[NightSeeker]

Does anyone else here have the Gift of Claircognizance? What kind of experiences have you had?
How does your Gift manifest itself?

For those who don't know, Claircognizance in the Psi ability to 'Know' things, without having any prior
information. Claircoginzants often 'Know' things without knowing how they know. This ability is centered
in the head, pulling information for the Collective Unconscious, Akashic records, etc, whatever you
prefer to call it. 

[Kadesh]

 Holy hell.. You mean they have a name for that!?!? Could that be what I am? ..... whoah... little light headed... Yikes... I think I just stumbled onto something.

[TheTerror]

wow it could be what I have

[NightSeeker]

It's one of the less talked about abilities, mainly because those with this ability, are too afraid to say anything. It seeme to be the most inexplicable of all the 'clair-' abilities.  


Other rare abilities include clairgustance (getting  pyschic impressions via taste) and clairalience (psychic impressions via smell).

I wonder if many people with claircognizance also have other abilities to augment the main one. Claircognizance is my main Gift, but I also have clairvoyance, empathy (clairsentience) and a bit of telepathy (clairaudience).

What kind of experiences have you had?

[Kadesh]

 Well.. I recently labeled a friend of mine as Father Time... without knowing why. Seems I was right, though.

 I always seem to know whether a special someone is OK or if something is wrong. Hadn't heard from him in a few hours (which was not normal at all.) but I didn't stress out because I knew (somehow) that he was fine. Everything was ok.

 There are quite a few things I can't explain like that.

[NightSeeker]

For me, the information comes 'out of the blue'.  It either pops into my head when I need it, or there is a deafening silence in my mind  that lets me know something is wrong or about to happen (manifesting itself as a thought that isn't really a thought &/or a feeling that isn't really a feeling)

[Kadesh]

 For me... I just know. It's just simply there. I have to be careful though and make sure I sort between my very active imagination and actual 'knowing.'

[NightSeeker]

Yeah, I hear you. It took me a while to learn the difference between my imagination and my intuition. And it took even more time to learn how not to let my imagination cloud/obscure my intuition.

[ImmortalKain]

Yep happens to me alot. Didn't realize it had a name though. And I know exactly what you mean when you say like a thought but not a thought, like a feeling but not a feeling. Makes perfect sense to me

[Kadesh]

 I'm still working on how to seperate my imagination/paranoia from that 'knowing'. Any advice would be awesome! 

[NightSeeker]

Knowing the difference between imagination and intuition is, as you said , hard to cultivate. The first thing you need to do is take notice of how it 'feels' when you imagine something, and then do the same thing when when you receive an intuitive impression to appreciate the differences. This is something that will take a while to accomplish, there's NO rushing it.  The keywords: extended self-observation.

The next step, is to try to actively get information, instead of just waiting for a random occurance. The best way to do that is to find out what (if any) augmenting abilities you have, because this will in part influence the way you receive your information. Sometimes these other abilities can trigger your claircognizant ability. Once you identify this, think of a subject that interests you (especially one where you, or a friend, have/has  a good chance of possibly verfying the information afterward) and hold it in your mind for a while. Don't be discouraged if nothing happens right away, as this will also take time and patience.

Keep a journal and make a note of EVERYTHING. This will serve to reinforce your experiences, and make them more concrete.

[Kadesh]

 A journal? You mean I could actually find a use for all of these journal type books I have laying around?  And when you say 'everything'.. could you be a tad more specific? Everything to me means: "Monday, April 27, 2008 9:38 AM - Just brushed an eyelash off my cheek." 

[NightSeeker]

  I meant day, date, and time; how and what you feel when you start imagining/intuiting, how
and what you feel as you are having your imaginative /intuitive experience, and the same for after the experience is over.
 
That way you can also spot trends, such as when your experiences are stronger or weaker; 
time periods of increased/decreased activity.

[NightSeeker]

Sometimes I'll telepathically 'hear' something that is relevant to the future, which will be accompained by a 'knowing' that it will occur within a certain time frame.  Telepathy and Intuition working together harmoniously. Or I might empathically 'feel' an energy/entity and 'know' what it is/was/is about. Empathy and Intuition working in concert. 

I am not sure if this is the same or not, and I apologise in advance if the or not is more accurate....

I have much of the same as you mentioned.
Great idea of the journal...

But do you have any idea what it is caused by someone (or yourself) saying something relevant to a conversation but with a deeper UNDERLINING meaning?
I tend to do this a lot without knowing why or when it is going to happen.
or
getting a feeling, like a foreshadowing, after something is said?
I sometimes know if something is vitally important by a shift in the way I hear something someone is telling me.I do not know the importance always but know it IS important...

 

Thanks.
B