Ever since posting up the Power of the Mind post, I’ve been venturing more into the world of “mind powers.”  The question “What if we are capable of doing more than we think?” is clearly answered when you start doing some research.  We are most definitely capable of so much more; our minds have natural abilities that we don’t even recognize.  Psipog.net is a site dedicated to such abilities (of course now it’s only an archived website–they “shut down” in January of 2007) and all of the articles in there are quite interesting.  I’ve looked at some of this stuff a little before the site closed down and I must say, I was very intrigued by my results.

Psychokinesis refers to the power to affect matter with your mind.  The sub-categories of psychokinesis include pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, and my personal favorite, telekinesis.  We’ll stick with telekinesis for now.

Telekinesis has two sub-categories of its own: micro-tk and macro-tk.  Micro-tk is all about using your mind to get a desired outcome in something (some of you may know this as the “probability” factor–but this is actually a smidge different).  In “An Introduction to Telekinesis” by Peebrain over at Psipog.net, Peebrain gives an exercise to practice Micro-tk.  He tells you to take a deck of cards and pick a specific card.  Don’t try to find it by looking through the deck, just keep the card in your mind.  Now, start taking out cards in groups of six or so.  Don’t do it randomly; do it based off of what you feel is a group of six cards that does NOT contain yours.  Shuffle until you get such a feeling and take the six cards out.  It helps to think to yourself, saying, “What are the odds of my card being in this group of six?  If there’s 46 other cards, more likely than not, my card will be with those, not in this group.”  Keep taking cards out and eventually, you may end up eliminating all but five or so cards, one of them being the card you chose.  The idea here is to trick your mind into performing your desired task.  Since you probably don’t fully believe in micro-tk, it’s helpful to think about opposite odds here.  Don’t think “oh my card is probably going to be in this group.”  Instead, think “there’s no possible way for it to be in here, the odds are against it from being here!”  A little bit of practice and you’ve got yourself a kickass card trick that your friends won’t be able to solve.

Macro-tk involves more movement than micro-tk.  The example given on the same article by Peebrain, the same example I went through a while ago prior to the site closing, is the most solid proof of telekinesis for me.  Basically, and this is described much better on Peebrain’s article, you fold a small piece of paper or foil (foil worked MUCH better for me) in a specific way and then put it on a pin.  The point of the experiment is to make the paper rotate on the pin with your mind.  Here’s a picture, taken from Peebrain’s article, of the setup:

When I tried this experiment, I got my “pinwheel” to revolve pretty fast and change directions.  It really is amazing because this works if you do something as simple as believe it will.  It’s like trying to perform a task in a lucid dream.  Whatever you do that makes you think it’ll work will do the job!  Now, macro-tk isn’t just limited to paper on a pin.  The pinwheel is more like training wheels than anything.  If you master the wheel, you can move onto greater things, like rolling a pencil or pushing light objects.  Who knows, maybe you can levitate a staple within the first month or so.  It sounds very far out and unrealistic, but that’s only because this ability to manipulate things hasn’t really been introduced to you in lesson or even theory (formal, that is).

Anyway, I’m considering on starting a project on the forum regarding telekinesis shortly after The Green Room project.  It should be interesting to see results.  Until then, I highly encourage you guys to check out Peebrain’s article and the other very informative articles on PsiPog.net!

Peebrain’s Article:
http://www.psipog.net/art-introduction-to-tk.html

Other Articles (including different areas like telepathy):
http://www.psipog.net/articles.html

Some time or another everybody is bound to ask themselves the ultimate question: What if life as we know it is just one big dream?  I had a discussion with friends about the subject and it’s really quite interesting when you venture into the possibilities of what life might really be.  Everything could very well be just all in our head.  Our senses–touch, sight, smell, taste, and sound–are really just interpretations of the mind; so, who’s to say that we aren’t anywhere at all and that our lives are just vivid experiences within our minds?

Things become very interesting when considering what happens upon death.  What if when you die, you actually just enter a new reality–or rather a new “dream”.  Maybe this new reality would be completely different–one where the laws of physics cease to exist and your very form is far from what you’re used to it being.  Or maybe it’s the same exact “dream” all over again.  Perhaps that’s the real definition of heaven or hell.  You spend your whole life knowing exactly what you’ve done and what you really deserve; your dream might very well be what you expect it to be (live a life of happiness, continue to be happy, etc..).

So, what exactly does it mean to be awake?  Are we, right now, awake and existing?  Or, are we just a presence waiting to just wake up?

“To dream of visiting a seaport, denotes that you will have opportunities of traveling and acquiring knowledge, but there will be some who will object to your anticipated tours.”  This is one of literaly thousands (over 10,000 to be exact) of interpretations of common, and uncommon, items that appear in your dreamworld as you sleep each night.  Dream Psychic is an online reference library of anything and everything related to dreaming.  The site offers an easy to use dictionary of dream interpretations.  Let’s say you constantly dream about teeth and you begin to wonder exactly why your mind is presenting such a thing to you.  Well, simply look on the navigation bar to the left of the site, hit “Dream Meanings T,” and then scroll through the pages of other items until you find “teeth.”

The site is very well organized and allows for you to quickly and easily look up anything you could possibly dream of.  The administrators of the site have also created a free e-book, also located on their site.

I’ve personally looked at this site several times and it really is great to use to figure out some of the deeper meanings of your dreams.  It’s almost as if our subconscious is trying to tell us something each night as we doze off–maybe it’s trying to say you’re too stressed, or maybe it’s trying to guide you in some major decision that you’re dealing with currently.  Whatever it may be trying to say, it wants you to listen.

Anyway, I recommend you guys checking the site out; you can really learn a lot about yourselves.  For future reference, the site will also be located in our “Interesting Links” section located to the left of our main page.

http://dream-psychic.com/

I just saw Jumper today (the movie where the guy can teleport) and it really got me thinking, what if we could actually do something remotely close to such a thing like teleportation?  That may seem a little far out, and perhaps it is, but it’s always interesting to question something every once in a while.  In today’s world we have things like remote viewing (which was used by the CIA) where remote viewers could basically pinpoint the location of a desired target.  Even things like lucid dreaming makes one question what we are really capable of.  I mean, think about it, our mind has the ability to create a whole entire environment every single night–one that we can actually consciously observe and manipulate.  Our mind is so complex and mysterious, why shouldn’t we be allowed to do things like telekinesis or telepathy?

Maybe we all can do such things, and maybe it’s our doubt that prevents us from easily being capable of these “powers.”  It’s hard to claim that we can’t, especially when not a whole lot of people have even tried in the first place.  We should be inclined to question our abilities; after all, we just might find something worth exploring.

Local CBS 11 news here in North Texas aired a segment tonight featuring lucid dreaming and a co-administrator, Benjamin Klingler (BenDrummin58).  The segment reveals the art of lucid dreaming and interviews with Ben and Damian Nordmann of the School of Metaphysics.  It’s really quite something and allows for many newcomers to see and understand the concepts of lucid dreaming.  Check it out at the CBS website:

 http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=24476@ktvt.dayport.com

 Also, a similar segment, if not the same, will be airing on the TXA21 News station (again, in North Texas) this Wednesday (Feb. 6) between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

 Thank you CBS/TXA21 for picking up the story and thank you community members for sticking around with us!