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However, I think I should explain that question such as — will my house sell? — will we make a move this year and if so, where to and when? — will 1 get mar- ried this year? — are not the kind of questions [ can answer with a simply yes or-no. 1 don’t doubt the sincerity of readers who ask these questions and I am sorry | cannot answer them through’ my column but | don’t want: to turn the column into a real estate game or give out advice to the lovelorn, | - I still want to encourage anyone who has a question to write to me and if.1 feel that it cannot be answered properly in the column | am willing to give an answer privately if necessary. Letters have come in with a definite need and these letters are being treated with respect and privacy. : The following questions are from readers who wish more informa’: tion’on. the psychic field, 1 feel they are both educational and in- teresting as these questions make me think and do some research. | hope as I answer them: readers get'a gceper insight into the psychic held: Patricia Humphrey, MS.W. It was dark when the matinee got out, and cold the way it is in the eastern fall.—. bitey, damp fingers. of wind Poking ‘its: way, into un, " protected crevices. : : “As she’d been told, the tight. -year- 61d aed outside ihe theatre in the safety of the lights, watching for the maroon Ford, waiting for her mother to pick. her up. As the -wait got longer and longer, ‘her uneasiness peaked ‘into worry and fear: Pulling her: forehead into.a- ‘tight frown, she strained to make the car appear by. a magic act: of Intuitively, by some timéless isdoni that children develop when life = treats them capr icious ly. she knew. for sure that she would be left there remember her aunt’ $ relephone numbe ‘mirthless laugh and said to the child: “Your mother i isin jail’. Nearly 40 years: later that little girl would still feel the: ‘Pain ind the a shame and the terror that those words set loose i in her spirit. , “Your mother is in jail.” She'd been on way to pick up the child, but “impaired. by aleohot. fe she’ 'd driven into the side of a strect car: and then tried, to. assault the oe - police officer who'd arrested her, Ane bits. and pieces the little-girl gathered the story stopethers Her. - mother was now. very. sober and very scared, ‘Her father was worried Doe. “intova tight. knot. Because no one told her anything and ‘she didn’t) know what to ask, the le lived in terror, wondering. what would ~ happen next. Child abuse is very ofteri a trauma ‘ot hysical and sexual assault, ‘of _ s body that the outsider can see and. -violence done toa small person's respond. to, but there are also the children who are abused more subte- uly, less visibly, . ~ Singles “discudeion group — OYM- vives BRO plans _ singles discussion group: 7:30 ON Me dune, Vay. 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Coming back into the living room, she forced a hollow 7 whose. abuse cannot draw. the same compassion . because the injuries are intangible, untouchable. : ; In this story there are multiple emotional abuses, This child was, in “You'll bo ala you did, : “(sidnoy & North § Saanichy Page B3 Q. — Do children have psychic ability and if they do,why do they lose it? A. — Yes, I strongly believe etalacen do have psychic experiences. However, as. they express what they ‘‘see and feel’? we as parents are. apt to put the child down, telling them they are imagining things, even that they-are just making up stories. We are inclined.to think the child is only seeking attention, and we therefore should discourage these strange stories. After enough scoldings and being accused of telling lies, the child stops telling us about their psychic experiences. After all, we all need and seek approval. They do not lose this ability — what happens is that they stop using it for fear of being ridiculed. As with any other gift or talent, when it is not used it fades into the background: and unless trained to re- develop it the psychic gift becomes latent. Q. — What and where is the third eye? A. — When peoplle talk of the third eye, they are referring to our psychic eye. It is located slightly above your other two eyes. When do- ing psychometry, psychics will often hold an object to their-third eye. You may have seenthis in movies, slightly dramatized to give the viewer an understanding of where the third eye is located. Not all psychics do.this, nes can be Just as accurate by looking certs at the object. Q. — Can you give a more indepth answer to what is *Spsychic’’ how does it work. ; me A. — Psychic ability is something. everyone has.lt is one of our senses along with sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. The human brain has two-halves; the conscious half is the dominant one that deals with logic and-our thinking process. The other is the non-dominant half. This is our: subconscious level. and effect, abandoned outside the theatre by a parent who chose to behave capriciously although she was aware that on that-day she alone had total responsibility for that younster. Only by her own wits did the lit- tle girl manage a compassionate rescue-by other family. members. And then there was the aunt who without.intention, wounded the _ child mercilessly, acting out her own outrage by dumping too much in-’ formation on her — information too painful for an eight-year-old to handle, too assaultive ot her already damaged young Spirit | fo com-.. ~. prehend, To have said that there’d been: an accident and that.the mother was alright would.at that point, for that child, have been sufficient. Finally, the parents indirectly abused the child by their unwillingess or inability to talk with her after, by their ignorance that this might allay terrors they were. unaware she was suf fering. Of course they.were immersed in their own pain, but that child who desperately needed - help was: again abandoned to her own resources. That too isa Jou . abuse.” aren : Millions of us are invisible walking Wounded” We cannot pews - our histories. The abuse belongs to: yesterday, tovour: personal in-— vs heritance over: which we, as children, had very little control.» ape Now, as. adults, we do have control over our todays. We no longer : ‘need to.be frightened and helpless and: humiliated. _ Nevertheless, each of us, in our struggle to grow and to heal, will : t time rediscover that. abused little child who. may: still live. ite sane and rage that then cons tute today’ s challenges “her. favorite grand- : & Waleut ie $\ 0.99. mat cenemanm mentum SIDNEY. : re “HOURS” Se Bee “Monday ‘Friday 8: 00a, mies 5:30 pm. ’ eee Batuday 81.30 aurries & 00 p.m. _ Sunday 40° 60 ams VAs 00 pM. mh oie dt it deals with our emotions and intutition. Each half is capable of working independently of each other. Most people tend to use the conscious level more, yet we are capable of us- ing them both together. It is ‘an established fact that: we only use 10 per. cent: of our brain power. It is ‘also a fact that our subconscious mind is far stronger and more powerful than our conscious mind. It is hard to explain just how our psychic power works, I can only use the classic example of. the’ telephone system. . We can’t see our voices:travel through the telephone wires and be heard by someone thousands of iniles away, but we do know that it works and therefore we don’t doubt it: : So it is with our psychic powers, we can’t sce it, but it has been pro- ven that it works, it’s there! Q. — Do you recommend that everyone develop their psychic powers and what should one do with their psychic ability once it -has been developed? A. — Psychic training is not for everyone. It should be only under- taken by stable people, as it can and does frighten people. If once you have developed your psychic power, you may not want.to become a professional psychic. It takes a lot of training, dedication and sincerity plus a lot of. hard work to be a professional psychic. Ladmit that itis not an easy carcer. However, you can. use your gift to help you separate. the wood from the trees:in your own life and en- joy life more. It can be fun. It can enrich your life in'so many ways. My thought for the eek to you. is — loneliness is better than bad company! Please address your letters to'me c/0 The Review: 2367. Beacon Ave., Sidney, V8L_1W9. If such a child still lives inside of you, then the adult parts of you are today entrusted with caring for and comforting. that child part of | yourself. It-is now your grown-up privilege to help and empower and ‘cherish that wounded youngster who. really. does deserve your tenderness and compassion. We tend to look outside of ourselves for comfort. If you’can find it there too, then. you are doubly enriched. But basically, it ‘is our own internal adult resources that we must-be able torely on if- we are to em- brace and heal the injured child within us. Pat Humphrey . Helen Walter, Ph. D. is-a psychologist. Pat ‘Humphrey, MSW, is. a: - psychiatric social worker. They have a practice in North Saanich. your car - COMPLETE — ENGINE ‘OVERHAUL LIFETIME GUARANTEE ON SHOCKS, BRAKES — & MUFFLERS.