Your Position

[andrew]

Welcome to the Psychic & Paranormal Forums!

I think since the very topic of this forum is highly debatable by it's very nature, it would be nice to see some background of opinions on our memebers. So I have opened this up to allow everyone and anyone post their various positions, not just moderators.

Thank you!

[andrew]

My position:

I'm a very logical and scientific person, but I have a great imagination. I think that helps me be very skeptical and yet open minded at the same time. I also think this stuff is really cool and want to believe some of it is true. So when something doesn't work, I usually try and prove it true, instead of proving it false because I want to believe it's "real".

So what do I believe?

Well I believe that psionics is real. The whole using psi energy to do things makes sense if I look at the fact that everything is energy, and if we can control energy, why not the things it makes up? Learning to move energy inside of me was the hardest part, but once I got that down, things made more sense. I think that whatever word for energy you use, it's pretty much the same thing for whatever purpose you're using it for.

Psychics, like readings, is not the same thing as psions. There's too much fluff and entertainment acts that I really believe that. Like tarot and zodiacs, most of the things I see are just far too vague and are just luck.

Now as far as ET, aliens if you will, yes. The universe is way too big for life not to exist somewhere else. It's just numbers.

Ghosts, spirits, etc. Maybe. This isn't my thing. I'm sure there's something, but I don't really concern myself over it.

History:

I've always been interested in this since I was little. All the games I played etc I've always been like the wizard or psion etc. So how did I get serious about it? Let me think back quite a few years. My cousin Chris, has been a huge influence on me, he got me into most of the things I am interested in and who I am today. One of those things is this. Maybe 6 years ago he was talking to me about "cloud-busting"; the process of dissolving clouds with your eyes. At least that's what I got from it.

So he showed me that and I got interested and went home and looked about online, read up on it. This lead me to some psionic stuff, and I think I bookmarked it and forgot about it. That was pretty much the end of that.

Then I think a few years later, I stumbled across PsiPog.net : Science is Evolving. I think I looked at that for a bit, bookmarked it and that was that again.

So now it's 2006 and I got re-interested in it, possibly by a movie. I found psipog again and began really getting into it. I went about 2 weeks where I was hardcore about it, then I think I burned myself out. I've been busy and really haven't put much hardcore training into any of it. Though I regularly try and meditate and move psi(energy) around in my body. I hope to get back into it and force myself to practice.

So there you have it. A basic outline on my position.

[Ted]

Hello all,

I'm interested in others that have accomplished what I have, or more.
Has anyone here ever attempted to build mind machines that have operated to create their desired reality?
For example: After jotting through an automobile magazine that had rated several high tech radar detectors I decided to build my own super radar detector. Some would call this reverse engineering or even stealing,yet there are no laws against what I did.
This was a mind device that functioned in reality. I added several features to my device that operated in unique ways for me.

1)A nonphysical device that would warn me within a certain radius of miles of where any ground or air speed traps were. Depending on what mile radius setting I had it set to (10, 20,50 miles).

2)The visual alert cam setting on my device was actually scarry at first. Because when I first tried it, it gave me a visual of a location that I had never driven through before. When I did slow down (from 100mph down to that particular areas speed limit) I was almost shocked to look over and actually see a local law enforcement vehical sitting in that same area. The trees, ground and some buildings were also the same.

3)Because I use to be involved in public safety I created a setting to let me know ahead of time when there was any road obstructions up ahead of me. It was then the ethics of my device became my selfrealization. Within a month of using my device I decided not to use it anymore. This was my first sucessful mind device back in 94-95.

Since then I've created many, many other mind devices. One of which actually helped me to get all six winning numbers to win my states lottery. I even stopped anyone from winning the weekly jackpot so that my winning jack-pot would end up being, well let's just say "alot of money".
Thank god my higher self stepped in and showed me that money wasn't everything in life. The way I see it is that we are all gods in many ways. But the majority of which refuses to wake up their own abilities.

Imagination is the doorway to all realities. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.
For everyone here desires to experience such things as war, destruction, hate, greed, fear, lust, anger (in one or many different ways) and all those (what I call) life path of education needs. I myself am also still involved with such agrivating little experiences.
But I am changing for the better, like many here. I'm finding that it's not reality that I need to change, but myself alone. Soon I hope to be involved in a reality of peace, harmony and love. And it won't be long from now untill that day come for me. Take care, Ted.

