Clairvoyance and Clairaudience

"Third Eye Chakra" - by GloriaGypsy @ deviantART

Clairvoyance and clairaudience are two of the more well-known "clairs" of the spiritual world. The majority of you already know what they are and what they mean, because they are frequently sought after by those who are new to spirituality and psychic ability.

If you're looking on information on how to develop these skills, check out our article: "Developing Your Psychic Skills."

Clairvoyance actually has a split definition based on where you look it up. It's most commonly known as the ability to visually perceive data regarding spirit. This can be with the physical eyes or inner (third) eye, and can manifest as seeing spirits, auras, symbols from your spirit team, visions, energy, and plenty of other things. Most of these images (if seen on the inner eye) will often pop in briefly. This is an easy method to distinguish whether what you're receiving is accurate. If you see "flashes," or if scenes seem to pop out of nowhere, you're most likely on the right track. However, if you feel like your mind is "working" to create the image, you're probably straying a bit. For example - try to picture an apple in your mind's eye. Notice the "tension" in your mind as it attempts to create it. You may even lose sight of the apple a few times because of distraction. On the other hand, a message from spirit would have the apple flash in and out like an electrical impulse... because that's pretty much what it is.

Clairaudience is the ability to hear auditory information from spirit. You may hear this information with your physical ears or your "inner ears." All of you have probably experienced this at least once in your life - usually when falling asleep or waking up. You might hear your name being called, or a bunch of jumbled voices or gibberish, or perhaps even sounds that seem to have no source in your room. You may hear words, voices, whispers, song lyrics, and even just general sounds, such as chimes, music, and animals. You can use the same method to determine whether the majority of your auditory information is legitimate: if it seems to "pop in," it's probably from spirit.

Clairvoyance and clairaudience are seen as the most "ideal" clairs to have because they work so well together. Clairvoyance, however, requires a secondary skill, because visual information is much more dependent on interpretation and not so much solid fact. Spirits such as guides will often give you symbolic information, which leads you to have to consider various interpretations and how these interpretations apply to your life. This is why clairvoyance is often used in tandem with other skills such as clairaudience, claircognizance, clairalience, clairsentience, or intuition. 

Although clairvoyance is the most popular clair (since humanity often needs visual evidence), it's not the most common. With that said, if you're actually interested in developing the skill, things will be easiest for you if you have strong visualization skills or a good imagination. Visual artists will probably be naturals with clairvoyance. If you are afraid of what you might see, consider another clair or work on your fear until you're ready to develop the skill. 

With clairaudience, it's pretty much the same thing. People who are more word or sound-oriented (writers, musicians, etc.) will probably have this one easiest. If you fear hearing disembodied voices, work on this fear until you're ready to develop the skill.

Our next article will discuss clairalience, clairsentience, and claircognizance.

Lulu and Finny xx