The Four Clairs: a reflection followed by a meditation

One of the most amusing and yet profound parts of the Angel Therapy Practitioner course I took in Kona in June was the day we were each handed a button to wear that said, "I am profoundly clairvoyant."  It put a smile on my face as I pinned the neon-green button to my shirt. 

The reason it was so amusing to me is that this has been one of my "issues" since I began my conscious spiritual path around 1995.  I stumbled upon Reiki quite by accident... the accident of synchronicity.  I attended my Reiki level one class without ever having experienced a Reiki treatment.  In fact, I had never even heard of it until the string of synchronicities led me to a woman who listened to my story and told me I should "do Reiki".  So I did!

I remember feeling very insecure in the class.  It wasn't the people:  my teacher was warm and welcoming, and the other students were very nice.  It was me.  I noticed that the others "felt" something that I didn't feel.  I had to strain to imagine the sensations that others spoke excitedly about.

During the meditations, the others described vivid visions and messages.  I felt a little depressed but I knew that deep in my heart, I was going to practice Reiki anyway.  I continued through all three levels and carried with me the feeling that I wasn't quite good enough, talented enough, special enough to be a Reiki Master.

I remember a moment when one of the "gifted" students said to me, "Yes, I can see things but you are the lucky one.  You are doing this on faith and that is a real gift."  It took me a while to appreciate these words, as I was busy being jealous of the people who had obvious psychic gifts.

Meanwhile, when I worked with people, they could feel the energy, whether I did or not.  They responded, relaxed, felt better, let go of old stuff.  They described the tingling and warmth they felt when I put my hands on them, and how they could feel "stuff" moving through their bodies.  I tried not to think about my lack of psychic connection, and kept practicing because I really wanted to.

Looking back, I see how my ego was controlling me.  I was measuring myself according to the achievements of others, and I found myself falling short.  I was disappointed in myself and felt "less than".  I craved what the others had.  I felt angry that I couldn't have it.  I now feel compassion for the insecure being that I was at that time.

In Kona, I knew I was surrounded by many "talented" people who had relationships with angels, and had highly developed psychic abilities.  Some of these old insecurities returned, and I breathed deeply and reminded myself that I was meant to be there.

When Doreen Virtue began the segment on the Four Clairs, I was very interested.  I was convinced that I was neither clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient nor claircognizant.  Doreen spoke about how we all have insecurities and feel alone in our lack of psychic ability.  She said, "We all think we are the exception to the rule."

This resonated deeply and healed something deep within me.  It was both exciting and reassuring to realize (and have it spoken aloud) that in our humanness, we share the same doubts and fears.  This lifted a burden off of me.

Doreen began to talk about the Four Clairs.  Clairvoyance, she said, was the most common Clair, but it didn't just refer to visions.  She went on to say that we can get messages through our third eye as well as our physical eyes.  When we notice the same number over and over, for example, that is an occurrence of clairvoyance.  We are receiving a divine message just as surely as if we had received a vision during a meditation.

The same applied to clairaudience.  We might hear voices or messages in dreams and meditations but the messages we hear with our physical ears are just as important.  Maybe we hear a snippet of conversation as two people pass by us on the street, and those few words feel meaningful.  That, too, is clairaudience. 

By the way, I have been awakened from dreams and meditative states by voices giving me a clear message, and sometimes it feels like the voice was coming outside of me.  But of course I never considered THAT to be clairaudience, because I had convinced myself that I was psychically shut down!

Clairsentience is feeling things.  How many times have I got a cramp or sensation in my stomach when something seemed off, or I knew I was hearing a lie?  Why did I not credit those things with clairsentience?

I find claircognizance extremely interesting because I have come to believe this is the one Clair that comes most naturally to me.  I sometimes hear myself saying things to other people that are profound and helpful, and I don't really know where it's coming from.  It feels a bit like channelling wisdom.  I sometimes don't even remember what I said.  It's a bit like tapping into a pool of knowledge that I really didn't expect to have access to.

Lastly, I will address the little-known fifth Clair, clairolfactorience.  I admit, I made up the word, and it has nothing to do with hair dye!  It means to smell something that is not necessarily accessible to all people.  If clairvoyance is "the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing" (Dictionary.com), then clair-olfactor(y)ence is the nasal counterpart.  More than once, I have smelled something (fragrance) during a healing session that was inexplicable, except to assume that sweet-smelling angels were present and assisting.

So gather up your confidence and know the truth about yourself:  YOU ARE PROFOUNDLY  CLAIRVOYANT (and more)!!!

The music in this video is from Whales of the Pacific.