[Sean.M.Connelly]

Oh goodie, a little soap box :-).

My position is that psychic abilities are real. They are skills that are capable of being scientifically proven. They have been scientifically proven in the past. And if one so desires, it's possible to prove them to yourself, even with very strict protocol.

I believe the classical skeptical mindset is that of a fundamentalist. I categorize their behavior in the same group of people who claim I'm going to hell because I wear jeans and listen to rock music. The patterns are the same - "I am right, because I am right, and you don't agree, therefore you are wrong and stupid."

I find it ironic that those who claim to be the most logical and scientific are actually the least logical and scientific. It forces me to conclude that human beings are emotional creatures, no matter how hard we try to be "logical". I believe that society incorrectly identifies logic as how humans behave... that we ARE intelligent creatures. I think this is a slight distortion - we are emotional creatures who have learned to use logic to support our emotions.

For this reason, I love to study beliefs and emotion. I love to get to the root of behavior, and understand why we act the way we act. How can we say one thing, but believe something else? How can we delude ourselves? How come our beliefs aren't transparent? Why do they affect us so much? Why isn't reality clear? Questions like that :-).

As far as the paranormal goes, I think the best strategy is healthy skepticism. Healthy skepticism means that we study with an open mind. It's ok to think, "Hmm this seems stupid", as long as it's followed by: "... but maybe they are right, so let me drop what I believe for a moment, and give them a fair and honest chance." Also: "I believe they are right, however, I need to make sure my beliefs aren't causing me to be biased, and act unfairly. If I detach myself from the outcome, what is the most efficient way to fairly evaluate their claims, without bias?"

If you are being skeptical, and turning angry in the process, then that means you are not being a healthy skeptic. If you are being skeptical, and have a knee jerk reaction that anything crazy sounding must be wrong and stupid, then you are not being a healthy skeptic.

Those are my current thoughts.

~Sean

[AdamKayce]

I believe psychic phenomenon are 100% real. What conclusions we draw from our experiences... well, that's another matter.

Like others, I've spent my life on this topic, and in fact, I teach people how to use their intuition as a part of my work.

[Akashic_Librarian]

I am not a die-hard believer but I am no skeptic. I am a bit wary of the people who try and sell psychic training for $19,95 a month...

[Eternal Wayfarer]

I have returned to make the wrong things right.

As not to cause any misunderstandings, it is all the wrong that I ever did.

[HumbleBeginnings]

I am an aspiring shaman, with a love of knowledge and all nature!

I am extremely open-minded and optimistic, and honestly try not to judge anything.

[Lil Chris]

Firm believer... Too many unusual experiences to not be a believer...

[nycshortie72]

I'm Natalie, most call me psychic. I'm here to figure out how to open and close or rather control the flow of energy I have and to see if there is anyone else on the planet who is like me. I am able to:

Auras
Empath
Remote viewing (past and present)
Tarot
Can see the others that are passing and have passed to the other side
Just generally know things about anyone i see, hear, or speak to in person or even through e-mail / writing.

I had to stop myself from reading everyone that posted here.

"The truth is within is, how deep will you dig to find it?"

[jamasiel]

I'm Scott.

I have a tendency to believe in the persistence of consciousness in some form beyond death. I use Christianity as a lens, sometimes, for larger issues, but not always - I've learned that Taoism has often served me better for my life as time has gone on. Again, as a lens - or user interface.

I have had experiences I can only currently ascribe to ESP/clairvoyence, premonition, contact with the supposedly deceased, something resembling a 'ghost', something resembling a 'demon'/negative entity, energy manipulation/reiki and seeing the mechanics behind meaning in the universe. I have used entheogenic means to learn about myself and the universe.

I also like cheese...like...lots.

I am open to many experiences, even if I don't specifically believe in many.
Even with the above list of things I've experienced, I'm open to different interpretations, conclusions and even evidence against my current thoughts on them.

[Elemental Lord]

Greetings! I am very happy to have found a forum such as this that actually uses logic to view this highly controversial subject. I for one know that Psychic abilities are real, because (I know you wont believe me...) I and a select group of people have... experimented. Even though I may seem either crazy or just a guy who needs to get a life, I implore that you believe me. Feel free to ask any questions of me for I am quite knowledgeable on all subjects Psi. I hope to learn and grow with everyone on this forum as well as learn new concepts and ideals.

