The World of Psychics: Hay House Psychics on the Topics that Matter Most

By David Wells and Gordon Smith

Learn how to improve a host of psychic abilities with this free guide, featuring some of Hay House's bestselling mediums and psychics.

There are many tools and techniques you can employ to begin developing your sixth-sensory perception and understanding psychic phenomena; this free book features some of the best advice for implementing it, from psychics and mediums with an amazing track record.

The World of Psychics ebook will tell you about:

• How to Develop Psychic Abilities – Heidi Sawyer

• What the Afterlife is like – Gordon Smith

• Heaven for Dogs – Talking with Dead Pets – John Holland

• The Meaning of Tarot Cards – David Wells

• Understanding Skeptics and Cynics – Lisa Williams

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Nov 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781781803783

David Wells

David Wells was the British under-21 chess champion in 1961, and for many years he was puzzle editor of Games & Puzzles magazine. His books include The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Puzzles.

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Contents

Heidi Sawyer on Developing Psychic Abilities

Gordon Smith on What is the Afterlife?

John Holland on Heaven for Dogs

David Wells on The Meaning of Tarot Cards

Lisa Williams on Skeptics and Cynics

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Developing Psychic Abilities

Heidi Sawyer

I remember distinctly the first psychic-development class I attended. The room was filled with very friendly people from all walks of life. As the class began people were describing experiences I could immediately recognize and understand. Here was a whole room full of people openly talking about all those things that my mother had previously criticized me for discussing even with just her! I felt at home.

The number-one part of the process of psychic development, the most fundamental and essential starting point, are an openness and willingness to learn. Like anything in life, those who believe they know it all, those who answer questions with a volley of ‘yes, buts’, actually develop slowest. I believe it is because the ‘lower self’, or personality, is dictating their progress rather than allowing themselves to trust the higher mind. Those who are open and willing, even if they have no previous experience of psychic development, progress very quickly and are a delight to work with.

When I attended that first psychic-development class I knew nothing about the subject. All I knew was that I had had experiences that I wanted explained. I went in with an open mind, but to be truthful I was expecting an event full of slightly ‘far out’ people. What I saw was a group of wonderful, normal people in a class led by an unbelievably normal woman. This environment made it very safe for me to allow my curiosity to run wild.

Curiosity About Psychic Development

The most psychic people I know are extremely curious. They are curious about people, situations and how a person’s life turns out. They also have a brilliant memory for people and their lives. The name of a person is extremely important. People love for you to remember their name, and I believe it is a very polite and easy thing to do. I have noticed that those who remember names and have a deep curiosity turn out to be very good psychics and mediums. The reason why this is so is unclear, but I believe it’s because those developing their sixth sense have a naturally empathetic inclination and a strong interest in people’s lives. This makes them a sponge for information, both spoken and unspoken. I may go for years without speaking to or seeing a person who has asked for my help or for a reading, but in the majority of cases when they re-contact me every detail of that person’s life or the reading I gave will pop into my head. It will run like a movie through my head. The names, the images and the places will often immediately re-ignite in my third eye. Then curiosity drives me forward into the next part of their lives with which they require guidance.

Developing curiosity is simple. For you it may be natural and something that requires little effort. For others it may well be something that needs a little stimulation. When I was first developing my psychic skills I would gaze at people as I travelled on the train to university. I would wonder what their lives were like, imagining their interests, their goals in life and what they wished for. I never knew if I was right because, obviously, I never asked them, but I would have a stream of images passing through my head, along with a bundle of feelings passing through my solar plexus. I would use these as ‘practice’, as a way of recognizing how to match images with emotions. What I practised on the train I’d then take into my learning environment, and when I would link into things I was asked to link into I’d find the information would start up in exactly the same way as when I practised on the train. The way I learned to develop my curiosity won’t work for everyone, for nothing scared me. If you are very sensitive, however, practising on people in your environment may not be for you. Also, when you do link into strangers, consider their privacy. I only chose to link into the parts of their psyche that they were willing to share.

A Deepened Interest in the Unseen

A strong interest in the unseen is an obvious sign of someone with a psychic ability beyond the everyday levels of instinct most people have. The reason for this interest in the unseen arises because part of our psyche wishes to open up and become more aware of the unseen energies that exist in our environment. I believe it is also linked to a natural part of the evolutionary process. We have learned how to produce goods and provide a roof over our heads. The next part of human development is to expand the capability of our minds. Such things as technology and the Internet are intangible; you can’t feel them but you can see the end result. For continued development into something as miraculous as technological breakthroughs, the mind needs to expand. A deepened interest in the unseen allows for people to open up into an arena not accessed before and to reach a level of creativity beyond our present perception.

An Increase in Coincidence

There is a distinct increase in positive coincidence and being in the right place at the right time. For most people this increases steadily from the beginning of their psychic-development process through to the day they leave the planet. An increase in our ability to accept both inner and outer guidance accounts for this change. As we become more trusting of the process, our ability to manifest what we want in life becomes a normal event. This can mean anything from manifesting a box of tissues when you need them to receiving a new car without much effort.

When I was new to psychic development I remember standing outside a hotel in London waiting for a taxi. Manifesting was also something I was not used to. Usually, like everyone else, most of what I wanted either eluded me or I had to wait ages for it. Outside the hotel on a freezing winter evening, taxis were in short supply. I looked across at a brand new chauffeur-driven Bentley as the passengers left their car, and wondered what it would be like to get home in a taxi that was a Bentley. At that instant, the driver got out of the car and popped his head over the roof. He was dressed from head to foot in a chauffeur’s uniform, including the hat. He called over to me, ‘Would you like a lift home?’ Looking around, checking that he was talking to me, I said, ‘Yes, please.’ The woman standing next to me happened to live the next street away from me, so we both hopped into the Bentley. I can still remember, even now, thinking, ‘Why on earth is this man being so kind, driving us 20 miles out of his way?’ Some call it luck. I call it manifesting.

Indeed, manifesting is extraordinary when it works in its most elaborate form. I did not ask anyone for anything; I simply wondered, while bored, freezing and waiting for a taxi, what it would be like to go home in a Bentley. As the stagnant energy disperses, manifesting can be only a thought away.

Everything Goes Quiet, Then Starts Up Again

Many people have commented over the years that they can experience a huge amount of psychic activity followed by a ‘slump’ or a desire to steer clear of it because it’s all a bit much. My advice is, if you have been having a lot of unsettling psychic experiences, the best thing you can do to make it settle down is to take an interest in it. The more you understand something, the less frightened you become. For those who naturally and spontaneously ‘open up’, it is important you grasp the process of it all. This is so you can choose and discern the types of energy you wish to channel. Many people in the early days of their psychic development make the mistake of thinking that if spirits talk to them, or if they receive messages for other people, then they must pass them on or accept visits from ghostly strangers in the middle of the night simply because they have this ‘gift’. It is not