willing to go through the feelings you will experience with being wrong. Because there will never be a time when you can say I am always right, then what are you really worried about? With abilities well developed you still can be wrong. There will always be some that don’t understand and expect you to be like the magician that can always perform and get out of that locked box but it just doesn’t work that way. Don’t worry about those who wont understand that instead focus on all the people you could help if you just let yourself be a little vonuerable and just try and let go of the fear of failure…because that is what we are really talking about…a fear of failure. We all have it at some point…and some worse than others. I have it to but consciously have to put it aside because if I didn’t there are so many things I wouldn’t do or even try.
I recommend for you a huge dose of reality. Look for a psychic development message board to join and make sure it is one where you can not only get advice but also practice. Even better if they have a chat room where people come in that will allow you to offer them a practice reading. In a situation like that you will be given a chance to practice and the person will tell you whether you are correct or not and it is understood that you are practicing. You will notice that with practice you become more accurate and build confidence. It will also help to raise your vibrations by being around a group of peopel with higher vibrations on a regular basis. However, and this is very important, make sure you know how to ground and protect before going into any message board or chat room.
I hope this was helpful and maybe helps to push you ahead a little bit. Don’t worry…you just need that kick in the butt that we all need sometimes to get you moving. There is only ONE thing you must always do for yourself…TRY!
Sherry
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 am
hi Sherry,
SO glad to find you sight. I have been really searching for last few hours just because I feel that it is time to figure myself out. I will try and make it short.
Throughout my childhood I have had paranormal experieces, seeing, feeling and hearing presences. I also am very very sensitive to others feelings. Where I work I have several people that sit right next to me every day. When they walk in and say hi to me I get their vibes, bad moods etc, and also ask them if they are okay. Its weird, I never really thought that I was an Empath because I didn’t even know what that meant until tonight. But I feel like I really fit the description. I also had a strange experience recently, which I did research on the internet and found out that it may have been sleep paralysis. But I was just waking up from a mid afternoon nap and both of my kids were on my bed with me and my eyes shut suddenly, my body was paralyzed and I could not talk or hardly breath for a few seconds. It was by far the strangest. I just feel a little abnormal for feeling things things and they do not happen all of the time. But since the “sleep paralysis” experience I have been searching for answer. What do you think? Please I need guidance. Thanks for reading.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Hello, My name is Kathleen, Im 23 years old will be 24 at the end of april, the last 5 or six years I have been seeing 11:11 and other sequences, when I was a teenager I had a 3-4 month period where I was “predicting” things, not little things either, one time I was out with my friends and it was raining, we were at a bus stop, and I suddenly got a feeling that it was unsafe and that we should go into the dunkin donuts that we were infront of, as soon as we moved, lighting struck the exact spot where one of my friends was just standing, anyways.. as time went on little things would happen, but now I am hearing voices before I fall asleep, one time a man screamed in my ear “get up!” and just last night I heard a very weird ringing noise, so I concentrated really hard to hear what it was, and then a women spoke, then a man…but on top of all this, I also think that I am an empath, I can not watch horror movies, the news, I worked in a doctors office, and was always verrrrrrrry drained and I cry at the drop of hat, but im not a baby lol, Or sometimes get really angry when I walk in to a place, Im sorry if this paragraph sounds all mushed up and confusing, but thats how I feel, I feel very confused…Oh, and I also believe that I have been blessed to heal, (specifically animals) I am a vegetarian and when I see an animal in distress it bothers me ALOT…I think more so then the average person, I have see my own aura it is green and blue. My hands feel like magnets when I put them together and then move them apart, well theres more to my story, but this is a jist of my life, if you have any insight on what is going on with me, I would really love to hear it!! Thanks for reading, Sherry.
Bless you all!
March 27th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I would like to add one more thing, a few months ago I asked if the signs I were receiving were from the higher good, and not a trick..I asked this because I read somewhere on the net, that lower entitys will often try to to trick you into believing that they are angels, anyways after I asked that, the name Toby popped into my head, I do not know anyone named Toby, so I went onto the internet and did a search on the meaning of the name, it means “god is good”…this experiance meant alot to me.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Hi Kathleen,
From what you have experienced it does sound like you have all the signs of being an empath versus just being very sympathetic. Sounds like you have undeveloped procognition OR Clairaudience. The reason I say or it could be clairaudience is you are either getting the info through clairaudience/your throat chakra which is allowing you to hear and get information from guides and Angels or precognition which is through the crown chakra in which is would be felt more as a “just knowing.” It is good to journal your experiences in detail. Often Angels and guides will attempt to intervene to help you avoid disaster. Whether it is avoiding getting a speeding ticket or a major accident.
Before falling asleep you are in a state where it is easier to hear spirits. Often your guides or the Angels will take advantage of this time when they can be heard and all you have to do is listen and write down what is said. Some times it will not make sense and that’s okay. Just write it down and consiously be open to more of these experiences and they will continue and grow. I know all to well about being screamed at out of my sleep. lol. But actually it seems like someone is suddenly yelling at you when in actuality who ever it is has probably been trying and trying to get your attention…has probably been yelling and not being heard, maybe one of your guides, and finally you heard. Thank goodness they have been trying to be heard by you for what would be to us and exhausting period of time. lol. The ringing in your ears was most likely your vibration trying to be adjusted to be able to hear them. For example your vibrations are at one level and if an Angels is at a much higher level, to communicate your levels must be closer. Yours has to come up and theirs has to come down and you kind of meet in the middle. The ring was most likely whomever it was trying to raise your vibrations so that you could hear them.
Spirit guides and Angels communicate to us in number sequences. 111, 11:11, etc. And 1111 relates to a new cycle in your life that is on your Spiritual Path so this is a great sign as it is also like being told you are possibly entering a new phase of your life and confirmation that you are on the right path. When I see 1111 I tend to think of it as a beginning point and I think okay I just have to stay on the right path and watch for other guidance which will help me do that.
The animals I can relate to because I have an animal thing going on….that what I call it although it may seem strange for me to phrase it that way. I often receive guidance, signs, etc from animals. Remember always ask for what you need…which it sounds like you are already doing which is excellent. Often I ask for signs I am on the right path and one of my animals come to me. I am an air sign so I have as animal totems cardinals, hawks, and mocking bird…which actually also come physically to get my attention and give me the answers I need. Remember with empathy that you have the ability to feel not just humans but everything inculding animals. Trees being bulldozed, animals in distress or in need, etc. I do healing for peoples pets often and it can be very rewarding although hard at times because of empathy.
Your hands feeling like magnets…you are feeling your energy field. You can also feel which hand is dominant by putting them close together and slowly putting them closer and further apart to feel which has the stronger energy. One of the reasons to do this would be to determine which hand flows energy and which hand receives energy. Useful in healing and Pychometry. Check out Ted Andrews book “Doing Psychic Readings Through Touch.” This is demonstrated in the TV series The Dead Zone.
Knowing yourself and what you are experiencing will take away much of your feelings of confusion. Also not worrying about whether others will beleive in you and your abilities will also help. It is helpful to tell yourself that it doesn’t matter if people don’t understand or don’t beleive. It doesn’t take away from who you are and where you are on your path at this time in your life. And your age, some think that the earlier in life you awaken has to do with how far you had come spiritually in your past lives. Kinda like saying in this life you basically started where you left off in the previous one.
Sherry
March 29th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Hi Sheri!
Been lurking for a few weeks. I’m not sure if you realize it but you missed responding to Missy’s entry on March 22.
I hope I’m not out of line here but I’d like to respond to her.
Missy,
My name is Pauli and I’ve been empathic clairsentient, clairaudient all my life. Fortunately, I grew up with parents who encourage spiritual exploration and development. You definitely had a case of sleep paralysis. Most likely, you will not have the experience again because you gave yourself the experience so you would be motivated to search for answers and to look more deeply at your own experiences.
If you continue to be bothered with it or if you experience being jolted awake when you fall asleep or are about to wake up there is a very gentle exercise you can do. These experiences are really just rough take offs and landings. There is nothing to fear. You can’t hurt yourself. I tend to suffer from the jolts myself. I shoot out of my body with the force of a rocket or slam back into my body and wake myself with a jolt. This exercise is also very good for learning to recognize what is yours in terms of feelings, thoughts, and impressions and what actually belongs to someone else because it involves working with the energy of your own consciousness. The more we work with our own energies the easier it is to recognize when the energy we’re dealing with is not our own.
Lay down or sit comfortably. Close your eyes and breath slowly and evenly in and out several times. Imagine yourself completely surrounded by a protective white light. No harm can come to you, and you can do no harm to yourself or others when this light surrounds you. When you’re inhaling make sure your belly fills first and then your chest. Most people breathe shallow with their chest only. You can tell that you’re breathing correctly if your torso and shoulders and head move upwards like you’re getting taller. (this breathing technique also soothes lower back pain) When you breathe out begin in the belly again. Pause between inhaling and exhaling.
Most important is that your breathing be relaxed and deep.
Now notice where you are inside your body. I’m (my consciousness) is usually in my head or my head and upper torso on good days. Continue to breathe deeply. Imagine your consciousness is a vibrant ball of light. Now, with each exhalation, imagine that ball of light expanding like a balloon until the light fills your entire body from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. Enjoy this sensation for awhile. We all have bodies but we rarely live in them. Its like the universe gave us a mansion to live in and we never venture past the foyer! Take you time. Enjoy your home away from home.
Now, as you inhale, imagine the energy of your consciousness contracting into a tight ball again. Then with each exhalation expanding out into your entire body. The important thing is to make the expansion and contraction smooth. Continue for awhile, until the movement is effortless and easy. (by the way, if you have trouble visualizing any of this just think it. For example, think to yourself the expansion and contraction is smooth effortless and easy).
Now, when you expand your consciousness push it beyond your body say an inch beyond your skin. We all emit heat (energy) from our bodies. This energy belongs to us; we generated it; it is ours. Our consciousness has every right to expand into this area around our body. It is just as much a part of us as our bodies. If we go back to the mansion metaphor, not only do we have a mansion to live in we have acres of gardens and meadows, and forest too! Play! You have a huge backyard!
Now, expand and contract again but this time expand beyond the boundry of your physical body and contract to within the boundry. It doesn’t matter how far outside your body you go. The important thing is that the expansion and contraction is smooth, effortless, and easy, and that the physical boundry of the body is not a barrier to our consciousness.
