Everyone is psychic to some degree, some people are just more in-tune with that side of their mind-body-spirit connection. As you open to these 'gifts', Divine forces participate in your growth to test and teach you certain lessons for service and discernment. When this occurs the positive and negative forces (work or fight-take your pick) with us to "shed our vices", to remove the blocks that will inhibit the progression of the "gift". When these lessons are taking place, a persons energy shifts and changes. Some friends maybe at odds with the changes they see in you, and their attachments can deteriorate and fall way The same is true for work situations, or attitudes that you've long held about a particular topic. You're growing during this time, and therefore your perceptions of the world, the world's perception of you, must also grow and change.

The most important lessons to learn and achieve is understand how ego and greed can effect the pure connection to these divine sources. Even the smallest hint can bring the level of vibrational energy down and can possibly allow earthbound and/or negative forces 'attach' to your psychic mind, instead of the higher divine forces that provide the pure information.

Psychic Gifts
There's a mired of psychic gifts and terms to describe those gifts. We have compiled a short list here to help you understand the different types and levels of psychics?

Clair - French prefix meaning Clear.

Clairaudient-

(Clear Audio/Hearing) To perceive sounds or words from sources broadcasting from a spiritual or ethereal realms.

Clairempathy-

(Clear "emotion") To sense or "feel" within one's self, the attitude or emotions of another person.

Clairgustance-

(Clear tasting") 1. To taste a substance without putting anything in the mouth. 2. To perceive the essence of a substance through taste from the spiritual or ethereal realms.

Clairscent-

(Clear Smelling). To smell a fragrance or odor coming from the spirit or ethereal realms.

Clairsentience-

(Clear sensation or feeling) To perceive information by a 'feeling within the whole body" without any outer stimulation.

Clairtangency-

(Clear touching) More commonly known as Psychometry. To handle an object or touch an area and perceive through the palms of one's hands, information about the article or it's owner or history, that was not previously known by the Clairtangent.

Clairvoyant-

(Clear vision) To see into an ethereal dimension without using physical eyes or stimulation. To reach into another vibrational frequency and visually perceive "within the minds eye" something existing in that realm.

Channel-

A person who allows his/her body and mind to be used as a mechanism for the etheric world intelligence to bring psychic information or healing energy to others.

Channeling -

To allow an etheric world intelligence to enter one's mind and impress thoughts upon the consciousness to be spoken aloud, using one's voice, or body to deliver the information or healing energy.

Psychic vs. Channeling
A channel is different than a psychic, in that when one channels they do not interpret the information or energy being received from spirit. It is given to the client just as it is received. Not all psychic's are channels, but all channels are psychic.

As with most things, there are different levels of channeling, each depending on the mission or purpose of the individual in this incarnation. For instance, someone may be in this existence to perform the service of Divine healing. Therefore they are a healing channel. In their own way, they do channel the energy from the divine directly into the body of their client. But unlike a clairaudent channel, they do not "hear" messages.

• The 1st level of channeling is to tap into the higher consciousness of the individual channel.
• The 2nd level is to communicate with the Spirit guides or guidance.
• The 3rd level comes with the Soul Group.
• The 4th level is with the Divine Conscious Mind, God if you will.

Not every channel can reach all these levels, but those that can reach the 3rd for instance, can also reach the 1st and 2nd. This level of channeling brings with it a great responsibility for service to spirit. That service covers things like learning discernment, unconditional love, sharing knowledge, and helping people achieve their own empowerment and enlightenment.

The 4th level brings with it some special energies or lessons for a channel to achieve before this connection is allowed. And not just anyone will be given the opportunity to achieve that level of channeling. 4th Level Channels are also called Multi-Dimensional Channels, because they can reach into multiple dimensions of the God Conscious mind. They reach this 4th level, only through trance and with guidance from the Divine energies. The energy that is sent through the connect is too great for a conscious channel to handle, no matter how powerful or strong they think they are.

The universe is a hierarchy, with laws of balance and order. If these requirements did not exist, then anyone could be a channel just by raising their hand. No spiritual enlightenment, no karmic connections and no wisdom needed. Now would you want to get information about your job, loves, or future from someone who hasn't been prepared by the divine to be a messenger. Let's face it, that is exactly what a channel is, a messenger of spirit.