@Ninurta For my family, I'd say yes, but the family members that have psychic abilities the abilities vary widely (or do they? or do we allow or disallow certain abilities?). For instance, my mother can see the immediate future in her mind's eye as well as ghosts.
The intuitive abilities, or gut feelings, are very strong with myself and always warn me of a dangerous situation - whether I listen to it or not is another matter.
When I would go to psychic fairs, the others psychics would just know that have abilities which I keep on the back burner. Actually one psychic called me out on the fact that I don't use the 'gift' (as she called it) and that she felt I was throwing the gift away. I told her that it was my choice, my free will to do what I felt best (not sure why some people think they have the right to interfere in others' life choices). Another psychic who was trying to do a reading for my husband asked me to leave the room because as she told me, that I was interfering with her psychic abilities, so I left the room - weird.
I once saw a frightening green-faced ghost once when using a Ouija board and when my father died he did appear to me in my mind's eye for a few seconds smiling ear to ear then never again. I suppose if I wanted to I could contact the spirit world, but I keep that closed off because it's not something I want to pursue. However, during a specific meditation geared at contacting my spirit guides, which I did twice, once by myself and again with a Shaman guiding the way, the contacts were successful.
My brother, who died young due to living a bad lifestyle and mental illness, told me before his death that he will contact me from the other side to prove to me once and for all that the soul/spirit continued to exist. A few days after his death my phone and the phone in his apartment (where my mother was cleaning and clearing it out) both kept ringing all day long. And when you'd pick up the receiver there would be absolutely no sound on the other end. I took that as a sign from the great beyond.
I suppose nonbelievers could offer explanations for all these events but I've been on this Earth for a long time now and there are signs that psychic forces exist.
I have since returned to using my abilities in doing oracle tarot card readings for myself and I may start meditating again to go to that nothingness void and see what the universe wants me to know.
The intuitive abilities, or gut feelings, are very strong with myself and always warn me of a dangerous situation - whether I listen to it or not is another matter.
When I would go to psychic fairs, the others psychics would just know that have abilities which I keep on the back burner. Actually one psychic called me out on the fact that I don't use the 'gift' (as she called it) and that she felt I was throwing the gift away. I told her that it was my choice, my free will to do what I felt best (not sure why some people think they have the right to interfere in others' life choices). Another psychic who was trying to do a reading for my husband asked me to leave the room because as she told me, that I was interfering with her psychic abilities, so I left the room - weird.
I once saw a frightening green-faced ghost once when using a Ouija board and when my father died he did appear to me in my mind's eye for a few seconds smiling ear to ear then never again. I suppose if I wanted to I could contact the spirit world, but I keep that closed off because it's not something I want to pursue. However, during a specific meditation geared at contacting my spirit guides, which I did twice, once by myself and again with a Shaman guiding the way, the contacts were successful.
My brother, who died young due to living a bad lifestyle and mental illness, told me before his death that he will contact me from the other side to prove to me once and for all that the soul/spirit continued to exist. A few days after his death my phone and the phone in his apartment (where my mother was cleaning and clearing it out) both kept ringing all day long. And when you'd pick up the receiver there would be absolutely no sound on the other end. I took that as a sign from the great beyond.
I suppose nonbelievers could offer explanations for all these events but I've been on this Earth for a long time now and there are signs that psychic forces exist.
I have since returned to using my abilities in doing oracle tarot card readings for myself and I may start meditating again to go to that nothingness void and see what the universe wants me to know.
Truth fears no question. Anon