Gifts

We've all got them! We were born with them, but we are taught not to use them. I'm here to remind you of your gifts and how to recognize and use them. The success of that depends on you, you have to use them to get to know them, but once you do it will help you to understand yourself better and will be a tool you can use to help you in life, rather than confuse you.

We're all familiar with the "C's", the gifts we are all naturally born with. But I'm going to tell you how to recognize them, which is the first step in utilizing them. Lets start with Clairsentience since it's the most commonly developed gift in people.

Clairsentience is the ability to sense things, or feel them in your gut (sentient means the ability to perceive or feel things), hence the term "listen to your gut". Have you ever walked into a room and felt an instant uneasy feeling? That's the energy in the room and you're feeling it, which means you're using your gift of Clairsentience. It essentially means clear feeling. Here are a few examples:

You feel like someone is watching you, only to turn around and see someone standing there watching you.

You feel anxiety in a large crowd or around too many people, whether it's a room, a concert or a grocery store. You're actually picking up on all the energy in the room and for many people who are developed in their Clairsentient abilities, crowds can be very uncomfortable. The same holds true in a location with a violent past. I once walked into a home that I was showing as a Realtor, and felt such dread, fear and horror, that I had to step outside while the couple looked at the home. I later found out that there had been a triple murder in the home, committed by one of the family members. A very tragic example, but that clearly explains what I am talking about.

When you enter a room, you can tell if people are relaxed or if there's a problem or tension.

You can have a gut feeling about a person you just met or a situation that you're about to attend. Like someone who decided not to get on a plane, and the plane later crashed. Or you have just met someone and you instantly don't trust them. Your gut is speaking to you.

Another sign of Clairsentience is having physical sensations such as immense sadness, a feeling of heaviness or crying when you see someone else cry. That's because you're feeling their feelings as well. Some people can feel the feelings in a song. Some people cry at the drop of a hat (like commercials) because they are feeling the energy in the circumstance. Other times the feeling is positive, like an excited feeling, or a lightness or enthusiasm for something that you're "catching" from someone else's feelings. This ability is also referred to as being an "Empath". Instead of having empathy for someone, (understanding what they're going through) you actually feel what they feel, so you ARE an empath as opposed to being empathic.

Claircognizance is when a person simply knows things, without any reason to know them. If you're cognizant of something, you have awareness of it so Claircognizance is basically clear thinking. If you've ever felt like somehow important information just pops into your head from nowhere, you might be Claircognizant. Sometimes Claircognizant people receive "downloads" of information from an unknown "source" and you receive knowledge and information that you needed. Many songwriters and authors are Claircognizant and receiving downloads and don't even know it. That "source" is Spirit. Recognizing it and listening to it means you're using the gifts you were born with to help you in life, and you're practicing Claircognizance. You don't feel it, see it or hear it, you just know it.

Clairvoyance is when a person can see visions of the future. It's clear seeing. Some people see detailed images in their minds eye, some people see metaphorical images or ideas. Some people see insight by holding a physical item of the persons they are working with. Some people see spirits or entities that are "in between" worlds, spirits that for whatever reason have not found their way to the other side. Clairvoyance is the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through extrasensory perception.

Clairaudience is clear hearing. Its the ability to hear messages, sounds, voices or ideas, from outside sources in the spirit world, your higher self, or even animals. Maybe your guides or guardian angels are speaking to you and it comes to you as a very clear thought or idea that you had (or heard). If you're clairaudient, you're receiving intuitive information from your higher self or your guides, via hearing. Sometimes you get a warning, sometimes you get an idea, sometimes you hear a song that has a message in it for you.

If you have trouble focusing in a crowded or loud place, you might be Clairaudient. Clairaudient's are usually more sensitive to sound than others. You may find yourself unable to concentrate or filter out background noise, it can even leave you feeling drained because the heightened sensitivity to sound means you're picking up on things that most people aren't even aware of, and that can be draining. Another form of Clairaudience is you give great advice because but you don't always know where it came from. People are always coming to you for advice and often times the words just tumble out of your mouth and you're not even sure what you said. That's called channeling. You're channeling from spirit guides (yours or theirs) who are speaking through you. You wouldn't even know it, unless you know it, and now you will! These experiences are positive and is spirit helping you or helping you to help someone else.

Clairalience means clear smelling. Some people smell odors that don't have any relevance to the here and now. For instance, someone could smell a whiff of their grandmothers perfume, while she passed away 5 years ago. Or you smell the cigar your late husband used to smoke. These things are letting you know that your deceased loved one is near you, guiding or protecting you.

Clairgustance means clear tasting or the ability to taste something that isn't there. This again is usually a deceased love one trying to communicate with you. For example, if you're out to dinner and you suddenly taste something you're not eating, but your grandfather used to love, he may want you to pay attention to something that is being said at the table. Many people with Clairgustance make excellent chef's or food critics.

All of these abilities (The C's) can be developed by anyone who has a desire to use these gifts. With a little practice they can all be developed. For many people, it comes naturally, they just don't realizes what it is. There are other "C's" but these are the main 6. See what happens when you tune in to your own "C's", you might be surprised!