Telepathy and How it Does or Does

¶ … telepathy and how it does or does not really exist in the world we live. There are various schools of thought discussed in this paper to highlight the concept of this term that has been there for many centuries. The term "telepathy" was coined in 1882 by W.H Myers, who was also one of the founding members of the society for Psychical Research. Telepathy is a Greek term, tele means 'distant' and pathe means 'feeling'.

Many different researchers began to take interest in telepathy when many enthralled by the phenomenon of mesmerism. This new scientific subject began to pick up momentum when other psychologists and psychiatrists were observing the same phenomena in their patients. Sigmund Fraud also observed telepathy in his own son and felt that this issue needed to be delved into in greater depth.

After studying telepathy he came to the conclusion that this is a phenomena that may have been lost or completely ignored in the process of evolution of mankind but could not be said to be recessive because it can become active under certain conditions. Psychiatrist Carl G. Jung considered it more important because it was linked with the performance of synchronicity. In 1885, the American Society for Psychical Research took up the task of studying the psychic phenomenon of telepathy.

This was done in a very simple manner by placing a sender in one room, who was given the task of transmitting a two-digit number, a taste, or a visual image to a receiver in another room. Soon after, a French physiologist Charles Richet found a connection between mathematics and telepathy and also discovered that telepathy was independent of hypnotism.

Following the World War I, interest in telepathy grew considerably because the bereaved family members of the war victims sought refuge in spiritualism as a means to communicate with their dead loved ones. Also, the telepathic parlor game called "willing" became popular amongst the masses. The increased interest in this new area also led many mass telepathic experiments conducted in the United States and Britain. The psychic phenomena known as telepathy, is a mode of communication which takes place between minds, or mind-to-mind communication.

The form of communication is through various thoughts, ideas, feelings, sensations and mental images. Telepathic evidence is found world over in writings and also oral lore. Even in the 21st century telepathy in tribal societies such as the Aborigines of Australia acknowledge telepathy to be part of the human mind, however, in more educated societies it is considered as a special gift from God given mainly to mystics and psychics. Although, this phenomenon has not been scientifically proven, it continues to be researched in the area of psychology.

Experimental findings: Most often telepathy takes place in a person's mind when there is some kind of crisis or in situations where a relative or friend may have been injured or killed in an accident. At times, some people can see signs and become aware of the danger that may be posed at another person from a distance.

However, information of this kind does not come in direct streams but in small broken or discontinuous thought fragments to tell us that something is wrong through our dreams, visions, hallucinations, mental images, in clairaudience, or simply in small hints that arise into the mind. When such information comes into the person's mind, the reaction that occurs causes a person to change the course as planned, this can be changing our daily schedule, or confide in another person about what was seen.

There is some evidence that telepathy can occur between humans and animals. Telepathy is closely linked with the individual's emotional side. This is for both the sender and receiver of telepathy. In most cases women were observed to be the receivers in the experiments conducted, this could perhaps be because women are naturally more emotional and are more so dependant on their inherent feelings than men are. Geriatric telepathy is a branch of telepathy, which is connected with the impairment of the senses with increasing age.

According to research findings, telepathy takes place when a person is in the state of dreaming. This phenomeno is linked to varying biological factors, the blood-volume changes when telepathic messages are being sent, while electroencephalogram monitoring indicate that the brain waves of the recipient change to match those of the sender. Also, dissociative drugs have an adverse impact on telepathy, while caffeine has a positive effect on it. During the 1930's, ESP experiments carried out by J.B.

Rhine led to new discoveries in telepathy: Before these experiments it was difficult to understand whether the information was communicated through telepathy, clairvoyance, or precognitive clairvoyance; this experiment proved that telepathy and clairvoyance were essentially the same psychic function exhibited in a different manner. A telepathic experiment conducted during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 proved distance is not a barrier. The experiment was not authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), nor was it announced until the mission was completed. Astronaut Edgar D.

Mitchell conducted the experiment with four recipients on Earth, 150,000 miles below. Mitchell concentrated on sequences of twenty-five random numbers. He completed 200 sequences. Guessing 40 correctly was the mean chance. Two of the recipients guessed 51 correctly. This far exceeded Mitchell's expectations, but still was only moderately significant.

Theories: One of the most conflicting issues regarding telepathy is that throughout many centuries there are various theories that aim to explain this unusual phenomenon, however in reality the truth is that have been able to do this completely; there is still a lot lacking and yet to be discovered. Telepathy is one psychic phenomenon that transcends time and space.

It goes back in time to where ancient Greek philosopher Democritus stated his theories to explain telepathy, followed by the thoughts of the British chemist and physicist William Crookes in the 19th century, who believed that thought telepathy traveled in a similar manner as brain waves. The findings from the 19th century led to the discoveries in the 20th century made by the Soviet scientist L.L. Vasilies who proposed the electromagnetic theory.

Telepathy is defined as the direct transference of thought from one person (sender or agent) to another (receiver or percipient) without using the usual sensory channels of communication, hence a form of extrasensory perception (ESP). While the existence of telepathy has not yet been proved, some Para psychological research studies have produced favorable results using such techniques as card guessing with a special deck of five sets of five cards.

