How come kids are generally more psychic then adults?

[zabjoa]

My experience when I was a child was that by far I was more psyhic then the adult people around me, and then when I started school I became less in tune, so my question is: Are we conditioned to be less psychic in the western society then say... in the Amazons?

Also note that I am aware that there are psychic adults at this forum and if any of you are reading this, then I will want to ask how you maintained your "spiritual senses"

Thats all, thanks for reading

[elucidate]

Kids are naturally open and it is only the messages they receive from adults as they grow, telling them that anything of this nature is merely 'imagination' and they are making it up, and if they talk like that people will think they are crazy!

We are conditioned to fear being thought of as crazy in society, and the more we grow, the more kids shut down their natural abilities, to fit in.

It's incredibly sad, BUT, there is always the possibility that they will, at some stage of their adult life, be prompted to investigate this world and discover they were right all along, and it was all just a lie! Their abilities are still there underneath it all, and can be re-nurtured.

Not many do though.

The good news is though, that there are quite a few parents raising their kids to trust their natural abilities and not imposing this crap on them any more, so whilst the majority will go on covering what they know to be true over with lies, some will never have to doubt that their abilities are valid.

[alphamind]

I think it was planned to be this way, and I don't mean by benevolent forces.

[ChrisL]

Zabjoa - I hear the truth in what Elucidate is saying. As children, if we are naturally being ourselves, then we use all of our senses in such a way that we naturally start using the higher octave of the body senses, which turns into intuition, clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc.

The soul starts asserting itself more around the age of 7 to focus on the current life, which is why some kids will have memories of previous lives at an earlier age, then that starts to fade. Plus we start schooling around that time also, which focuses more on how to "fit in", do what you're told, survive and succeed, rather than on being authentically ourselves. We gradually (or quickly) learn how to trade our authenticity (internally-validating), to survive and succeed by others standards (externally-validating). Becoming right, accepted/loved by others, starts becoming more important, and for most of us, we don't come out of that mode. Once we start doubting or over-riding ourselves, it becomes like constant internal static, which can make it difficult to re-establish the intuitive connections, or to even make progress in life. My coaching work is to help turn that around so we're internally-validating once again.

I started being intuitive as a child, then began reading, exploring, talking to others, because no one in my family was that supportive. In my case, some parental abuse helped hone my early intuitive skills for survival, then I had to deal with healing later. It was not easy being an intuitive kid in my family, and was extremely lonely and confusing at times, which was also augmented by not having an extended community (i.e. family, friends) that I could open up to as we were a military family that moved frequently.

Once I was further away from my family and could stay in one place, it was easier to feel nurtured and supported by similar people, which helped me grow even stronger and hone my skills. In college I would go to workshops, classes, read books, create support groups, join organizations - anything to further my understanding, including traveling to other countries. Even after college I was hesitant to offer my services, until I started naturally doing readings for people when I was talking to them.

I think we all need some kind of supportive environment initially to help us - whether it's a supportive family, or a supportive extended community like a tribal presence or organization. People who live closer to nature (i.e. Australian aborigines, Native Americans, Druids, most African tribes, etc) are going to be more naturally connected with their bodies and environments, and hopefully are less likely to be socially-conditioned at an early age, and more likely to have an acknowledgment by the group to have an altered reality experience (i.e. rites of passage, out of body experience, vision quest, remote viewing for hunting, etc). In the western society, we don't value the feminine as much as the masculine right now (though that's changing), we don't value our bodies except superficially and for health reasons, and being present in our bodies makes us naturally intuitive. So western society doesn't intrinsically include intuition in the fabric of our culture like native people have done for centuries.

The more we can just be ourselves, the more naturally intuitive we are.

[Apresto]

There's some facts about newborn babies I'd like to share: They can swim if put in water without previous learning. They have stronger senses than ours. They also view the world upside down for a week or two. They are born with grown nails.

And to answer the question why they have more abilities than us... First of all I put their freedom. It's what can make them use their abilities, not that we don't have any abilities, it's that we don't have the same opportunity to use them.

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by alphamind

I think it was planned to be this way, and I don't mean by benevolent forces.

