Twilight Zone Realities
In a previous posting (Possess-the-Vision) I communicated that I was going to present a number of spiritual experiences of my life that led to the creation of the Possess the Vision Mission Statement (PTV Mission-Statement.) This is one of them.
When I entered high school I started lifting weights with my friend Kenny. He had a really good set of weights in his basement and I worked out three to four afternoons a week at his house to get into shape.
We liked to talk about things that can not be explained by our physical science. Things like ESP for example. In particular, we loved to talk about the unexplained things that we watched on the television program called, “The Twilight Zone.” We marveled that these incredible stories were touted as renditions of real life experiences. We were fascinated with ESP and wondered how in the heck someone could know of things that were to come in the future.
One day after our workout we thought that it would be great fun to test our own ESP abilities. Our plan was to test our skills by predicting cards that were pulled from a deck of cards at random. So we tested ourselves and determined that I was quite good at predicting the cards that Kenny pulled from the deck. We kept statistics on the number of correct and incorrect answers and the results were that I had a significantly higher prediction rate (about 50%) than could be explained by simple probability rates (about 4%).
So not being satisfied with this, thinking that perhaps this was just some form of luck, we decided to make our tests more difficult. We were using a Pinochle deck, which contains twenty four unique cards in a deck of forty-eight. This meant that each card in the deck had a twin. So for example, there are identical Kings of Clubs and so on.
So, the plan was that Kenny would cut the deck of cards and keep the entire set that he cut in front of him on the table. I would then also cut the deck from the remaining cards, trying to cut the only card that would match the card at the bottom of Kenny’s set. Remarkably, on the very first try we both cut the exact same card. To say the least, this was a very exciting experience. I felt that we had demonstrated a strong connection here.
We did the same thing three more times and wound up cutting matching cards two of the three times. This was remarkable. I remember my heart beating inside my chest as we continued to cut matching cards. I could also see that my friend was getting a little spooked as well. Our success was actually starting to scare us. It was then that my friend proclaimed that we would do the same thing once again, except this time we would call out the card that we would both cut in advance. I said, “Okay, let’s cut the Queen of Spades.” He cut the cards first and kept them face down on the table directly in front of him. Then I cut from the remaining cards and did likewise. Subsequently, we both turned over our cards at the same time. They were both the Queen of Spades. I remember getting an energy spike in my heart that started my chest pounding. My friend was so spooked by what happened that he got up from the table. He was very keyed up, and he proclaimed that he would never again fool around with ESP. He walked toward the entrance to the living room holding his chest, then turned and called me a freak. He turned again and entered the living room. Dismayed, I took that as an invitation to leave, and I did.
I did not see Kenny much after that. I would come to his house to work out at our regular times but he would not be there. The fact was that Kenney did not want to be my friend anymore. I guess that it is one thing to be fascinated by the thought of ESP experiences and quite another to actually experience them.
Of course, all of this leads us back to the question: “How is all of this Possible?” Based upon my own experiences, I believe that there is a spiritual realm that we can tap into because we are in fact all spiritual creatures encapsulated in physical bodies. When we tap into the spiritual realm we can often see the future because there is no time there.
I believe in God and believe that God has certainly communicated too many people in an effort to deliver His message to the rest of us. Certainly, many of these messages were delivered in the spiritual realm. How else can you explain Jean Dixons warnings to JFK prior to the assassination? Or even my own JFK experience that I conveyed in “The-Day-Everything-Changed,” posting? These occurrences are not all that rare, although most people decline to talk about them much because of the backlash. The messages come from the spiritual realm in which God exists. They come to help us by warning us of danger or redirecting our path (see Premonition-of-an-Automobile-Accident and My-Encounter-with-a-Brick-Wall.)
So why does it work for seemingly trivial things like predicting a card to be cut from a deck? I’m not sure. One thing I do know is that just like many of my other experiences my path was changed that day. I lost a friend and my life was changed as a result. Was this for my protection? I can’t say. My message to you is to pay attention to the messages that come your way. Seek them out. Pray to be enlightened in the things of God.
If you would like to view any of the past postings on this topic, please feel free to use the following hyperlinks:
Seeing-the-Devil-at-a-Young-Age
I-Dream-that-i-was-Like-Superman
Premonition-of-an-Automobile-Accident
My-Encounter-with-a-Brick-Wall
I love the mis-information being shared..
“We liked to talk about things that can not be explained by our physical science. Things like ESP for example”
ESP has been explained by science, it doesn’t exist.
If you’re open to demonstrating your powers of ESP, I think you could make an easy $1 million dollars via the James Randi Educational Foundation.
Please out your powers on display so that your followers can understand that you are truly blessed wit the power of lord. Just imagine how much good will you could spread with $1 million dollars.
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge/challenge-application.html
I eagerly await your confirmation that you have submitted an application.
While we wait, how about we watch some video on how cons con people with claims of ESP…
http://www.google.com/search?q=james+randi+esp&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=vo&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=e7s0TIexCI6RnweS7dTUAw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQqwQwAw
Your right about one thing and that is that I have no power. This does not mean that I have not had these experiences. It simply means that I can not command these things to happen and for the most part I do not seek out the events that do happen. Does this mean that what many call ESP does not exist? Certainly not!
The fact that science may have claimed that these kinds of things do not exist is no concern to me. Scientists continually prove that they have been mistaken about their past beliefs. Nor can they prove that the things that happened to me or anyone else for that matter did not happen. They can not explain how fulfilled prophesy happens other than to offer lame explanations that use no science at all.
