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6 Any ability that anyone develops has the potentiality for good. To this there is no exception. And the more unusual and unexpected the power, the greater its potential usefulness. Salvation has need of all abilities, for what the world would destroy the Holy Spirit would restore. “Psychic” abilities have been used to call upon the devil, which merely means to strengthen the ego. Yet here is also a great channel of hope and healing in the Holy Spirit’s service. Those who have developed “psychic” powers have simply let some of the limitations they laid upon their minds be lifted. It can be but further limitations they lay upon themselves if they utilize their increased freedom for greater imprisonment. The Holy Spirit needs these gifts, and those who offer them to Him and Him alone go with Christ’s gratitude upon their hearts, and His holy sight not far behind.
I have always believed in psychic abilities and known there was more to the world than was obvious, but I did not think of these things as serious or important. In fact, I thought of them as being really interesting ego distractions. I wondered why the Course was giving a whole section talking about them. Now I see this differently. Here is what I have learned while studying this section.
Psychic abilities are natural and available to anyone and these powers will become accessible to them as their awareness increases. Psychic abilities are forms of communication that supersede the barriers to communication made to keep the illusion in place. These abilities are useful to the degree that they are under the Holy Spirit’s direction. If not used for the purpose of true communication they will devolve into magic and simply strengthen the ego. I have been dissuaded of any idea I had that psychic abilities are not useful to the Holy Spirit and thus not worthwhile, as I read the last sentence in this section.
The Holy Spirit needs these gifts, and those who offer them to Him and Him alone go with Christ’s gratitude upon their hearts, and His holy sight not far behind.
Studying this section on psychic abilities has changed my thinking about this subject. I have had some truly inspirational messages come through me from the Holy Spirit. I have even had brief instances of genuine automatic writing. I have spoken words that did not come from my thinking mind and were as much of a surprise to me as to the person to whom the words were directed.
I have had many “knowings” that did not come from thinking and this is increasing. I have suddenly noticed that I am speaking to someone in a way that is unlike me, and I don’t know why. It is not what I say that is different, but how I say it, and later realized that I was meeting that person’s needs in a way I couldn’t have done on my own.
These are some of the abilities of amplified communication that are evolving as I become open and willing, but I also block this at times. I say that it is nothing, just coincidence or imagination. A couple of times I have known that Jesus was speaking through me but completely turned my back on that voice because I still saw Jesus as special and felt unworthy.
I am now removing some of the blocks to greater communication because I understand that they are useful and natural, more natural than not having them. I understand that the Holy Spirit has use of these powers. I am not afraid of misusing them because I know my purpose and I will not forget it. I know there is no one special because I know there is only one. Misusing the abilities for the glorification of the ego was certainly a consideration at one time, but that is no longer true. I am not seeking anything in particular, but I open myself to any ability that Holy Spirit would find helpful.
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