Taking the Psychic Fork in the Road

History
In the summer of 1981, after finishing my B.B.A. in college, I returned home to look for employment. During this time, for a reason unknown to me then, I developed an insatiable appetite for reading newspapers. For several weeks, I would read the entire newspaper from front to back. I actually scanned or read every article. Looking back on this experience, I realize that I was devouring information of all kinds, and probably unconsciously searching for something.

Within a few weeks, out of curiosity, I decided to read a book by the journalist and author, Ruth Montgomery. It was a book about spiritual and psychic topics. I was curious to see what this material was about, so I opened it to the middle and began reading. I read through to the end, and started over at the beginning. I finished reading this book by the next day.

Reading this book turned on a light bulb within me. I quickly found similar books, including some about Edgar Cayce. I began reading books on spirituality, Edgar Cayce, holistic health, dreams, and more written by Ruth Montgomery. I found myself devouring books, sometimes four at a time. During this time, I returned to prayer, adding it into my life, after many years. This began part of my path of spiritual learning.

While reading books discussing dreamwork, I also started recording my dreams. My very first recorded dream became true, playing itself out the day after the dream. Needless to say, this got my attention. I continued to record my dreams, study them and eventually found many more were precognitive.

As the months continued, I found regular employment but kept reading, studying, recording dreams, and praying. As soon as I came across the subject of meditation discussed in the books, I began trying to meditate, as well. At this time, I had a dream which said plainly that what Edgar Cayce did, I could do.

When I began reading the Edgar Cayce material, my spiritual beliefs came alive. I was praying regularly, reading the Bible more often, and worked to understand and practice some of what I was reading. I remember praying to be "good soil" for the seeds that God would plant. I believe my prayer life was one of the first steps that led to my opening up to the innate psychic ability that had been within me all the time.

By 1982, I was praying regularly, attending church, meditating, studying my dreams, reading more, and working. I felt rather busy. I also felt that I had found something wonderful, and I could not and would not let go of it.

It was in 1982 that I began recognizing that I was having regular psychic experiences. These were regular experiences and happened as I would go about living my day-to-day life. Experiences like this continued as did other experiences - some even "convenient." One small example of these experiences, is when I was living with 4 other roommates. When the phone would ring, I would know when it was for me, and know when it was not. This is a small example, but real, nonetheless.

If it were only a few anecdotal times in my life and a few dreams, I would not be presenting this material, since I believe everyone has a psychic experience or two or a few, or dreams that come true, sometimes. But I've had more than two. I've had more than 2 dozen, and I've had more than 200 of these experiences. I estimate that my psychic experiences in the last 20+ years must number anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000. 

(I also remember experiences growing up, but which I didn't understand to by 'psychic', at the time.  When I was an adolescent, what I remember most about this subject is that whenever a tv show came on related to psychic ability, I was glued to the screen.  I vividly remember some of the shows even today.)

The psychic experiences continued in various forms. I really didn't share the experiences with people around me unless I knew that they were open to what I was involved in. As the months continued, I found a few more like-minded souls. One place in which I found them was a "Search for God" study group sponsored by the Association for Research and Enlightenment.

When I joined the SFG group, I learned how to meditate in a more disciplined way. I had felt that my meditation practice was not progressing very well before I joined, and when I joined the SFG group, I saw a remarkable improvement. The very first time I meditated with the group, I had another psychic experience. A few minutes into beginning the group meditation, I felt an energy body within my physical body. I could feel that the two were separate but connected. I felt myself as being an energy body, or rather, my consciousness was energy and I lived inside this physical body. As I came out of meditation, I then felt the shift back into the awareness of the union of bodies within my physical body.

As time went on, I became familiar with this part of my life.  I would have good experiences and I would have bad experiences. Once, when I had lain down to sleep, drifting off, I heard footsteps on the front door sidewalk. In the next second, I heard knocking on the door. I immediately knew that these footsteps and knocking meant danger, in a very real sense. This sense of danger was ringing through my mind like a siren. I immediately jumped out of bed and ran to the bedroom door throwing it open. I saw my roommate sitting in the living room on the couch without even having gotten up yet to see who was at the front door. Without thinking, I bolted for the front door and opened it. At the door was a very frightened young woman from across the street who had just been confronted face-to-face by an intruder who had gotten into her house. She had run out of the house and across the street over to our home as fast as she could. We called the police for her and helped her the rest of the night.

Psychic Background           Back to top
A few years later, after a trip to get a palm-reading, I started recognizing that palmistry made sense to me. In the process of watching someone else read palms, and with a little instruction, I was recognizing some of the lines in the hands. After this, I would play around with it, reading the palms of friends and coworkers when convenient. I did it for fun, and free, so I had plenty of takers. By reading palms for free, I got plenty of practice. With practice, I saw that I was becoming more adept at "seeing" the energy patterns and vibrations as they related to the lines in the palms.

I still didn't acknowledge within myself that I was psychic, but rather that I was having psychic experiences. The experiences continued, as did the palm readings I would give occasionally to friends.

