Telepathy

Is there an ESP telepathy-based wireless?

ver.: 06 April 2008

What Is Telepathy ?

telepathy [ < Greek têle (far away) + pathos (perception or feeling; < suffering)] Causing someone to think something by use of one's mind; communication using means beyond the physical senses.

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ARE YOU THINKING WHAT I'M THINKING?...

Telepathy is about communicating mind-to-mind, making someone feel or think something from far away, without the use of sounds or symbols or anything else but bare thought. There are some things in life that are hard to explain outside of telepathy : think, for instance, of how our mothers seem to be able to make us feel guilty no matter how far away we might be. Telepathy is said to come in several forms : telepathic impression (planting an message, image, or word into someone else's mind), mind reading (copying, but not interfering with, what's going on in someone else's mind), mental communication (a wireless phone of the mind, but without the bills) and as a medium for mind control (but mind control is a separate subject for another page).

If telepathic ability does exist in all or even some of us, could it be that God has turned it off for our own good? Could it be that we're to relate to each other based on trust and cooperation and love rather than by the knowledge of how to read minds or the power of directly planting thoughts? And what of symbolism, visual art, literature, and the art of speech, once the mind can go straight to what the artist is conveying?

The truth is, there's no credible evidence that a mind can be made to take action by way of projecting thoughts into someone. Even the most fully telepath-friendly of studies show at most the ability to cause in someone a sense of warmth, unease, or nervousness. It can't put in an impression that acts as a command or suggestion, nor any communication that can be understood. Nor is there any credible evidence for mind reading, or copying from a mind.

Powers

When people are asked what one super power they would most want to have, mind reading comes a close second to flying. It's such an interesting idea that it's easy to wish it were true. If someone did read minds, what would they be doing with it? Are they reducing poverty, limiting the actions of the insane, blocking terrorists, unmasking lies for the public? No. And maybe that's for the better, as telepathic ability might, like all powers, provide someone with a way to really foul things up. There would even be the possibility of developing real "thought police", who would investigate you by reading your thoughts. Sci-Fi and horror rolled into one.

Some Christian writers have taken an interest in telepathy, but most of those are fringy sorts who hold some New Age ideas. Perhaps the most notable example of one who dug into telepathy-like things was literacy leader and prayer specialist Frank Laubach, who believed a praying person could act as a funnel between God and someone else. (He thought many people deliberately block God out of their minds. So the pray-er could serve as God's way around the blockade.) One nearly-irresistable drawback is to think at someone in order to get a kick out of watching that person's physical reactions. That would be manipulation of others, and is thus un-Christian.

Psychic Acts

Then, of course, there are the psychic mind-readers one finds in lounge acts. They're purely trick-based entertainment, folks, there's nothing mystical about them. That's fine as long as they tell you that's all it is, but few will tell you this truth. Their most important method is called 'cold reading'. In it, they start with vague and general guesses, then narrow it by way of suggestions which prompt people to volunteer information, then asking further questions and making more suggestions, paying close attention to body language, tone of voice, and choice of words for hints as to what to do next. It's called 'cold', because the 'psychic' begins without knowing anything about the people in the room. There is also 'lukewarm' or 'warm' reading, which depends on others (assistants, friends, hotel staff, etc.) to gather information beforehand about the people who will probably be there, and then asking/suggesting based on this information. I'm frankly shocked by how many people trained in the arts of reporting and science have trouble figuring it out. I'm very disappointed when a preacher does this parlor trick on those he/she is preaching to.

A reply to an email sent to Spirithome :

> So why do people think God turned these [telepathic]
> abilities off, or that they are from Satan? Why has God not taken
> them from me? I want to understand it all, but sometimes it's
> very confusing.

People think it is from Satan because it is so prone to be "used" -- that is, for the telepath's advantage or power over the one they're using it on. Such power, even in mutually-agreed 'use', is stunningly seductive, and that is where the sin lies. (The sin does not lie in telepathic ability itself, which, if it exists, could be a by-product of natural scientific happenings.) Think of such use of telepathy as hacking past the security system (physical separation) which protects the privacy of someone's server (brain), software (thought patterns), and database (memories), in order to copy useful data (by mind-reading) for pressure or manipulation, or to try to edit or reprogram the software (mind control), or even to plant a virus which will take over the whole system (obsession). These kinds of 'power over' are precisely what you must renounce to follow Christ. There is also the possibility Satan will twist the thoughts as they arrive at your brain. It's not inherently more likely than demonic twisting of the thoughts you already have, but it could happen, and you probably couldn't tell until some evil result comes from it.

Would you use it that way? I don't know you, so I don't know. I can only counsel for you what you've probably already done : keep taking it to the Lord in prayer, and keep looking for doors to open and/or close.

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