For those of you who are just curious, or are striving to develop your skills, sometimes to read of other people’s psychic development is the way to align what you are experiencing, or are trying to achieve. I am no expert in this field and there are certainly psychic mediums out there far more talented than myself. But what information and knowledge I have gathered, mixed with personal stories of my own fledging attempts may spur you on to persevere with your own understanding and success.

I have searched on the internet over the years and asked ‘psychic’ people I’ve met in person, how does it actually all work? I have found with internet searching the general consensus is ‘to meditate, have patience and it will all come together’. For me that was rather vague and asking for a huge ‘leap of faith’ and commitment. Being a healthy skeptic with a need to know that I wasn’t wasting my time with delusions of gifted grandeur, I still had many burning unanswered questions. The whole business seemed to be shrouded in mystery when it came to the actual details of experience and progression in this field. Maybe that was the ‘key’ to this great mystery, that it is now a good ‘business’ for some, and secrets of their success and confidence were wise to be kept hidden? I have seen new psychics and mediums springing up all over the world wide web over the years, and often wonder how they suddenly appear from nowhere with such confidence in their abilities. Was I just simply lacking the same confidence in myself? How did they get started? How do they know they can give a reading to anyone in the world? Is it right to charge for such efforts? Should I give up my efforts to analyze my quirky experiences and go and get a day job and forget about the whole thing? Did I have a calling? Is this to be my true vocation?
The list goes on, and maybe I am not an ideal candidate to unravel this world of mystery, but embark on this journey I did and there was no turning back.

I have found also that some simply say to trot along to your nearest Spiritualist Church and join a development circle. I did that too, and met some lovely gentle and sincere people and have to agree with their motto of “there is no death.” This fitted perfectly with what I suspected but feared to say. I think of my Mother in law who passed over more than a year ago. She loved her husband dearly, who passed before her many years earlier, right up until her own passing. Surely a love like that cannot just suddenly cease at her passing? Is it ‘love’ itself that carries on, or does the person whom it is connected to carry on with that love as well? Also when I think of all the knowledge we amass over the years and lessons we learn in our lifetime, what is the point to it all if its all stops at the point of death? Surely this is such a waste? I am nearing the penultimate question; what is the purpose to life? I have joined many organized religions in my search for answers and have found threads of similarities, but it is with the Spiritualist Church that I was readily given answers and confirmation so freely to some of my questions. So if you want answers in this area I highly recommend joining this ‘religion’, and if you want to also develop any mediumistic skills, there too you will not be disappointed. They offer freely their knowledge and you get to see live guest mediums every week. I did find however for me they have a set agenda and would work at their own pace. Maybe that was just the church I was attending? I remember being sat in a ‘Psychometry Workshop’ and was told that hopefully, eventually, after a few sessions, I may see some pictures in my minds eye, coming from the object I was reading. As I listened to the experts convey their impressions by the time it was my turn I felt I didn’t dare say that I had heaps of them and the clarifications all lined up ready to go. How could I be so forward, this was a place of peace and humility and I felt it inappropriate to ‘blow my own trumpet’ too loudly at such an early stage of my development? I already had ‘pictures’ in my head daily, but knew I was labeled the ‘newbie’ here, and acted accordingly. I could not go down that road of having to prove myself, and felt almost like it was taking two steps back for me personally. Perhaps I was simply being too impatient, and still advocate that for most this is an excellent place to develop. What I needed was answers to what I was already able to do?

In my time I have also booked a couple of personal readings, and when I got there would be honest and say that I didn’t feel a need for a personal direction reading. I was really after guidance in this field and would like to discuss how they work and find out if the things I could do were the same? I think I was after a sort of ‘workshop’ discussion session and was willing to pay for their time. Surprise, surprise I was met with different explanations about how they could only work for someone in need and seeking guidance. Well I wanted guidance too! Another thing I was told was that ‘it wasn’t my time yet’. Not my time for what? Also I was told I was too difficult to read and perhaps I should come back another time when I was really seeking. They took my money though with the explanation that they had still ‘prepared’ for my session and so that needed to be paid for. No worries, I got the picture, its obvious ‘self development’ is taboo, and woe betides those with a curious mind. My heart sank and I felt I was up against a brick wall. Perhaps I need to learn patience and wait for that wonderful enlightenment to pour upon me. Maybe the things I could do were not anything at all? And maybe I needed to become really religious and then find my answers from the Almighty himself? Maybe I just hadn’t been chosen? How could I ever know? I decided to accept that I could just do what I could do, and not try to give it a label, seek confirmation from anyone, and do what I could to help others whether they knew I was ‘seeing my pictures’ or not. I couldn’t stop being me, but could give up my search for answers. And so it was for a while, but little did I know how events would lead me to meeting a ‘teacher’ who was willing to guide me and make me experiment with all these wonderful abilities. That is another story!

And so with a complete willingness to share my experiences, explain how things happened and how I felt, give advice and encouragement, I hope to shed some light on this mysterious profession that I had so much trouble in finding information on. There are books and websites out there all telling you to do this or that, but not a lot of information available of what to expect, how it may start, how to recognize your development and also let you think for yourself and trust in what you can do. I hope to create pages full of encouragement, make myself available for even the smallest of questions, be honest with you and willingly impart my own psychic wisdom.

They are my own opinions of tried and tested methods that have worked for me. If you can take one vital scrap of information that is the 'missing piece to your jigsaw' then I will have succeeded in helping others on their path of development in this field. In that way I feel I can ‘pay it forward’ and hope you enjoy browsing through this site.

Enjoy!

Jacqui