During this time in my life, two important and specific occurrences happened. The first occurrence happened while practicing meditation. I sat in meditation, like always, but this time, an image came to me. I saw a Being in a long hooded white robe. We were in a desert setting. He beckoned to me and took me to a "place." In this "place" there was nothing of significance around us, and only a large book in front of me. The book had a beginning, but it was so long from the massive number of pages, that I could not see an end to it as it reached on into the distance to my right. He opened the book to the first page, showed it to me and said, "This is the letter A." In essence, I believe this is when my "schoolwork" began. This individual was my teacher for learning how to psychically "Read." Although this person didn't say, I believe the book was the Book of Records - The Akashic Records.

The second event was more a change in my own perception. I had continued to think of myself and say to others, that even though I could do this, I didn't consider myself psychic. I finally reached a point that I needed to acknowledge - I was (am) psychic. Mentally and inwardly the experience of acknowledging this was like a door, that had been slightly open, had now opened wide. Where before I had been squinting through my eyes, now my eyes were opened wide and seeing clearly. This acknowledgment was an opening of my mind which, in turn, allowed for more to come forth.

By 1985, I was actively giving the free palm readings. Not only had I remained in the SFG study groups, but I had helped start two dream study groups. On Sundays, I was going to two different church services. Again, I was very involved, and very invested in what I was doing, and very busy.

In 1986, a friend, noticing my strong interest in psychology, dreams, and spirituality, suggested I return to school in the field of psychology. Her suggestion hit a cord within me, and I eventually returned to the academic world to get a Masters degree. By this time, I was semi-regularly giving readings. I felt very comfortable with where I was within this process, and the role it had taken in my life. Even now, I consider it all to have been a natural path for me.

In 1993, I got an M.A. degree from John F. Kennedy University, in the field of Transpersonal Psychology. Transpersonal Psychology is a branch of psychology which incorporates spirituality and the reality of it's healing and guiding roles in people's lives.

At JFK University, I focused the psychic ability through the study of psychological and spiritual inner healing. In looking at the field of psychology, I could see how the study of psychology helped to bring the spirituality and psychic ability into a deeper understanding of what is involved in human healing and evolution. From my perspective, the concepts within psychology blended with the concepts within spirituality, and the psychic ability helped me to see this even more in depth.  I felt this was how I could best use my psychic ability. This became the main arena which I focused my work, although I have not limited it to this arena. What I've always felt, is that deep down in their hearts and minds, people seek ways to better live their lives - through relating better to themselves and their own lives, each other, and to God.

As the years continued, I did eventually remember having a few psychic experiences as a child. But, I realized that, when I was a child, I did not have the context to put it in. I didn't know it to be psychic. Although while growing up, I loved anything to do with the psychic world or experiences, I never considered it to be relevant to me. My own experiences were just experiences of "knowing something" or "thinking something" that later came true.  I did not recognize it as being a psychic experience, and I had no support or context for this type of understanding.  Consequently, I never spoke of or sought any explanation about any of the experiences.

Recently, I saw that I had indeed entered into this life with this aspect as a part of me already. I was born with this within my consciousness. When I came into a psychically nurturing environment, open to this understanding of the human life and soul, this aspect of my life awakened and grew. As I became familiar with what psychic ability was and is, I recognized it as part of who I was, and am.

Interestingly enough, when I am around others who consider this valid, my abilities are sharper and the clarity is higher.  I'm then able to share my skills to contribute to whatever is proceeding within the present company.  However, when I am around those who are closed to this aspect, I'm not able to draw upon this aspect as clearly and not able to share this skill and use it to contribute to whatever is 'up' for us as a group.  In this context, I am still able to draw upon it for my own referencing.  In these instances, I believe I am being guided to respect the personal beliefs of those whose company I am in.

Personal Philosophy           Back to top
For me, it is a part of my life everyday, like eating and sleeping. I think of it as another way of interacting in this world. I feel that I could no more NOT have this as an everyday part of my life as I could stop breathing. When I wake up in the morning, I am clairvoyant. When I go to bed at night, I am clairvoyant. When I wake up the next morning, I still am.  I know myself to be this.

Being psychic does not mean being omniscient. For the most part, I come to "know" something as part of the process of 'reading', or sensing - when I look for it. I didn't "sense" or "see" the World Trade Center attacks. Nor is it "reading people's minds." I equate it more with when someone has a question or seeks information or help, then I go find it in the "library." I don't know everything in a "library," but I'm more familiar with some parts of the "library" than other parts of the "library." The technical explanation that I would offer is how Edgar Cayce once put it - "my mind is able to interpret and read a certain spectrum of energy vibrations."

Through the years, I have sought to find a way to use this ability ethically and with respect. I have strived to use it to help in whatever way I can. I have also sought to use it to contribute to a greater understanding of our relationships to God, to each other and to ourselves. I am not a saint, nor am I an angel. I have struggled with the same personality issues everyone else struggles with. I experience ups and downs with life, like everyone else.

I also experience similar life challenges as others do - some related to psychic ability. I've been verbally attacked and feared, as well as applauded and loved because of being psychic. I've experienced prejudice and condemnation, as well as respect and recognition. I know myself to be a human being, and I know every human being to also be a spiritual being.

I've always experienced clairvoyance as an ability, like one would experience being able to dance the ballet or sculpt. I also recognize this as a natural potential within every human but at different levels of ability and with a need for it to be honed and developed. Some have a penchant for it. If considered in terms of a talent to be had, then everybody has an aptitude or talent in something, and this is mine.

I hope this page might answer any questions you have about the help I offer or myself.  If not, please review the FAQ's page.

Jodie Senkyrik

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