Nov 02 2009
Do You Really Know What Someone Is Thinking?
I have a couple of clients who believe they are psychic. They claim to know what someone is thinking.
I’m not discounting the “psychic” part. I’m psychic. So are you. Everyone is to some extent, with some being more than others.
The problem is that no one is 100% accurate in psychic or intuitive abilities. In fact, a great psychic is said to be accurate 80% of the time. That leaves 20%, or 2 out of 10 times, when the psychic is wrong.
Unless you are a professional psychic with a high degree of accuracy, you need to realize that your “knowing” of what someone else is thinking is not only incorrect, it’s dangerous.
If you make a decision about relationship based upon what you think someone else is thinking, you are setting yourself up for major discord.
An example …
Several years ago two friends wrote me about a mutual friend they thought was having problems. I responded, all by email, to their concern. I didn’t agree with them. I also mentioned my brother was in the hospital.
Both of them are pretty psychic, or, to use another word, intuitive. They interpreted the energy, the depth of feeling in my email, as my being angry with them. It caused tremendous problems.
The truth was that I was intensely angry with and worried about my brother. He was what they call a brittle diabetic and an active alcoholic. The two are blazing signs for disaster, which is why I use the past tense in talking about him.
Yes, the anger was there, but it wasn’t at them. It was about my brother.
We worked through the misunderstanding, but not everyone does.
Check out your “psychic” or “intuitive” information about your friend, partner or acquaintance. Just because they “look like” they are angry with you, doesn’t mean they are. And, yes, they certainly can be angry with you.
I’m not saying to never rely upon your intuition. Intuition can, literally, be a life saver.
Whenever possible, check out your intuition. “Honey, is something wrong?”
“Honey” may then go into a discussion about some problem that has nothing to do with you.
The opposite is also true, don’t expect someone to “know” what you are thinking.
I don’t care how long you’ve known them. Don’t expect them to read your mind … even if they have many times before … don’t expect them to do so the one time you really want them to. The chances are they won’t
Until next time …
Cathy Chapman, PhD
