Dear Bonnie: What is this “knowing” feeling I get? — Jen
Dear Jen: That “knowing” feeling you’re getting may be something called claircognizance. It’s one of the four major intuitive gifts, clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience being the other three.
Claircognizance, literally translated, means “clear knowing” — that feeling you get when you just know something without having any idea of how you know it. Your higher self or spirit guides are putting this information or ideas into your mind as a way of guiding you.
When an inspiration or creative thought just seems to appear as if out of nowhere, it may be your sense of claircognizance — a strong sense of knowing that goes beyond logic. It’s a highly intuitive gift, though sometimes its signs are subtle. You may have this particular gift if you seem to have the answer to everything. For example, have you ever watched quiz shows like “Jeopardy!” and known the answers to some of the questions without any logical explanation as to how you know that information? Have you ever looked at a problem and just known with an unexplained certainty that it would work out?
These are all signs that you may have this special gift.
Claircognizant information is processed through the mind, not through your gut; therefore, people who do possess this gift tend to be very sharp-minded, analytical and logical. The ideas and thoughts that come through from your higher self and spirit guides can sometimes be very clear or can come through so fast that they may appear as a blur and be quickly forgotten. And many times these pockets of information can come to you when your mind is quiet, such as when you are sleeping. Some people like to keep a notepad and a pen near their bed so that if they are awakened by an amazing idea or thought in the middle of the night, they can jot it down before it’s forgotten. Authors and other creative writers, such as songwriters, often possess the gift of claircognicance and channel those ideas into their next book or hit song.
If you would like to build this intuitive muscle, you might try sitting with a pen and paper in a quiet, relaxing place and asking your higher self and your guides a question. Quiet your mind, and write down whatever comes through for you. This is called “automatic writing.” Try not to think about what is coming to you, and don’t judge.
This may take some practice, but give it a try. At first you might get words that make no sense at all, but keep trying. Everything takes practice.
Quite some time ago, I tried this exercise myself. My first few attempts produced a lot of words that made no sense, but I kept at it. Then one day, I was taking a sniff of a beautiful pink rose and these words started to flow. I grabbed a piece of paper and began to write them down and found in the end that spirit was giving me this beautiful poem sent with love:
“Your loved one
still with you
from up above,
watch and caring
from a place
of love.
They never leave you —
just look up
where your eyes
will meet
full of love.
Life goes on
but love never dies.
And your loved one
will meet you
on the other side.
Till we meet again
know that I am there,
protecting and guiding
with love
that’s always there.
Your love.”
Meditation and automatic writing are two ways to quiet your mind and receive information from above. Listen to what your guides are telling you. You may be pleasantly surprised at what you “know.”
Psychic Medium Bonnie Page is available for private readings and classes at her center, Messages From Heaven Healing And Learning Center, 272 Central Street, Leominster, or by calling 978-297-9790. Email questions for the column to bonniepage@verizon.net and include a phone number (not for publication).
