VOL. XVI, NO. 8
FEBRUARY 14, 1975
ESP Is Not A Game
By KATHY COOPER
How many of us sit in class and say, "I feel we're going to have a test today"?
Then the teacher walks in and says, "Get ready for a test."
How often do we feel that the bus is going to be late or that the car won't start or that when we get home a friend will call? Many people say that it is just coincidence if it happens, but is it really?
Chances are that if something similar to these have happened to you more than a few times, you have experienced your extrasensory perception.
There are three categories of ESP - mental telepathy, the direct contact with another person's mental state; precognition, the foreseeing of the future; and clairvoyance, the perception of objects or events without the use of the five senses.
ESP, or parapsychology, has been a controversial topic for many years. As with other issues, there are always going to be people who believe in it and others who don't.
How many of us sit in class and say, "I feel we're going to have a test today"?
Then the teacher walks in and says, "Get ready for a test."
How often do we feel that the bus is going to be late or that the car won't start or that when we get home a friend will call? Many people say that it is just coincidence if it happens, but is it really?
Chances are that if something similar to these have happened to you more than a few times, you have experienced your extrasensory perception.
There are three categories of ESP - mental telepathy, the direct contact with another person's mental state; precognition, the foreseeing of the future; and clairvoyance, the perception of objects or events without the use of the five senses.
ESP, or parapsychology, has been a controversial topic for many years. As with other issues, there are always going to be people who believe in it and others who don't.
Where is the evidence supporting ESP? The evidence lies in tests, such as those that have been conducted by Duke University in North Carolina since 1927. Evidence also lies in the retelling of psychic experiences by friends and relatives.
The non‑believer passes ESP off as coincidence, perhaps because he has never experienced it or because he is afraid of it. The latter reason would come about because he knows nothing about it.
One will say, "I don't have ESP," which is false. Everyone has ESP - it is just that some have developed theirs more than others. It is useless, however, to try to develop it if one does not fully believe in it and just wants to see what can happen.
ESP is not a game. Only the serious systematic observer should attempt to develop and use it. ESP can be quite damaging to a person's mental state if not used properly.
Libraries have books on parapsychology which relate personal experiences, as well as methods for developing ESP.
It could be well worth the nonbeliever's and believer's while to go through some of these books to see what they have to offer.
The non‑believer passes ESP off as coincidence, perhaps because he has never experienced it or because he is afraid of it. The latter reason would come about because he knows nothing about it.
One will say, "I don't have ESP," which is false. Everyone has ESP - it is just that some have developed theirs more than others. It is useless, however, to try to develop it if one does not fully believe in it and just wants to see what can happen.
ESP is not a game. Only the serious systematic observer should attempt to develop and use it. ESP can be quite damaging to a person's mental state if not used properly.
Libraries have books on parapsychology which relate personal experiences, as well as methods for developing ESP.
It could be well worth the nonbeliever's and believer's while to go through some of these books to see what they have to offer.