As you finish the exercise, contract your consciousness to within your body. Pull in hard contract it to the smallest you can get it. Then, relax. Your consciousness will expand by itself. It will usually be more expanded than it was when you started the exercise. Slowly open your eyes. Stretch luxuriously.
As for your experiences growing up. As children, we tend to be much more open to experiences that don’t fit neatly into the box called what’s possible. As we get older, that box gets smaller and smaller until, if we experience something that doesn’t fit into the box called what’s possible, we tend to think it was just our imagination or worse that we’re crazy. In any event we tend to determine that that experience was not real or not valid.
It isn’t until something undeniable happens that we begin to question if we really know what the limits of reality are. For you it was sleep paralysis. You couldn’t deny the reality of that experience because you in fact could not move for several moments after you woke. Then when you explored the experience further it was validated. Many people experience it. But also as you explored you got validation for more of those crazy things that happened when you were a kid. Those experiences were real. They have names like clairsentience, clairaudience, empathic… You are not alone. Far from it. Many many people have had experiences like yours. My advice to you is to wrap yourself in that protective white light and explore and connect with people.
Welcome to the real Reality!
Pauli
March 29th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Pauli, Much appreciate it…feel free to chime in anytime. Awesome response by the way.
Missy, sorry about that. I spaced didn’t I. lol.
Pauli & Missy, I suffered from sleep paralysis from childhood through early 40’s. I understand what bothers you about it. I can remember how terrified it made me to the point of not wanting to fall asleep. It wasn’t until an incident in our new home when he was an infant that I understood what was happening. The middle of one night I awoke, paralyized and with the sense that someone was in the room with us. My son was sleeping in his bassinet. I had this over whelming fear that someone was specifically watching him and that they were there for him…but I couldn’t move or scream. I managed to open my eyes and I saw a figure standing just inside the door directly facing the bassinet as though watching my son sleep. That panicked me even more of course. The reason I couldn’t move was because the person standing there was me. I was so worried and paranoid about my sons safety (just being a new paranoid mother for the first time) I was leaving my body as I slept and watching over him. After realizing that my sleep paralysis was happening during out of body experiences I never suffered from that happening again and I go out of body often both consciously and non-consciously during sleep.
Sherry
March 31st, 2009 at 2:12 am
Ever since I lost my mother in 2007 seven I’ve always noticed number sequences and lately I see 444, 1044,744 everytime a look at the clock reciept or other places…I want to learn how to channel angels so I can live the way its meant for me to live…Are these numbers indicating the precense of Angels in my life?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:13 am
1221, 112 and so on… are numbers I’ve been seeing for months
March 31st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Hi Sherry, my name is Natasha and I’m 18. I’m so glad to have found your wonderful site and enjoy reading your posts.
I’ve been wondering recently if I was an empath. I hate seeing injuries or people getting injured because I can actually feel their physical pain. There was one time when my mother was working in the kitchen when she’d cut her hand. I was upstairs at that time and suddenly felt a slicing sensation on the back of my hand before I heard her shouting at me to get her the first aid kit. My hand was throbbing and I didn’t want to look at the cut on my mother’s hand. I found this particularly hard to explain to my mother so I simply told her that I’m afraid of seeing blood.
I frequently experience deja vu and also cannot bear hurting another person’s feelings even if I don’t know them at all. And for some reason, people whom I don’t really know well would come up to me and just tell me all their problems without my prompting them to. Usually after this, I feel tired and emotionally drained.
I especially love drawing and writing. My mother even told me once that she suspected I feel the suffering of others in a deeper way which is why I can capture their pain in writing. I however dislike watching sad movies as they make me cry way more than anyone else.
There have been many instances when I could sense the emotions of people around me. An example would be when I’d went to a camp, I met a girl my age who seemed very bubbly and cheerful but for some reason, I felt a strange feeling in the region of my solar plexus and sensed she was unhappy about something. I found out much later that she was a polydactyl and though her additional digit was removed when she was about one, her friends would tease and make fun of her if they found out. She became very shy and reserved and kept her hands mostly in her pockets so that no one would see the scar where her finger had been. I understood then that she was unhappy to be teased by something she couldn’t help. I felt compelled to reassure her that I would never tease her for being different. She soon became one of my closest friends.
I really hope you’ll be able to help me understand more about what I’m going through.
Natasha
March 31st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Pauli and Sherry,
Thanks for the information. I know that I have a lot to learn about myself and all of the possibilities that come along with this new adventure. I’m glad that I am not alone and since I have been accepting my new “traits” I have been experiencing a little more. My dreams have been very vivid lately and I did again have a sleep paralysis experience last night. I just wish that I would have accepted this sooner instead of feeling crazy. Today is my 25th birthday and like I said I have been having paranormal experiences since I was young. Thanks for the great info. I actually feel warm inside.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Sorry to add on like this but I feel like I am leaving a lot out of my experiences. After reading a little more I realized that I wasn’t very detailed about anything. So I also have this weird sense of just knowing as well. And it had caught people by surprise that have lied to me and I have told them no you were at this place. Of course I was right. I am very intune to lying and really knowing what “really” going on and it shocks me. I had this experience when I had just started dating someone and I was away for the weekend and he didn’t want to come over when I got home. So I asked him almost jokingly, what do you have a hickie on your neck or something. And he did! The information just spills out of my mouth and it’s not like I think about it at all, it happens right then and there. I don’t ponder about it, it flows. So I really wanted to add those two happenings because I thought that there were interesting. =)
March 31st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Hi Missy,
I am going to reply out of order if you don’t mind. lol. As I get older it seems like I have to say what comes to mind right away or else I totally forget. lol.
Regarding the just knowing…yup, that is the way I experience it as well. So, I have had to train myself to not overlook anything that comes to mind or out my mouth. For example, if I say to my son “Stop running or your going to fall!” He falls…so now I say “Tyler…I’m telling you right now you are going to fall so stop running!” I guess that is my way of forcing myself to recognize it better by going to the other extreme and assuming IT IS just knowing. Also, note how you feel when you get just knowing. For me I notice I feel different. Almost as though I know something for a fact as though someone told me and I also notice a feeling of confidence. But you really have to make yourself take the time to analyse your thoughts and it will seem at times rediculous but you will come to recognize just knowing more.
Two things I want to tell you also. With all gifts/abilities it is important to be careful. There will be times when you know someone is lying but it may not be appropriate to say so. Abilities help you in your everyday life and especially with discernement and protecting yourself but be careful calling people out. You don’t want people to start avoiding convos with you cause they are worried you will know something they don’t want you to know. Ethically also there are going to be many times you get info about a person, even a medical issue, and you feel you owe it to them to tell them. Just take a moment and think first, ask your guides whether you should tell them, and go with your gut and the guidance you receive.
My son has just knowing as well. He says “I don’t know how I know, I just know.” lol. When he was 3 he would call himself the “Know Man.” lol.
Your just knowing should continue to develop the more you reconize it. Your doing really good!
Sherry
March 31st, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Missy,
HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Ballons, cake, party beverage, more cake, more cake, more cake}
Ih I am so glad to hear things are going well.
How do you sleep? On your back, side, etc? If the problem is that you are having trouble getting back in you body quickly and it is an OBE you are experiencing it could be your sleep position. Try changing your position for one. I know for me sleeping on my back I use to have major probs getting back in.
Also before going to sleep tell yourself something like “If I leave my body tonight I will getn my body quickly and easily.” This also works with dreaming as well. If there is something you want to know then just say “In my dream tonight I want information on…” Also you can tell yourself that you will wake up in your dream. Some dreams are just dreams and some are really out of body experiences where you have gone out, often speaking and learning from your guides. I have a friend that often finds herself in a spiritual type of class. OBEs do look different from dreams. So note the way your dreams look, details, etc. Also, one tip, I asked my guides to always appear to me in dreams as characters from my favorite soap opera General Hospital and they immediately oblidged. lol. No matter how silly a request my sound, believe me they will try to give you what you ask if it helps you understand the dream messages. Maybe before your next bedtime you can ask to meet one of your spirit guides and receive a name and start the process of getting to know them.
Definitely at this point in your journey I would recommend starting a journal…for experiences, dreams, etc.
Maybe Pauli will come by and give you some tips on dealing with the sleep paralysis in case it is not an OBE that you are experiencing. The only other thing I can think of are drinking enough water (with your vibrations increasing you really need the extra water), watching what you eat for your last meal of the day and possibly not making to heavy of a meal (did you say you were a vegitariam?), possibly you may need to start grounding daily or before going to bed, and just telling yourself as a positive affirmation “I always wake up easily, able to move, and feeling refreshed.”
Let me know how things go.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Hey Sherry
I have been told by someone that they felt me as an empath but I always thought that I was just good at reading people. Due to the fact a self confessed empath says I am does that mean I am. I have a very loose grip on emotions that are mine but i can register other peoples alot quicker. Could you explain to me if I was indeed empathic should i just block it out and just put it down to being a quick thinker or embrace it and see what happens.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Hi Alvin,
Sorry to hear about your mom. 444 often means Angels are near. Think of it as a reminding that you are never alone and help is only a thought away.
Regarding channeling…I would recommend taking a local class if that is possible in the area you live. There are different types of channeling from allowing your consciousness to be pushed aside and allowing spirit to come in and communicate through you, also another type is where there is only a partial shift and you remain still conscious and of course the latter is recommend and the first is not for obvious reasons. To be a good channeler one of the most important things is to be a clear channel. I would suggest googling channeling and start reading, begin learning to do chakra work, and meditation is key. Also note that the crown chakra is the chakra where divine guidance comes in so it is important that this chakra is clear and developed.
Possibly begin with just learning to communicate/hear (clairaudience)…this is where meditation will really help you. After at least 15 minutes of meditaiton and while still in a relaxed state ask a question and practice hearing. That will be a good place to start. Also, Archangel Michael is one of the easiest Angels to hear. Call on him and ask for help with developing and practicing by listening to him.
Keep in touch and let me know how it is going.
Sherry
March 31st, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Hi Natasha,
Glad to hear from you. You feel so warm and bubbly. You are an empath. You are not only feeling the emotions of others but also their pain. You seem to know yourself well and well enough to know when what you are picking up is not yours and that is great to have accomplished. Empaths are transmutters of negative energy. When someone unburdens themself to you what is often happening is that as an empath you are taking their burden(s) and transmutting them for them. You are giving them a release and often they walk away smiling and feeling great, often say they feel like they have known you all their lives, and will say how much better they feel after talking to you. That is what is happening. To alliviate the feeling of being drained and tired you should at the least ground every morning and after talking to people, touching people, putting any focus at all on a person you should cut the cords/connections from them to you. To do this just visualize cords running from you to them and see yourself pulling the cords out of them and them retracting back into you and them floating up and away from you inside a white bubble. If the connectio is strong you may need to do this two or three times. When you have broken the connection you may feel it…like a lightness or like a wieght has been lifted from you.
