When I was a child I could read people’s minds. I usually knew what people were thinking. All people who interacted with me. Adults or children.
I was a mindreader.
I saw their motives. I saw their agendas. It was all very clear to me when I was a child.
This was a big and I do mean HUGE concern, mostly because I didn’t want them to read MY mind!
Of course as I grew up, I remained strongly intuitive but adult logic (ha!) told me that I wasn’t really reading their minds.
Well, truth is, I was.
And still can.
And don’t even get me started on how I can smell a lie almost instantly.
This came to mind the other day when I had interactions with two different people.
The first person, I don’t know well but I am in their presence fairly often. I knew almost immediately that they didn’t like me. Nothing overt at all. No sign that anyone else would notice.
I just picked up that vibe. No question about it.
What’s interesting is that we have very little interaction. But when we do interact, it’s clear to me. Ping! Ping! Ping!
The second is someone I know well. They (or a family member) obviously have an issue with me or us. On the surface, all looks well –we look close, even. Now, I’m pretty sure the culprit is a family member. But they may not be the only “culprit.”—the vibe coming off some of our interaction is clear. I feel them, I get them, and I have no question about them.
I know what they mean.
I am, after all, a mindreader.
My judgment about people is usually right on the money—if I don’t get in my own way. Which I can do and have done, many times. Oh yes, I can be in super-denial when I don’t want to believe something.
But when it comes to the vibe? Very clear.
The other day someone did nothing and from thousands of miles away I knew there was something up. I could feel it. There was no obvious communication at all. But I got a vibe and I was correct.
Not long ago I had a reading with an excellent medium, who blurted out, “You can do this, you know. It runs in your family a bit.”
I demurred.
She insisted. “You just need to get out of your own way.”
This is not the first time I’ve heard this. Once, in my 20s, a psychic met me and said “the hair’s standing up on my arms–you have this power!” Yeah, yeah, sure. I shrugged it off.
Like I said. I do get in my own way. But I’m learning how to pay better attention to the signs.
And so, when someone promoting a course in mediumship said in his spiel, “I’ll teach you how to get out of your own way,” I got the message. Because I’d just heard it from another completely unrelated medium.
That’s how I find myself in a course that teaches mediumship.
I’m big believer that the Universe is always at work directing us. I might not know the destination (well, we all know the ultimate destination) but I do know when I’m being directed to get on the bus.
I’m on it.
Oh and BTW, if you think you are being referred to in this piece, you should know that I might have written this a few months ago. Or just today. So you might not be that person at all.
I firmly believe that each of us are given gifts. What a special, precious gift you have been given! To be able to sense the inner thoughts that the rest of us have to guess at (or wait until a person’s actions betray them)! I am a little in awe of you and grateful to have such a person as a friend. When things get crazy in the world (as they are now!), I start to think maybe I’M the crazy one. Then I read your insights and it calms me.
Thank you!
Not surprised at all, Carol. You strike me as very intuitive. I’ve also gotten those vibes, even from people I didn’t know well, which feels strange. To quote John Lennon, “They just don’t like me face.” Other people click instantly.
I too am directed as to when to get on & off the bus. All I have to do is listen. Sometimes easier said than done, and some lessons are learned thru repetition. Thank you for walking through this one with me.
Well, isn’t THAT interesting? A topic for our next meetup. There were many blessings associated with my Aris affiliations but one that I am most grateful for is our ongoing friendship and ability to meet up regardless of geography & other situations. Love to you, Paddy. xo
This is timely. I was told I was a strongly clairvoyanta very long time ago. But I subconsciously hide it for some reason for fear of being ridiculed. Every now and then I get a strong reading I can’t ignore. Sometimes actually act on it with surprising results. Just recently I was asked to think about developing that side of me. I hesitate but the push is quite strong.
So weird, Carol. This post is in my junk mail which it randomly goes to, not often but sometimes. I was just scrolling through before cleaning out junk and, intrigued by the title, read your post with a smile. Earlier today on my college girls’ chat thread (we were just together for a little spring break) one posted this link which we were all feeling could have been written exactly precisely about our little troupe. I think it applies to you and me, as well. Love you, miss you. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DElNVfASK-x/?igsh=Z3pndW1ibTd3djc3
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I firmly believe that each of us are given gifts. What a special, precious gift you have been given! To be able to sense the inner thoughts that the rest of us have to guess at (or wait until a person’s actions betray them)! I am a little in awe of you and grateful to have such a person as a friend. When things get crazy in the world (as they are now!), I start to think maybe I’M the crazy one. Then I read your insights and it calms me.
Thank you!
How sweet you are! Well, I think we all have this power. And I would bet you have it, too! I am full of admiration for your gifts, as well.
Not surprised at all, Carol. You strike me as very intuitive. I’ve also gotten those vibes, even from people I didn’t know well, which feels strange. To quote John Lennon, “They just don’t like me face.” Other people click instantly.
That’s cool–and also, isn’t it strange to get that reading? We should discuss this!!
I too am directed as to when to get on & off the bus. All I have to do is listen. Sometimes easier said than done, and some lessons are learned thru repetition. Thank you for walking through this one with me.
Well, isn’t THAT interesting? A topic for our next meetup. There were many blessings associated with my Aris affiliations but one that I am most grateful for is our ongoing friendship and ability to meet up regardless of geography & other situations. Love to you, Paddy. xo
This is timely. I was told I was a strongly clairvoyanta very long time ago. But I subconsciously hide it for some reason for fear of being ridiculed. Every now and then I get a strong reading I can’t ignore. Sometimes actually act on it with surprising results. Just recently I was asked to think about developing that side of me. I hesitate but the push is quite strong.
So weird, Carol. This post is in my junk mail which it randomly goes to, not often but sometimes. I was just scrolling through before cleaning out junk and, intrigued by the title, read your post with a smile. Earlier today on my college girls’ chat thread (we were just together for a little spring break) one posted this link which we were all feeling could have been written exactly precisely about our little troupe. I think it applies to you and me, as well. Love you, miss you. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DElNVfASK-x/?igsh=Z3pndW1ibTd3djc3
Always lve to think of you on the other end of this screen, Shel. xoc
I’m intuitive, which is helpful sometimes.
I love knowing this about you, Rita!