Psy

[Che]

I tend to view paranormal phenomena as a manifestation of the 'daimonic' (NOT demonic) or 'trickster' reality as delineated by such authors as John Keel, Patrick Harpur and George Hansen. My experiences of the paranormal led me to conclusions similar to what these authors espouse, and reading their books more or less consolidated and solidified my own ideas.

Tarot reader, hedgewitch, writer, artist and devotee of Hermes-Mercurius, I find that creativity and imagination are my most useful tools for exploring the world around me. For me, mystery is more important than solidity, truth more promising than 'fact'.

Or maybe I should just scratch everything I just wrote and instead say: I believe in fairies.

[Freelancer]

I don't know what I believe right now, its kinda frustrating.

Meh I'll update this post when I 'update' my believes.

[dor]

I read in a recent book 'the power of place' which is not a new agey book but by a science writer about the effect of the environment on people (obvious things like more crowded cities result in higher levels of tension and alienation) but anyway, one thing she remarked about is that solar flares cause increases in certain activity and psychics claim it interrupts psychic abililtes, one scientist said he believed that it was possible - though we still don't understand how - that thoughts can be transmitted, he was embarrassed to say so because of the aggresively anti psychic atomosphere of the scientific community and to be fair because of all the charlatans and hustlers out there.

So my feeling is this: the human mind and universe are much much more complex than we understand and that mind operates in ways outside the senses...so while i wouldn't just sit around trying to wish things into existence, I believe that my mind can come up with solutions to things in ways I could never imagine.

same goes with paranormal - i think most ghost claims are false, but there could be something to them - 'echos' of the past (wrinkles in time/space) like the imprint of a fossil, or real spirits

[Trina]

To be honest, I don't believe in any of this stuff. I just saw this thread and thought I would share my beliefs as well. I do read this board, and I respect others beliefs. I am just a very gotta see it to believe it kind of person and I have never seen anything to constitute belief for me. I am open to exploring other beliefs, and have changed my beliefs as my life experiences changed many times in my life. I went from christian to agnostic to atheist. I went from republican to independent back to republican to democrat and back to independent. LOL. I have gone from a hopeless romantic to a total cynic to very happily married. I love exploring new ground and if new information or experiences present themselves I am very happy to apply them to what I already know.

[Believer]

I don't believe any of it (though my nickname would lead you to think otherwise), but I want to believe these types of things are true and I'm looking to prove it to myself.

The first thing I want to find out about is being able to see auras, So I will be researching that on this forum, on Erin's site and anywhere else that has any information on it, if any of you guys know of any other GOOD sources of information on it, please pm me!

[Natasha]

Interesting responses!

My beliefs:

I definitely do not believe in any Judeo-Christian myths, except perhaps as parables.

I do not believe in afterlife or "supernatural," but I tend to have an over-active imagination.

I do believe that some things work. For example, White Tara is a personified symbol of compassion, and therefore this "goddess" does exist in each of us. By meditiating on her, one can increase your awareness of this and act more compassionately.

Higher beings are personifications of our conscious/ superego. "Lower beings" are manifestations of our fears. This all happens in our mind.

Or, psychics, I think are people who are really good at reading small signals, such as body language, that other people put out. Maybe there is energy fields and such, but I have never witnessed it, or had it affect me.


My story:

I do have an interest in these things. When I was a teenager, those tests they made you take in high school listed "Minister" among my possible career paths. And all those silly little online quizzes that teenagers are wont to take would give me an angelic or celestial result, whenever one was available. At the time though, I was a devout Atheist (I am still an atheist, but since I am now more secure in my beliefs, I am not so close-minded.)

I eventually, though started feeling like maybe I was missing something. Definitely not the religious practices I turned away from many years ago, or anything else too "wishywashy" for my tastes. Now, I am interested in things that would make sense to me, such as meditation practices: I have started doing the chakra cleansing exercise Erin posted, because that makes sense to me. My feelings are in my mind, and by medtitating on something I can change my mind and therefore change what I feel and how I act.


I think any path or belief is "good" if it helps someone be a better person, although I dislike many traditional religions because in some ways, they promote small-mindedness, and not thinking for yourself. This, of course, does not apply to all religious folk.

