Understanding Psychic Predictions

There are many misconceptions about psychic predictions. The first misconception is that a psychic prediction is static and unchanging. The second big myth is that psychics are omniscient deities who always see everything exactly as it will happen.

Even if we were able to predict every possible outcome for the rest of your life, many of those predictions will become inaccurate or even a complete failure over time because the future is flexible and fluid.

The future that a psychic foresees in a reading today will look slightly different in a month’s time, and will inevitably look significantly different in a year’s time. This is what distinguishes true psychic reading from fortune-telling.

Our destiny is constantly being shaped and adjusted by the creative capacity that exists within each of us. Each human being is the physical expression of a spirit essence with free will that allows us to create and navigate our reality, and direct our destiny. Our spirit, soul or consciousness shapes our daily reality and determines the course of our life journey. This process of creation is called manifestation.

Manifestation refers to the metaphysical idea that our thoughts, beliefs, and intentions produce tangible results in the external world. Manifestation is, in fact, the foundation of our very existence, for our present life journey as a spirit essence in human form is, in fact, also a manifestation!

It’s your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you’re going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny ~ Tony Robbins

Manifestation and Spirituality

Over the last century there has been a significant shift in awareness, or rather a redirection of the collective consciousness, regarding our innate ability to manifest. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, there was especially a surge of new interest in the power of the mind and positive thinking, mostly associated with the New Thought spiritual movement. The belief that we create our reality through the power of thought is a central tenet of this esoteric tradition.

In contemporary spirituality, especially the New Age movement, the concept of manifestation has since gained popularity through tenets like conscious evolution, ascension and the universal Law of Attraction. But the concept of manifestation is nothing new, and has existed as either a dominant or secondary spiritual principle throughout human history.

In Hinduism, for example, the concept of manifestation is closely tied to several philosophies and practices, including:

Karma and Cause and Effect: Hinduism emphasizes the law of karma, the concept that all our actions have consequences. Our actions shape our present and future experiences.

Focused Intention: Practices such as meditation, yoga, and focused intention are integral to Hindu philosophy. By cultivating a disciplined mind and focusing your intention, you can align yourself with higher spiritual truths and create your own reality.

Bhakti Devotions: Through intense devotion, one can attract the grace and blessings of a worshipped deity to improve one’s circumstances.

Tantric Traditions: Some tantric traditions within Hinduism specifically explore the mystical and energetic aspects of reality. Practices within tantra include rituals, mantra chanting, and visualization techniques with the goal of manifesting desired outcomes.

The most important point to understand about psychic predictions is that the psychic reader does not create your future…you do. Psychic readings are meant to confirm your current momentum and chosen direction, and to gain deeper insight into a current situation or circumstance. Getting a psychic reading is not a way to escape personal responsibility for your life, so it is important to pay careful attention to the guidance, advice and cautions provided by the reader, not just the predictions.

A spiritual mentor once told me the following analogy about psychic readings that really hit home.

A farmer planted several fig trees to turn his farm into an orchard. He had taken great care of his seedlings and wanted to know the return on his investment. He wanted to find a crop that would allow him to harvest every year without having to put a lot of energy into planting and tilling the soil. So he consulted a soothsayer.

The psychic looked at the trees and told him that his orchard had enormous potential for success, especially after three years. She said that he was in an ideal location for the orchard and that the trees would provide him with an income for many years to come. But she also gave him one instruction: to make sure he continued his work with loving attention.

Three years later, the farmer returned to the psychic and angrily told her that she had lied to him! His trees had produced very little fruit. He had blindly trusted her predictions, but she had been wrong.

The psychic then asked him what he had done to take care of his trees. He admitted that he had not paid much attention to the trees during the three years. Why should he, since she had already assured him that the trees would bring him much reward and abundance after three years. He had paid minimal attention to the orchard because he was already sure of what the future would bring.

Obviously, the psychic was never wrong. The farmer did not pay attention to the entire reading and focused only on her predictions. At the time, she confirmed that he was on the right path to success, but she also advised him to maintain the momentum, to keep up his efforts, and to continue to give his loving attention to the trees. By not heeding her advice, he changed the potential and momentum of the predicted outcome. At the time, she was reading his current momentum, but the momentum changed and so did the outcome.

There are advantages and disadvantages to the future being fluid. The upside is that the power to create our future and shape our destiny is in our own hands. We are not puppets controlled by fate. The downside is that the responsibility to create a positive future means that if we choose to focus on the negative and expect the worst, there is no escaping the effects of our free will.

Psychic reading is not an easy or simple fix to life’s questions and challenges. It takes daily effort to shape your destiny, as well as patience, perseverance and even some personal sacrifice. The only way to truly predict the future is to create, or re-create, it by directing your energy toward a desired outcome.