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Taking Photographs More of an Intuitive Experience

In a previous blogpost I talked about analyzing your photographs.

Look at your photographs of mountains. Do you have trees, branches, flowers, a totem pole, a flying bird, a couple arm-in-arm surveying the scene . . . something in the foreground . . . to create depth and make the photograph interesting?

Photography: Analyze Your Photographs — Carol Chapman

However, by saying the above, I don’t want you to think that I take my photographs in an analytical way. Actually, the way I really take my photographs, feels more of an intuitive experience. Sometimes, it almost feels like I’m receiving spiritual guidance or having a psychic experience.

Have You Suffered Consequences When You Did NOT Follow Spiritual Guidance?

Yesterday I told a story of one young woman’s experience in which she did not listen to her inner spiritual guidance and regretted it.

She often thinks back to her meditation when she received the “No” and wishes she had paid heed to it.

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Have you had a similar experience when you received a message of psychic or spiritual direction and did NOT follow it?

An Example of the Psychic Working in Everyday Life

I’ve been talking about the “Yes or No” meditation, that the unconscious mind, from which comes intuition and the psychic, often appears to know better than the conscious mind.

However, if you give it some time, you will likely discover something your conscious mind had no way of knowing but which your unconscious mind somehow, without any physical way of research, knew. Then, you will likely regret that you went ahead based on only your conscious decision.

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Here’s an example from a friend’s life. She had been looking for 10 years for the right home to buy. However, her husband kept saying “no” to every lovely place she and the realtor found. Finally she found a place that her husband also liked. They did all the things a person should do to make sure the house they are considering will be good, such as getting an inspection done and meeting the neighbors to assure themselves they would get along. However, when she went to the house and meditated with a friend, the both of them received the same answer, “No.” Because she’d been trying to move to another house for 10 years, she went ahead with the sale in spite of her intuitive information. Also, everything seemed so fine with the house. Afterwards, she and her husband discovered that their next door neighbor was not all that he showed himself to be. Now, their lives have periodic encounters with misery in the person of their neighbor. She often thinks back to her meditation when she received the “No” and wishes she had paid heed to it.

Your Unconscious Mind Knows Best

Often, when your intuition or unconscious mind says “No” and your conscious mind says “Yes” you’ll find that your unconscious mind knows best!

Whenever you have a decision to make, whenever you feel stumped about the next step to take, first consciously make your choice, then, use the Yes or Not Meditation and see if your answers coincide.

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The reason your unconscious mind said “No” may not become evident at first. In fact, based on the facts in hand and your conscious assessment of the situation, there is every reason to believe you will receive a successful outcome if you pursue your conscious decision.

However, if you give it some time, you will likely discover something your conscious mind had no way of knowing but which your unconscious mind somehow, without any physical way of research, knew. Then, you will likely regret that you went ahead based on only your conscious decision.

Apply Edgar Cayce’s Yes No Meditation in Many Areas of Your Life

Although I specifically talked about using a variation of Edgar Cayce’s Yes or No Meditation when going through photographs to choose which ones to use, this is an intuitive system that can be used in many areas of your life.

You might want to try it for your own psychic development. See if you hear, feel, see or in some way receive an inner response when you have a decision to make.

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Whenever you have a decision to make, whenever you feel stumped about the next step to take, first consciously make your choice, then, use the Yes or Not Meditation and see if your answers coincide.

If not, you’d better delay going ahead or find some more information to understand the discrepancy. I have found that usually the decision made by my un- or subconscious mind turns out to be right.

Edgar Cayce’s "Yes or No" Meditation

In a previous post, I said that I often use my intuition to choose which photographs to select for a given project such as the Edgar Cayce Calendar.

Ask yourself, “Yes or No.” You might even hear “yes” or “no.”

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The “Yes or No” method of selection photographs is a version of a meditation I learned from the psychic readings of Edgar Cayce. Here’s the quote from Edgar Cayce Reading 5019-2:

“As the body recognizes, there is the body-mind, the body-consciousness, there is also the inner consciousness or the soul mind. Ask the question in self in the physical mind so it may be answered yes or no, and in mediation get the answer. Then closing self to physical consciousness, through the meditation, ask the same question. If these agree, go ahead. If these disagree, analyze own self and see the problem that lies in the way.”

(5019-2)

I find this meditation, in various forms, very helpful in my life. I believe it connects me with my psychic or soul abilities.

You might want to try it for your own psychic development. See if you hear, feel, see or in some way receive an inner response when you have a decision to make.

Both the Creative and Psychic Draw on the Subconscious or Unconscious Mind

“Sub” means under. Therefore, the subconscious mind, which is also called the unconscious mind, is under the conscious mind. It is hidden, underneath.

The fact is, you can go only so far with the conscious mind in creative endeavors. You have to connect with the un- or subconscious mind.

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In creative endeavors, and also with the psychic, information, hunches, feelings and promptings come from the un- or subconscious mind.

Therefore, ideas that arise from the un- or subconscious mind often come in a flash or a “still small voice“ rather than the ideas that come from the conscious mind.

The Unconscious Mind Comes to the Fore in the Creative Process

The fact is, you can go only so far with the conscious mind in creative endeavors. You have to connect with the un- or subconscious mind.

The operative word is consciously. Now, I’m going to describe a technique I use to bring in the unconscious or subconscious mind to help you choose the best photographs.

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As it’s name implies, the unconscious mind is not part of our conscious thinking processes. When you like something, you like it–that’s it, just that simple. You don’t say, well, it’s got something in the foreground to give it depth, the colors are vibrant, or the colors are muted which works with the scene. You just simply say, “I like it.” Sometimes, you say, “I don’t know why, but this is the one that does it for me.”

The unconscious is connected with feeling not thinking.

Intuitive Photography Choices Enhance Your Psychic Development

This technique of choosing photographs intuitively are a way of developing your psychic abilities. I actually learned the “Yes/No” technique from the Edgar Cayce readings.

Ask yourself, “Yes or No.” You might even hear “yes” or “no.” Most likely you’ll have a feeling for which ones you like and which ones you don’t. It is an intuitive choice–one that comes out of the unconscious.

However you experience it, you will have a sense, a knowing, of which photographs to choose.

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Using Your Intuitive Faculties to Choose Photographs

Here’s a technique I learned from Dave Heath, my professor at Ryerson University in Toronto where I studied Photography and Filmmaking. I use it to help me choose which photograph to feature, whether it’s part of a slide show or whether it’s used to illustrate a book or whether it’s used in a calendar such as the Edgar Cayce Calendar.

If you can let go of the “idea” of what the photograph should look like, you may find a few images that are actually better than what you consciously tried to take photographs of.

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The operative word is consciously. Now, I’m going to describe a technique I use to bring in the unconscious or subconscious mind to help you choose the best photographs. Simply look at the photos one after another. You can even switch from one to another.

Ask yourself, “Yes or No.” You might even hear “yes” or “no.” Most likely you’ll have a feeling for which ones you like and which ones you don’t. It is an intuitive choice–one that comes out of the unconscious.

However you experience it, you will have a sense, a knowing, of which photographs to choose.

Look at your photographs of mountains. Do you have trees, branches, flowers, a totem pole, a flying bird, a couple arm-in-arm surveying the scene . . . something in the foreground . . . to create depth and make the photograph interesting?