I'm contradictory... I'm a believer, and a skeptic... Kind of like that poster on the X Files with the UFO, "I want to believe."
If someone claims "supernatural" or "paranormal" abilities, I'm going to be skeptical of them. Not because I don't think that these things can happen. It's just... I know more than one person that will jump to the 'it's paranormal!' conclusion for EVERY LITTLE THING, with no interest in finding a basis for the event. I'm not saying that maybe some of these things haven't been paranormal, but...
neutral I mean, to me, there's a different in saying "OMG, I heard people talking last night, and there wasn't anyone there! I must be psychic!" and "OMG, I heard people talking last night, and there wasn't anyone there! I wonder what made that happen?"
I've had experiences with things that I can't entirely explain. But that goes both ways - because I can't prove that it WAS or WASN'T paranormal... *shrug* Stuff happens sometimes, and whether or not it's a product of my subconcious and/or dreaming mind, a part of my brain picking up on something going on, or something that's really seriously happening that anyone or their mom could see/hear/whatever... I dunno.
My personal belief is that there are lots of things in this world that we call paranormal or supernatural or magical, because we don't yet understand - from a scientific standpoint - how they "work."
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I hear voices too, but only when I try to sleep. It's almost like a radio turned all they way down, but you can still hear it... It's all static like and I hear ALOT if diferent voices.
Yeah... I used to hear that. It's been a long time, though. I think I'm too tired to get to that level of consciousness, these days. To me, it sounded like when you're on the phone with someone, and your phone starts picking up someone elses' signal, and their conversation is way in the background, and you can't
quite make out what they're saying... There have been only a few times, I can count them on one hand, when I COULD distinctly hear the voices. Probably three times in one week, I woke up in the middle of the night, about 2 or 3am - I'm talking woke up, sat up, put on my glasses, and LISTENED to a choir singing. I couldn't understand them, it wasn't in English, and I didn't recognize the song. Another time, more recently, I was purposfully in a trance-state, and I was hearing the distant-static voices, and said, in my head, "Why don't you just come out and talk to me?" and a very distinct "New York Jewish old man" voice said, "You wouldn't listen to me, even if I did." It snapped me out of the trance instantly.
It seems that if I were to claim a 'paranormal' ability, it would have something to do with the sense of hearing, since that's what it's been, more often than not. I don't think I'd want something more than that... I'm
unwilling to see things. I've said on more than one occasion that I don't want to see a ghost, if they exist, because I'd probably pee myself and run away.
xd "Seeing is Believing" ya know, and... I'm uncomfortable with the idea of having things/people around me, seeing what I do when I'm alone. It's uncomfortable enough for me to have someone that IS visible, and alive, and real and all that, lurking around, looking at what I'm doing.
xd If I saw something, I'd freak out.
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...and there is tons of other 13 related things in my life but im sick of typing right now.....
When you give something meaning, and give it attention, and make it stand out... It's
everywhere. In my world, things like that are pretty common. I actually do it on purpose sometimes. Ummmmm... Here'a a generic example - Like, if you or a parent or whatever gets a new car, suddenly, you see THAT car in THAT color ALL OVER THE PLACE. It's not that there are more of them than there were, just that because it has meaning now, so your brain picks them out where before, it just let them sink into the static of 'There's a car, there's another car, there's a van, there's another car..." It becomes, 'There's a car, there's another car, OMG IT'S A GREEN JEEP JUST LIKE MOM'S!!, there's another car..." Give it a try. You already do it with 13... Try it with 7. Or 103. Try it with... guys in red shirts. Bowties. Green jeeps. Teapots. Yellow birds. The letter "Q"... Pick something.
Know that you're going to see it. And you will. Here - you're going to see... a red balloon. Keep your eyes open for it, OK? It might be a real red balloon, or it might be on the cover of a book, or on TV, or in a picture online.
3nodding Red Balloon.
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i can see auras... of people, of feelings, and of *things*...
I think that thing-auras are easiest to see... I see auras around computer equipment, LCD televisions, iPods... and nothing else! Not people, not animals, not trees or plants or such...
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