ESP - Advice needed

[Yurei]

Being on this path for a while now, I've discovered that all my life I posses a talent for the psychic ability known as ESP (extra sensory perception)

However, sometimes I get confused. Sometimes when a thought comes into my mind, I'm not sure whether it's my ESP kicking in or if it's just a random stray thought from my over active imagination.

There have been times I've dropped the ball for not trusting my thoughts, dismissing them as a stray thought, when in actual fact it was my ESP. The reverse has also happened.

What can I do to better manage my thoughts and differentiate between ESP instincts and my mind's stray thoughts?

Also, how is ESP developed in general? Is there a specific meditation one can perform to develop it or improve it?

 

[Isisd]

I had this problem too. You can overcome this with two meditation I found in Bardon's Initiation to Hermetics. The first being void meditation (you can also find it in the JoS), with void meditation you train your mind to shout your thoughts at command. When you're adept in this, when using ESP you will be able to discern the real extra sensorial perception because it will come from the "outside", or from the intuitive side of your brain, the right side. Another meditation that is useful is based on looking at your stream of consciousness as an external spectator. Allow your thoughts to run freely in a perpetual flux watching them from the outside in a relaxed state of mind. This meditation can also help you recognize your specific thoughts, the patterns of your thoughts, the specific peculiarities of them. When you know your mind very well, it will be easier to discern real intuition from random thoughts.
I would also recommend you to develop your inclination through external means that can help your esp at first before doing it on your own. These can include tarot cards, or the zener cards that are targeted specifically for ESP development and I highly recommend. Blessed be

 

[Henu the Great]

You said you have had problems with awareness around thoughts so training awareness is of great use, especially when the skill also specifically requires a good amount of awareness. Void meditation is the most simple method for training awareness.