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    btw:  I manged an 89 on that calculus final...the highest grade on a
    math final that year...
    
    

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Some people think "psychic" ability is hereditary; others believe asnyone can do
it.  I tend to believe the former, but will present both sides.

Heredity:

Some families show more than a trace of ability, and it often goes from
generation to generation.  Simplest explanation is that a psychic is born
with facilities that others have missed out on.  [Kinda the inverse of color-
blindness, which is also hereditary.]

Universal:

Some claim "everybody can do it" but that as we grow up, one or another
facility is suppressed.  (E.g., learning how to talk bypasses and
negates the use of telepathy.)

The jury is out on both.

Steve Kallis, Jr.

If psychic ability exists, why would it be much different from any
other human ability?

Almost anyone can be taught to play piano. Some people learn how to
play without instruction (can do it naturally). Very few people will
ever play like Vladimir Horowitz.

Almost anyone can be taught how to exercise their psychic faculties.
Some people learn how to do it without instruction (can do it
naturally). Very few people will ever achieve the mastery of Rumi.

    Is it possible to have psychic ability but to not be able to draw on
    them because of either fear or skepticism?
    
    For example, after my best friend John died, the one I predicted his
    death?  Well, he came to me in dreams for several years afterwords, and
    a lot of the times he would show up and I would say, "We've got to call
    my mom!  You've got to talk to her" and we'd rush to a phone and my mom
    would answer.  I'd say, "Mom, I've got Dr. Webster on the phone!"  then
    hand the phone to her and he say, "Hello?  Hello?"  But she would never
    be able to hear him.  When I would wake up I would tell her about the
    dreams and she would say, "He was my friend too, I wonder why he
    doesn't come to me in my dreams?"
    
    I hypothesized that she didn't believe it was him, maybe, or she was
    afraid.  She was afraid to believe it was true...psychic abilities.
    
    She always respected what I had (gift) but was more than a little
    afraid of it.  She had heard the spirit go into my room, but still
    didn't want to believe what she had heard.  She thought it was terribly
    spooky that I was seeing spirits after my anyeurism.  
    
    Since I know her mother had had experiences (when I was in surgery, a
    spirit came to my grandmother in the hospital and told her I was going
    to be alright), so I have wondered if my mother had opened her mind,
    that she would not be able to experience the same abilities?
    
    That would support the theory that everyone has the ability but not
    everyone is able to use it?
    
    
    Elizabeth
    

    
    My personal belief is that, yes, personal beliefs and fears can prevent
    someone from using psychic abilities, by unconsciously creating mental 
    blocks, and psychic barriers.
    
    Beth

    I 'believe' yes...I also believe everyone has the 'capability'...
    I know 'it' can be blocked for some reason and I don't know what that
    reason is...could be from stress; focusing too hard on disturbing
    situations; being caught up in the everyday humdrum and not allowing
    the sensitivity to be recognized; or could it be that a more 
    'experienced' one blocking for you...dunno, but I do know it happens.
    
    I used to be more sensitive than I am now and I'm not sure I like it!
    This 'desensitization' occurred only recently, actually since I left my
    first husband (dirty divorce).  Now I find I don't retreat into myself
    anymore and for the first time, I am happy!  I never thought about it
    and by writing this note, I am starting the analysis as to the 'whys'.
    
    Anyone have any thoughts or have I truly lost my mind this time!!! ;)
    
    Sandra
    

    My Father would make strange statements, like "I will never see Him
    Alive again," they always came true.  He would dream of a place to go
    hunting and see a deer there, and always came back with game.
    
    I however have not done much of this, but just before Christmas a few 
    years ago, I was in the kitchen hanging lights around the windows, and
    I told my wife, "I think I am going to fall!"  She asked if I were
    dizzy or anything, I said no, just a feeling.  I walked near the stove
    that was in the counter, and there was a small spot of oil there, My
    heel slipped and I did a prat fall onto the stove, and bent it badly
    and caused major pain to my posterior.  That is my only incident.
    
    Dave
    Son of a seer?  
    
    

    Yep...

    It's been some time since I've put anything in here, but recent
    incidents have occurred..
    
    There is another note in here somewhere in which someone speaks of
    their young child saying something to the effect of, "Remember when I
    was the big person and you were little?  Remember before ...?"  The
    child was remembering a past life, I believe.
    
