What does it really mean to 'be psychic'?

This question is what came into my mind when asking myself what to write about today.  My first response is that it means to be aware of one’s soul.  Not only that but also to be mindful of all its associations, connections, and its depth.  That’s a mouthful I suppose and then one cannot begin to understand any of this without knowing what soul ‘is’ in the first place.

Many times I think of the soul as everything that ego is not.  In other words, remove ego and soul is what remains.  But we can’t be on this earth, in this dimension, without ego since it goes without saying (but I will anyway) that without ego and the pretense of an individual identity we’d have great difficulty functioning.  Yet, we can function within ego but hold it lightly; not taking our individual identity too seriously and of course, that includes the roles we play.  I play the role of mother, grandmother, friend, psychic counselor and other roles at times too; yet, in as often as possible (and especially more so as my body ages) my chief self-directive is to maintain the awareness of soul/psyche rather than self-identity. But let me try to stay on topic here and get back to the original question.

What does it mean to be psychic?  It means to have an awareness that is inclusive of associations and connections to energy that is beyond one’s personal self-identification with the energy.  This includes having very little or no judgment or opinion of it since ego identification is minimal.  Meditation helps to expand one’s awareness in such a way as to practice being in this state.

 I don’t believe that included in the definition of what it means to be psychic involves being an all-knowing fortune teller.  I do, however, expect that one’s wisdom developed through life experience and study of spiritual teachings enable interpretation of the energy associations and connections around particular questions such that helpful insight and confident ‘knowing’ to be forthcoming. 

Much more could be written, and most likely has been by much greater minds than my own.  These are just a few thoughts that turned to words, sentences, and paragraphs offered for your consideration and discernment which will perhaps stimulate your own thoughts about the question. 
 

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