Many empaths are natural born healers. At the time you felt your mother cut herself, you weren’t just feeling it, you were given an opportunity to help heal her by being a conduit of healing energy.
I don’t really have the statistics but from what I have read and from the many empaths I have talked to a great majority are very creative. You have an ability to channel this creativity from other sources. Possibly you may want to do some research in automatic writing and also google and read about some people who channel art. Take a visit to http://www.lightworkers.org. You mosdt likely have a guide specifically who helps you with your creativity.
To summerize…
1) Ground every morning (also learn about basic protection methods)
2) Break connections and if you forget just do it before going to bed…believe me you will be clearer and your abilities stronger. Consider buying a citrine crystal which transmutes negative energy and never needs to be cleaned and just place it in you bra before leaving the house. Your abilities will still manifest as normal however it will limit the connections you pick up throughout the day.
3) Don’t watch sad or very violent movies. I think that should be in the empath handbook. lol.
Come back and let me know how you are doing and if there is anything I can help you with.
Sherry
March 31st, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Hi Robert,
I am the type of person that I don’t just take someone word for things. I listen, but then I got off to find the true answer for myself. So, even being told you were an empath it would be hard to embrace that until you yourself come to that realization of the truth. I am also getting that you are an empath. Your strongest and most open chakra is your throat chakra. Do you tend to be a good listener? Good communicator? I am also getting something about your path in life. You may be on the wrong path or travelling in the wrong direction when it comes to something you have going on in your life. Something that has to do with support however I am not sure if this is in the way of giving support or receiving support.
As far as what you should do if you are an empath…the first thing to do is learn the basics so that you can live a happy none torture life and so you now how to protect yourself from being bulldozed by others emotions. Empathy is genetic. Is there anyone in your family who seems very sensitive? You know someone. There’s always one in a family that everyone says is “too sensitive.” lol. Quick thinker…that is what it feels like doesn’t it. I think that is because empathy is through the heart chakra and so when you deal with people you are dealing with them using your mind and your heart…thinking and feeling at the same time is kind of how an empath processes everything. Of course I always recommend people embracing their true selves and I think when you are true to who you are you live a happier and healthier life. Like it is not what brings you down but what males you extra special. The world wouldn’t be the same without the existance of emapths transmutting negative energy…just by being/exsisting. It is like being blessed with an awesome position in a company.
Often when you have a connection to some one or several people it is hard at times to feel your own self. Break the connections and suddenly you can feel your own self so much clearer. So I at the least recommend you learn the basics grounding and breaking connections. At the least you will hae a way to be clear of the connections…while still knowing that when you need to rely on them they will be there to help you out and give you that insight.
Let me know what you think and any other help I can offer.
Sherry
April 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I am totally new to what this is as i said i just thought i was a quick thinker and could get a feel for what people are feeeling just to my ability to ‘read ‘ them. I have done a little bit of research and found reports of peopl crying at violent films and being on busses and being swamped by emotions of everyone around them. Even though when i walk into a room i can sense the vibe of evrythign and to a degree everyone i dont break down and find it difficult to function normally. people i speak to regularly i can work out what they are feeling and none of them can sucessfully lie to me. As i previously said though i dont get swmaped by hundreds of emotions from everyday people.
To be honest i dont know about grounding and am kind of scared of doing that breaking of connections thing because i dont really want to feel my own emotions clearly.
After only being told of this said ability and what you have said Sherry it all seems to be making a bit more sense but as i said im very confused about the whole thing and dont know what to do about it.
your help will be much appreciated.
Robert
April 1st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Robert,
Hi, glad to hear from you again. Don’t feel like this is something you have to figure out. Really many people live their whole lives never realizing that they are empaths and just think they are more semsitive and insightful than most. The only thing in life I really feel you must do is try to live in a way that your life is enjoyable to you. But, I think I can clear some things up for you.
I can relate to what you said because my experience was similar. I didn’t use to bawl at sad movies or totally lose it when watching violent movies. And I had no accident that changed things either. I always had what I thought was social anxiety but I was okay. Always over emotional at times and sometimes I knew things but had convinced myself that I was being affected by the full moon. lol. Yes, I thought that for a long time. Now, I did always experience things like De Ja Vu and seeing things out my peripheral vision but nothing I thought was out of the norm. Then after my son was born I noticed that I was becoming very sensitive to some things. I first noticed it cause I watched Farhenhiet 911 and lost it so bad. And then Jennifer Lopez in Enough I bawled through the whole thing not understanding why it was upsetting me so much. Then suddenly even the news was having a big affect on me to the point I knew something was up but didn’t know how to figure it out. I did begin thinking I may be an empath but even at that time I didn’t know if Empathy was real or just something created for movies. I read the traits of an empath and still was totally sure based on the whole list because I felt it possible to also be explained another way. It was not until after I did some research and decided to work on meditation and my chakras that I awakened and then it was totally obvious. I mean it was like I was hit by a ton of bricks for the first few weeks. I felt everyone within a 100 ft radious and often felt people just from reading their emails. It was quite harsh for the first few weeks but I think that happened on purpose because I need the undeniable proof to believe it. And because I was feeling not only emotions but peoples pains and other things it was more proof that I was an empath.
But I have to admit I did a lot of psych work on myself starting a year before that all happened. Working on what my issues were, working on my own emotional issues, etc. So I understand when you say you don’t want to feel more of your emotions. It would be ideal for people to get many of their issues dealt with before digging deeper.
One of the most important things to be able to do when your an empath is to know yourself really really well. And that is of course because since you often feel other people it is important to know what emotions are in fact your own so you are not reacting with the emotions that aren’t even yours and not effected negatively by emotions that are not yours. Knowing your own self is key, as well as being happy in general with who you are. So don’t feel that there is something you absolutely must do. Just like everything else in life, you do things in your own time when you are ready. You just need to live well and be happy. Me? I couldn’t have been happy unless I figured things out and then took action, but then I was excited and happy to find out I was an empath because all my life I struggled with people in my life making me feel like I was nothing special. So finding out I was an empath help to get me started looking into those feelings more and resolving them. But keep in mind, we are all different and all on different paths in life. So, there is no right answer…whatever you want to do IS the right answer.
Hope that made sense. Hey…check out Steve Pavlina’s website “Personal Development for Smart People.” It is one of the blogs I found a year before I knew I was an empath when I just wanted to do some personal development work on myself to resolve some issues I had.
Sherry
April 1st, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Hey Sherry
I still dont totally understand the pro’s of being an empath
April 1st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Robert,
The pros of being an empath are that you can read people easily and quickly, and its difficult for people to lie to you.
There’s no difference between the strengths you had before someone told you you were an empath and the strengths you have now.
If you don’t want to be ‘empathic’ and would rather be a ‘quick thinker’ go ahead. Its just semantics.
Pauli
April 1st, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Robert,
Let me see if I can list some pros and cons of being an empath. Some other people might chime in with some things they experiences on the Pro or Con side.
Cons (most obvious)
-Multiple connections that aren’t cleared can cause a drain of energy and illness
-Depression - Some times you have moments where you just wish you could stop feeling everyone else for a while. Some feel like they are living a tortured life.
-Possible to not realize something you are picking up is not yours and reacting based on those feelings you are picking up
-Being overly emotionally affected by the media or things you see
Pros
-Being able to help others, society in general by transmutting negative energy
-Healing - most empaths because they can both receive and project energy have natural healing abilities
-Being able to understand people better than most since you can feel what they feel, able to be more sympathetic to people
-Most empaths make great sales people (people feel and instant draw to you, they feel good around you), actors, artists, healing professionals, psychologists/therapists, mediators, human resource managers (when hiring empoyess because of that great insight), and more.
-You can use your empathic insight in your everyday life
Well you are not an empath by choice. Empathy is genetic so you don’t have the option to not be empathic, similar to being stuck with what eye color you were genetically given, but I think you already understand that. Empaths are transmutters of negative energy. And to be transmutters of negative energy in the world there is nothing that we have to do other than to just exists. Often when we feel someones emotions we are not reading them, a connection is established and we take on some of their pain and negative emotions and it is transmutted through us. Whether you are conscious of it or not it is something that happens. Empathy resides in the heart chakra. Many times when people are sick or they have emotional problems etc often it is due to a chakra being out of balance or blocked. Some times when people are fatigued all the time with low energy it is due to a blocked chakra and clearing it will allow the energy to flow through them unhindered and resolve the problem. I tell you all that because there are two sides to this. Say you don’t do anything and you don’t open and clear your chakras and by doing so fully bring to the surface who you are, you wouldn’t fully awaken the empath in you, however at the same time an unbalanced or blocked heart chakra can cause various problems (see this site for a list) that you may in the future want to resolve and as you resolve issues by any method your heart will become clear and more inbalance as you resolve issues.
Also many empaths are also clairsentient, clear feeling allowing them to feel the energy of everything and not just people and to use that ability in various ways.
Hope this helps a little. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Sherry
April 1st, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Robert,
Let me see if I can list some pros and cons of being an empath. Some other people might chime in with some things they experiences on the Pro or Con side.
Cons (most obvious)
-Multiple connections that aren’t cleared can cause a drain of energy and illness
-Depression - Some times you have moments where you just wish you could stop feeling everyone else for a while. Some feel like they are living a tortured life.
-Possible to not realize something you are picking up is not yours and reacting based on those feelings you are picking up
-Being overly emotionally affected by the media or things you see
Pros
-Being able to help others, society in general by transmutting negative energy
-Healing - most empaths because they can both receive and project energy have natural healing abilities
-Being able to understand people better than most since you can feel what they feel, able to be more sympathetic to people
-Most empaths make great sales people (people feel and instant draw to you, they feel good around you), actors, artists, healing professionals, psychologists/therapists, mediators, human resource managers (when hiring empoyess because of that great insight), and more.
