There are many things you will learn on the path to increased psychic development. One of the most powerful mental strategies you will develop is learning to quieten your own mind and to distinguish between subtle “colouring” of thoughts and sensations as you learn to distinguish between that which arises from your own mind and that which arrives from your connection with spirit. But probably the most important thing you can learn is how to love, forgive and accept yourself.

To allow your psychic ability to fully flower, you must learn to release yourself from the neuroses and attachments from the past, to let go of old patterns of behaviour and to learn to love yourself for who you are right now.

The old saying is “Physician, heal thyself”. Let me rephrase that. “Psychic, know and love thyself”. To create the inner environment in which your abilities can flourish, let go of those things that give rise to inner turmoil. Then one can

• learn to relax

and then

• develop concentration

while allowing the inner senses of imagination, visualisation and inner hearing and feeling to grow.