There are definitely psychics among us (even in the church, although the terminology for them is different). As a matter of fact, we all have psychic ability. People outside the church who are called psychics (actually, most of them refer to themselves as "Intuitives" or "Empaths") are simply people who have been more encouraged to develop and practice their ability. Of course, there are some (like Evangelists) who use it for profit and gain--nobody is perfect. There is no such thing as a good or an evil "psychic" or a good or evil "prophet." There is simply "accurate" or "inaccurate." Basically, it depends on ones ability to get himself out of the way and allow the information to come through with no "twists" or "Spins" from his own personality. In Metaphysics, we refer to a person like that as a "Clear channel." The clearer the person is, the more accurate the informaton. Many people in Metaphysics (and many Eastern religions) believe that there is no such thing as "time" as we perceive it--all events are actually taking place simultaneously, so that past, present, and future are all one. This is how the psychic is able to "see." One cannot actually see something if it hasn't taken place. You can almost picture all events placed on a vertical line--situated in different places but all occurring at the same time. The person with more developed psychic ability is simply able to move back and forth along that line and view events in a way that others cannot. It's really nothing "mysterious."
In the Metaphysic world, we believe that a person is actually "astral-projecting" or leaving their body during the dream state. In fact, we believe that is the entire purpose of having to sleep. We are not actually our bodies--we are spirit beings, and those spirits can only endure being cooped up in bodies for so many hours at a time. When we begin to feel tired and exhausted, it is an indicated that the spirit has been "housed" for too long and needs to get out. We also believe that there are many planes of "existence" and many "realities" occurring similtaneously, and during the dream time, the spirit is able to visit some of these other planes & realities--sometimes what we would refer to as "past life" experiences, (although there is actually no such thing as past, present, or future). This is why we might see ourselves in events that to our knowledge have never taken place. In some other reality, these things may very well be taking place.
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