The agent may simply think of a random order of the five card symbols while the percipient tries to think of the order on which the agent is concentrating. In a general ESP test the sender concentrates on the face of one card at a time while the receiver tries to think of the symbol. Both subjects are, of course, separated by a screen or some greater obstacle or distance. Scores significantly above chance are extremely rare, particularly as testing methods have become more rigorous.

Precognition is knowledge about future events but not on foretelling the future but simply explaining what is in already in store. There is an old traditional belief about foreseeing the future in dreams and by other ways such as by the flight of birds or examining the insides of sacrificial animals.

Telepathy is a feeling that arises from within because it is used as a survival mechanism since it uses mind to mind contact as a mode of communication to think about what is our means using the five physical senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell. Telepathic abilities gained through sufficient practice. It is a lot like the 'lock and key mechanism' employed in enzymes.

For some it comes naturally while in other people it is a skill that needs to be developed through different meditation techniques and learning to use the mind in all the right ways. The reason why some people can easily manifest telepathy while others cannot is because of the fact that human DNA cannot be made to function as we like and that is why there are very few natural telepaths.

Precognitive dreams ate those that bring telepathic messages and those that are closely related to the world are called 'collective dreams'. Sometimes in our dreams we see the messages that our deceased relatives or friends bring through communication or by using symbols. In dreams, one can meet up with spirits and share information. It's a totally different experience. As your consciousness returns to the physical body the lower your get to your body - the more it slows down...slower...and slower..

until you enter your consciousness mind and wake up in the sluggish place - we call 3D. It is here that the concept of linear time exists. You can best understand this by remembering that in your dreams - you move from event to event but time is not marked. There is no time beyond 3D as frequency of light - and that is all we are - is moving too fast.

Remember - the lower and slower the frequency - the less likely to achieve telepathy or other abilities that work in faster light. 3D appears to be as dull as it gets. Lovers definitely are more in tuned telepathically as being in love at that level is a very high frequency. This is not just about sex - though it is an aspect of it. Sexual activity is often telepathic in that one is responding to the needs of their partner on a higher level of expression.

Telepathy is also observed between family members or close friends since they learn to accommodate to each other's temperment. One person from every family, usually a female member is a person with psychic or telepathic abilities. This is especially true for mother's, who can tell when their children are in crisis of any sort. For example, when one is a state of chaos, the body reacts by increasing the flow of adrenaline and telepathy helps us to find the solution and also weigh the pros and cons.

Telepathic messages sometimes tell people about the death of a family member that is about to take place. This is where we become nervous and tension kicks in. The truth is that our minds are constantly thinking of telepathic situations but then we do not have the ability t acknowledge them all the time.

In humans, twins are said o be telepathic with each other because when they are in their developing phase and in their infant phase they are in the same frequency at the same time and learn to communicate with words. Telepathy between twins or family members can remain throughout our life. Telepathy: Belief in Parapsychological Phenomena- A Comparison of Males to Females Parapsychology is a subject who's definition is somewhat difficult to define.

It could be described as a study that looks at unusual events that fall just short of what is accepted as the "normal" human experience. Dean Radin (1997) defines parapsychology as this: "A long-held, common-sense assumption is that the worlds of the subjective and objective are completely distinct, with no overlap. Subjective is "here, in the head," and objective is "there, out in the world." Parapsychology is the study of phenomena occasionally falling between purely subjective and purely objective.

We call such phenomena "anomalous" because they are difficult to explain within current scientific models. The study and phenomenology of parapsychology is a widely popular area of study in today's society. Most people probably do not know the meaning of the term parapsychology but they probably would be familiar with it's components such as telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance, and would take a stance regarding their belief in such phenomena. Much research has been done in the area regarding belief in parapsychological phenomena.

The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas: Why are we not telepathic? Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century, a theologian and philosopher, was able to fine why human beings are not telepathic: In the present life there are two impediments which prevent us from seeing each other's thoughts: the grossness of the body and the inscrutable secrecy of the will. The first impediment will be removed by the Resurrection, but the second will remain, and it is in the angels now.

Nevertheless the brightness of the risen body will correspond to the degree of grace and glory in the mind; and so will serve as a medium for one mind to know another. Thomas Aquinas The body and our mind act as co-defendants because they cannot be responsible for blocking personal communication. It would be unfair to blame them from preventing us from gaining easy access to the thoughts and feelings of other people.

Therefore, it is not the body and the mind that are to blame; but the grossness of them. Aquinas does not say that the body cannot be used as an impenetrable shell in our thoughts. This means that one cannot know what another person is thinking because all the body is visible but it is impossible to go into one's mind. He also believes that the will forms a barrier between one person and all others because our thoughts and feelings are not hidden forever.

On the contrary, he also believes that in animals and humans, there is no communication without a medium. Aquinas believed that the human mind needs the body because through a body can the human mind acquire a world that it learns to understand. Unlike God and the angels, humans need to learn about the world, they need to acquire knowledge by working rally hard. This is best done in our social world, the world of other people through communication.

Therefore, for communication of thoughts and feelings we need a body and a mind. Aquinas states that telepathy between humans involves communication that cannot take place independent of body and mind activity. Also, one cannot have their own thinking without will, or without people who have their own preferences and make their own choices. Thoughts and intentions are not accidentally in someone's mind; they always belong to someone.

The main problem about another person's mind is not about wondering what is going on inside the mindof another person but figuring out what they are capable of disclosing and willing to disclose. However, in this world, our bodies and minds are in various ways distorted and unable to.