Critical thinking: definition, development, and practical application

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This is the narration of a very peculiar experience that I had a few years ago. I still don't know how much credibility I can account to it whenever I think about it, but it sure as hell gives me the spooks even up to this day. It all came to pass one cold, dreary winter night. The darkness almost stifling in its vast presence and the very atmosphere seemed to be tingling with apprehension and fear, though that could have been my own feeling of foreboding amplified by my imagination.

The stage it seemed, had been set for some gruesome gothic murder or something and this is what happened that fateful night:- It must have been close to 2:00 AM when I left the party, weary and tired for all the dancing and frisking that Id done. I had no means of transport but that didn't bother me since I lived fairly close to my friend's house where the party was being held. It was only a half hours walk and 2:00 AM didn't seem to be such an unearthly hour at all, in fact I found myself anticipating an enjoyably peaceful walk home. I wasn't even 1 quarter through my journey when it began to happen.

A began to sense an almost tangible aura of something that wasn't right, something that didn't belong, and something that had the smell of evil, of fear. At first I just fastened my pace and continued to walk, thinking it to be nothing but my nerves, my imagination. But then, after a few minutes, the impulse to run and scream for help turned so maddeningly strong that I almost gave in to it. The only thing that stopped my flight was the sudden appearance of this electric blue orb of light floating at waist height.

It appeared to have literally materialized out of thin air and it was approaching me. My reaction was one of total shock, I seemed to be frozen in fear and although what I most wanted to do was run, my legs didn't seem to be agreeing with. By the time my legs finally did decide on moving I was near to the point of passing away since the orb was almost upon me, I felt a weird sensation like as if I was being pulled out of my body and then I did faint, sinking away in this blue haze.

When I came around to my senses I found that I was at home and in bed and that it was 6:00 AM. I still had on the clothes that I had worn to the party, but strangely, I felt refreshed, as if I had slept a whole 12 hours and then gotten up and showered. I got up and went over to the mirror to examine myself but instead of reflecting me and my room, the mirror seemed to have a weird electric blue depth of its own the same color as the orb.