[Foggy]

I'm the type of person who has a difficult time believing that something I cannot directly come into contact with is real, and therefore have rejected most religious beliefs. The only reason that I have even considered the possibility of psychic powers is because I have seen Steve's desire to help people and also his honesty and although I might not agree with some of his perspectives, I have grown curious. Is there any truth to psychic energy? I have witnessed people from all sorts of faith convinced absolutely that their beliefs are true, but these beliefs require a perspective to understand them. A sign from God to one person may be happenstance to another. In order for me to believe that psychic powers are true I need to have a direct and concrete experience with some of phenomena here. Accepting that psychic energy is real would require a reconstructing of my current view of reality and I'm willing to give it a try, even lower my guard to the possibility, but I need proof that this isn't some sort of elaborate trick of the imagination.

Also...

My girlfriend talks about how sometimes she sees spirits. She says when she was a lot younger (2-3) she saw her dead uncle sitting on the porch of his old house. She has also described to me situations where she has sensed spiritual energy, or seen spirits in her house. I believe that she has experienced these things, but I am not sure I believe that they exist (I am assuming the existence of an objective reality). Do these experiences hold consistent with other peoples experiences here?

I'm mostly just curious about this. Describe your experiences to me. Try and convince me. Show me ways that I can test this out on my own to see if it's real.