5 Ways to Harness Your Sixth Sense
Intuition defined as “into the soul” is a natural gift we are all born with. It’s an inner guide, gut feeling, or sixth sense. My personal belief is that we all have an intuition, yet some of us may be more sensitive to it than others. It interacts with us on a daily basis with every experience from making a major life decision to deciding what product is better to purchase.
Have you ever walked into a bookstore and felt drawn to a book for no reason? You check it out and realize it’s exactly the type of book you need at this moment in your life. Or met someone and instantly felt a connection but couldn’t figure out why? This is your intuition guiding you to people, places, and experiences meant for your soul’s growth and expansion.
Intuition also helps us avoid specific situations, people, and decisions. For example, going on a date for the first time and getting a bad vibe about the person. That “bad vibe” is you sensing that person’s energy. Perhaps later you find out why you didn’t get the greatest feeling about the person.
We receive good and bad vibes all day in our work environments, personal relationships, family, health matters, and more. Intuitive impressions help us with major life decisions and also prepare and inform of us things to come or things that have passed.
So how can you begin to harness your intuition? The following are five suggested tips:
- Energy sensing
I attended a one-day workshop with James Van Praagh in New Jersey and he had us practice sensing each other’s energy centers or chakras with our hands. It was a really powerful way to intuitively sense information about someone spiritually, mentally and emotionally.
Energy sensing is a simple technique and one you can practice with yourself or with another person. Get into a calm meditative state. When you feel more relaxed, bring your awareness to your heart center. Notice how your heart feels. Pay attention to any feelings, colors, blockages that may arise. You can practice this with other chakra centers as well such as the throat, third eye or solar plexus.
Becoming more aware of energy allows you to be sensitive and open to new information.
Watch Spirit Talk: Auras and Energy{.inline-media .inline-video} with James Van Praagh to be guided through an energy-sensing exercise.
- Meditation
Meditation is a tried and true technique to tap into your inner wisdom and communicate with your higher self or a spirit guide. It not only helps with stress relief but also opens the door to your intuition. A simple meditation technique is concentrating on your breath for 5 minutes or repeating a mantra such as “Om Shanti,” which means inner peace in your mind.
If you lack focus and concentration while being still, I suggest doing a walking meditation like walking in the park and taking in the sounds and smells of the season. You can also create, write, or do anything that brings peace and stillness to your mind.
- Signs & Symbols
Begin to notice repeating signs, symbols, or numbers in your environment. This may be a message from the universe, spirit guide, or your intuition guiding you or showing you something. For the longest time, I saw the numbers 1212 everywhere and took that as a sign of transformation and higher knowledge. You can interpret the sign as what you feel it may mean. Also notice how you feel or what you are thinking about when you see the sign as a potential way to interpret it.
- Quiet Time & Checking In
Set aside time each day for 10-15 minutes to turn off all electronics, check out from life, and tune into yourself. During this time, notice how you feel emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. You can pose a question to yourself about a particular concern such as “Is this career transition right for me?” Notice what feelings, emotions, or impressions arise. Write down what you experienced and practice this throughout the week at the end of your day.
- Dreams
In our dream state we are open and highly receptive to connecting with our intuition. Start to keep a dream journal or take notes in your phone of the dreams you have. Pay attention to recuring themes, symbols, or feelings you experience in them.
Also, feel free to concentrate on a concern or question at night before you go to bed. The next morning write down what you received if anything. Be patient as this exercise doesn’t always work immediately. You may also want to get some crystals for dreaming to help enhance your connection. Place them under your pillow at night before you fall asleep.
Practice each tip and see what resonates with you. You may also develop your own practices and methods that work for you with each. Build, expand, and let your intuition guide you.
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What Is Telepathy? Learn How to Develop This Psychic Ability
Telepathy is the ability to transmit thoughts, emotions, or mental images between two or more people without using physical means. Although historically it has been associated with science fiction, it is a skill that is part of human psychic potential. In this article, we explore what telepathy is, how it works between people, and what is needed to begin developing it consciously.
Table of Contents
- What Is Telepathy?
- How Does Telepathy Work Between People?
- Telepathy in Love: Connection Beyond Words
- Ways of Receiving Telepathic Information
- Extraterrestrial Communication Through Telepathy
- Can Everyone Experience Telepathy?
- How to Consciously Develop Telepathy
What Is Telepathy?
Telepathy is defined as direct mental communication between individuals, without the intervention of conventional senses. It is a type of extrasensory perception that manifests as the immediate transfer of thoughts, emotions, or information, beyond any verbal or bodily language.
This ability has been recognized and cultivated in spiritual traditions around the world, from indigenous cultures to Eastern philosophical systems. For these traditions, the mind is not limited to the body but acts as a frequency that connects with other minds when they align in resonance. Telepathy is not a supernatural phenomenon but a natural function of the human being that can be developed with practice and awareness.
In modern contexts, telepathy has been the subject of studies within parapsychology. Although conventional science does not yet provide a conclusive explanation, controlled experiments have shown that nonverbal information transfer does occur, especially when there is a strong emotional or energetic connection between participants.
How Does Telepathy Work Between People?
