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What I have learned about the paranormal
#7991605 - 02/07/08 12:56 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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1. Even on a paranormal website, it is ALWAYS someone else who has the ability; never a member.
2. Cameras are never around when such an event that could be recorded occurs.
3. Most outstanding events (such as miracles, levitation, crashed UFOs, etc.) take place far in the past or in distant regions where it is impossible to confirm.
4. Members that do claim ability can only do it sporadically, usually in total alignment with random chance.
5. Paranormalists work best in uncontrolled conditions with a zillion variables and fail miserably when limited to doing exactly what they claim under strict observation.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7991718 - 02/07/08 01:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It took you some time, but you're getting somewhere.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7991728 - 02/07/08 01:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I are a slow lurner...
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7991765 - 02/07/08 01:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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If wrong intention is meant like filming it, i dont think its possible as your attached to making others see the truth, when you should accept all will see truth when they are ready. Not when you force it upon them. Attachment and truth just can not be intertwined, as one can be attached to many things yet there is only ONE truth.
The thought we are the only life in the universe is just ridiculous, i dont need to see a UFO to believe there is at least basic life out there, and life so much more aware than us.
One thing i have heard that has been scientifically recorded with frequency measuring devices is that the human brain when performing paranormal activity is it is at the EXACT frequency as the magnetic field of the earth.
The books called "be your own psychic." (before i get flamed for LINKS LINKS LINKS!!!)
This of course makes me question, when we become a space race, will we lose certain abilities, or gain others?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7991966 - 02/07/08 02:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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One thing i have heard that has been scientifically recorded with frequency measuring devices is that the human brain when performing paranormal activity is it is at the EXACT frequency as the magnetic field of the earth.
I see. Someone else has 'the power' and you 'heard' about it. That about sums up what I am saying. BTW, you heard wrong.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7992025 - 02/07/08 02:45 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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you tell him oh great jedi master.
the force is strong with this one .
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7992059 - 02/07/08 02:56 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Using Neuroimaging to Resolve the Psi Debate
Samuel T. Moulton and Stephen M. Kosslyn Harvard University
Parapsychology is the scientific investigation of apparently paranormal mental phenomena (such as telepathy, i.e., "mind reading"), also known as psi. Despite widespread public belief in such phenomena and over 75 years of experimentation, there is no compelling evidence that psi exists. In the present study, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used in an effort to document the existence of psi. If psi exists, it occurs in the brain, and hence, assessing the brain directly should be more sensitive than using indirect behavioral methods (as have been used previously). To increase sensitivity, this experiment was designed to produce positive results if telepathy, clairvoyance (i.e., direct sensing of remote events), or precognition (i.e., knowing future events) exist. Moreover, the study included biologically or emotionally related participants (e.g., twins) and emotional stimuli in an effort to maximize experimental conditions that are purportedly conducive to psi. In spite of these characteristics of the study, psi stimuli and non-psi stimuli evoked indistinguishable neuronal responses—although differences in stimulus arousal values of the same stimuli had the expected effects on patterns of brain activation.
These findings are the strongest evidence yet obtained against the existence of paranormal mental phenomena.
(Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2008;20:182-192.)
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7992093 - 02/07/08 03:02 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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One thing i have heard that has been scientifically recorded with frequency measuring devices is that the human brain when performing paranormal activity is it is at the EXACT frequency as the magnetic field of the earth.
I see. Someone else has 'the power' and you 'heard' about it. That about sums up what I am saying. BTW, you heard wrong.
Whats isit your saying? You dont believe in the paranormal? I dont get it?
your saying as thers no proof it cant exist?
If so where your proof that i heard wrong?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7992199 - 02/07/08 03:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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this still isn't solid evidential proof of the complete non-existence of extradimensional entities. it is just another petty belief system.
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Veritas

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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: deranger]
#7992232 - 02/07/08 03:23 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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You cannot absolutely prove the non-existence of anything. This is why the burden of proof is on the claimant. Thus far, all claims of paranormal activity have failed to meet the burden of proof.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7992263 - 02/07/08 03:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I cite the EXACT STUDY that you misheard and then you ask for a reference? What more do you possibly want?
Are people on this forum on drugs or what?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: deranger]
#7992267 - 02/07/08 03:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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so you WERE trying to say that because it cant be captured on film/prooved it isnt real?
That has GOT to be the most egotistic thing ive heard 2day. (Ifit was meant that way.)
"If there's no physical proof i dont believe it!"
LOOOOOOOOOL have you ever even taken shrooms before and felt what they can do? theres no proof they do anything, but everyone here knows they tap into unproovable experiences.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7992298 - 02/07/08 03:34 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Actually, there is quite a bit of scientific evidence that psychoactive substances alter one's neurochemistry.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992320 - 02/07/08 03:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yes but no proof they connect you with the pure awareness that life is. yet many of us know this to be true.
i have no physical proof of this, but have proof of experience.
im not saying i believe in mind readers at all im saying the psychological belief in only the physical is one of the most ignorant things a being can perceive.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992321 - 02/07/08 03:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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so because of this i should hold a belief that these entities do not exist?
just because there is no material evidence we should go and assume things and act in a way that they do not exist?
i see much possibility of beings who have expanded beyond our petty imagination. call me kookoo, i don't care they are just possibilities.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7992332 - 02/07/08 03:41 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yet many of us know this to be true.
