Negative Social Stigma: Overcoming Blocks to Open Your Third Eye & Develop Psychic Perception

       It may seem like the judgements of other people should not be a reason for us not to pursue something we love, but negative social stigma or negative social pressure can be and is a common block to developing Third Eye and psychic perception. 

    The purpose of this article is to bring attention to the negative social stigma, that is attached to Third Eye perception and psychic abilities. Just being aware of the social pressure, we are often exposed to regarding our Third Eye and psychic perception, can help us deal with it.

    We all grow up in different social environments, where we are taught different beliefs, judgements, values and so on. Some are explicitly taught to us and some are instilled by the behavior we witness as we grow up.

    I feel that a lot of people share this issue. When I was growing up, when we would see some TV shows about psychics, I would hear people around me comment negatively about psychics. 

"Charlatans! Liars! Posers! Pretenders!"

"How shameless! Taking advantage of gullible people!"

"Poor people, who believe that they actually see stuff!"

"It’s so obvious they are lying!"

"You have to be really stupid to believe them and if you can’t see their deception, well then you deserve to be taken advantage of!"

    Even right now, as I am writing about my Third Eye perception and psychic abilities, I feel embarrassed, uncomfortable and that something is cringing inside of me. This is how deep-rooted this block is for me and I bet for many others, too.

    How does negative social stigma really bother people, interested in and working with Third Eye perception and psychic abilities?

1. Not being able to talk about it openly and honestly without sounding naïve, deceptive and crazy.

2. When actually opening up about it, constantly facing judging comments and looks from others, including one's own loved ones.

3. Letting these negative judgements seep in and cause interference when working on actual Third Eye / psychic meditation, perception and communication.

    I noticed that just being aware that these kinds of beliefs, instilled in me since childhood, are powerfully blocking me from pursuing my authentic, true heart’s desires and interests, makes it so much clearer of what I need to overcome to be my authentic self.

    This negative social stigma is not just limited to the past. In today’s mainstream social culture, Third Eye / psychic perception is something not to be taken seriously, a lie or just rich imagination.

    This block slows down not only people, who grew up surrounded by this negative social stigma, but it is also an obstacle for those, who grew up in families, where psychic powers were generally accepted and respected, because these people still have to face the mainstream social environment today.

How can this block be overcome?

    My solution so far has been to spend less time with people, who do not believe in or respect my interests and to find and surround myself with people, who do support my interests in Third Eye / psychic communication.

    I have searched for and found people, who have these abilities, who are working on developing them further, who are working on finding new applications for their perception, and who enjoy sharing their experiences and realizations in an open and honest way.

    When your social environment does not support you, create one that does.

    When we change our social environment, we are also removing the influence of this negative social stigma about Third Eye perception and psychic abilities. It becomes much easier to pursue those interests, being surrounded by supporting and loving people, as opposed to those who do not support you.

    I do not mean that it is a good idea to radically disengage yourself from your current friends and family and search for a completely new community at all. Small steps and small changes can be very effective instead.

    I can think of two reasons why it may not be a good idea to drastically disengage from your current society and move somewhere far away and live in a small community of people. Although that may be a choice for some people and they may be completely happy about it, but here are two things to consider from my perspective and experience.

    First, when people drastically cut themselves off from one society and seclude themselves in a smaller sub-society, this creates a great breeding ground for all sorts of new unhealthy and distorted beliefs, values and behaviors. 

    This is closely related to various religious cults and sects, where things can go even worse than in the society you try to move away from. 

    Unfortunately, I speak from some unpleasant personal experience here. In any case, if a highly populated mainstream society can have unhealthy beliefs, values and actions, then why can’t a smaller society develop them? It’s possible that you could be exchanging one thing you don’t like for another thing that later you might realize is even worse.

    The second reason why it may not be a good idea to drastically disengage from your current society and move somewhere far away and live in a small community of people is that if one of your ultimate goals is to give back to humanity, to help people using your third eye, psychic gifts and abilities, then it is much harder to do from a disengaged society. 

    To be able to help people with certain problems, it helps to know these problems, be engaged with these problems and care about these problems. For this reason, it makes sense to stay in your community.

    The extent to which you change your social environment is, of course, a personal matter and decision. Everybody has their own freedom of will to exercise and to choose one’s path to walk.

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