In light of dealing with skeptics on ld4all.com’s message boards, I will offer multiple ways to prove psychic abilities are real. There are two main paths: do the research, or experience the phenomenon. Feel free to do both at the same time for double the proof.
Do the Research
Here are some links that JoeT provided (I hope he doesn’t mind I ripped them off from him):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology
http://www.parapsychology.org/
http://www.parapsychologydegrees.com/
http://www.rhine.org/
http://perso.orange.fr/basuyaux/parapsy_eng/links/
http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/
http://www.espresearch.com/
http://www.parapsych.org/
http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0003044
Here are some links of my own that I’ve enjoyed:
http://www.ions.org/
http://www.lfr.org/LFR/csl/
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/psy1.html
http://www.fmbr.org/
http://www.psywww.com/asc/obe/missz.html
Here are some books:
Out-of-Body Experiences - A Handbook, by Janet Lee Mitchell, Ph.D.
Remote Viewing Secrets - A Handbook, by Joseph McMoneagle
Journeys Out of the Body, by Robert Monroe
Altered States of Consciousness, by Charles T. Tart
The Invention of Telepathy, by Roger Luckhurst
Experimental Telepathy, by Rene Warcollier
Telepathy and Clairvoyance, by Rudolf Tischner
The links and books above give more than enough proof. How many of you searching for proof will actually read any of it though? The information is usually pretty dry, I admit. Nonetheless, if you really want that scientific proof - there you go. It’s all at your fingertips. The only thing holding you back is your ability to read.
Experience the Phenomenon
The path that I personally enjoy is to experience the phenomenon directly. You can’t really argue with personal experience! Oh sure, after you have a bunch of weird experiences, people will look at you differently. Some will call you crazy, and tell you what you experienced was simply impossible. Some will treat you like a circus animal, asking you to perform on cue for their personal amusement. Some will say you’re a liar, and that you’re trying to deceive people for profit. But hey - if you really want that proof - you’ll need to make some sacrifices.
Here are some links with “How-To” information:
http://psipog.net/articles.html (I like this one, personally)
http://www.psipalatium.com/
http://www.psc-online.org/sections/view.php?id=9
http://www.upconline.net/articles.php
http://zhkyrl.brinkster.net/psionline/allarticles.html
http://www.psipog.net/activepsy/contents.html (This is where I started)
http://www.fork-you.com/
http://www.crvmanual.com/
http://www.robertpeterson.org/obebook.html
http://www.firedocs.com/
http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/11/how-to-receive-anything/
http://alittleweird.com/2007/07/04/how-to-leave-your-body/
Here are some books with “How-To” information:
You Are Psychic!, by Pete A. Sanders
Astral Dynamics, by Robert Bruce
Astral Travel for Beginners, by Richard Webster
Out of Body Exploring, by Preston Dennett
Psychic Development for Beginners, by William W. Hewitt
Develop Your Psychic Skills, by Enid Hoffman
Kundalini Awakening, by John Selby and Zachary Zelig
Conclusion
There you go. There’s your proof. Everything you need - right there. A lot of the information is free on the web. Purchasing books does cost some money, but surely it’s not that much. Maybe $10 per book. If you’re going to invest in only one book, my personal favorite is You Are Psychic!, by Pete A. Sanders. It gives a lot of great exercises to try and has a nice explanation for how psychic phenomenon might work.
It’s really not that hard to prove psychic abilities are real. The actual work involved isn’t that much. Mainly it consists of reading. If you decide to try some exercises, they aren’t difficult either. What usually happens is that people refuse to do the research because they’re lazy, or they refuse to try an exercise because they feel silly. Then they proclaim that psychic abilities can’t exist because they’ve never seen proof. Well no duh.
One last thing: This is by no means an exhaustive list. Use Google. Search. Go to a library. Actually GO TO A LIBRARY. I spent countless hours at the University of Georgia’s library, reading random books on psi research. The main keywords to look for are “telepathy”, “clairvoyance”, “esp”, and “psychokinesis”. Searching for other terms doesn’t usually produce results.
That’s it.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Hey Sean,
Don’t mind at all. I have visited and read the majority of the criteria you recommended in the past, and any avid researcher should indeed dwell into further research if they’re looking to prove psychic abilities are in fact real. But as you stated, the majority of bad skeptics won’t. They live in the conservative ideal state of “Ignorance is bliss”, which is certainly unappealing.
Great post,
~ Joe
July 20th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Sean,
At the next reunion, I want you to spin a pinwheel on my coffee table. If you don’t, I’m going to punch you in the mouth for obviously lying to me all these years! And how dare you use simple imagery to illustrate points that may be complicated.
I hope those guys at the other forum don’t ruffle your feathers. I’m sure they don’t, as you’ve probably encountered much of the same in years past. Keep up the good work and don’t get frustrated. HOLLA!
-Jesse
July 20th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Wow, I wish we’d had this list when Psipog was still running. It would have weeded out a lot of pointless and repetitive discussions.
Quite the list.
-Hatter
July 20th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Certain people are stuck in a belief system they called “skepticism”. Thats what they call but its really just cynicism, closed mindedness, basically a religion of scientism (not science mind you). The first rule of true skepticism is having an open mind, if you have an open mind you will most likely get results that are “weird”.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Thanks a bunch, Sean. Now if only this Post existed prior to me making that topic…
July 20th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Thanks a lot for the list - very helpful.
July 21st, 2007 at 1:35 am
Indeed. A good list full of good advice.
But still one cant but wonder whether we are actually trying to prove this stuff to ourselves by proving it to others?
After all, if one man believes something he is considered to be deluted, when a group of men believe in same thing they have a cause.
Once I learned just to keep my mouth shut and my nose to the grindstone I have lost my “need” to try and prove my beliefs and practices to the people around me, especially those unwilling to accept them. My ultimate results shall speak for themselves once they are realized. Until then, my efforts are best kept where they benefit me the most.
After all, aren’t we all after some kind of validation?
Just my thoughts about this whole proving-scene.
July 21st, 2007 at 3:17 am
I think it’s just the doors that things like this open. In the minds of many of the so called “enlightened” individuals, science has explained everything in the world, and we now know basically everything. Everyone in our past was “ignorant” of reality, but we are suddenly all-knowing.
… If only they knew how wrong they were. That seems to be the funny thing about the life, The more you know about something, the more there is to know. There are always the subtle nuances of life, which at first glance don’t look so big, but turn into vast canyons of uncharted territory.
Admitting that one of the “fake” things is real opens up the probability and reality that the other “impossible” things are indeed not only possible, but commonplace. That scares some people, so they refuse to see it happening. Even the people who experience such things spend hours on end trying to explain it away any way they can. The idea of the unknown makes us feel tiny and powerless. People don’t like that.
July 21st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
while this IS a good list.. ill still sound like a cultist trying to convince people
ah well..
even though i do believe in this stuff.. im starting to not really care if other people think its real or not, i dont need validation,
i dont need to gratify my ego or get a chub by telling people this stuff is real.. only a negitive outcome will appear if i keep trying to convince people..
you should hope people stumble across some type of psychic book and become interested by themselves.. hell thats why im here,
you cant build someones belief system for them.. tell them whats real
all you can really do is supply the parts.
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Wow thanks a lot sean.
I will check this out :>
-hotfoot982
July 27th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
“Charles T. Tart”
Lol his last name is Tart..