MarlanaOne of my readers brought up, that feeling of being stuck knowing, at some level, that these gifts are real, and wanting to hide them from everyone, all at the same time. That dilemma is one that I allowed to keep me blocked for years. I truly thought there weren’t others like me. I really thought I could never find people who thought like I did because the only people I knew at that time were people who scoffed at “woo woo” stuff.
I began to meet people who didn’t laugh at me and in fact understood and supported me to just be open to those strange ideas and sensations. Now, many years later, my world, my network of friends, is almost totally made up of people who, at the very least, refrain from judging me to my face. Most of my friends are like me and we just love talking about and even playing with our spiritual gifts.
I cannot emphasize enough, the need, not just desire, but the need for supportive friends. To begin to shape your world into a world that will support your growth you may need to find new friends. You may need to get courageous and let your current friends and family know that you need their support. If they can’t support you to go after your psychic or intuitive abilities, then at least they may be able to simply support you to grow in whatever way makes sense to you. That can be liberating in itself.
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Tags: Psychic, psychic abilities, psychic development, psychic gifts, support network
I am really fortunate to have friends that accept my talk of my gifts. Back when I was barely exploring the inkling of it (before my Reiki attunements and everything) I was talking to my oldest friend and I very carefully mentioned it to her–so afraid to share the information. And she lit up! She told me about her grandma’s automatic writing and was completely open and encouraging about it. She is one of my biggest supporters
One of my college roommates, a Lutheran pastor, was very curious and skeptical about Reiki and what it does. She was grilling me on how it conflicts with my (read: her) faith and how to reconcile it. I kind of felt like I was being attacked about it. But last month, she actually asked me to send Reiki to her dog who was having surgery.
I realize that Reiki isn’t quite the same, but it’s definitely something different and, for me, relies on intuition and on forces outside myself.
I’ve “come out of the closest” so to speak with some work friends as well, completely by accident. That was a little tough. Sitting at a table with people that I consider VERY skeptical, when one of them mentions seeing me one day and asked me where I was coming from. It happened to be a class on automatic writing. *blush* So I nervously explained all that to them and went on to talk about Reiki and some other experiences I’ve had and how I was led to that class. Turns out the woman that was asking me about it, has had some very powerful psychic experiences as well… The skeptics at the table haven’t talked to me about anything like that, but they still talk to me about everything else,
I am thankful to have accepting friends in my life. I believe that they are sprinkled throughout my path. It’s up to me to have the courage to live authentically and open up to them. (another thing that I’m struggling with
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