Can I be psychic, but still be a child of God?

People have a tendency to confuse God with religion. People also have a tendency to confuse the term psychic' with the act of fortune-telling. The term God,' as defined by our trusty Merriam-Webster dictionary is the supreme or ultimate reality. We are all God's children, as we are all creations of that supreme reality. As such, we are each individual pieces of a whole, and since we come from an origin that is defined as supreme and ultimate, we then are each, by nature, instilled with the ability to use, work from, and live by the characteristics of that ultimate reality. Read the entire article here

How to Make a Decision Using Your Body and Kinesiology

Your body has an energy field, and this energy field acts and reacts towards all other fields of energy, thought and event. Kinesiology is the focus of how the body functions and moves. There are a few muscle tests, and body tests, that can be used to help you make a decision, based upon your own internal reactions in your energy field. Making a proper decision has never been easier! Read on...

One way to make a decision using your body is called the 'Sway Test.' Stand up and relax your shoulders and your knees. In order to get you used to this, so you can see the accurate results, is to start with a Yes or No question that you know the answer to. Say out loud, 'My Name is _______' (of course, inserting your own name.) You should feel your body sway slightly forward. Now when you say out loud, 'My Name is ________' and you say a name that is not your own, you should sway slightly backwards. Practice until you can notice the sway. It may take a few times. Once you're swaying appropriately, you can ask any number of yes or no questions, make statements, or even find out which products are healthiest for your body. Try it out next time you're at the store. Hold certain foods in your hand and see which way your body sways. This will give you excellent insight into which foods your body wants, and which foods to avoid.

Another way to make a decision using your body's natural reactive properties, is Finger Dowsing. Simply, make a circle with your index finger and thumb. Again, you may want to test this with the 'my name is' from above. Once you see the differences between true and false, again you can ask any series of yes or no questions, or make statements to see the results. If YES, your fingers will remain locked together. If NO, you'll notice your strength is reduced and your fingers will open slightly to all the way.

Another form of dowsing is used by rubbing your hand across any smooth surface, or rubbing your hands together. Choose one of these to test. Think YES in your mind and rub the surface, or your hands. You should notice a 'smooth' action. Think NO in your mind, and you should notice a more 'sticky' surface. You may have to do this a couple of times to notice the subtle change. Once you discover the difference between 'smooth' and 'sticky,' this is a surprisingly accurate means to an answer.

There are also many tools and other methods used for dowsing. A simple search on Google for keywords dowsing, kinesiology, and/or muscle testing should provide you with many informative results.

Dowsing and body work takes a bit of practice and patience. Some people may find consistency much more quickly than others. With proper use and an open mind, any of the above methods, in addition to other methods of dowsing and muscle testing, can become a very reliable method of living the healthiest life possible.

How to Communicate with a Psychic Pet

If you have ever had pets, you might wonder if your pets are psychic. We hear stories about how pets save their owners by dialing telephones, and dragging them from the raging flames of a fire. When people move or change residences, pets will sometimes turn up at their old homes, as far away as thousands of miles. Your pets can even sense when you're getting ready to leave for vacation. So, is your pet psychic?

It seems easy for some people to believe that pets are psychic. In fact, every living thing has a connection with the universal source, and with each other. Some people and pets are more in tune with this connection, therefore, for those, it's easier to see, hear, and feel with this sixth sense. The first thing to do to develop your psychic and spiritual connection with your pet is talk. Talk to your pet however makes you most comfortable. If you already do this; great! Pets love attention, and affection just as much as humans do. By speaking to your animals, you are showing them that you love and care for them, and this will make them more comfortable with you.

Once you are comfortable with the level of verbal communication, you might start to pay attention to your pet's behavior. Pets will act certain ways, and hold their bodies at certain postures, to communicate different thoughts and feelings. After a time of assessing these clues from your pet, you will start to notice a pattern, and be better equipped to make sense of it. For example: if your cat's tail is straight up, this usually means your cat is relaxed and happy. Another example is the position of your dogs ears. You already know that if your dogs' ears are perked, that they are using their heightened listening skills to hear something that you're maybe not able to hear. Watching a pet's body language can be very telling, and can get you closer to gaining the ability to communicate by psychic means.

