Wow, I sure started a conversation here. I have a few comments...first off, it's not like being a psychic. I know people who do that for work, but I don't try to see things...it just happens. Only on a few rare occasions have I tried to see things.
I guess it doesn't have that much to do with heritage either. In Indian cultures, though, there are a lot of different gifts that people can have, it's just considered normal or maybe even special. For instance, one of my sons has some very strong gifts. At a very young age, he described seeing spirits here and there. That grew stronger over time and became overwhelming for him. I had to somehow explain to him what these things were, and that it is a gift and a burden. I also had to tell him to keep his mouth shut to anyone who wasn't Indian. Can you imagine the reaction if he would have told his teacher that he could see one of his ancestors in the classroom, singing him an honoring song? He would have been pegged as schizophrenic for sure, and if the teacher had a Christian background, they might not say that they thought our beliefs were some evil occult thing, but that would likely come up in thought.
For us, these things are natural and normal and an integrated part of the thought process of living.
I don't always understand what I see or sense or dream. I may not understand it until years later. Sometimes, what I see isn't meant for me, it is information that someone else needs.
I don't predict the future, or do psychic readings, or anything else like that. Can you believe that one guy on another bb here asked me if I knew a "shaman" who could read his WAW's mind for him?
Shiny, I don't know what the relationship is between that woman and I. I only know that there is one and I knew it right away. I guess you and I will figure it out at some point. Everything happens for a reason.
