Often we hear about the psychic senses (clairaudience (hearing), clairvoyance (seeing), clairsentience (feeling), clairaugustance (tasting), and clairolfactance (smelling)), which correspond with our five physical senses.
There is one thing that gets lost in all the noise: discernment.
When a psychic engages the psychic senses, it's not just a matter of "whatever comes in." There must also be a degree of discernment, or as St Ignatius of Loyola calls it, the discernment of spirits.
(Special note: I recently came across a post from a psychic Medium claiming that discernment of spirits is mediumship. This is FALSE. And I have the texts of St Ignatius to back me up on that!)
Discernment of spirits is recognizing that we can easily deceive ourselves. The thoughts and experiences we have can lead us to love or away from love, toward connection or toward disconnection, toward God/Spirit or away from God/Spirit.
When we have psychic experiences, it is important to run them through the sieve of discernment to see whether they can be trustworthy or not. We judge them by their fruits. If they are leading us toward love, healing and connection, then they are good. If they lead us toward disconnection, division, and woundedness, then it is best to disregard them.
There is one thing that gets lost in all the noise: discernment.
When a psychic engages the psychic senses, it's not just a matter of "whatever comes in." There must also be a degree of discernment, or as St Ignatius of Loyola calls it, the discernment of spirits.
(Special note: I recently came across a post from a psychic Medium claiming that discernment of spirits is mediumship. This is FALSE. And I have the texts of St Ignatius to back me up on that!)
Discernment of spirits is recognizing that we can easily deceive ourselves. The thoughts and experiences we have can lead us to love or away from love, toward connection or toward disconnection, toward God/Spirit or away from God/Spirit.
When we have psychic experiences, it is important to run them through the sieve of discernment to see whether they can be trustworthy or not. We judge them by their fruits. If they are leading us toward love, healing and connection, then they are good. If they lead us toward disconnection, division, and woundedness, then it is best to disregard them.
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