Many believe it to be true, based upon their subjective experiences. Realize that your experience of awareness while in a chemically-altered state is not necessarily reflective of reality.
We don't KNOW that the world is physical, just as we don't KNOW that there are spiritual aspects that we cannot experience with our senses. However, it makes sense to retain some disbelief towards that which we cannot verify.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992367 - 02/07/08 03:49 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I agree to some extent...nothing is for sure. But that even applies to the physical.
Gravity is non-physical yet every person on the planet knows its strength and don't disbeleive or question it.
The way we meet people in our lives is due to interconnectedness/consciousness, any being that is aware to a certain extent, knows this as a solid fact, they dont need proof.
Need for proof is an attachment which will keep you asking these questions for a long long time, where as if you accept and dont doubt you will be liberated.
Question by all means but dont take your non proof as proof it doesnt exist.
I think this discussion has reached a balance.
NOTHING is for sure.
Im going to read BE Here Now until work finished then go home and go to bed, good vibes to you ALL!
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Chronic7]
#7992387 - 02/07/08 03:54 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Gravity is non-physical? Perhaps you mean non-material? Physical laws are those which govern material existence, and gravity is one such law.
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where as if you accept and dont doubt you will be liberated.
Or utterly deluded.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992395 - 02/07/08 03:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Veritas said: However, it makes sense to retain some disbelief towards that which we cannot verify.
a belief is a belief. we may never be able to verify astral projection or out of body experiences or alien encounters. retaining disbelief would only be cutting oneself off from potential, in my opinion AND experience. belief is a limitation, what is so hard to understand about this?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: deranger]
#7992460 - 02/07/08 04:15 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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OK, how about "doubt" in place of "disbelief"? IMO, remaining open to every possibility is undesirable, as the process of exploration is meant to reveal which aspects of reality exist, and which are simply wishful thinking/fantasy/delusion. This is not to say that we summarily dismiss that which is not in evidence, but it does mean that we remain skeptical of the probability that it exists.
I cannot prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that unicorns DO NOT exist. Does this mean that I should believe that they might? That somehow they have avoided being seen by anyone? The same goes for astral projection, aliens, OOBE's, telekinesis, and all other paranormal claims which WOULD be proven if someone provided evidence.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992544 - 02/07/08 04:33 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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you doubt it, based on your belief system, which is a result of what you have experienced.
to say you think that what others have experienced in regards to the astral world, obes, aliens is just another fantasy like unicorns is of typical inexperienced materialistic mentality. there is a big difference between the astral plane and the unicorn plane if you have not noticed, but of course it takes one with experience to differenciate the two.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: deranger]
#7992579 - 02/07/08 04:40 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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How do you know that your experiences are indicative of anything beyond the workings of your mind? This is the danger of refusing to verify one's internal representation of reality.
I aim to create an accurate internal representation of reality by researching & verifying the contents of my experiences. Too often we are fooled by what we WISH was true/real.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7992584 - 02/07/08 04:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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what did you want to learn about the paranormal, and did that possibly affect the outcome of your education?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: redgreenvines]
#7992633 - 02/07/08 04:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Are you saying that he ignored evidence because he didn't believe that there could be evidence?
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7992676 - 02/07/08 05:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Veritas said: How do you know that your experiences are indicative of anything beyond the workings of your mind? This is the danger of refusing to verify one's internal representation of reality.
I aim to create an accurate internal representation of reality by researching & verifying the contents of my experiences. Too often we are fooled by what we WISH was true/real.
and i aim to make it understood that we as humans with our limited grasp on things do not and can not fully know the inner workings of the mind and its potential, based on what we read in the science textbooks.
have you ever had a collective obe with another person?
have you ever projected into the astral plane with another person?
has your mind ever merged with anothers?
it seems that what we currently know as the mind isn't actually knowledge at all, in that we cannot objectify and put into words something so complex as the mind.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7992764 - 02/07/08 05:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: 4. Members that do claim ability can only do it sporadically, usually in total alignment with random chance.
I can make earthquakes happen.... I just don't know when, where, nor how strong they will be.... It may **seem** random, but I am in total control..... I did it once, in band camp.... 
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Veritas]
#7993643 - 02/07/08 08:08 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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the scientific method, i.e. experimental investigstion, requires clever hypothesis, impeccable technique, impartial observation and recording of data... conclusions are not guaranteed.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: redgreenvines]
#7995585 - 02/08/08 10:01 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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redgreenvines said: the scientific method, i.e. experimental investigstion, requires clever hypothesis, impeccable technique, impartial observation and recording of data... conclusions are not guaranteed.
That purty much leaves out everyone but Veritas. I would say it's lonely at the top but she doesn't seem to be lonely.
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Re: What I have learned about the paranormal [Re: Icelander]
#7997630 - 02/08/08 07:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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synthetic mind can you describe your experiences with these phenomena
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