I've had these thoughts before.

Certain people in power don't want the majority to be thinking for themselves OR to be harnessing their intuitive faculties, so inner tuition is mainly discouraged, as is all right brain thinking, and we are taught to deny their existence...which is interesting. This would only be the case if we were considered a threat by those in charge...

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by Apresto

There's some facts about newborn babies I'd like to share: They can swim if put in water without previous learning. They have stronger senses than ours. They also view the world upside down for a week or two. They are born with grown nails.

And to answer the question why they have more abilities than us... First of all I put their freedom. It's what can make them use their abilities, not that we don't have any abilities, it's that we don't have the same opportunity to use them.

I would go further and say that babies don't have any messages telling them they CAN'T do what they can do with their minds. They haven't had the chance to absorb the messages and be conditioned to seek outside validation and acceptance so there is nothing stopping them from doing what they can do naturally. They naturally go within, whereas most adults have to re-learn how to go within.

Only later, when the messages really take hold do they close off.

[alphamind]

If we look at adults, we see sheep who have been conditioned in a very restricted society with certain "rules." Anything outside of this box has been conditioned to appear as not a part of reality or of any significance. How can anything not be part of reality? It's just that this reality we were taught and born into has gained power. It's obvious if we think outside the box that forces without the best intentions in mind took over. The pineal gland which is very important for psychic awareness is larger in children and starts to diminish during puberty...that's when we start becoming part of the "real" world, but in truth it's only a reality where every being in it is bound by its limitations.

[MariconesUnited]

This is a very interesting thread! My mother has told me that she believes I used to see auras as a child since I used to play and watch something invisible arounds my hands and fingers. I lost that ability but thankfully am regaining some of it. I can see the shadowy envelope sometimes. Sometimes I see a specific color. I bought a book recently that helps one rekindle the abilities to perceive auras. It's fascinating stuff.

[zabjoa]

Yes, I also used to see auras and also the auras of angels, these days it comes and goes, and I have to say I agree with the posts on conditioning, I used to think that the people that expressed themselves(artists) where the right brain of society and the others where the left brain, more confined and analytic, the good thing about it though is that the barriers seems to be dissolving, dont know why that is, also manifestations seems to be speeding up...

[little missy]

Very true alpamind most people conform because they feel that it is their duty to 'fit' it to society.The 'unknown' is taught to be scary and dangerous and who wants to feel shunned by others.

I was bought up this way on the outside but on the inside I had/have still retained the sight/feeling 'powers I had as a child. They were just sleeping until i was ready to release them again.
I have become more spiritually open in the last 12 months and at first my family had their(I don't want to know about it) blinkers on but they are slowly warming to the idea that this psychic stuff is not scary but mearly part of life

Originally Posted by alphamind

If we look at adults, we see sheep who have been conditioned in a very restricted society with certain "rules." Anything outside of this box has been conditioned to appear as not a part of reality or of any significance. How can anything not be part of reality? It's just that this reality we were taught and born into has gained power. It's obvious if we think outside the box that forces without the best intentions in mind took over. The pineal gland which is very important for psychic awareness is larger in children and starts to diminish during puberty...that's when we start becoming part of the "real" world, but in truth it's only a reality where every being in it is bound by its limitations.

[Focus Driblet]

Originally Posted by elucidate

Kids are naturally open and it is only the messages they receive from adults as they grow, telling them that anything of this nature is merely 'imagination' and they are making it up, and if they talk like that people will think they are crazy!

We are conditioned to fear being thought of as crazy in society, and the more we grow, the more kids shut down their natural abilities, to fit in.

It's incredibly sad, BUT, there is always the possibility that they will, at some stage of their adult life, be prompted to investigate this world and discover they were right all along, and it was all just a lie! Their abilities are still there underneath it all, and can be re-nurtured.

Not many do though.

The good news is though, that there are quite a few parents raising their kids to trust their natural abilities and not imposing this crap on them any more, so whilst the majority will go on covering what they know to be true over with lies, some will never have to doubt that their abilities are valid.

This is what I believe, too.