When we begin the path of psychic work, it’s easy to get swept up in the vast worlds of spirit. We encounter luminous beings, dynamic and healing group energies, and subtle intelligences in and through others that seem wiser, stronger, and more radiant than ourselves. For many sensitives, these presences bring comfort and inspiration. But there’s a hidden challenge here: sometimes, in seeking to align with “higher vibes,” we risk drifting away from our own personal humanity.
The Companions of Spiritual Groups
Wherever people gather for spiritual work, there are also the unseen companions. These beings help sustain the energy of the group, offering coherence and inspiration. In traditions like Anthroposophy and Theosophy, it’s long been observed that entire organizations may attract (or even create) a kind of “Society Being” — an entity that embodies the collective spiritual intent of the members. Wether you believe in beings, or just refer to this as “vibes” doesn’t matter - it’s a very real thing.
Such energetic presences aren’t necessarily dark or harmful. In fact, they often provide stability and uplift. But here’s the rub: they don’t fully understand the human condition. They may radiate power and inspiration, but they lack empathy for our fragile, funny, contradictory selves. When we mistake these beings for the whole of spiritual reality, we can end up with a kind of pseudo-seriousness — floating high above, but disconnected from lived experience.
Why Staying Human Matters in Psychic Training
True clairvoyance and mediumship study isn’t about escaping into rarefied states. If done properly, it’s about bringing more of ourselves into awareness. Seriousness and gaiety, depth and lightness, these complexities are meant to walk hand in hand. When we stay grounded in our personal human condition — our laughter, our griefs, our flaws, our triumphs — we cultivate as a group:
Resistance – the strength to stand steady in the face of overwhelming energies.
Discrimination – the ability to discern what is truly supportive versus what is simply dazzling.
Comprehension – the expansion of consciousness that comes from lived empathy and experience through discernment and critical thinking.
Without these qualities, it’s easy to hand over our center of gravity to external forces, whether they’re social, spiritual, or psychic.
Training the Discernment Muscle
Psychic training is, at its heart, a time of discernment. Every meditation, every reading, every encounter with subtle energy is a chance to practice saying: Is this mine, or is this outside me? Does this uplift my own creativity, or does it entangle? This questioning doesn’t weaken your connection to Spirit — it strengthens it. Because Spirit doesn’t ask us to surrender our humanity; it asks us to inhabit it more fully.
Reflection Prompts for Your Practice
Think of a time when you felt carried along by the energy of a group or a presence. How did you know whether it was supportive or draining?
Do you notice in yourself a tendency toward over-seriousness or earnestness in spiritual work? What might laughter, joy, and lightness bring back into balance for you?
How can you practice resistance, discernment, and complex comprehension in your next meditation or intuitive exercises?
Closing Thoughts
The beings that gather around spiritual groups aren’t our enemies, nor are they our saviors. They’re companions. But the real training, the real work, is to stay human in the midst of it all. Our humanity — tender, wise, stumbling, and resilient — is the doorway to true clairvoyance.
When we stay rooted in laughter as well as seriousness, we’re less likely to be swept away by pseudo-divinity and more likely to grow in genuine strength. Psychic training isn’t about becoming less human; it’s about becoming more deeply, consciously human in everything we do.
Photo is of my colleague and friend, Ryan Fukuda, leading a class on the Astral Body at a psychic meditation retreat in Portland, OR.
As a liminal healer and intuitive coach, I hold space for those navigating the "in-between" moments of life, which sometimes can last days, weeks, months, or years. By working with consciousness tools and focusing on reuniting body, mind, and spirit to one’s innate creativity, I help you turn seasons of change into seasons of emergence.
With over twenty years of experience as a professional clairvoyant, trance-medium, and psychic teacher supporting more than a thousand seekers and mystics on their journey to self-actualization, I invite you to step into authenticity and autonomy.