Telepathy operates through a shared mental field, which is not limited by space or time. People most prone to telepathic experiences are often emotionally connected, such as close family members, couples, or intimate friends. In these bonds, thoughts and feelings flow more easily due to emotional and energetic attunement.
This type of communication occurs when two minds enter into resonance, that is, when they vibrate at a similar frequency. It is not necessary for both people to be aware of the process; it is enough that there is a natural openness or a clear intention to connect mentally. The quality of the bond, more than physical distance, is what determines the intensity of the exchange.
The key for telepathy to occur is mental state. Situations of calm, meditation, or deep relaxation facilitate telepathic reception. When the mind quiets and attention turns inward, it becomes more receptive to information coming from other planes of perception, including the mental emissions of other people.
Telepathy in Love: Connection Beyond Words
When there is a deep emotional bond, it is possible that the mental connection between two people is activated spontaneously. In romantic relationships, this telepathic communication manifests as silent understanding, constant emotional synchronicity, or an intense feeling of knowing what the other person feels or thinks, even at a distance. It is an experience that transcends language and is lived as a shared inner presence.
This type of connection often intensifies in moments of emotional urgency, danger, or physical separation. Many people report having felt sudden anguish or an emotion precisely when their partner was going through a difficult situation, even though they had no way of knowing it. The explanation does not lie in coincidence but in the energetic resonance between two deeply connected minds.
Loving telepathy is strengthened through intimacy, empathy, and time shared together. It does not require complex rituals or extraordinary states of consciousness, but rather conscious attention to the other person and genuine emotional openness. When both people are in tune, information flows effortlessly, creating an invisible network that sustains the bond beyond words.
Ways of Receiving Telepathic Information
Telepathic information is not always perceived in the same way. Each person has perception channels that are more active than others, and the information may arrive through different pathways depending on context, level of sensitivity, or type of connection with the other mind.
- Mental images: Information comes in the form of scenes, symbols, or internal visual figures. They often appear suddenly and are accompanied by a sense of certainty.
- Spontaneous thoughts: They arise as clear ideas that do not come from logical reasoning. They are perceived as mental messages from outside that break into one’s own mind.
- Telepathic dreams: During sleep, especially in deep phases, it is common to receive messages from others. These dreams are usually vivid and easy to remember upon waking.
- Physical or emotional sensations: Sometimes the body acts as a receiver and manifests discomfort, joy, or emotional pressure corresponding to another person’s state. These sensations appear without any apparent cause.
- Internal words or phrases: Some people mentally hear specific words or short phrases that convey direct information. It is a form of telepathy that is clear and internally verbalized.
Extraterrestrial Communication Through Telepathy
Telepathy is not limited to the human realm. Contactees, ex-military personnel involved in classified programs, and numerous UFO researchers claim that extraterrestrial beings use telepathy as their main means of communication. Unlike articulated language, mental transfer allows immediate, direct, and universal understanding without misunderstandings or cultural barriers.
Those who have had close encounters describe how messages are received with absolute clarity, often accompanied by mental images and emotional sensations that reinforce the content. This type of contact does not occur randomly but when there is an inner disposition and an elevated state of consciousness on the part of the human being. For this reason, many of these encounters take place in meditative states, lucid dreams, or moments of deep silence.
In the series Cosmic Disclosure, available on Gaia, these experiences are explored in depth. In the episode “E.T. Telepathy” researcher Clifford Stone recounts his encounters with beings from other worlds and how he managed to establish telepathic communication with them. The series offers a direct look at this phenomenon through the testimonies of those who have experienced these contacts in a real and conscious way.
Can Everyone Experience Telepathy?
In general, all human beings have the ability to experience telepathy. It is not an exclusive gift, but a natural skill that is part of the latent psychic potential within human consciousness. Like any other faculty, it requires attention, practice, and willingness to be developed.
Although some people seem to have a more refined sensitivity from an early age, this does not imply a limitation for those who have not had telepathic experiences before. Constant practice and the cultivation of inner perception make it possible to activate this ability at any stage of life. The key is learning to recognize the subtle signs that indicate a mental connection with another person.
Telepathy does not always manifest in spectacular ways. It often appears as a sudden certainty, a thought that coincides with another’s, or a clear sense of knowing something the other has not yet said. Learning to trust these impressions and to distinguish genuine perception from mental noise is a fundamental part of the process.
How to Consciously Develop Telepathy
To develop telepathy consciously means training the mind to become more receptive, clear, and focused. It is not enough to simply wish for it: it is necessary to cultivate inner attention and create the right conditions for this ability to manifest.
- Daily meditation: Quieting the mind is essential to pick up subtle mental signals. A consistent practice improves receptivity and focus.
- Shared visualization: Practice with another person by mentally imagining an image or word and asking them to receive it. This trains both telepathic sending and receiving.
- Inner listening: Pay attention to thoughts that seem to have no personal origin. Many times, they are real perceptions coming from others.
- Conscious emotional bond: Strengthen your ties with close people through empathy and presence. Deep emotional connections favor spontaneous telepathy.
- Experience journal: Keep a diary of mental coincidences, shared dreams, or synchronized thoughts. This helps you identify patterns and validate progress.