It is possible to communicate telepathically with your pet. It is also possible to gain better understanding of your pet's particular way of communicating by sitting quietly and close with your pet. While you are both calm and relaxed, you might notice any number of sensations. These sensations could come in the form of colors, smells, or blocks of thought.

Keep in mind that your imagination can help you along. Even if you have a thought that seems silly, think about how 'out of the blue' it might be, and try to piece together how it might refer to a message from your pet. Once you practice a bit, you will understand how your particular pet likes to communicate, and you'll be better able to understand and care for the particular needs of each pet.

It is also possible that pets that pass on will attempt to communicate with you. If you've never experienced this, don't rule it out. Many people have reported seeing their pets as 'ghosts' long after they have passed. Depending upon the strength of your relationship with a particular pet, you may notice similar traits in a new pet. This could be a sign that your beloved pet has reincarnated to be with you once again. Don't rule this out either. It's a very real possibility.

In any case, all your pets look to you for support and love. If the best you can do is provide a warm, loving, healthy environment for your pets, they will be perfectly satisfied. Psychic communications are simply another way for you to connect with your pets.

Anyone ever told you you're too sensitive?

This post is at the askShar.com forums, on the free boards. Feel free to reply here on blogspot, or at the forums. As a note, the askShar forums have a special running until the end of October. Signup for the paid forums, to get access to psychic readings and dream interpretations! $9.95 for 10 days...check it out. You don't want to miss the fun. On to the post...

I've been hearing that my whole life. I'm too sensitive. I cry too much. Blah blah blah. Unfortunately, because of all the harrassment, I moved further into the 'cold as ice' category! However, great as I've become at hiding behind a wall, I still feel everything. I'm starting to realize that this may be a gift, not a curse! Though, in order for this gift to realize it's full potential, I realize I've got some work to do.

A little background: I've discovered that I'm very sensitive to other people's feelings. When someone is upset or angry around me, whether it's AT me or at another situation that doesn't even involve me, I still feel pressure from those feelings. It's almost like it changes my entire cosmic make-up. I'm not sure if I feel like I need to do something to make those feelings go away, or what, but I feel some connection and responsibility to other people's feelings. It's a physical feeling inside my body. Does this happen to you? Throughout my life, I've not been aware of what this is about, so it's been misused and created some ill feelings for others and myself. I never knew how to explain it, or deal with it, so it always came out wrong, and inevitably made people around me feel even worse. I've always just wanted to help people through whatever they are feeling, cause I feel it too!!!!!

So, my questions are these: Does this have anything to do with being an empath? And, if so, how can I channel this ill feeling into something constructive for the person I'm feeling it from, and for myself?

Bending Spoons with Telekinesis

Okay, so today I learned about bending spoons. Surely you've heard of such a thing! This process is called Telekinesis or Psychokinesis, and is the process of direct influence of the mind on a physical system, ie: bending spoons! I read a little about it and then announced to my husband that I was off to bend a spoon. My husband is full of energy and crazy information, to the point where he can put a hand on an ache of mine and it immediately goes away, or tickly our son's feet without touching them. And he's not even trying to do this stuff. So I knew immediately that he'd be able to bend a spoon!

I went off to the bedroom to focus on my spoon. Meanwhile, I hear him out in the living room watching a YouTube video about bending spoons. LOL! About 10 minutes later, he comes into the bedroom and presents to me, a spoon wound, and tightly coiled around itself about 4 times. He grabs the (unbent) spoon from my hand, being the abrupt and mischevious person that he is, and proceeds to do it again, right in front of my face. Unbelieveable! ...and totally awesome!

He's done three now, and I haven't done one. I'm still working on it! As soon as I get batteries for my camera, I'll post a picture of the three he bent. Meanwhile, I'd like to hear your stories on Telekinesis (TK) or Psychokinesis (PK). And if you'd like more information, check out this YouTube Video

Contact with Spirits? Clairaudience?

My reason for this post is three-fold. I would like to catch interest of people who might already be in contact with spirits, people who have always wanted to be able to contact spirits, and people who might have already heard from spirits, but just don't know it yet. I had an experience the other night that was thrilling and freaky and odd, all at the same time.