-You can use your empathic insight in your everyday life
Well you are not an empath by choice. Empathy is genetic so you don’t have the option to not be empathic, similar to being stuck with what eye color you were genetically given, but I think you already understand that. Empaths are transmutters of negative energy. And to be transmutters of negative energy in the world there is nothing that we have to do other than to just exists. Often when we feel someones emotions we are not reading them, a connection is established and we take on some of their pain and negative emotions and it is transmutted through us. Whether you are conscious of it or not it is something that happens. Empathy resides in the heart chakra. Many times when people are sick or they have emotional problems etc often it is due to a chakra being out of balance or blocked. Some times when people are fatigued all the time with low energy it is due to a blocked chakra and clearing it will allow the energy to flow through them unhindered and resolve the problem. I tell you all that because there are two sides to this. Say you don’t do anything and you don’t open and clear your chakras and by doing so fully bring to the surface who you are, you wouldn’t fully awaken the empath in you, however at the same time an unbalanced or blocked heart chakra can cause various problems (see this site for a list) that you may in the future want to resolve and as you resolve issues by any method your heart will become clear and more inbalance as you resolve issues.
Also many empaths are also clairsentient, clear feeling allowing them to feel the energy of everything and not just people and to use that ability in various ways.
Hope this helps a little. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Sherry
April 1st, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Sheri,
I think you and I should write the Empath’s Handbook.
Interested?
Pauli
April 1st, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Missy,
Where are you feeling paralyzed in your life?
Is there a current situation that you feel particularly powerless over?
Are you procrastinating making a difficult decision?
If nothing strikes a chord along this line of questions. Then my suggestion is for you to meditate and ask yourself why you are giving yourself these experiences. If you don’t get an answer from yourself, try your higher self, you guides and especially the Holy Spirit.
Luv Ya
Pauli
April 1st, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Pauli,
Yeah, sounds like a great idea and something that is much need.
That question you asked about where do you feel paralyzed in your life…excellent question. Last time I had a prob with sleep paralysis it was overly paranoid of something happening to my son…during that time I was always so on edge. I never before saw the link between the sleep paralysis and what is going on in a persons life at the time. Great insight Pauli maybe there is something going on in Missy’s life she can link it to. Often the realization of the issue sometimes brings it out and at least resolves the symptom.
Sherry
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 am
Pauli- you are totally on key here! =) I have had a long road of emotional, verbal abuse in my last relationship, which I am finally letting go of. But, there are kids involved and we are still living together until I find somewhere else to go. So I do in a way feel paralyzed because I have family and friends that love me but me and two kids is not easily housed. Plus I have had four surgeries in the last year so I have had a few health issues as well. But I feel like a new woman these days. I have finally emotionally withdrawn myself from the relationship that I was in but physically still living around. My last step to change is moving, which I am working on. So with that said, I have had a very, very long year. But I feel like my old self again. And that does make a lot of sense about the sleep paralysis and this situation. Love you two, and its exciting to read about everyone else with these gifts. I wanted to share too that I am very artistic, and share so many qualities with the others on this site.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Sherry, Thanks so much for your thorough response, It really helped me put things into perspective,.. you said that before you are falling asleep the guides can talk to you easier, but how do I know if they are angels guides or just ghosts? I investigate the paranormal and I have collected many evps, so I cant help but wonder if the voices I am hearing are from spirits who didn’t cross over…also, I have one more question for you, last night before I fell asleep I heard like radio static with voices in between…This never happened to me before, is this how clairaudients hear? is this normal lol? Oh, and I have heard that birthmarks are from past lives, and since you mentioned past lives in your response, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the subject…once again, thanks for the help, I truly appreciate it….I also have to say you are correct about the angel signs, I was on the expressway a few weeks ago and a truck got on, i looked at the clock and it was 11:11 I decided to speed a little bit lol, I look in the rearview mirror and the truck was out of control hitting cars and going in and out of traffic, I cant help but think that the 11:11 was a sign from them saying we saved you! I felt horrible for all the people involved I immedialty dialed 911….just saying, the angels def had my back that day!!
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Kathleen,
Good question…don’t feel bad about feeling a little apprehensive. When I first awakened everytime I felt or heard something I immediately got a little nervous. That’s normal. Whenever we learn something new or have to beginning experiencing something new (even if it’s a new job) we are a little nervous and apprehensive until we get use to it. The reason some others are comfortable is because they have over time gotten comfortable with the experiences. Also of course the key thing is trust. One day you will get to the point where you will trust yourself to know when something isn’t quite right. In the meantime you are probably wondering how are you going to tell? By taking precautions. Such as…protecting yourself in bright white light, if you are religious asked God or Yeshua (Jesus) or Buddha, etc to protect you and only allow spirit that is of the light to come in contact with you, by protecting your home in bright white light or whatever other method you choose, etc. One thing I use to do…well actually I had a convo one day with my guides. I told them (just call them “All my guides I would like to talk to you for a few minutes about something important to me” for example) that until I learned to know and sense who I was really dealing with that I would automatically send the spirit into the light, knowing that if it was my guide(s) or Angels that of course they would not go. In the beginning I didn’t know what anything I felt meant. I didn’t know what positive versus megative energy felt like. I had to learn that…so in the meantime while I was learning it was very important for me to learn and use protection on a daily basis.
I have to tell you. Doing the EVPs is like drawing spirit to you. I am not saying I think EVPs are or are not safe…I am saying it is something that you do that is like giving spirits the idea that you welcome their contact. With a higher vibration your light is bright, and when I say that I am saying that it is like you got a big neon sign that hangs over you that spirits can see that says “Welcome.” I always use to joke with friends that I had a big neon sign that says “Vacancies” outside my house that spirits can see because theirs not just me but my son also. Add to this your EVP activities and you are giving a strong impression that you welcome spirits. I say all that just to let you know and understand. So still use protection with the intent that only spirit of the light can communicate with you (or spirits who need help crossing over, if this is the type of help you want to provide…but really I would wait on that until you’ve done some more stundying and developing and reading everything you can find on the subject, and until your abilities at protecting yourself get stronger)
Always ask who it is and listen. Ask for a gatekeeper. A gatekeeper is a type of guide who job it is to control who comes to you…absolutely immediately ask for a gatekeeper. Try to sense the feeling you get in your chakras and the energy you feeling. Get to know what your guides feel like, the Angels, etc. Just ask yourself what you feel. At first you may feeling nothing and that’s okay but keep asking…beleive me you will soon start to feel/sense the energy…it’s all about intent. Before doing anything, even EVPs, ground and protect.
The radio static…often when working on your throat chakra and trying to develop and strengthen clairaudience what is heard by some is the radio static. I have even read where some listen to radio static to help develop their clairaudience more although I do not know if that actually works although sound therapy does so it may. The radio static is just like trying to tune into a station. The tuning is not quite right yet but an excellent sign that your clairaudience is being adjusted. Hearing the voices through the static is because your clairaudience is still undeveloped and sometimes you pick up on spirits talking…almost like you inadvertently tuned into a convo. Don’t worry…it is normal and as you continue to develop it will work itself out. Good for you…your doing good.
Yes, I forget who’s channeling I read (I think it was Kryon) that talked about this. Marks from past lives. And I also saw a report on tv about that too. Actually my son and I have the same exact birthmark. I thought that very interesting when he was born.
Good for you! Way to go with paying attention to the signs. And thank goodness too. I’m really glad you were paying attention.
When you fall asleep…just remember to breath and relax. Use that time almost like meditate for a few minutes before drifting off to sleep. If you hear someone start to talk to you just think in your mind “Who are you.” Listen for the introduction beginning with “I AM…” if it’s an Angel or Ascended Master.
Sherry
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Hello everyone my name is Tyler Cross and im 14 yrs old and i have been hearing voices since i was 9 and i thought that i was crazy at first until i just listened to them. i hear voices that imitate my mom and brother and family members sometimes i hear them screaming at me and it scares me sometimes to know that you have this gift and you dont know what to do with it so if you have any information related please contact me on my email at tcross94@yahoo.com
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Tyler,
Just want to point out to you that not all voices that people hear are due to clairaudience. I wanted to mention that to you because the way you stated it was “Imitaite my mom and brother and family memebers” and also you saying that they are sometimes screaming at you. Do you mean screaming at you in a negative way or just trying to get your attention in a nice way but yelling?
I’ll have to do a little research for you but I do know that PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) can cause a person with clairaudient abilities to hear what is referred to as negs. Of course what is heard is not real and is a manifestation of PSTD. I am sorry I don’t have much knowledge of how this happens or way but I will do a little research for you and also ask my guides and see if they can give me some insight as to what is going on.
Hang in there and I will see if I can give you some info.
Sherry
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Hey Sherry um i would say that there trying to get my attention i mean sometimes when i’m at school i get this like weird vibe about some people and i just thought that maybe it was something weird until i asked my moms friend and she said that maybe i had a gift and i said yeah maybe but i dont stress out for anything i just feel things and it’s been happening for a long time so yeah but thanks so much sherry
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Tyler,
Okay, so it isn’t anything neccessarily negative then. Okay that’s good…then I have an answer. lol. You have to keep in mind that with any ability that is still undeveloped (meaning you have the ability but no control over it) it manifests itself sporatically. The reason to work on developing it is to get control over it and this includes the ability to turn it off or turn the volume down when it’s neccessary. In order to do this you need to practice with your ability (clairaudience) on a daily basis even if your practice time is only 20 minutes to start with and then working up from there.
One idea is pick a time of day that is best for your schedule and daily meditate for 10 minutes. During the 10 minutes visualize your chakras as bright and clear and spinning evenly clockwise. Google chakras and you can find a diagram of the seven major chakra and you can just visualize them as balls of light or wide saucers, what ever is comfortable for you.
After your 10 minute meditation, sit quickly and call for your message guide. Begin asking your message guide questions and listen for the answers. It would be benefical if you could write down what is said or type it in the computer. During this time practice adjust the volume and your hearing in general. Imagine and visualize that there is a knob for volume control and a knob for tuning as well as to ask your message guide to help adjust your hearing. Just tell your message guide what it is you need, like for example, if too loud, not loud enough, not clear enough. During this time just practice using your ability consciously. After 10 minutes of practice imagine turning the volume down or off and consciously tell yourself that you control completely your ability and how it works.
Also maybe a good idea for the first couple of practices would be to ask questions about your clairaudience, what you need to be doing to develop it, if a gatekeeper can control who can come through and when, etc. I would definitely ask for a gatekeeper to control what spirits can come through and when. Just simple ask for a gatekeeper or tell your guide or pray for one…it’s that simple.
