The Sixth Sense or nonsense?

[Shiendar]

There probably isn't a citizen of a first world country who hasn't heard of it through movies and the like. Kinesis. Telepathy/Empathy. Mediumship. Seership. (Sp?) ...and if it is real, where does it come from? I won't even guess how it works....

...personally, I believe. Why is that, you ask? Because I myself am a minor Empath and have had dreams that have come true. Does that make me psychic? Does it make everyone so? Not really.

According to several family members of mine, both honest and dishonest, the gift is passed down through the female line. Nobody knows why. I just have it slightly stronger than most of my family. If you go by a few theories, it could be possibly enhanced by my Autism.

The bad thing about the "sixth sense" is that it's almost impossible to prove.... but having met a few others, I know I'm not crazy or deluded.

In my experience, my "gift" is only good for two things:

#1: Having a very wierd window into the future. How far ahead my dreams take place depends. My first one happened a week later, my last ones took almost a year to happen. Not all my dreams are prophetic, though usually I can tell the difference, though I don't know how... I just know.

#2: Blending into a group more easily. My empathy works in such a way that I take on a little of the personality of the person I'm around.; especially if they are strong-willed. I can't help it. It's really wierd. It's an on and off thing, but it works. I am usually a loner with strong ethics but when I'm around certain people, I become totally different.

This is my experience. What you believe is up to you.... but I am curious as to how many of you believe or not and why.

[Dead & Grateful]

This morning I woke up and said to myself, "I think I'll have a doughnut for breakfast", and I'll be damned if I didn't eat a doughnut that same morning.


But seriously, I can't remember his name, but there was a scientist who proposed the hardcore existence of something like premonitions as a hidden trait in all humans, based on statistics of the number of passengers on a plane/train/ etc. that had a successful trip compared to the number of passengers of one that crashed. In most cases the number of people was smaller on the terminated transportation, and in most cases of the lack of passengers, it was because something interrupted the person's trip, such as an illness or a headache, and they cancelled or rescheduled. He believed that all humans at one point in our history had a minor psychic power, and that we lost it because we adapted to a point that we didn't need it anymore, sort of like how ancient amphibians eventually lost gills after adapting to living on land.

Think of it what you will.

[Evangel]

*William Shatner immpresonation* The human mind is a complex thing, its limits have yet to be discovered. Those who claim to havr supernatural powers have either been shunned by humanity and shut out of socielty or have been called "crazy" and locked away in an asylum where then you become a nut. There is a fine line between insanity and genius, and those who HAVE claimed they have supernatural powers are on the right side of that line, genius. But, since the American imagination has been destroyed by television and fast food, no one will believe.

What is locked in the human mind will not be discovered in my lifetime, hundreds of years even. But, I bid those who believe and will seek out to unlock these powers for all af mankind, good luck.

[Yuki-onna]

Why shoor. There's bunches we don't know about our own minds. Is the remaining 90% of our brains really just focusing on keeping the body going?

I don't think of premonitions as some magical power, but I do believe in them. There's so much crap going on...compare it to animals "knowing" an earthquake is coming; they're able to sense electromagnetic waves or some really complicated scientific name for those kinds of things.

I think humans can pick up these kinds of things as well. I wonder if animals have the same experiences or can comprehend these kinds of things, but I'll stick to humans for now.

Empathy isn't a magical thing either. It's some kind of bodily function a person has, they translate body language into their own feelings. I also think there must be some kind of heightened smell perception in empaths. In any case I think it's a mix of genetics, and being an open minded and sympathetic person.

All of us have been taught to focus on the future, but keep our minds in the here and now. We set ourselves firmly in time, pretending we can see it like a map that confines us strictly in it's borders.

Perhaps if we opened up more, we'd discover more about ourselves. I think there's more...I've had dreams come true and had uncanny intuitions, I bet everyone has...