[Ijin Kaion]

i`m ijin kaion, i have a hunger for knowledge.
i do a lot of research in the energetic field.
got here by mistake so i`m trying to break the cycle, damn tired of it.

anyway, i am enthousiastic though to what things i may find that are interresting or simply what i haven`t heard of allready.

i place a lot of brainfood about big things and the more simple things in life.
i haven`t got a job, besides of an energetic one and to that i`m a busy man whenever things are moving.

i train a lot and am a man of using what he himself is capable to do from within.
so a self sufficient energy user i guess.

i allready posted some things as i am all over the topics since they are interresting and i remember things from my research and thus i place my findings on the who what and why of all.

well gonna go learning^_^

[Decheron]

Firstly, I'm giving this profile because I've only been here once and have already hurt someone's feeling with my cold writing style. Basically, I'm more used to formal than casual writing, hence the stiffnecked tone of my dialogues. Since a very young age, I've been almost completely isolated, a true outcast, therefore utterly inept socially. I truly intend no harm or hostility to anyone, will immediately apologise for any faux pas and will learn to integrate as quickly as possible.

I am a Romany, following a shamanistic path, but I am not a conventional example of either type - I walk The Way as it leads.

By the conviction of experience, I fully believe in the psychic and paranormal fields, but also hold a sceptical viewpoint to maintain objectivity. Proving the existence of the Paranormal isn't the issue, more what is the nature and purpose of the field. The paranormal is the next scientific frontier of investigation - a great adventure.

[freedom]

I represent Freedom, that is because i fell into a whole load of psychic **** and now I just want peace. I am looking for help in the etheric and astral science,

I am a glass Artist, and a lone parent of three children all old enough to leave the nest.

I wasn't really interested in psychic things at all, (only curious a little about telepathy which my mum and I only seemed to share, just thought it was a mother and daughter type of thing).
I was interested in healing some health problems that I and my daughter had. Just sort of stumbled into this,through the healing and finding it to be very real and very very frightening.
Ive read hundred of books trying to find protection and help and actually to find out what was happening to me.

[Ree]

I believe that I cannot put a name or a description on what I believe. It doesn't fit into any particular box or category at all. I am trying, and actually getting pretty good, at placing no limits on my beliefs.

I do know that I love the life I'm living and I've had so many wonderful, incredible things happen to me that I live in a constant state of anticipation! I literally can't wait to see what lies around the next corner! It is as if there is an unending hum of energy or vibration about my person all the time.

Like Fox Moulder, I believe the "truth is out there" (hehehe) and I think it will absolutely blow all our minds when we finally discover what it is.

The best way I can describe what I believe, is if we take this world as we think we know it and see it and understand it, and basically turn it upside down and inside out

[XeutonMojukai]

I am a learner-by-doing. As soon as I get the gist of something in any way psychic, psionic, or occult, I try it out myself with utmost enthusiasm to see if it works.

I make up my own prayers, rituals, and ideologies on-the-spot, because I believe that reality is always changing its rules under the surface.

I also am a firm believer in the infinite potential of the human soul.

My opinion is that we are gods in training, meant to be god-cells in an ever-greater being, just as we're made up of cellular organisms with their own smaller makeup.

I believe that the human being is the central focus of every level of scaling development that we're aware of.

As above so below is my mantra. If something is true in my heart and soul, then it's true in reality, and it's never failed me.

I can walk an unknown area with my eyes closed as long as the environment is relatively stable (i.e. suburbs), I can dodge objects that I don't see or notice just in time, defeating my own center of gravity.

I can run through a crowded stadium without touching anyone, and I can begin astral projecting in seconds.

I say all this because it is proof to me that I am capable of much more than these simple parlor tricks. I am not ready to use the LoA, but when I do I expect powerful results.

Other than that, I am a shaman (crow totem), as well as a philosopher (existentialist).

~ David

[Ree]

Originally Posted by XeutonMojukai

My opinion is that we are gods in training, meant to be god-cells in an ever-greater being, just as we're made up of cellular organisms with their own smaller makeup.
David

Yes! Yes!

[techne1]

I believe in just about everything, sort of. The Universe is just too big and complex for things such as ghosts, ufos, and psychics not to be real. This does not mean that I believe that every psychic is as advertised, or that every UFO is from outer space. However, under the "complex universe" idea, I believe that things eventually boil down to some fairly simple constants. I think of them as the building blocks from which everything else is derived, and it is these that I am trying to get a handle on, a sort of universal energy, if you will.