Absolutely learn to ground and protect and do that before you begin the meditation and practice session. Also, if you are unsure of who is coming through or doubting who it is…ask three times who it is. For some reason asking three times is the magic number. It is said that a negative spirit can’t lie to you three time. Three because it has sacred significance.
Maybe after a week or so you can up the amount of time you meditate and practice. When you feel you are ready. And just think…you are really just a short step away from being in control of the gift you have been given.
Sherry
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Hey Sherry thanks so much i knew i could count on someone like you to tell me how to control my gift thanks i will keep in touch to see how everything goes Sincerel Tyler
April 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Thanks again for taking the time to respond to me! you are so very helpful, and I have to say that it is very interesting about your son and you having the same birthmark!
I never thought about evps that way before lol, I guess I do welcome the spirits, I mean I look for them everywhere haha, But on a serious note, I had a woman who died in my house before I moved in, and that is what got me doing evps in the first place, I received a very clear “yes” answers to quite a few of my questions, make a long story short, I do believe I helped her move on, because the whole house feels “lighter” as people say, so do I think Im ready to cross souls over, no, lol…but I do think I was successful with her (rose)….anyways, im sure we could go back and forth all day about weird happenings! lol…
You mention the gatekeeper, is this the same gatekeeper that is at the akashic records? or do we all have one ??
I dont know much about the akashic records, just what I have read on the internet, but I have not tried to access mine.
Oh, and I did the relaxation before sleeping, and I did not get any words, but a very loud thump or bang, and some other strange sounds, Im pretty sure they were not really happening. I guess I need alot of practice on fine tuning this! and im glad to hear the the static thing is normal, I thought I was losing it lol….well, thanks again for your kind words and insight..
Kathleen<3
April 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Hi Kathleen,
Aw, your welcome!
Not sure what it means that we have the same exact birthmark.
My best friend hanging out with me all the time and with my vibrations being higher than hers and then her husband as well has gifts and higher vibrations than hers of course eventually you get to the point where just by association the persons vibrations increase. I think that is why deciding to take course or join a psychic development circle locally is helpful. Not just because of learning and developing but being aorund others with higher vibrations will cause your vibrations to increase. But my friend isn’t gung-ho to go ahead and develop the gifts that have surfaced so far. But she is so interested in the paranormal and watches all those ghost hunter shows. And when I took some pics in my house when I was testing my camera and caught a lot of spirits on camera in my bedroom she came over with her camera and was so excited to take pictures. Of course I don’t share her enthusiasm. lol. Against my gut feeling I let her and then cleared my house of all spirits afterwards. I can’t really explain it but a spirit can be in the house and touch me and get my attention to let me know they need my help and I am comfortable with that. But to see it in a pic or hear it…I am a big wimp like when I use to watch horror movies. lol. Most of those spirits where in the mirror in my bedroom when I took the pics and that was months ago and my mirror is still covered! lol. I am not ashame to admit I will sleep with all the lighs on in the house if something freaks me out. lol. It doesn’t happen often but I have my moments. lol.
Crossing spirits over is something you really have to be prepared for. There are many issues you can run into. But if that is what you feel drawn to then you should start doing some reading. Finding some blog by people who do that and ask them questions. And definitely research what is in your local area in the way of places where you can take development classes…of course all else fails you can always find classes online that take place in chat rooms. Also having a mentor is always a good idea. Ask to be guided.
The gatekeeper I speak of is similar to a guide. However your gatekeeper has the one job and it’s an important one…to regulate who can come through to you. Who can come into your space. You have to ask for a gatekeeper. Also something that many don’t know is that you can always call on Archangel Michael (for protection) and ask him to stay with you. I won’t go into how that is possible because it would be a long explanation but I will post more info soon on Angels and working with Angels.
Before laying down ask for one of your guides to come forward as you are relaxing before sleep. Relax from toe up to head and relax your limbs to the point where when your done they almost feel numb. No thoughts at all running through your head. You may start to feel a tingling all over…at that point your kinda there at that state right before you drift off to sleep and this if also the point where if you were preparing to do and Outof body experience you would be almost ready to leave your body. Then you just try and hang at the point as long as you can and stay as relaxed as you can.
Sherry
April 17th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Hi Sherry. To start off, thanks so much for such an informative site! Well, I too have had many interesting experiences from the time i was really young. Like some of your readers, I grew up with an alcoholic parent and experienced lot’s of arguing around me. I was also exposed to occult when I was young. I’m not sure if these events played a role, but I was a very sensitive kid who could pick up negative energy about people, situations, etc. My mom always told me that I used to get really sad as a child and cry a lot.
As an adult, I still am rather intuitive but am unsure if I am an empath. Heck, I’m still trying to discover what all my gifts are. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks again.
April 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Hi Natasha,
Sounds like when you were young you were aware that what you were sensing was not your own. The biggest thing about empathy is that as an empath you feel the emotion as though it were your own so much so that many don’t realize that the emotions they are feeling are not their own. Natasha, now keep in mind that there is ALWAYS a possiblity of me being wrong. My stats have improved greatly but of course I could be wrong. I am getting strongly that you are not an empath. I am also getting that the ability you were using when you were young and sensing things about people was clairsentience. That makes me want to say hmmmm possibly that is your strongest ability. Of course that doesn’t mean that you can’t develop all the clair’s. From personal experience and all the research and reading I have done on clairsentience I do believe that this is an ability that many have on their way to developing other gifts…and if they do not overlook clairsentience or skip developing it because of how difficult it can be to figure out and utilize, it can actually be very helpful to them when it comes to developing the other clairs. I’m not attempting to be negative, but I want to always try to give a good pricture of reality and not sugar coat things for people…me telling you that clairsentience is what you were using and that I believe that it maybe be your strongest ability you may see as good and bad. Really good because you have a starting point and something to start looking into and bad because I find it to be the clair that is difficult to find information on developing. Half the sites on the web define clairsentience incorrectly. So it is important when doing your homework to find as many sources of information as possible. It would also be helpful if you find someone to be like a mentor to you who is a skilled clairsentient…I feel that there is nothing greater than having someone to help and advise you that has been there and done that. Whether it is someone you get to know on a message board, at classes at a spiritualist church, local development classes, etc. In the beginning using the ability as often as possible is going to be key. Practice, practice, practice…by just always being on and open to what there is to be felt. I did help my best friend to open up to sensing energies more, so if you want some tips just email me.
Oh…and I was a crier too! No one ever had a clue why I was crying. I of course did but how do you explain to someone that you felt their anger or that them yelling at someone else (and they’re clear across the room doing it) was hurting you. I think when we are young our empathy is very hard for us to explain to people cause it is also clear to us that not everyone is experiencing what we are.
Sherry
April 17th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Hey Sherry It’s Tyler again I just wanted to ask you a question well my friend had died lastweek and his name was David and one day i was watching Tv and i could feel like someone was calling out to me and I had recognized the voice was David’s so I had responded to it and he had told me that he was OKay and to tell my Mom not to worry about anyting and that God had taken him for a reason so I finally understood what it wa like to have this gift and control it. But the main reason i wanted to talk to you was because one day i was at school and I had sensed that somone was sad when i had looked at them and I just started crying and i didn’t even notice this person and i wanted to know if i was channeling this person’s emotions so if you know anything please contact me or if anybody elese has had any expierences like mine please contact me at tcross94@yahoo.com
April 17th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Hi Sherry, thanks so much for your insight! I just googled clairsentience because I was not too familiar with the term and it’s interesting how similar yet different it is to empathy. I definitely want to learn more about how to develop it and any tips would be most welcome. Thanks again!
April 18th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Tyler,
That is so awesome. I am glad you were able to hear your friends message. That is lovely!
When you started crying it was not just that you were picking up the persons emotions but you were actually transmutting them. You were taking on some of what they were feeling for them. Absolutely you can be sure that you were helping them at the time. I don’t think you were grounded at the time and had you been the emotions would have been able to just go through you and right back out of you without you being affected like you were. One of the things you should be aiming for is to be able to feel with knowing what is not your and being able to control yourself and not react with those emotions. Of course sometimes if the emotions are really strong and overwhelming it can be hard but with practice you can become quite good.
Great to hear from you again!
Sherry
April 19th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Hello Sherry,
What an interesting blog you have! I came upon it looking for visualization tips on how to connect with someone.
I have been told by others in the past that I’m an empath. I feel like it is very much possible although it’s not a part of me that I have spent much time developing yet. Just wondering what it is you may feel about me.
-Mimi
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Sherry! I owe you a huge thank you! after reading your last post to me about being around others with high vibrations I have decided to go back to school and get my bachelors in holistic nutrion, which is all about mind body and soul, I feel that you pointed me on this path, and I greatly appreciate it, after reading what you wrote to me, it was like a really bright light bulb went off, and I realized my purpose, I feel by being around others who think like me, that I have truly found my place, I always knew I was here to be a helper, I just didn’t know what kind! my goal is to encourage and help people stay on track mentally and physically, and because I am an empath, I feel that I will be very good at this type of work, I just have to work on sheilding myself so I dont lose all my energy….also, I took your advice about crossing spirits over and I do want to help them as well, but I have much learning to do before I should begin that journey, again thank you so much for all the help and input!
I think just by communicating with you my vibrations went up, and that is why I had the epiphany of what I should be doing with my life!…peace and love
*Kathleen*
P.S-Oh, and I have been “fine tuning” my clairaudiance, I am getting alot more tones and sounds when I conciously tune in lol,. im working on it! : )
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Kathleen,
Oh I am so happy for you! You are so sweet. I think you’ll be great at helping people and the people you help will be blessed by it. I am so thrilled…I just love the start of new journies! So exciting!
And that sounds great about your clairaudience. Your doing great! Keep up the great work and let me know how things are going.
Sherry
April 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Hi Sherry,
just wanted to follow up since I haven’t blogged for a while. My OBE experiences have been getting better, do to some of the tips that you and Pauli provided and I wanted to say thank you. Everything else has been going great and I have been really trying to get a handle on my empathic ability. Going through a break up and feeling his “feelings” along with my own has been a struggle and it has been hard to deal with to say the least. I was wondering if you had any tips other than what has been posted and replied to and how to deal. His emotions are really strong and it is hard for me to get ahold on things. So any help would be great. I know that when I actually move out will help but until then. HELP! xoxo
April 28th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Hi Missy,
Being in such close proximity to each other I understand it’s very hard. Even harder because until he is completely removed from your life…well living area…you won’t be able to begin the process of getting over him, mourning the loss and then healing. For now I would recommend being careful with holding your emotions totally cause they need an outlet and then there are two other things. Breaking the connection to him and then getting into a habit of using protection/shield daily to help stop the connection to your respetive heart chakras from reconnecting. So visualize breaking the connection and seeing him floating up and away from you in a bubble of light followed by visualizing yourself surrounded by a bubble of violet light…but solid meaning like your in a little space ship with no windows. You can visualize that it is made out of titanium if you like.