[Dead & Grateful]

About the 90% argument, that's false. I looked into it one time and it turned out it's just a misread wording that "psychics" use to their advantages. As it turns out, it's not that 90% of the brain is unoccupied or unknown to science, it's just that some sections of our brain do not function at the same time to avoid an "overload", which is where the "missing" 90% of the brain comes in. At this point in science every part of the brain is known to have at least one basic function or purpose.

[Yuki-onna]

O RLY? I've never really thought much on that statement...I translated it as "us" using it for things like...I dunno...thought and things...which makes no sense whatsoever...why the hell did I think that?

I'M THTUPID.

I'd breach this topic further, but I'm getting distracted by Micheal Jackson.

[Shiendar]

Aw, jeez. I know very well that the "we don't use 90% of our brains " statement is far from true. I also believe that it has something to do with genetics, but I believe that focusing your mind in meditation, prayer or rituals allows you to percieve things in different ways.
Why "Empathy" is the word I use is because I have a form of Autism that makes facial recognition and body language extremely hard to interpret.

[DemonicVincent]

the blessing and curse of science is it'll eventually explain everything, but until it does, we're still stuck w/ at least a little magic in our lives. like i play w/ tarot cards, summon the spirits of dead dragons to do my bidding, attack hell, get possessed by demons, and all that other witchy nonsense. it's entertaining at least, u know? much better than sitting on my a55 in front of the tv wondering what the hell happened.
anyway, i actually scare ppl w/ my thpethial powerth, i can predict a great many things w/ my wiccan toys, and if i'm not around ppl long enough to absorb parts of their personalities, i freak out and promptly have yet another prophetic dream of how i die. it's like i depend on my empathy alone to give me a personality, though it also f*cks me up majorly if i fall in w/ crack addicts or psychopaths. also, my death dreams (i call them 'stupid dreams' b/c they annoy me so) tend to be extremely violent and painful.
about the only explanation science can give us for this is that time bends around a bit once ur conciousness moves to a higher plane of existence and gives u glimpses of a possible future. tarot cards just give ur hands something to play w/ while ur mind floats off to lala land. either that or i'm clinically insane.

[Shiendar]

The Shrinks would call it minor schizophrenia.

[DemonicVincent]

LOL yeah, that's me. voices don't talk to me, but i do see strange sh1t.

[Bunny]

I am not incredibly too clear on what your first post says, DemonicVincent, but your second one is clear enough for me to issue a valid warning. One liners are strictly against the forum rules and the rules of Intelligent Discussion. Your post also branches out into a SPAM-like environment. The same goes for you, NightmareSlayer. Expand on your posts; Use the Private Message system if you have something so short to say about the subject at hand.

In addition, Mariko: Your post doesn't do much of anything for the conversation at hand either. You are questioning yourself and then just.. rambling about something completely different. As such, you'll be warned as well.

As always, if you wish to dispute any of these warnings contact Chez Daja, Myself, or one of the Super Moderators. Do not respond to this post at all.

[Morik the Rogue]

Every so often I'll have an instance of foreknowledge. I have a dream where I'll suddenly see an odd image that just seems out of place. I'll forget about and then a week or two later, sometimes longer, that image will line up with a moment of my life. It's kind of hard to explain, it's like I see a snapshot of the future and don't usually realize it until I reach that moment in time. It's never shown me anything important, and it only happens every now and then.

I wouldn't call it a power as I seem to have no control over it. To my knowledge, I've never manifested any other sixth sensish abilities. Sixth sensish...try saying that three times fast.

It's just an odd quirk, and I've never been sure what to make of it. It's interesting to know that there are others with similar...quirks.

[Dead & Grateful]

Originally Posted by NightmareSlayer

Why "Empathy" is the word I use is because I have a form of Autism that makes facial recognition and body language extremely hard to interpret.

If it makes you feel any better, I find it hard to tell when chicks are hitting on me.

On the subject of "predicting the future"