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Ep. 7 Should Psychics, Intuitives, Mediums and Channels go through an Intensive development program before they are considered professional? · The Liminal Lounge Mediums

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Soul to Earth Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Carrie Coss, a psychic energy healer and spiritual mentor.
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  SPEAKER_00: My intention with this podcast is to walk alongside you on your spiritual path, supporting you in accessing your innate spiritual gifts in an authentic and down-to-earth way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Making the supernatural more natural.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I tend to, as the true Libra that I am, see both sides of this position.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I just thought I would tell you a little bit about each side.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's first of all just talk about purely raw un, I would say uh the psychic who comes in, the medium who comes in and has doesn't hasn't ever done worked with in a group situation, hasn't done any development in a circle, hasn't gotten any extra training, and they just have pure raw intuitive abilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, this is a lot like an artist, in my opinion.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have natural abilities, we all do, and that's one of the things that I do with my students is I help them to open up their natural abilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: People say, Oh, people can't learn to be a psychic.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't need to learn to be an intuitive or a psychic or a medium.
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  SPEAKER_00: What you need to do though is develop the ability.
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  SPEAKER_00: But everybody has these senses, and everybody has the potential to be able to tune in, get information, even possibly do readings.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there are a lot of people that I have seen who never really went through any kind of formal training and also have a really good sense about how to work with clients, how to convey information, they have a lot of integrity, and they come at it really professionally and with that air of service, and they are able to put their ego in the chair in the corner to observe the experience, and they can really be present for that client and handle the readings and the work in a really professional manner.
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  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely, that can happen.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, where I tend to put my um opinion into the ring is when um people come in to their gifts and their abilities, and then they start doing readings and healings, and then what they're lacking is the yes, it's experience, but it's also the ethics and the professionalism and the integrity that comes along with opening up that gift because really anybody can see information and get information.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can train anyone to open up to these gifts, but what is your intention behind the work?
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  SPEAKER_00: And how do you uh serve clients?
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  SPEAKER_00: And are you coming from a place of highest intent and integrity?
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  SPEAKER_00: And also, are you tapping into energy, spirits, and beings that are also aligned with what I like to say is the highest good for all concerned?
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  SPEAKER_00: So, this is where I tend to say that when you are going into a training program and you go through the rigor of that training program and you're given feedback on a regular basis and you're in circles with other psychics and mediums, you really sharpen that tool and you're given feedback, and it really helps you grow in your personhood and in your gifts at the same time because you might be the biggest psychic in the world, but if your energy isn't right and in alignment and your ethics are off, then it doesn't matter, the delivery will come across and almost be more damaging to the client.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's where I tend to throw my two cents in.
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  SPEAKER_00: The other thing is there are certain abilities that I believe need a lot more honing and development, and just briefly about those, and definitely in another episode, I'll go more into each of these topics, but those two are channeling and evidential mediumship.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's start with channeling.
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  SPEAKER_00: First of all, in a simple explanation, channeling is when you, the spirit, the person, connect with another being or energy or entity, and you channel their essence, their energy, their information through your space and body.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so this definitely can be obviously a very high vibrational experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can be an you know an incredible healing for both you, the professional, as well as the person that you're reading, the client, and it can be done in a very um, I would say high intentional, high vibrational, high integrity manner.
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  SPEAKER_00: The problem is that there are two things.
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  SPEAKER_00: First of all, I look at myself as a vessel, and so I and I'm a vessel of light, and so I'm in a container of light.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so if I try to put any energy into my space and then into my vessel, and I haven't done the work or the clearing or done the high integrity work, like we talked about from the developing your psychic abilities, having another energy come through me is going to have a bit of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is going, it's there'll be like fog on the lens.
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  SPEAKER_00: The camera will be not clear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so that's one point.
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  SPEAKER_00: The other point is it takes a very long time, I believe, to be able to discern different beings and energies that are out there that are open and willing to have you channel them, but that might not be aligned with the highest good for all concerned.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it is definitely a process of discernment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I would say for you, the the, you know, my listeners, use caution.
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  SPEAKER_00: Use caution when you go to professionals that say that they channel beings, and use caution when it comes to doing the work yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And my advice would be to take a class with a seasoned teacher who can really walk you through that process, not someone who just started channeling six months ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's not throwing any shade to people that are channeling right now in general, but I would say please use your inner discernment and your best judgment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, evidential mediumship is a whole nother matter, I will tell you right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I have the utmost respect for mediums who have done their inner development and done development work in development circles with a trained master teacher because I feel as though, first of all, there's a big responsibility when you're connecting with people, uh, clients who have lost loved ones.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so being in alignment and having a lot of um maturity and professionalism and also knowledge of how trauma works, um, I feel like has to really be developed before you're dealing with people that have had loss and are wanting to hear from their lost loved ones.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a big responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know I take it very seriously.
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  SPEAKER_00: The other thing is mediumship is, I feel, one of the more, I don't want to say it's the more most challenging of all the psychic abilities, but I feel like it is the easiest for us to get stuck in our heads about.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let me tell you why that is.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's much easier, and I'm speaking from my own experience, to say that, you know, you're you are able to chat or connect with an archangel or an ascended master or a spirit guide than it is someone's lost loved one who was actually walked the earth that the client knows.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're way more easily able to, first of all, not get a clear image and information about the lost loved one, and also there a lot of doubt can come into play.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like it's just it's much more of a human experience, and so I feel like it needs a lot of wisdom and it needs a lot of practice and it needs a lot of guidance from a master teacher.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'll just tell you right now, I do get a lot of information when I do readings on a mediumistic level, but it is not, I don't advertise that I'm a medium, and I have been doing psychic readings for over 27 years because I wasn't evidentially trained in the same way that I know that a lot of my peers go through.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just like saying that you're an engineer and you do all types of engineering.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, not really.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, my husband's an engineer, of course.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll use him as an example, but there's different types of engineer, and we each have specialty.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's give respect and um honor those that have put in a lot of time to be able to develop that ability specifically.
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  SPEAKER_00: And some people, again, are really just natural, they're natural mediums.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've been seeing, you know, the dead for their whole lives and they have that clear vessel, and they also have integrity and they have that professionalism.
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  SPEAKER_00: Definitely there are people out there, but I would say if you're just opening up to those gifts, please go work with a master teacher.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know, here's the thing: you're only gonna learn how to do the work better if you work with a master teacher.
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  SPEAKER_00: I myself um wanted to go back in and work on some of my skill set, and I went back into um classes and really was enmeshed in that student experience again.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was fun and exciting and invigorating, and also I did come up with a few new ways to access spirit and to do my process.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you can only grow and learn more from that experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, anyway, in a nutshell, let's just say to go through a training and extensive uh, you know, coursework where you have a mentor and you're you do a lot of you know work in circles or practice readings.
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  SPEAKER_00: For me, that's where I err on.
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  SPEAKER_00: I err on the side of that because I feel like it can only make you a more aligned professional and come from a place of clear intent, integrity, and heal more and be on top of your game as opposed to just winging it and doing your own thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's just my opinion.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you're in alignment in another way, I respect that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, anyway, that's just a little bit about that topic in general.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's pretty exciting.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_00: We're definitely going to be talking a lot about abilities over time because I work with clients and uh both in my coaching clients and also in my courses where I'm helping people open up to these abilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is such an amazing experience to witness someone open up to their gifts and to their natural abilities, which we all have, everybody.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, that's the end of the podcast for today.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, take good care.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bye.