Psychics -ability to see your own future?

[ellie]

Question for psychics, does being a psychic mean that you know your own future or things that are going to pop-up?

[Erin Pavlina]

It means sometimes knowing your future and other times being surprised. Being psychic is like being able to tune in to a radio. sometimes you have it on, sometimes it's turned off. I would go crazy if I kept the radio on all day, listening to every little thing coming down the pike.

And sometimes, you know what's coming but it doesn't mean you can stop it. For example a natural disaster or the death of a loved one.

[ellie]

Thanks Erin for clearing that up Was just interested to know.

[jokerman]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

It means sometimes knowing your future and other times being surprised. Being psychic is like being able to tune in to a radio. sometimes you have it on, sometimes it's turned off. I would go crazy if I kept the radio on all day, listening to every little thing coming down the pike.

And sometimes, you know what's coming but it doesn't mean you can stop it. For example a natural disaster or the death of a loved one.

In other words, being "psychic" is just like being an ordinary human being.

[Erin Pavlina]

All "ordinary" human beings are psychic, just to differing levels. If you're very psychic you can navigate your way through life with less trauma, that's for sure. If you deny your intuition and connection with your guides you should be prepared to go down many wrong paths before you find the ideal path.

[Zwynd]

It is not so much being psychic as recognizing the patterns in one's own life.

Don't get me wrong, I think following one's intuition/heart is great for impulse decisions but for life-long stuff I think it just takes a logical mind to know what will happen if one goes down a familiar path.

In this sense I believe that dreams related to 'visions' will likely just be reflecting subconscious knowledge of the information/patterns one already gathered while awake.

Then again, there's a difference between predicting something really random (is anything really unexpected anymore?) and wasting one's time worrying how the future will be.

Devil's Advocate here and I'm basically saying that if a person has only 15 minutes to either draw some cards/tea for a vision or spend that time planning out some fun/important goals...I'd go with the latter. Less paranoia or waiting for the world to align for you and more motivation to make that future that was imagined.

[Erin Pavlina]

Cards and tea leaves are divination tools, not psychic abilities.

Read my article on the difference between ego, logic, guides and intuition for how I think these all factor in to make a good life.

How To Tell the Difference Between Your Ego, Logic, Spirit Guides and Intuition

There are many psychic abilities. some psychics can predict the future, some see past lives. Some can find missing people or missing keys. Some can talk to the deceased. Some can help you find your soul's purpose while others can help you find a soulmate. all different.

If logic is what works for you, that's great. Not everyone relies on their logic. some people do rely on their intuition which may serve them better than logic and prediction.