Let me ask you something? If I ask you to think about him where do you see him in your minds eye? In front of you, behind you, to the side of you? Where? I have a point to asking this question I assure you although I know it seems like a funny question to ask.
Sherry
April 29th, 2009 at 12:15 am
He is behind me… ? I’m very curious to see where this is going. =)
April 29th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Morning Missy,
You have already put him behind you? Your sure when you think of him you see him behind you? Usually when you see someone you care for in yiour mind you see them in front of you. Also you usually see them in front of you if you are having trouble forgetting them or stopping thinking about them. Do you think this is where you have been seeing him throughout your relationship?
Sherry
April 29th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Good Morning,
I looked again and again and its funny that you ask if he was behind me the whole relationship because I was thinking about that and he has been behind me the whole time. But I would consider this my first love, but he has out me through a lot. I sort of thought that was what you would say about him being behind me. But honestly this is good for me if thats the case. Not that I don’t care about him but without going into detail, he didn’t treat me very well.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Hey Sherry,
To add to my last post, when I first saw him through my mind’s eye, he was actually on top of me. Like stacked, or standing on top of my head. But when I looked again he moved to my back, so I thought that it didn’t make sense for him to move.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Missy,
Actually it does make sense for him to move. It is a process that you are affecting yourself. More than 10 yrs ago I went through a breakup that I had such a hard time getting over. I just couldn’t get the guy out of my mind. I was doing Timeshare sales at the time and I did very well for myself (they say Empaths make great sales people cause people feel attracted to them)…so of course I didn’t want to risk it affecting my work. It was commission only of course and I couldn’t afford to even go a couple weeks without selling…I was use to being a sell everyday one or two sales saleperson. I couldn’t sell cause I couldn’t stop thinking about him every waking moment. I was at the time seeing a hypnosis for sales that woould help me with sales related issues. He used that tecnique on me and in an hour I had him out of my mind. The process is this…you need to talk through it and in small stages gradually put him further and further away and gradually behind you and then even further behind you. He is on top of you or near on top of you…you may feel stiffled right now because you are in a situation you can’t exit from right now…like you are stuck in it…unable to move as though something is on top of you and holding oyu in place there. Email me and I will see if in a few emails I can talk you through it by asking you certain questions and lead you to getting him behind you. Email me at sahorlando1065@hotmail.com. If you don’t have time right now then just email me tonight.
Not to worry…for every issue no matter how big or small there is totally a solution.
Sherry
May 1st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Hi Mimi,
Thank you! I missed your comment some how. Yes I am getting that you ar an empath. But also getting that you need to work on your heart chakra. Here’s a heart chakra guided meditation you can use. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTQbRROdKA0&feature=related
Sherry
May 14th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Hi Sherry,
I have always been interested in learning and being able to use our 6th sense. I truly believe we all have the ability in some way shape or form & have been brain washed to ignore it these days. I just wonder if I am so interested in it that I am making things up.
A friend of mines ex girlfriend died in a car accident a few years ago. I only met her enough to say hello & good bye once or twice, yet a few nights ago while my friend was over I felt her energy hit me so hard it felt like I was losing my breath & I couldn’t stop shaking my hands as if to get her away because it was such an over powering feeling. I finally left the room & told her to go away that she was making me look like a crazy person. I didn’t hear words, but if someone asked a question about her I could almost answer before I could think of the response with the energy I was getting from her. I knew right off the top that she was a bossy or in charge type person. You know I have had a few things happen with my family that have passed on, but I always chalk it up to the fact that I want that to happen, so I created it in my own mind. I have also dreamed a few things that would later really come true. This is the second time I have had his ex come through so to so & only when he was there. The difference is that last time she seems to kinda slowly introduced herself through a little path through her life & then kept showing me the letters that spelled her name until I finally said her name aloud. This time she hit me like a ton of bricks with no warning.
What is going on??? Am I making things up in my head or what?
Sincerely,
Bobbie
May 14th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Bobbie,
No you are not making things up. But if you don’t believe in what you get and the things you experience it will hamper your developed. It sounds like you are experiencing just knowing/claircognizance and it sounds like you also experience precognitive dreams. Many times we try to explain things away by thinking it was only our minds playing tricks on us or that it was just a coincidence. Basically we are talking ourselves out of believing in our own naturally abiltiies. Instead embrace your abilities and believe in them and your abilities will develop and grow further.
As far as the overwheling feeling you are getting that is taking your breath away. A couple of things could be happening. Often when in the precense of spirit and getting information I get this feeling. I do believe it is the combination of increase in energy going through our body and being in contact with a spirit with a higher vibration than our own. As a person actively works on developing and increasing their vibration this gets more and more comfortable until it is not as over whelming. Also our bodies will get more and more use to feeling an increased amount of energy…but it is just like anything that is new to us or that we don’t deal with often…we have to adjust to it over time.
Sherry
May 17th, 2009 at 3:10 am
I am completely over thinking this comment… lol. I don’t know what I am more afraid of, being told there is nothing remarkable about me… or that there is! Anyway… I am a seventeen-year old girl who somehow was lead to this webpage and felt the urge to write this ridiculous comment in hopes you might actually give me the time of day… I should probably write some long “about me” but if your feelings are true I hope this will be enough… if not, I am sorry for wasting your time…
— My life is one that lacks direction… I guess that’s how I ended up here. If by some twist of fate you saw something… anything in me… perhaps I could begin to feel at ease… it’s a lot to hope for… just let me know please
May 17th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Morning Taylor,
No one person is more special than the next. We are all the same. I am you and you are me. The things that make us seem different is that we each came here this lifetime with a certain goals, lessons, etc. When I was your age I felt the same way. I thought people who had certain talent were super special and then I felt “well then there’s me.” Of course that feeling has more to do with how we were raise and the thing we were told.
There are some people that have amazing gifts but it is not by coincidence that they do. It has to do with what their soul purpose is. For example, if my soul purpose in this lifetime is to be a healer then I am going to have abilities that help me in that regard. I could, for example, want so bad to have a clairvoyance and then be bummed out that I no matter how hard I try I just can’t seem to develop it. But the reality would be that based on my soul purpose and what I planned to do in this lifetime the ability of clairvoyance might be unneccessary. If your soul purpose is to help get out the information that the ascended masters and angels want told and shared then it would make sense that you would need to have all the abilities to be a channeler.
My soul purpose is to assist people who are on their spiritual journey. It may not seem like anything super exciting or that will allow me to wear a cape and tights and fight darkness on the astral plane, but I feel that one persons soul purpose is no more or less important than the next. Together we are in this orchestra where each of us as an instrument are very important to the overall goals…all instruments are crutial to the overall piece being played and if one is missing then the piece is not the same. And if I play the triangle and you play the saxaphone it may seem that I got stuck with the whimpy little instrument while you stand out with that shiny sax but it is just an illusion and both our instruments are fabulous…just different and with an individual but also common goal.
In assisting people I very much follow directions. If I am given information I pass it on. If I am told I can’t tell someone something for a specific reason then I don’t. I am sort of like the middle man.
I am being told that you need to cleanse and release yourself of negative or repressed emotions. You need to clear and balance your lower chakras. I do believe I am being told that you will be a healer.
Sherry
June 13th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I’ve always noticed how i was extra sensitive to places and people, my parents would fight alot and hit eachother and i would turn white, cry and just shake waiting, i could feel emotions from people, its hard to explain, im 17 years old and im scared of it a little, my family isnt what you can call a nice family, they give me my depression most of the time but i want to know if maybe, its them or my..um..should i say gifts?
I need help please,
i want to know if im to young for it or if im im just overreacting and thinking i have it
June 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Miki,
One thing that is very common with an unskilled empath is that they usually don’t realize the emotions they are experiencing are not their own. That is the confusion an unskilled empath lives with until they begin the process of becoming skilled at which time one of the first things they work on is knowing when they emotions or pains they are feeling are not theirs.
There is no such thing as being to young for it since it is genetic and you wouldn’t have the option to of just choosing not to be and empath. Everything you are experiencing is normal. Even when I was pretty sure I was an empath I still wasn’t absolutely sure for a couple of years. I did not find out for a fact until I did some chakra work and once my chakras were clear I realized my empath self fully. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not recommending you do that because at this time it sounds like you are unsure of how you feel about the possiblity of being an empath.
To answer your question though yes I am getting that you are an empath. But as I said I am also getting that you are unsure of how you feel about that as of yet. Don’t worry many aren’t sure of how they feel about it at first until you learn more about it. I would recommend that you read as much as possibly about empaths and empathy. At the least at this time when you feel an emotion, do a check. Ask yourself how were you well a few minutes ago, do you have a reason to be feeling the emotion(s) you are feeling at the time, etc. Question yourself. Also get use to paying attention to how you feel at any given time. Get to know yourself so well that you will know when something you are picking up is not yours.
Sherry
June 13th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Miki,
One thing I got after I already I was finished replying to your comment was that you have strength in power and ability. You will do just fine so don’t doubt yourself or whether you are ready or too young. That is just a state of mind. If you really believe you are too young and are doubtful of your capability to deal with being an empath then it will be hard for you but I asure you that I am being told that is not the case with you.
One other thing that I get is something I not quite sure about so I will let you figure out what this may mean to you. I am getting that you are lacking either practicality, enough caution regarding something, responsibility or hard work (maybe you are not putting in enough time or effort when it comes to something).
Tell me what is the environment you are living in right now. Is it still stressful? You will definitely want to read my post about Developing your Empathy Part I which teaches grounding and developing your empathy part II which teaches protection.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Sherry :D,
thank you for taking time out of your schedule to answer my questions,
um to answer your question, yes i live in a very stressful enviroment, home is supposed to be a place of love but here, its a hell hole, i’ve had tramatic experiences in my life that affect me and my life, but i cant talk to anyone at home because they arent listening.
Just feel like when im here im in a dark circle covered with bars, my family is messed up, im also going to consider practicing it, more i read about it, the more i can relate to empathy.
I never gave 100 % in anything because i’ve never had a promise kept, so im worried about everything.