But most of all, I believe in the power of the individual. I believe in myself, and I believe in you. It is my experience that human beings can, and often do, achieve amazing things, even the miraculous. There is nothing that is outside the reach of our power, if that power is backed by faith. Faith in oneself, and faith in the infinite capacity of a universe that cares for you.

That's what I believe.

[floslib]

I believe in psychic phenomena and magic. I use them in addition to science as a way of learning how the world works.

I believe there's nothing religious about them, but they can be easily integrated into religion because of their nature.

I like to try to look at these things from a logical perspective, but I also think, again by their nature, you sometimes just have to go with your intuition. The trick is to not get too carried away without thinking about it.

My interests lie with energy manipulation and healing. I've tried out OBE's, with enough success to get an arm out, but never the whole way. If I look for them, I can see energy currents (for lack of a better term) and some of the aura of a person.

[Nig]

My position is one of learning that I can do more things than I thought possible some years ago. I also have a VERY deep back pocket where I put anything that I find really hard to come to terms with. Every now and then, I'll pull something out of there and look at it again and see with fresh eyes and accept it (or put it back in the pocket again).
If I put what I believe then that would be difficult because I believe in a lot. But I don't want to limit it by saying it, because I'll believe a lot more in a little while.
However, I do believe that closed minds can be awfully clever and very frustrating at times. I also believe that anyone and everyone can be taught to be responsible for themselves, and that once they gain that awareness they start having better lives.
Beyond that, I'm open to a host of beliefs. My opinion, however, is that we humans can be amazing but too often we aren't.

[Tigerlilly]

Oh, this is difficult.

I've always been interested to find out how the world works, studied books about chaos theory and Einstein's universe, learned about different religions and philosophies, so I've come a long way in trying to puzzle reality out.

At the time being I basically believe in the All is One theory, that God is all there is, and we and everything else there is, are God incarnated. So in theory I find it easy to believe to be telepathically linked to all others. Still I'm flabbergasted to sometimes find what goes through me in thinking and feeling about others reflected in the lives of others for real at a later point.

And I do believe in manifestation of sorts, though I haven't really figured out how it works for good only, still I'm knocked out of my shoes if what I wish for is brought to me in ways I never expected.

I believe in synchronicity but not always trust where it seems to lead me. Last year synchronicity hitting me like a wave led me to believe my soul was somehow bonded to a total stranger's and though in the end I managed to keep my head above water, the experience left me feeling battered and wary.

So my greatest problem with all sorts of psychic awareness I guess is fear of not staying on the side of truth. I want truth above all, I don't want to swap one illusion for another. And I think that calls for knowing and resting in myself, not being too emotionally attached, a challenge most of the times feel hardly up to, so to be responsible for my life in such ways I can hardly fathom has me frightened terribly a lot of times.

At the moment I take it one day at a time, trying to be as true to myself and my own experience as can be, not being hard on myself, but to find some balance and rest in myself, cause if anything I believe it's essential to have that before sailing off into the great unknown and facing a reality that might shake you. You need to know yourself and have found that place that feels safe in yourself.

So yes, in a way I do believe that the world is more than meets the eye, but at the same time I often try not to be confused and frightened and shying back into being blindsided.

[ebm]

Hey everybody (:

To be fair, introductions is something I find very hard to write, so I'll just get straight to the "facts";

I've always been fascinated by psychic abilities and paranormal things in general and I'm not sure whether I have any "real" abilities and that's why I registered to this site. I wish to share my thoughts with others who are in to the same thing. Whenever I speak of paranormal things with people in my surrounding, they all look at me as if something was wrong with me. As if it's not "acceptable" to believe in such things. I also have a lot of questions and since I haven't really read much about the paranormal it would be nice to be able to, hopefully, get responses to the posts I make and maybe I'll become more aware of a few things.

Well, that is all for me right now (:
/Emma

[cdn2wheeler]

My position: horizontal.

But seriously folks...

As soon as I see hard, incontrovertible evidence - something that clearly can't be faked by "cold reading" or plain old sleight-of-hand - I'm afraid that I'll have to say that I don't buy it. There just isn't any compelling evidence, at least not that I've seen.