Hello and thanks for having me!
I am new to this forum and have it book marked so I plan on visiting for a while.
My issue is this:

I am 30 years old and have seen and experienced many different things most would consider paranormal, to me its just normal. My problem is I have no control over it.

Some of you are probably thinking i am crazy or seeing things (i know i did at first), but I have had confirmation on two occasions and those are the experiences I am going to share.

The first was a few years ago. I live just outside of Chicago and my best friend lives within the city. While he and I were walking across a busy part of the city we were passing a parked car with big wheels and shiny rims to our right. I glanced at the car (why i don't know, I don't really care about cars or rims) and as I did i saw something walking passed it. It didn't look like any type of spirit I had ever seen before. I know this will probably discredit me a bit... but it looked like the predator when he was invisible. my pace slowed as I kept walking and i abruptly turned to my friend and he was looking at it too! This started a conversation about ghost and such and served for my first confirmation that i wasn't crazy and made me far more comfortable talking about those types of experiences.

The second happened weeks ago, maybe a month now. I was in the kitchen talking to my sister and my nephew and niece were in a separate room doing their homework (and playing as kids often do when they are supposed to be doing their homework). My niece walked out of the room and toward the living room and I called out to her and told her to go back into the room. She ignored me completely (which was unacceptable because I'm their uncle ). So, i told my sister to hold on and I followed the way she went, into the living room but i didn't see her. I looked around the corner and by the front door and she was nowhere to be seen.
I went into the room where they were supposed to be doing there homework and she was still there getting her stuff out to do her homework!
I went into the kitchen and told my sister what happened and right when i finished telling her she pointed behind me...
My niece was walking out of the room and following the exact path I saw her walk earlier, I followed her into the living room and she was getting some supplies out of her book bag right near the front door.

And so that leads us to today, and today I am lost as to how to fully awaken, control, and use these gifts. They are completely random and i have NO control over them. I meditate, but not every day. Would more meditation help me to understand and control my gifts? If it helps at all, I live a christian life style (I believe in God and Jesus and try to live my life as I believe they would want me to (which is not necessarily how many churches function from my experience)).

Also, was that like seeing the future? At the time it happened I thought it was actually happening right then and there, so how can I tell the difference? Thank you for your time and help.

Meditation would definitely help you become more comfortable with your gifts and you can practise using specific skills.

Google for information on your Aura, Chakras and the means to keep both cleansed and in good shape. Be sure to master grounding, centreing before you move on to practising different skills (again, google if necessary for grounding/centreing/practise suggestions).

I do meditate, but not as much as I used to. I also have several books on auras, chakras, and meditation.
What i dont get is why is it so random? I may see a ghost or spirit one day or several times in a month, and then it may six months or a year before anything else. at one point I felt empathic and now it seems like seeing the future...

has anyone ever read about someone in my position? perhaps one of you have been in this position yourself?

Is there a particular "type" of meditation i should do?
I generally do "seedless" meditation, as in having a blank mind. Would using some visualization help?

Yes, I believe it would.

Do you have any suggestions on what types of visualization would be helpful to gain understanding and control over these gifts? or perhaps a book in which someone has gone through something similar?

Book suggestions:

• The ABC's of Chakra Therapy by Deedre Diemer, and
• Your Aura & Your Chakras: The Owner's Manual by Karla McLaren

I am relating to you from my own experience. Links to other sites, generally, aren't accepted here so the suggestion is to google for your own information.

I'm not sure if you're seeing the future of if there's a glitch in the matrix
I know what you're talking about, I always think that it's some real deja vu. But i never pay it too much mind *shrugs* so i can't help ya there sorry. (but the predator thing... heat coming off the ground??? It's like being in Nevada the place has this hazy affect from the sun on sand )

As for visualizations its my thing I love it so maybe I can help you there have you ever tried to fill the empty space once you attain it? I love meditations but I use it as my spiritual working place just like in life and in my dreams I'm doing Something ya know. I don't believe in emptiness or complete stillness. The Universe abhors a vacuum and will always try to fill empty space. So either you fill it or it will do it for you. And as for stillness things that are still are rocks and corpses and you are neither.

There are a few things that I try you're welcome to try and see where it takes you

Once you find that empty space in your mind fill it with a thought, an idea, of something that you hope for in your future a goal perhaps. Use that time to fill your life with the things you desire that will be for your benefit and for the good of all concerned. And with every meditation remind yourself of it till you attain it. You can start with small things that you can attain in the near future and then work to bigger goals. But don't stop at just seeing it. Feel it as if you were present in that moment. Use as many of your senses as possible to make that scene, image or thought feel alive. And not that I think you would, but you should be aware that if you try something negative you'll fall right out of it. "Not on God's watch." you know what I mean?

Also what I like to do sometimes is ask my guides to show me something for the next day that I should be aware of. If you haven't acquainted yourself with guides just yet ask the Universe or God to give you an image, an idea, a thought that you should be aware of that you feel will be for your benefit and for the good of all concerned.

Am I trying to turn you into a prophet? No But as you now have this awareness the best you can do is use it for good. When you do that good things will come to you. And when they do, say thank you. When you get an impression/intuitive inclination, say thank you. If you have a nagging feeling to take your umbrella even though it was sunny outside and you chose not to take the umbrella say thank and I will try my best to listen next time

Plus, if you haven't already, look around the forum for visualizations and meditations. The members here and myself have posted alot for others to use. You will have a nice handful in your toolbox when you're done If you still have more questions don't be afraid to post and ask. PM's are fine too but if it helps you it could conceivably help an new member as well and it would be nice to keep it out in the open. Definitely let us know, I'm curious to know how you've been progressing.

Till then, Love & Light to you Malick and best wishes on your journey.