Thank you Sherri
<3
June 14th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Miki,
The darkness that you describe is the negative energy that the people around you are putting out. You can feel it and it is like a black/grey syrup that sticks to everything it comes in contact with. But it is important to know and remember that even one tiny itsy bit of light swallows up anything amount of darkness. Pretend that you yourself are a big ball of light and the light radiates out from you and fills the house. Empaths have the ability to project energy…all you have to do it visualize it and it happens. That is the simple straight forward explanation of what happens. Also the from the negative energy the vibrations surrounding you are probably low. You can raise them starting with raising your own vibrations…the how to is actually simpler than you would think. Do you like music? Listening to your fav upbeat music will do that. Humming is also good. Also make sure that you get outside as often as possible even if only for a few minutes and soak up some sun and you will benefit from it’s healing and rejuvenating energy. These are just a few things you can do…any that makes you feel good will work.
Obviously you have internet? Make some new warm online friends. I will be your first. sahorlando1065@hotmail.com. You will know if they are keepers if they tend to lift you up rather than bring you down. Friends are people who sincerely care about you regardless of where you found them at. They are the people who you can count on to be there for you regardless of distance from you. Sure they can’t go out with you or go shopping with you but what you get from a true friend will more than make up for that.
Also do some reading at Steve Pavlina’s blog http://www.stevepavlina.com. He has a personal development blog and the topics he writes on are vast (in my opinion). Great positive reading.
Also join http://www.lightworkers.org and make some friends. The list of topics and areas of discission are vast there as well and the people are so nice. A great place to meet people who are very warm, positive and inviting and you can sign up under your area like with a message forum and get to know people who are in your area or with just like interests.
And most importantly always remember that you come first - always! Always think of what you need and make yourself happy. Others will always have things going on because we are all constantly learning lessons. But they are not your lessons…you focus on you for a while.
Sherry
June 14th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Sherry,
thank you soo muchhhhhhh i love music and listening to it i always felt my heart rise up and swell like its happy
June 14th, 2009 at 11:55 am
oppsie i by accident clicked enter :p sorry xD
anyways hehe..
i will def. do the ball of light, i always like staying in a dark room listen to music laying down on a bed and just using my mind, i cant explain it but i would rather see with my mind then talk with my mouth,
you are an inspiration (did i spell right ? =/)
to me AND IM SO HAPPY
my msn is writingloveless@live.com
unfortunately i cant be on it now because my mom took away my phone for some silly reasons but im okay now,
thank you so much for your advice
June 14th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
i tried visualizing a ball of light going to my brother and my heart began to thump fast..is that normal, or am i just over-reacting Sherry,
sometimes when i lay on my bed i feel electric shocks that make my body jump and its weird. sometimes i feel jolts in my heart, is this normal ? =/
sorry if im being annoying and asking questions.
im taking your help for granted sorry.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Oh yeah…moms do that.
Awww thank you! One of my joys in life is feeling music. Everything has energy and if you allow yourself then you can feel the music you are listening to. It’s a great experience.
Sherry
June 14th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
No of course you are not being annoying. Actually it is very normal. Early on my heart chakra use to spin so fast that at night when i slept I thought me bed was shaking but it was me. I questioned who was shaking my bed for weeks. lol. The heart chakra at times can spin so fast that you feel sure you are having a heart attack. You know it is your heart chakra because it tends to be more to the center of your chest than to the left.
You are feeling energy in your chakra centers.
I will send you something via email that will answer all your questions.
Sherry
June 14th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
thank you so much sherry wow,
you are an angel to me !
my main email is writingloveless@aim.com
<3
June 14th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Oh your welcome! I sent you something via email.
Sherry
June 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Hi!
as long as I can remember - I can pick up on the emotions of others - angry, sad, depressed, happy,etc… even if they are hiding it well; I often get confused and think it is directed at me (while they say it isnt when I ask) - I tend to get really anxious and have a hard time differentiating whether the emotion is mine or someone else’s and who/where it is coming from.
In recent years, I have had to turn a fan on at night in order to go to sleep; the reason for this is because - I hear something that sounds like people whispering, but just cant make out what they are saying. within the last year, I see shadows in my “side view” if I am just sitting down watching tv or relaxing.
what is your take? is my imagination just in hyperdrive? if not, how do I control this?
Many thanks for your advise
June 28th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Hi, Sherry!
Thanks so much for replying to my earlier query. I’ve been experiencing a pressure sensation on my forehead especially while mediating or being very relaxed and I’m wondering what it is. Does it have something to do with my third eye chakra?
Natasha
June 29th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Natasha,
Your very welcome! Yes you are feeling your brow chakra open. That is an excellent sign that your brow is clear. So the question then become what is the state of your other chakras, especially your lower chakras which it is important to have those clear and open as well INCLUDING YOUR FOOT CHAKRA.
Let me see if I can do a mini reading for you:
First let me tell you that I did your reading by connecting to you and going outside and asking my guide to ask your guide what she/he wants you to know…so your reading is through nature symbolism and clairsentience.
You have some communication issues with someone near you. I am also getting a lack of independence and freedom. I feel this is related to a loved one in your life. Mother?
At this time I am getting that you are lacking control and confidence. This may be affecting your progress at this time. You need to reach and utilize your full potential. But there is somethin that is a burden to you or possibly overwhelming you.
I asked about your soul purpose and this is where it got really interesting cause keep in mind I was outside so that I could get symbolisms from nature:
The most beautiful black butterfly I have ever seen appeared. The butterfly shows your sensitivity as the butterfly is extremely sensitive to the Harmony of Earth, and is the first creature to leave a damaged ecology. Now again as I type this up I get my left hand and know that it is about how you connect to those around you. You are experiencing some insecurity and are going through a struggle wit some situation. The butterfly was lit on a marigold flower for quite some time and this tells you that you need to add more joy into your life through nature. This could be telling you that you need to get out more and experience nature and connect back to the earth and possibly that will help balance what is out of balance within you at this time. The butterfly also signifies change and asks us to stop keeping our joy at bay. The butterfly was black so I feel this is pointing to a change and a need to bring out spiritual and divine qualities in yourself. The butterfly was in the garden and this speaks of your potential and indicates that your hard work and diligence will pay off in the end. It is also symbolic of stability, potential, and inner growth. You need to cultivate a new skill or nurture your spiritual and personal growth.
A small black moth appeared next. The moth cannot rely on its sight, but has a highly developed sense of smell, which it uses at night, and indicate a need to be more sheltered in your creative transforming activities and relationships. Moth totems and messengers usually indicate an awakening sense of smell. It will be the fragrance of the opposite sex that will most attract and discourage. Trusting in one’s own outer and inner sense of smell will be important in relationships–sexual or otherwise.
What happened next was awesome…total silence. All of nature was suddenly quiet and I could have heard a pin drop. Then suddenly the sound of so many crickets it was almost deafening compared to the silence that ad preceded the sound of them. This is telling you of te potential of new opportunities you will have the opportunity to go after because it is a jumper and is willing to leap toward new opportunities. When you hear the chirp of the cricket it can indicate an opening or reopening of your inner voice will happen.
I am now getting my left ear which means you need to be more receptive to help and guidance from your guides.
Keep in mind that moths also chew holes in your clothes. Clothes represent your character. Is there something bothering you and eating you up inside? The cricket totem can help you get your emotional body in balance.
Next I looked up from the notes I was taking and on the table in front of me was a baby lizard looking at me like “here I am Im next do me now!” lol. Scared the crap out of me. lol. Lizards are associated with “dreamtime” and “clairvoyance.” They have the ability to consciously tap into intuition and higher knowledge. People with lizard medicine are able to sense subtle energies that most people overlook. It is important for people with lizard as their totem to pay heed to their own inner messages. Lizards are also known for their great speed and quick movements. For this reason, it is not surprising that a cartoon Gecko is a commercial icon for a well known car insurance company. Car accidents are often the result of speeding on the roadways. When lizard shows up it is likely a message to slow down and observe. It is time for you to be put on alert. Pay attention! You may be missing obvious clues that are right in front of you because you are in such a hurry to get somewhere.
Other than that I noticed that you need to work on your solar plexus. And lastly I was told you need to take control in your life…authority, direction, judgment are about you taking control and making decisions.
Sherry
July 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hi Sherry!
First of all, thanks so much for the reading! Yes, I am experiencing some communication problems with my mother. I’m about to enter a university to study medicine… because she wants me to. It’s actually my childhood dream to be an astronomer. She doesn’t want me to go into the astronomy field because it’s not very developed over here, which makes sense as local astronomers have practically no scope. However, the medical field is a tough one and I don’t think she quite knows what she’s forcing me into. Almost every doctor I’ve met tried to discourage me from entering the profession, some even saying that no one should do it if their parents want them to. I’m going along with her wish but I still hope that one fine day, I will get the chance to study astronomy.
You mentioned that I need to be more receptive to help and guidance from my guides. Can you give me some tips on how to contact and communicate with them? Thanks again!
Natasha
July 4th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Natasha,
From personal experience it is not good to let any one have control when it comes to your life or direction your are heading. Before incarnating we all choose the lessons we are going to learn and even sometimes the things we will do in life. For example, what if your desire for a professional life in astronomy as to do with a lesson you need to learn in this life time. And what if you didnt learn a lesson or gain an experience you were meant to in this life time? I was also controlled by my parents and their control issues ad to do with wounds they have. They have a need to be loved through feeling needed…well that is ONE of their wounds. And then I have a mirror for then in that I have a need to FEEL loved by peoples actions. We mirror each other and both ave lessons we need to go through and accomplish in this lifetime. When we rise above these things that are causing emotional blocks then we will have learned the leasson and passed the test and will not have to repeat the lesson in the next life time.
Your guides are trying to tell you that you can not let another control your life. What is the reason you feel your mother as this need to secure a good secure future for you? What does it have to do with what she experienced in her life?
You can communicate with your guides and get help through dream messages, symbolism in nature, or simply telling them your question or what you need help with and then just wait and the answer will come if you pay attention. Also you can work on developing your psychic abilities. My book goes in depth with how to do that.
Sherry
September 7th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Dear Sherry
Thank you very much for putting so much helpful and considered information on your site: it is a lot to take in but I will be visiting you a great deal in the coming weeks I’m sure.
