There are different gifts which can be developed by mediums. Some develop the one gift and if they persue it and work hard with it, it can be more than enough. Some are very gifted and find they can develop more than one psychic sense. They are very lucky as using combinations of mediumistic gifts can be extremely rewarding.
Clairsentience is the gift which lots of novices do not understand and yet it is one of the simplest forms and the one which we are discussing today.
Clairsentience is often the very first sign that your sixth sense is developing. It is the gift of thinking, smelling, and feeling emotions. Sometimes it can even be the sense of the pain which a spirit felt during their earthly life and often the pain they felt when they were passing over to the higher side of life..
Clairsentience is the sense of smell which does not come through the physical nose. It is an acute awareness of a smell, that those without the gift seem to be unaware of. It may be the scent or perfume that a spirit used when on the earth plane and therefore, a good piece of proof for a seeker. If the medium told the sitter that they were aware of a lady smelling of ‘Evening in Paris’, for example, this may be how the sitter remembers this spirit. This may be the evidence he or she is looking for to prove there is life after death.
Emotions experienced by the spirit, especially just prior to their physical passing, can sometimes be relayed by a medium who uses this gift to the fullest. There may be laughter and joy, as well as sadness. Feeling and sensing what the spirit wants to relay is a medium’s job.
Clairsentience is a good gift to have when doing private readings. It makes the sitter really feel they have conected with their loved one. When a medium uses this gift it brings so much more to a message. A combination of clairaudience, clairsentience, and clairvoyance is what the developer of the sixth sense should aspire to. What a wonderful combination of gifts for a medium to have.
Sometimes, as a student, you may find that the thoughts, feelings and smells you are getting in your head, are actually not your own. Once you realise this it is easier to develop the gift. A word of caution here: not everything that pops into your head is from the spirits. Perhaps the hardest part of development, especially for a medium, not so much for the psychic, is to define the difference between your own mind and that of the spirits communications.
We will discuss this further in a future post.