No this isn’t a new style of Reiki… at least not that I’m aware of. Psychic Reiki refers to that aspect of Reiki that fosters psychic development as a side effect. I’d like to take a closer look at that here.

Yesterday in my post on Planting Reiki Seeds I spoke of one’s Reiki garden. In this garden there is a plant growing next to one of the trees that is the vine of psychic ability. For some people has yet to manifest and remains a seed under the ground. For others its a very small shoot, while for others it is a vine that climbs up the tree and intertwines with the branches of all the trees, connecting them and passing energetic vibrations between them.

My own take on this psychic ability is that we are all born with some type of psychic abilities, but for most of us we unlearn them at a very young age. First, its important to separate what is psychic and what is not.

What Are NOT Psychic Abilities?

I believe there are certain innate abilities that we s humans have that are not exactly psychic abilities but are often mistaken for them.

In days of old, man had a much greater sense of smell than dogs did and there are some aboriginal tribes in which the people have retained that ability which can be incredibly powerful if one knows how to use it. For example, every emotion has an odor connected to it. Love, hate, interest, disinterest, jealousy, etc., all have unique aromas. If someone was telling a lie, you would instantly know because of the emanating odor. If someone wasn’t interested in what you were saying, you would pick up on that non-verbally so that even if you keep missing the yawns you would understand the feeling.

I believe that we all still have this sense of smell, but it is not cultivated so it is generally ignored at a conscious level. However, at an unconscious level we are still able to recognize it, so that when you have the feeling that someone is not being forthright in their statements, you have a feeling that they are lying, but I don’t believe this to be a psychic ability, just a long lost innate ability that has not been developed.

The ability to connect to the collective unconscious (as Jung put it) that connects all human beings together is another innate ability. In the original Reiki Kanji, as discussed in my post entitled Some Japanese Reiki Pictograms (Kanji) I discussed the 3 squares in the middle of the first Reiki Kanji which denotes the 3 mouths of the Shaman (which refers to our 3 minds – conscious, unconscious and higher conscious). Most people have not developed the ability to communicate with their own unconscious minds (conscious-unconscious communication), which is necessary in order to (consciously) communicate with the higher conscious mind (or collective unconscious) which is where the bulk of human knowledge and experience is stored.

The ability to see auras and get a feeling about a person before they even speak, or the ability to pick up inflections in their voice-tones that are not consciously noticeable are all, in addition to the buried sense of smell and connection to the collective unconscious, NOT psychic abilities and can be developed to very high degrees if one wishes to put in the required time and effort.

What Are Psychic Abilities?

Now that we know what psychic abilities are NOT, lets take a look at what they are. I believe psychic abilities are gifts received from the universe and often genetically passed down from one generation to the next, oftentimes skipping a generation. The ability to see the future, out of body experiences and lucid dreaming, scrying or crystal gazing, tea leaf reading, etc., are more than likely psychic abilities which are not inborn and therefore while some people can easily do them, others cannot, no matter how hard they try.

In my Reikiman post I mentioned the age-old abilities of advanced Indian Yogis have called Siddhis. These superhuman abilities, which are defined as “magical or spiritual powers for greater control over the self, others and the forces of nature”, include such abilities as transformation of elements, manifestation of objects, the ability to relocate at will, etc. Basically all of the things that quantum science suggests that we should be able to do but can’t simply because our minds tell us we can’t. If these are to be considered psychic abilities, then they are not inborn, but can nevertheless be attained if one is willing to go far enough.

ESP, or extra-sensory perception is an innate ability, perceptiveness to that ability being the key. Once one quiets their mind to a level where they can notice other things that are happening around them, the ability to perceive grown proportionally. Reiki fosters that ability and stimulates an awareness that was not immediately discernible… and if you are still enough, you will easily notice it.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!