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**Kayakeenemeds** · 04-28-2009, 09:34 PM

she told me that i never could because i wasnt gifted from god.

Hmm. Well, in one respect I understand what she means. Some people are naturally better at some things than others. Yes, some people appear to be naturally better at mystical and psychic things than others. BUT... I don't believe that this means that unless you're "gifted" you can't develop in many areas related to psychic phenomena. You may need to be "born" a mystic or maybe it's just that some people are and others have to work really hard to cultivate it.

An analogy for you. I never would have been a great ballerina, though I studied ballet for some years and developed a lot of strength and flexibility and I understood a lot of the theory. As it turns out, I'm simply not built to be a ballerina (too curvy), nor do I appear to have the willingness to endure the necessary physical training (which can be downright punishing) necessary to become that.

Does this mean I can't ever dance? Or that the years I spent studying ballet were wasted? Not at all. In fact, if I'd really wanted to pursue dance, I probably could have found another style of dance that might have suited me (jazz dance, perhaps) and I could have, theoretically, ended up as a choreographer or something along those lines. I could have still pursued my interest in dance, had my interest persisted past puberty.

Same thing with psychic abilities, and with mysticism and various other esoteric pursuits. Some people are naturally good at it, some have to work at it, but I do not believe nor have I ever believed that some people are just magically able to do something and everyone else has to sit in awe of them, unable to do any of it. That's just nonsense. You may never be able to do some things, or you may find some things develop as you get older, etc., but this whole "worship the talent" thing has always rubbed my fur backwards (you see it a lot in the arts, too, where "talent" is an idol and anyone who appears to have any of it is treated as if they were touched by angels or something

).

Anyway. You can develop all sorts of abilities. Don't worry about the "gifted from God" thing. You're plenty gifted, you just need to find and develop the gifts you do have, and work a little harder at the things where you're not as naturally capable.

04-28-2009, 09:34 PM	#5
Kayakeenemeds Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	she told me that i never could because i wasnt gifted from god. Hmm. Well, in one respect I understand what she means. Some people are naturally better at some things than others. Yes, some people appear to be naturally better at mystical and psychic things than others. BUT... I don't believe that this means that unless you're "gifted" you can't develop in many areas related to psychic phenomena. You may need to be "born" a mystic or maybe it's just that some people are and others have to work really hard to cultivate it. An analogy for you. I never would have been a great ballerina, though I studied ballet for some years and developed a lot of strength and flexibility and I understood a lot of the theory. As it turns out, I'm simply not built to be a ballerina (too curvy), nor do I appear to have the willingness to endure the necessary physical training (which can be downright punishing) necessary to become that. Does this mean I can't ever dance? Or that the years I spent studying ballet were wasted? Not at all. In fact, if I'd really wanted to pursue dance, I probably could have found another style of dance that might have suited me (jazz dance, perhaps) and I could have, theoretically, ended up as a choreographer or something along those lines. I could have still pursued my interest in dance, had my interest persisted past puberty. Same thing with psychic abilities, and with mysticism and various other esoteric pursuits. Some people are naturally good at it, some have to work at it, but I do not believe nor have I ever believed that some people are just magically able to do something and everyone else has to sit in awe of them, unable to do any of it. That's just nonsense. You may never be able to do some things, or you may find some things develop as you get older, etc., but this whole "worship the talent" thing has always rubbed my fur backwards (you see it a lot in the arts, too, where "talent" is an idol and anyone who appears to have any of it is treated as if they were touched by angels or something ). Anyway. You can develop all sorts of abilities. Don't worry about the "gifted from God" thing. You're plenty gifted, you just need to find and develop the gifts you do have, and work a little harder at the things where you're not as naturally capable.
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