The fact that there are con artists out there that take advantage of people using ESP doesn’t necessarily mean that real ESP does not exist. It doesn’t mean that real ESP is a bad thing either. After all, cons use everything from home siding to scientific discoveries to con their victims. Does this mean that we should blame home siding or science? No, we just need to be aware that the world is filled with con men that will use anything to separate people from their money. In this regard I certainly have asked nothing of you.
Because you brought up con men I take it that you believe me to be one as well. In this regard I am saddened and disappointed. You certainly have the right to your own opinion and are welcome to share that opinion but attacks on my personal character are not welcome. So, you have some choices to make.
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Mike, I wish you well.
You say you have a hit rate that is 50% above a chance rate of 4%. By this do you mean you had a 6% hit rate? 6% is 50% more than 4%… This is probably less than would be expected when using a pinochle deck that has twice the chance of finding a same card.
Hi Larry, thanks for you comments.
Lets start with the 4% number. Based on the fact that there are 24 unique cards in the deck, I calculated the odds to be 1 in 24 or about 4%. The 50% number was based on correctly guessing the pulled card almost 50% of the time. I hope this helps to clairify the post. Thaks again and God bless.
PapaJoe Gordon
I believe when anyone makes extraordinary claims that they also carry the burden to provide extraordinary proof.
I would love nothing more than for ESP to be proven, as this advancement woud open new areas of discovery, but alas ESP is not real. Literally tens of millions of dollars have been spent to research the possibility of ESP and in every case where the principals of science are applied (which is the only way we can validate anything in the material world) ESP has be found non-existant.
I’m not challenging that you believe you have ESP; memories fail. It’s a medical and scientific fact. What I am challenging is wether you actually have ESP.
It is easy to make claims and unfortunately claims are enough to convince some to blindly follow others (ala faith). In today’s day and age, with the vast amount of information that we possess, and the rate at which we advance our knowledge I find claims of the supernatural to be a diservice to mankind.
The mysticism of the supernatural may fill one’s mond with what could be possible, alas there is only the natural world.
The darkness can not comprehend the light.
It rationalizes that there has been no proof of it ever found.
It dispels reports of its existence with vigor.
Even to the end when light pierces it, it cries in a loud voice,
HOW CAN THIS BE!
Then it is gone. Then it is too late to consider the truth.
This is where you are Mike. Weather you like it or not, you are in the dark, not considering reports that differ from you opinion.
Your message was very good. I doubt that Satan himself could have done a better job of applying guilt and shame to someone who knows better. That is what you are doing weather you know it or not. Your doing the devils work.
You claim to be a scientist but you message ends with, “alas there is only the natural world.” This means that there is no God, and of course, being an atheist, this is your view. But you have also said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Since your claim that there is contrary to probably a couple billion people, I would say it is extraordinary. Since it is also the core of your belief then you must have proof that God does not exist, right? Can you prove that there is not a heaven, a hell, angels, or the devil? Can you prove that all prophesy is false, that miracles have never happened, or that the dreams and visions of men are always false? I don’t thing so.
I guess you think that your comments will get me to in some way to stop my communication of them. Not a chance. I know what I experienced and if that contradicts what you consider being consistent with science, then just too bad. I don’t care what you think and I don’t care what science has to say because I know the truth and I have seen it experienced by others as well.
If you can not prove the items listed above then don’t lay such demands upon me.
I am sad to say this but i agree with you that ESP is not a real thing that humans can just as asily tap into but i am very disappointed to say that yes thre is a spiritual worl where vil is. look all around you, even you can tap into it,the bible tells us that we need to beware of these things because God did give satan power, he is the prince of the earth. People have been possesed and have been communicated by evil spirits telling them something but only because they willfully do it. One of my very good friends father is a pastor and helps people who call in for the church. There was a call about a father who was possesed from continual playing with a wigi board and let me tell you, it is real.They were not christians and had family game night with the wigi board. after a while things kept getting wierder like things going bump in the night, soon the father was possesed. He had foam coming out of his mouth and had his eyes rolled back, his voice was like a darth vador voice and it was a scary thing. He got the call and was overcome by fear looking at the father whose spine was twisting back, he would drop on the floor with seizures and was trying to kill himself by landing on his neck. He knew from the bible that Jesus had given us power and that in his name we could do anything. He reached out and touched the man immeadiatly i felt woozy and afraid, but thn He said in th name of jesus leave this man alone. He was unconcious for a while but when he woke up the man was on the floor in front of him begging him to learn about the true God and so as the mans family. This is an amazing story of how the true spiritual battle everyone fights with, we have a side to pick. I am sorry that you do not accept my jesus as your savior but please at least read the book THE CASE FOR FAITH, by lee strobel, you will find much insight on their. email me for more information on anything i have talked about @ love4hope4ever@gmail.com
thx~hope
Well said. Thanks for your comment.
In additon, I would like to add that as Christinas we are to be led by the Holy Spirit. This means that He will lead us in the way that we are to go. Our pathway become enlightned by the Spirit of God and that sometimes means that we know things that have yet to transpire. This is the way that it was with the disciples who had their plans altered because of visions, dreams and other such means. Such occurances continue today for Christians who can obtain a relationship of empowerment with God that enables them to engage in spiritual warfare.
I do think that ESP is likely a term inappropriate for what I have described here. Perhaps HSP (Holy Spirit Power) would be more appropriate.
also remember this my God is out of Science he it and he may put his everlasting hand in front of the force of nature, but please dont bring up the question why do bad things happen to good people Answer: because God gives us free will, if someone sins one of the consequences is how it affects people around them, God did not make us robots but he made us to love him, and true love is love by choice. again i would like to talk with you more email me @ love4hope4ever@gmail.com