Extrasensory Perception Or ESP | What Is It? by Malcolm Moorhouse
Countless movies, stories, and tales have spun gold out of the concept of extrasensory perception (often referred to as ESP). Consider popular television shows and films like Medium and The Sixth Sense. People are fascinated with the paranormal – Ouija boards and tarot card readings, once considered taboo and even somewhat dark – are now popular games sold in Toys R Us. But with all this talk and publicity, much of the origin and science of extrasensory perception has been obscured. The actual definition of extrasensory perception is the “ability to acquire information by means other than the five canonical senses (taste, sight, touch, smell, and hearing), or any other sense well-known to science (balance, proprioception, etc)”, but there are several different types of ESP, as well as interpretations of it.
Before getting into all the different ideas and challenges associated with extrasensory perception, let's first consider the history of ESP. The concept itself goes way back, far before popular culture turned it into a cultural phenomenon of sorts. In fact, in many past cultures (i.e. ancient China and Egypt), it was simply expected that people could communicate mentally with others, including the dead, gods, and other supernatural spirits. While this possibility has been heavily criticized as, at best, speculation and at worst, pure superstition, plenty of accounts (both ancient and relatively recent) have described incidents of extrasensory perception, as well as everyday use of it for divination.
So, the big question is: Do people actually have ESP and can it be proved? Many paranormal scientists have run experiments to test the veracity of alleged psychic abilities and many have come out shocked and amazed at the results. It seems that ESP may be a little more likely than anyone previously thought. In fact, some paranormal studies have found that alleged psychics seem able to foretell the contents of sealed envelopes and accurately draw images identical to those of people drawing the same image from a remote locale. Parapsychology (especially the area of extrasensory studies) has grown both in venerability and believer population. In fact, many large universities now have Parapsychology programs including Edinburgh University in Scotland.
Most claims of psychic readings and abilities are similar to the three most commonly reported extrasensory happenings which include telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Telepathy is defined as mental communication between two or more people. It entails one person sending or receiving thoughts to or from another person via some sort of mental or emotional link.
Clairvoyance is often called a “second sight” or a “sixth sense” -- that is to say, the person perceives events happening in a location other than his or her present one, without having any previous knowledge of the event. For example, a clairvoyant person may sense that something is wrong with a friend or a family member to find that he or she was in trouble. They also may “know” that their house is being robbed as they are out to dinner. Precognition, on the other hand, is also known as “fortune telling” or “foresight” and entails the ability to know or predict what will happen in the future. Many prophets (including very false ones) have risen to fame – and even religious worship -- through their apparent ability to predict the events of the future.
About the Author: Malcolm Moorhouse is a clairvoyant psychic with over 16 years professional experience. Web: www.psychicreading4you.co.uk
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Executive ESP: A Pathway To Success! by Jeremiah Huck
We all have psychic abilities that we use daily, although most of us don't even realize that. The full study of this issue would take many books, and years of experience to grasp all the factors. Since we can't do that here, we can still focus on applying these skills to making informed business decisions. Those of us making constant business choices, effecting staff, ethics, health, and the botton line, need all the data we can get our hands on. So these tidbits are designed to help you use your natural abitities, and to improve your business situation!
First of all, there are many, many management styles. It is in your best interest to honestly evaluate your personality and your personal approach to making choices and running your business. This gives you a baseline to start from when adding ESP into your operating formula. The ancient Greeks said "Know Thyself".
Some of us are very mental in perspective, some emotional, and others more physical. These basic personality factors often don't change much during our lifetime. We tend to keep processing life from the same angle. When we pick up psychic data from outside this base personality, we tend to ignore it. It's not comming from our comfort zone.
In the business world, what we ignore can create lost potentials or major problems. What we tune out doesn't really go away, it just stays out of our awareness. So our business is effected but we never get to know it, it stays in our blind spots.
When working in a group situation this blindness is compensated by others around us, often with different main personality types. They can pick up what we miss. This works fairly well, but......
Frankly, at the executive level you often must make choices by yourself. This leaves you open to your limitations. Sure you can get data, but still the final choice is usually yours. Remember that both your strong and weak functions tend to stay that way for life. So you will tend to always focus on some things while ignoring others.
Opening your natural ESP abilities can present a personal challange. As you pick up data from your comfort zone, well...no problem. But when you get psychic information from your weaker traits, again you will want to tune it out......you will tend to feel it as a stress.
So, if you want to include data from a broad range of psychic information ... even beyond your comfort zone, there are many techniques you can use......
Realize that stress can be a sign that you are aware of something that you would rather ignore. Then use stress busters to help you handle that. Try to meditate each day, in a quiet place ... and see what happens. If stress kicks up try to breathe through it, so you can stay focused on what you are processing.
It takes great courage to trust your whole self, and all your awareness. Don't push yourself beyond your limits, but try to broaden your scope, little by little.
The real test is to see if you are willing to apply your ESP gained data into your daily business planning.
Good Luck!
About the Author: Jerry is a professional shaman. He publishes a free online magazine and newsletter dealing with shamanism and holism as they apply to life and business. You can reach the publication at this address: http://www.jeremiahhuck.workzsites.com
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