I am a little confused about the difference between empath and clairsentient but that is perhaps because I haven’t found the explanations in your information yet. I feel I might be a little of both and was wondering if you could shed any light on this? I had an intensely frightening and shocking ‘explosion’ of some kind of psychic energy five years ago following a chakra balance to deal with an issue with my sacral chakra, or so I was told. I experienced a bolt of electricity up my spine and then a roaring churning tingling feeling of energy above and below my genitals; the whole area felt engorged as if I was constantly in a state of sexual hyperarousal. The worst was that I woke up the next day and it was as if I could feel all the sexual/feminine energy of women and girls not only around me but from a distance. I would see a woman in the street and experience a kick in the chest as a wave of energy hit me and a corresponding roar of energy in the sacral/root chakra. I have never been attracted to women and am a married mum of two so my reaction was one of horror as I was not on a spiritual path and did not know what had happened. I still don’t.
The roaring as I called it continued on and off for about 4 years. I have cleared enormous amounts of issues from my energy field and have had to set about learning in order to figure out what has happened to me. Things are calmer these days. I do very much however recognise the clairsentient connection: I have always been terribly aware of others emotions snd can feel quite ill in my body when someone has a strong mood, and this is increasing as the days go by. I have been contacted by various beings at night with whom I try to communicate, not very successfully. I experience tickling and prickling on the left side of my neck (the back) also waves of chills. But I never see anything.
If I do have a gift in this area I would like to use it to help people but will need a lot of training to shield myself.
Well, I have provided a lot more information than I had planned and hope that this is ok?
I would love to know anything you can pick up about me which might help me further.
Many thanks
From Christina, UK
September 9th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Christina,
I actually know from personal experience the feeling you are speaking of. I had an imbalance in my sacral chakra (responsible for clairsentience ability) related to an imbalance with my masculine/feminine energies. Once I worked on it for a while and was more clear…basically a chakra that had a block could then flow energy through it freely and it can then further open and clear and while that is going on you have to remember that you will be feeling energy finally able to flow through and a higher amount the clearer it is.
Your feeling woman…so what was your imbalance? Lack of feminine or masculine energy? You don’t seem like your lacking masculine energy. You come off to me as being pretty confident and secure. So I would say you were probably lacking enough feminine energy. I know that came out sounding a little rude of me to say…google “blocked sacral chakra” and what I said will make more sense.
Also sounds like you may have had a block in one of your other chakras as well. I say that because you didnt say that you felt the energy flow all the way up and out your crown or down and out your feet.
Keep in mind that when you are clairsentient you are able to feel everything and all things that many people do not…especially the clearer certain chakras are.
I recommend getting a piece of citrine crystal to carry in your bra at all times…when you go out at least. The citirine crystal will take in and transmute a lot of what you feel that you really dont need to. Citirine is awesome because since it transmutes negative energy it never needs to be cleaned so it pretty much maintenance free. Citirine is my “Dont leave home without it” crystal. lol.
here’s more info for the sacral chakra…
Exercises for the Sacral Chakra
Chakracise your sacral chakra with pelvic thrusts and circular pelvis movements.
The Goddess Pose
Lie flat on your back and relax. Relax especially the legs, pelvis, and lower back. Bend your knees, bringing your feet in close to your buttocks. Slowly allow your knees to part, allowing the weight of the legs to stretch the inner thighs. Try to relax. Do not push your legs farther than is comfortable. Hold this position for two minutes or more. Then slowly bring your knees together again. This puts us in touch with our sexual vulnerability, which paradoxically must be understood before we can fully open ourselves up on this level.
Pelvic Rock
Starting on your back with legs bent, slowly begin to rock your pelvis upward and downward with each breath. Inhale fully into your chest and belly, exhale fully, and upon the end of each exhale, push slightly with your feet so that your pelvis comes off the ground pushing the small of your back into the floor beneath you.
Hip Circles
From a standing position, bend your knees slightly, and drop your pelvis forward so that it is directly in your central line of gravity. Keeping the knees bent and flexible, rotate the pelvis in smaller then larger circles. The head and feet should remain in the same place while the pelvis alone does the moving. Try to make the movement as smooth as possible.
Leg Lifts
This exercise helps move energy through the pelvis, often into the upper chakras. It is a classic Kundalini exercise, and a wonderful energizer.
Lie on your back and relax. Lift your legs six to 12 inches off the floor and spread them apart at this height. Bring together again and then kick our again. Rest after about five of these. Then bring your legs perpendicular to the floor and spread to each side. Bring together and down. Repeat until tired. Raising legs should be accompanied by an inhale, while lowering the legs should be accompanied by an exhale. This exercise is a strong Kundalini-raiser with powerful results. It is important not to strain and to avoid sore muscles. Stay in tune with the body.
Self Healing Activities:
1. Healing baths to soothe or energize. I’ve owned one house with a wonderful bathtub and I found this to be very therapeutic. In fact I actually set up an altar to Kwan Yin next to my bath. (Her request - still don’t know why but that’s what she told me to do.) In this house we have a hot tub.
2. Take time each day to drink tea ceremonially. There are wonderful books on different types of tea ceremonies for the Japanese, the British or the one you make up yourself. This is especially good way to make sure you get your required daily dose of green tea.>
3. Drink water, water, water. Flush it all out. When I first started working through my BOTA material I was surprised that they also stressed drinking a large amount of water. This one is a tough one for me since left to my own devices I won’t go near the stuff. What does work for me is large quantities of ice tea. Add enough ice and it’s nothing more than brown colored water anyway.
4. Drink solarized water. Don’t know why this seems to work but it’s a great technique when you’re working with color magic. Using either a clear glass and orange colored stones or an orange tinted glass or bottle, place pure water out in the early morning sun. At nightfall drink the water with energy and awareness
Sherry
September 10th, 2009 at 12:21 am
I think I’m awakening to the fact that I’m an empath. I also have dreams.
Can you sense anything about me?
September 12th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Sherry,
Yes, and I am feeling that your heart charka is very open as well. Focus on opening and clearing the lower chakras (foot, root, sacral, solar plexus, and heart). Also consider opening and clearing the high heart chakra which is around the clavical area.
http://sherryandrea.com/2008/08/19/opening-and-balancing-the-chakras/
http://sherryandrea.com/2009/02/20/develop-your-empathy-charkas-connected-to-emapthy/
http://sherryandrea.com/2008/08/24/awakening-mandala/
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Heyy Sherry It’s Tyler you probably dont remember me but you have helped me so mucyh this past year that my gift has really improved and I would like to thank you for that I can control my gift and turn it on and off my gate keeper has also helped me with through the ups and downs and I am very greatful for that and I just wanted to thank you I will keep in touch. sincerely Tyler cross
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:10 am
Hello Sherry
Many many thanks for your helpful reply - it seems you are spot on.
Since I first posted on your site, I have had a channeling session with a being called Ortan who has filled me in on many of the things I have been so confused about (and so beleaguered by). I definitely agree with your thoughts that I have been or still am lacking in feminine energy.
What I understand has happened is that my heart chakra or energy was activated or opened inadvertently by the healer because I had asked for and received permission for this to happen in a past life. This energy was brought through to me in this life as part of my life plan, but because I had done zero preparation for it in terms of any kind of spiritual development, I had problems coping with the inrush of energy (and boy is that true) as not only were some (as you suggested) or all of the chakras blocked, I didn’t even know what they were…having never heard of chakras and at the time not even a believer in life after death (these days I am a ‘knower’!).
What a mess. I had an inrush or infusion of male energy into a sacral chakra (and all others?) which was full of issues and not open into the bargain.
This is the way I understand it today, altho’ that might change. Even my husband has remarked that over the last few years I have become much more aggressive and overly assertive; for myself I have had a feeling of being very ‘male’ - perhaps you will understand what I mean?
You are right in suggesting blockages above and below in the crown and root. Certainly I’ve never felt anything in my crown area, it feels spectacularly inert. Root I am not sure.
My problem now is I am rather wary of going to anyone to look at my energy fields but at the same time am unable to know for myself as am total novice in this and cannot see or feel them (doh!).
Citrine I will do this for sure; could you tell me something, do you have to keep re-clearing the chakras on a a regular basis? So say my sacral is now clear, would I have to keep trying to do this? I have read that if sacral is blocked or ‘dirty’ that information from guides etc. cannot come through clearly and is ‘choppy’ or piecemeal: would you agree? That is def. my experience as for the last few months I have been contacted by 2 guides who seem to be trying their darndest to get through but I keep losing the frequency, or that is how it feels. Sometimes I hear their words very clearly and quite quickly and other times it is as if their batteries are running down and they are in slowmo!!
Any thoughts you may have would be very much appreciated, also to do with my being an empath or clairsentient or both? I could then go on to benefit further from your site. I am very very impressed with the depth of your knowledge and find it such a relief to have access to sensible information on things spiritual. Thank you again for giving your time to this site.
Yours confused but getting clearer
Christina
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Sherry
I forgot to say above that the reason I was given by Ortan for the inrush of MALE energy is that I have had many, many lifetimes as a female and that in terms of the balancing of energies, I had to have a large amount of male energy come in to my field - this energy would always have been difficult to integrate (he told me it takes about 7 years for things to settle down, I have done five!) but that it would have been much easier had I been prepared. For me personally this makes sense.
Cheers
Christina
September 26th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Christina,
You are holding a lot of masculine energy…you have your work cut out for you to try to bring in also enough feminine energy to balance it. Carnelian crystal is perfect for this. Ask your higher self to attune you to the properties of a carnelian crystal.
You are right…and I am glad that you understand. In a way no one needs to be trying to adjust you…instead just flowing healing energy to you from like Archangel Raphael for example and only acting as a conduit for that energy. You can do that on your own at any time though. Call on AA Raphael…or Mother Mary and ask to be given healing energy.
Yes…when you make a committment to walk this path it is a big responsibility and you do have to work daily clearing chakras, cutting cords, clearing and healing your aura, grounding (so ne energy also has a way out) and protecting. To respect God/creator is to respect you (spirit) and the house (body) you are temporarily occupying. Seems like a lot of work but over time it gets easier and quicker to do even on the fly when your busy.
Sherry
September 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Tyler,
I do rememeber you actually! Ohhhhh I am soooo happy to hear that…that is so awesome. You deserve it. Keep up all the good work cause you are leading by example.
Much love!
Sherry
September 28th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Thank you Sherry for the advice; I really appreciate it and will start getting myself sorted out.
As you say, I do have my work cut out!
Mother Mary is a great idea as I almost feel like crying at the thought of that lovely soft energy, no wonder really with all that has gone on.
All the best to you
Christina
May 15th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I accept you and yes it absolutely gonna guide lot of people.