How do you sharpen psychic ability

[Amber]

If you already have the ability. How do you sharpen it. Im sensitive to peoples thoughts. Just recently in the past months. When in a persons presence I can sense whats going on but its very dull and subtle...

[Ezkeel]

If you already have the ability. How do you sharpen it. Im sensitive to peoples thoughts. Just recently in the past months. When in a persons presence I can sense whats going on but its very dull and subtle...

crystals
essential oils
meditation
certain teas
intention (to sharpen your skills)
wearing certain amulets and clothes with certain patterns

But I would start off with the easiest one which is deep breathing!

Find a clear, clean, quiet, and semi dark space and mentally clear the are within and without
have a seat
breath from your stomach!!!
the only thing that should move in breathing is your stomach
not your shoulders or you chest or anything but you stomach expanding and contracting

Take deep breaths through the nose or mouth (consistency is the main thing here)
you should eventually feel a sensation in your head
maybe at the bottom of your skull
keep it going until your whole head is illuminated

use white, lavender, and purple crystals, like amethyst to open up you third eye.

you can put the crystals in water and drink them after letting them sit in outside light for 24 hours
you can wear the crystals (the pope wears an amethyst ring)

essential oils (these are really powerful and almost always have an immediate effect) can be put in diffusers
or warm water and drunk or applied to the skin

be careful because some oils are toxic and should not be inhaled ingested or applied to the skin
also be wary of those oils which are not essential while hiding behind the mask of an essential oil
characteristics of true essential oils to look out for
expensive ($2.00-$100s)
pure (no additives or preservatives and no alcohol)
really strong smell (some)
be careful with these essential oils they are real powerful

try essential oil cinnamomum camphor white put this in a diffuser while drifting off to sleep this is one of those potentially toxic ones that should not be taken orally and not used in excess because it can build to toxic levels in the human body
try lavender and peppermint
try chamomile

teas like st johns wort or peppermint or chamomile or valerian
don't use sugar
use maple syrup or maybe honey

also say affirmations to yourself that will help to instill in your mind your psychic powers
 
wear jewelry with energy in it. (either placed there by you or just naturally full of it)
I wouldn't recommend letting someone else put their energy in it unless you trust them.
maybe a necklace with your birth stone
or an amulet of your creation that you have performed a ritual with.

wear colorful or rather expressive clothing
you might make clothes or have a tailor or just see something that speaks to you in a regular store.
whatever you wear make sure it is not taking away from you.


lots of ways to do it but I use the above methods myself.

once i got into the tub and put sea salt in it
then i lit some incense and brought a plant in with me
i also had an amethyst rock
the water was warm it soon turned room temp
the room was dark
the incense went out the candle went out and soon i was drifting

you should probably look that up
I positive it will help you
spirtual baths can be done a number of ways
the important thing (the results)
gratifying

hope you find more and have fun on your journey

[Ezkeel]

Actually I think the best advice I can give you is to get off the net
not only is it on lockdown but also when you find something you might think you have found what you looking for but really you haven't
the answers you really are looking for will come through life experience

peace love and light fam

[El Negro]

What has helped me the most aside from external tools (crystals, oils, ritual, etc) is creative visualization, this I think is the best way to advance psychic skills. Learn to use the mind and visualize, there is a great set of books out by Frank Rudolph Young that gives really good psychic exercises, on a real level, not watered down things, its an occult books that came out before the new age movement, some of the best stuff. Also creative visualizatoin by Orpheus is good, or just make up you're own psychic exersises. If you want to project a thought onto someone imagine a rope (whatever color), beaming from you're third eye into theirs Practiciing simple things like this activate those spiritual muscles.

[Ezkeel]

What has helped me the most aside from external tools (crystals, oils, ritual, etc) is creative visualization, this I think is the best way to advance psychic skills. Learn to use the mind and visualize, there is a great set of books out by Frank Rudolph Young that gives really good psychic exercises, on a real level, not watered down things, its an occult books that came out before the new age movement, some of the best stuff. Also creative visualizatoin by Orpheus is good, or just make up you're own psychic exersises. If you want to project a thought onto someone imagine a rope (whatever color), beaming from you're third eye into theirs Practiciing simple things like this activate those spiritual muscles.

True true

I could do things like that as a child but eventually I lost the ability to "day dream"
i am just now gaining back my powers
The external stuff helps a little but your right the best way is to just simply exercise!!!
 

I had this one method where as I was drifting off to slepp I would transform my body into a fiery bird and then surround myself with orange light

It helped me to fly higher in my dreams.
i used to be able to do so much stuff.
I would jump from one world to another or catch people i knew in their dreams.
I would ask them the next day
hey what did you dream about last night.
most would forget
but lots of times  (in reflection)
there would be lots of parallels in our dreams!!!
They were never exactly the same but there were definitely lots of synchronizations

ahh those were the days...

[El Negro]

Exactly children are just more intune, they haven't "grown" up. Many people including me (use to), think that increasing psychic abilitie was hard, but really its just about relaxation, visualization, concentration, and not trying TOO hard. If you can totally clear you're mind and learn to listen, you can gather information from people's minds, and really read auras and such. Something I've been working on also, like everything else, and like Heavenzsun says, practice. But I'm sure you know all of this, since you have the ability.

[knix20]

I have heard that grounding yourself is essential. I have this book: Basic Psychic Development: a users guide to auras, chakras & Clairvoyance by john friedlander & Gloria Hemsher.

I havent read it yet, just skimmed and it seems pretty decent. Only thing with  these books is that they give you instructions, buts it like how can you perform the exercises if you need to read hw to do it. So i end up just tossing the book aside.