[Erin Pavlina]

My personal opinion is that you should believe only what you can experience directly. That said, it's important to research, study, and listen to other people's expereinces so you can expand your options. In other words, other people's experiences leave clues for you to follow.

What you don't want to do is pick a side without having personal experience, and thus close yourself off to other possibilities.

like if you say, "I don't believe psychic phenomenon is real," you'll stop seeing any evidence of it anytime ever again.

if you say, "I believe psychic phenomenon is real even though I haven't experienced any" then you will probably begin experiencing some, and in some cases you'll attribute perfectly natural phenomenon to paranormal stuff. That would be a mistake.

But discerning fact from fiction is going to come down to your own experiences. My feeling is that it's importnat to be open to the experiences.

Simply say, "I don't know... yet. But I'm open so we'll see what happens."

Then experiment. Learn from others who have had the experiences and see if you can duplicate them. If you can't duplicate it for yourself you may conclude it's not possible or you may conclude that you simply haven't figured it out yet. But keep following the clues and keep experimenting for yourself.

Remember also that Steve and I are not religious. We are spiritual, but we don't subscribe to a set, ritualistic, organized religion. We really believe in personal expereince as a guide. But you've still got to keep an open mind. So we're very down to earth and grounded while also believing in psychic phenomenon, mainly because we've experienced too much of it to deny it's existence.