    My mother has become more open to things in the time since I put the
    original note...and now there are more people in the family.  I have a
    young niece who has recently been showing some behavior which alludes
    to her having ability of a phenomenon-type nature.
    
    Her mother told us how recently when she was in a waiting room with
    Kaila at a hospital, my niece (who is just under 3) kept pointing to a
    man who was a perfect stranger and saying, "There's grandpa," and was
    very insistent, even when her mother repeatedly told her no it wasn't.
    
    I suggested to my mom that maybe in another life he was her
    grandmother...who knew?  
    
    My mother told me recently of some other events that have been going on
    with Kaila that would display evidence that she remembers things before
    she was born.
    
    For instance...she has the typical vocabulary skills of someone who is
    about to turn 3...yet there is a certain song that comes on the radio
    and Kaila not only knows every word, she sings it with perfect
    clarity, and has since the very first time she heard it.  It's not a
    song she hears often either, and her mother can't explain her behavior
    nor why the song seems to mean so much to Kaila.  My mom says her eyes
    just light up and, "You should see the look on her face when it comes
    on..."
    
    Kaila's mom doesn't seem to have any of the psychic ability, nor
    belief.  My brother has it a little, we think, but he won't talk about
    it ... is a bit afraid of it it seems...
    
    My mom wanted to know what I thought she should do...
    
    I merely suggested that she not tell Kaila she is wrong about
    something, but maybe ask her WHY she thought it.  Like why she thought
    the man was her grandfather or something...or when he was?
    
    I don't believe children should be told they are wrong about their
    feelings but how would you deal with a child who displays behavior
    which implies she remembers being here before?  There are other
    incidents, and according to my own mom, they are gaining in frequency.
    
    What do you (readers/noters) think about this?  Would you just let
    things go and see how it develops?  Should we ask her questions?
    
    Curious...
    

    
    Dear Curious,
    
    Could it not simply be a case of the stranger you mentioned, resembling
    her grandfather (i.e. Male, over 60 bald/grey).
    Nothing in your entry makes me think for a minute that this child is
    any different from any other.
    My mates daughter, who's 2 years old, thinks Frank Windsor (who does
    the TV adverts for Cornhill Insurance Over 60's plan) is her grandpa.
    
    Does this mean this child has had previous past lifes as the
    grand-daughter of Old, famous TV stars ????
    
    

    She has only met one of her grandfathers, my dad, and he is WAY UNDER
    60 years old and has blond hair, all of it, is very young and very
    physically fit.  No one would look at him and call him the typical
    grandfatherly type.  She has never met the other grandfather so she has
    no basis upon which to call an old man in his sixties a grandfather...
    
    So, re: -1, should we tell her she is wrong?
    
    There are other incidents that I don't have all the details of, as she
    is in Michigan and I am now in California, but i was wondering what you
    "think" is the way to handle them, should they arise?
    
    

    
    >So, re: -1, should we tell her she is wrong?
    
    Well, I'm not -1, but I would definitely not tell her she is wrong.
    That's what most parents do - denial of the child's reality based on
    their own extremely limited one.  Instead, ask her to explain more, 
    and you may be very surprised at the answers.  
    
    I particularly like the story of "Mister God, This Is Anna", by Fynn - 
    about a little girl who has insights far beyond her years, and how her
    older friend Fynn interacts with her.  Might give you some ideas.  It's 
    a true story, too.
    
    In the Mayan language, the words have meaning when spelled both
    forwards and backwards.  For the word 'baby', spelled backwards it also
    means 'old soul'.
    
    Cindy

    I agree that you should not tell the child that she is wrong about her 
    memories.  When my daughter was a similar age (between 2 and 3) she
    asked me a similar question: "Mommy, do you remember when I was the
    mommy and you were my baby?"  It really floored me!  I responded by
    saying that I didn't remember, did she?  Her response was on the order
    of "Of course!"  
    
    All her life, I've believed that she was an old soul, and still do.
    She lost her memories of being the mommy, but we know that we've
    been together before.  
    
    Donna

    Thank you for your input!  I agree with you that we should not tell her
    she is wrong. 
    
    Apparently the parents DO believe in these things but don't really know
    how to deal with it.  I guess if they just listen and not criticize
    they may be able to gain some insight.
    
    Thanks again for your input!