by Nancy Robbins
We all are aware of our five human senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. There is also a sixth sense – generally termed our Intuition, and perceptions that go beyond conventional sensory experiences. There are heightened sensory perceptions of each of these six senses that formulate the eight clair-senses – Clairvoyance (sight), Clairaudience (hearing), Clairaliance (smell), Clairgustance (taste), Clairtangency (touch). The “sixth sense” – your intuition – it the category I place the other heightened perceptions Claircognizance (clear knowing), Clairsentience (clear feeling of an emotion), Clairempathy (clear sensing of emotion).
The Eight Clair-Senses
No matter what category of psychic you find your skills, you will be using your clair-senses (heightened extrasensory perception) to receive information derived from your divine connection. These clair-senses help you receive information when your soul frequency connects to a divine source or spirit. You may discover you have one, or several of these clair-senses that you are skilled at. This is valuable information for you. The intention in connecting o spirit to receive guidance or information should always be done from a place of love, and for the highest good, and not ego, whether you are receiving this information for yourself or others. The information you receive may not be what your ego mind expected, but is for the highest good for all and in Divine order. When you start making your work self-serving in nature, you will still receive energetic information, but it may be muffled, unclear, or unaligned and prove inauthentic.
1 – Clairvoyance
Clear seeing. A clairvoyant (clear seeing) receives extrasensory impressions and symbols in the form of mental images through their mind’s eye (third eye). You may be clairvoyant if you experience vivid dreams, visions, mental images, and mini-movies that flash into your inner awareness. You may be able to see the colors of the energy fields (auras) around people, plants, and animals, or perhaps you are able to see angels, ghosts, or other beings. You may be energetically capable to clearly receive through clairvoyance if you are a visual person, can easily visualize solutions to problems, are artistic and creative, or have a vast and extraordinary imagination. A clairvoyant may have the ability to see the future (precognition), to clarify and illuminate the present (most common) and see the past (postcognition). These are also known as psychic visions. This is one of the most common clair-senses, and most people receive and assume it is imagination! This ability to visualize will help you manifest well.
2 – Claircognizance
Clear Knowing. You experience claircognizance when you suddenly know something to be true, even though you didn’t see it, hear it or feel it. You just know it. It’s an instant insight or a download of information that needs no processing or interpretation. It can be a persistent awareness that someone is lying to you when you have no physical evidence of it. This is closely related to intuition, or “gut feeling.”
3 – Clairaudience
Clear Hearing. If you are clairaudient you are able to perceive sounds, words, or noise from the spiritual or ethereal realm. Someone is clairaudient if they mainly receive their intuitive information, or hear a voice, with their inner or outer hearing. In meditation you move down into a relaxed Theta level just before sleep or as you are just waking up, when your mind and ego are quiet, and you can hear your inner voice. You may also hear the voice of Spirit – be it an Angel, guide, loved one, or even an ascended master.
4 – Clairsentience
Clear feeling This entails feeling a person’s or spirit’s emotions, thoughts, symptoms, or their physical pain. It is the awareness or perception of emotional energy. We are energetic beings that communicate energetically, and not just through language or visual cues. This ability helps us to identify with the person (living or passed) or spirit that we are connecting to.
5 – Clairempathy
Clear sensing of emotion. The difference between clairempathy and clairsentience is that empaths sense the emotional energy (and unfortunately sometimes assume it is theirs) whereas sentients feel the emotional energy. You have clairempathy if you sense other people’s emotions, thoughts, and symptoms. It is important
as an empath to separate what is your feelings from another’s. Empaths need self-care and psychic protection techniques to successfully manage their empathic nature and shield themselves from energetic overload. A skilled empath knows how to maintain spiritual boundaries, replenish energy and clear unwanted negative energy from their auric field.
6 – Clairalience
Clear smelling. This is being able to smell odors that don’t have any kind of physical source. Instances of this could include smelling the perfume or the cigarette smoke of a deceased relative, used as a sign of their presence around us. When our sense of smell is strong and distinct, we may find that certain smells connect us to past memories, and this is what this sense is used for most. This sense helps us to feel an experience and relay a message or information.
7 – Clairgustance
Clear tasting. Similar to clairalience, this is the ability to taste something that isn’t actually there. This experience oftentimes comes from out of the blue when a deceased loved one is attempting to communicate a memory or association we have with a particular food or beverage that reminds us of them. If we have a heightened sense of taste, this would make us natural chefs, bakers, or food critics.
8 – Clairtangency
Clear Touch. This clair is also known as psychometry—which is the ability to receive information through touch. An object holds intention and emotions from the person that possessed the object (deceased or living). This ability helps you to experience the previous owner’s energy.