I was lying in bed, preparing for sleep by reading a book, as always. The material I was reading was spiritual in nature, but only general. I was reading away and suddenly realized that a sound had just passed through my mind. I had originally disregared it, as I realized I have done my whole life, as something that just happens in the mind as it's falling asleep. I was quite awake, however, so this explanation didn't really apply. I have been ignoring signs of a psychic nature my whole life, as it turns out. I thought they were 'normal' and therefore must happen to anybody.

Does this ever happen to you? You're lying in bed and you're almost asleep and a sound jolts you awake, normally making you jump out of your skin. You know, for sure, that this sound came from inside your head, but you don't know what it was or what caused it? You might get out of bed to check the house for intruders anyway, knowing full well that the sound was not of an outside nature?! This happens to me frequently. Usually, it sounds like one of two things; either a fly buzzing by my head, or a box dropping to the floor. Recently, it actually happened to my husband and I simultaneously. I looked over and said, 'Did you hear that?' He was already picking his head up to look around, and replied that he had heard the sound. I did, at that point, get up to check the house, but we both knew it wasn't an 'outside' sound.

The other vivid memory I have of this was as a child. I remember hearing the sound of a train, over and over and over. It got so bad I put the pillow over my head to make it go away, but of course this only worsened the eerie sound, since it was inside my head. I didn't tell my parents or anyone because, though my mother wouldn't have disbelieved me, or thought I was crazy, I thought she wouldn't have known what it was or why it had happened, and I didn't want to risk the feeling of rejection.

This brings me back to my experience the other night. I heard the sound of a voice and, out of habit, immediately dismissed it. Since I've been studying with my friend Shar, it occurred to me that this might be something to pay attention to. When I rewound my thoughts about 3 seconds back, I realized this was in fact a voice; my first recollection of an actual voice. A voice, to me, is much more exciting and worth talking about than just a sound. It was a man's voice and though I cannot remember exactly what he said....good time for a journal beside the bed...it was something like 'I've already done it.' He was sort of shouting, and even though my hairs were standing on end, I attempted to get him to communicate again. He did not.

Upon revealing my situation to Shar, she tapped into her own powers and told me that she believed this person to be alive now, and that I may have been hearing someone who wasn't aware of his own power to communicate. Therefore, when I asked him to continue, he wasn't sure how to do so. She also mentioned that this experience will stay with him, and his life will begin to make positive changes because of it. WOW, I say! That's big stuff.

I haven't had the experience again, but I'll sure keep you up to date when I do. Please, feel free to share your own stories regarding clairaudience and/or contact with other spirits.

Announcing 'My Sister In Spirit'

Shar, is my friend, my sister in spirit, and one of the most amazingly gifted women that I know. She had agreed to partner with the Zany Zodiacs website and open up her vast collection of spiritual connection and 'knowingness' to you, and to all the world. We will be working feverishly over the next couple of weeks to bring Shar before all of you, via her own website, and through the Zany Zodiacs website. We will be creating opportunities for you to speak with us through a varying degree of mediums including chat, email and forum. With the rise of spiritual awakening and focus on consciousness vs. subconscious thinking, brought before you in great and informative ways, such as Oprah's partnership with Eckhart Tolle for the A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, and the via the movie 'The Secret,' we feel like perhaps we could all agree at this point that each of us has a deep, soulful, and undeniable connection to the universe. One of Shar's greatest gifts is pinpointing and helping to grow the unique gifts that each one of us possesses. I am a living testimonial to that, as she has helped me to open up my own. We all have sixth-sense abilities, whether untapped or not, and with a little help, you too can begin to focus and learn and find a whole side to life that you may not have known actually exists. I, myself, have recently gained great knowledge of the operations of the Law of Attraction, and I'm putting that Law of Attraction to work nicely with the creation of Zany Zodiacs! Together, Shar and I hope to bring to light the higher selves, or souls, of each of you, so that we may all collectively live better, happier and more fulfilling lives.

If you have missed Oprah's broadcast of Eckhart Tolle's work, or a viewing of the motion picture 'The Secret,' please find links below of these and some of my other favorite books.