ESP: Extrasensory Perception

ESP: Extrasensory Perception

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marilyn says hello I once had a dream — actually it was more like a vision — in which I cut myself with a sharp knife right above my thumbnail. The pain was so intense and real in my dream that I woke up in a sweat, thinking that I had actually been cut. Fortunately, it was just a dream... or was it? Two days later, while cutting fruit, I cut myself in the exact same place I dreamt about, and the same kind of pain followed.

Dreams, visions, trances, communicating with the dead, reading minds, etc... all these and more can be summed up into three letters: ESP (or extrasensory perception). Some believers suggest that phenomena such as mental telepathy and telekinesis (the ability to move inanimate and animate objects with mind control) might be explained by some form of radiation given off by the brains of people concentrating on a particular object.

Say what?!? Well, this is just one theory of hundreds of available ones. The interesting part about ESP is trying to prove how valid it can be, and how we can prove (or disprove) it. The following are some examples of the types of ESP that some believe exist. Are you a believer?

mind over matter

Telepathy and telekinesis
Telepathy and telekinesis are the most talked about forms of ESP out there. It's no surprise, considering it's virtually everyone's dream to gain the ability to read each other's minds or move objects along great distances. This, however, should not be quickly discounted as pure myth. Human beings only use 10% of their potential "brain functions" on average, and we still have no clue what would happen if we could start using the other 90%. (And yes, it's true that Einstein used 12%.)*

There's a popular story about a woman from the Ukraine who was reputed with the ability to move large men in a lineup just by staring at them, and at a distance of 10 meters. When asked what they felt, the men replied, "It was as if a powerful wind jolted me aside." A film of this event was captured in the early '80s, but has since mysteriously disappeared.

Many cases also exist of seemingly ordinary people having the extraordinary ability to read the thoughts of others. In law enforcement, these kinds of people are better known as "profilers." They claim to see into the minds of criminals and most of the time can describe the scenes of crimes in astounding detail. Profilers have been credited in capturing many murderers and rapists in the past 20 years. Some police stations and investigative bureaus have even created their own "Profiler" department.

Maybe you can talk to Elvis...


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