Can some aspies be physic in a way?
A few years ago we had a thread similar to this one, and we shared lots of interesting stories and some two-sided debating.
2017, we have a couple interesting stories, but are quickly attacked by a gang of close-minded trolls.
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Hmm, if you interpreted what I wrote as trolling, I guess that's a good example of how easy it is to misunderstand each other. Premonition type of psychic ability I have never experienced, but I think others could. I didn't put an opinion about it because I don't feel it's my place to comment on something I don't know.
I did put my actual experience, though, when people tend to call me psychic. It's not future, it's being able to sense shifts in energy that most others are not aware of. Like horses or deer. I take it as sensory hypersensitivity, but this thread had me thinking maybe it was connected to what others perceive as psychic abilities since they have no idea what I'm aware of. No offense to anyone else, that is just my experience.
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From where I live, supernatural phenomenon is still widely believed. Even within the most modern spaces and regions.
And countless of them (as in, NT from where I live) have stories to tell. Sometimes I hear said stories on everyday conversations. I even hear them in formal settings. Heck, even my acquaintances, neighbors, relatives, coworkers have their own encounter stories to tell. Even some die hard atheists, antithesis, and skeptics have their own encounters from where I live. Some are even scary ones.
And I'm not the one who to tell their stories.
But none of them ever claimed they are psychic. A believer, yes and somewhat. But not someone with heightened senses or precognition.
And I do heard from 1st person accounts that many of those who are 'Physic in some ways' have little control over their 'abilities'. That there could be a possible scientific explanation for things like that. And the 'odds' could be a work of 'God' in a sense they'd take 'odds' as messages of the universe.
Yep, it sounds absurd to any other skeptics out there. But I could care less about what others disbelieve. It's entertaining, and sometimes it's one of the things I like in life.
As for myself, I'd like to think it's just the odds than simply believing it's just is. Because as an autistic, I live with being obscured by the odds of everyday interactions. So I'd might just notice or sense things that others may not think or perceive for obvious reasons (Sensory and cognitive/aptitude wise).
Facts, predictably, and explainations no matter how vague are just good grounding material for me. Just things to remember, and what to take account for is my own responsibility. And not things for me to believe or disbelieve.
Even if 'something', whatever it is, tells me things are going to happen, I'd let it happen whatever it is. If things do happened to happen, depending on the situation, either I'd just enjoy it or do something about it.
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I'll never understand why people tend to instantly discount something simply because they, personally, have never seen it or experienced it. Or because our science... which I should point out, is pretty pathetic (we cant even understand/fix our own bodies, or get off this one stupid planet... yet people think we know everything)... hasnt locked on to it yet (just like it hasnt locked on to 99% of what makes the universe tick). It'd be super duper if people would stop using "lack of evidence" as "evidence" (of something not being there). I'd like people to examine that sentence a bit. Most refuse to. But that's what ALOT of skeptics do. I also notice that *most* science-types arent actually as purely logical as they claim... frankly, many are just as bloody fanatical as those they constantly refute. Let's just say I've run into some. Okay, many.
I, personally, like to admit the actual truth: "I dont know". Because that IS the truth. Rather than try to pretend I know the bloody answer. Granted, if someone *believes* that this stuff doesnt exist? Hey, nothing wrong with that. They have their reasons, those reasons are their own, and maybe they're very good reasons. Perhaps they are even correct. But I wish people would at least stop trying to, ahem, "inform" others of "facts". Particularly when their evidence of this consists entirely of a lack of evidence (again, do examine that).
Yes I get a bit fired up about this one. I dont mean just in relation to topics like this. It doesnt have to be about the paranormal for people to start pulling that one.
Now, as for me... hmm, there is a thing I can do, yes. I am good at predicting. However, this is a short-term effect. When it comes into play, it is about something that will happen in a few seconds. Has nothing to do with other people, as a rule... there's no body language or any of that crap. I simply get what I refer to as an "impression" that a particular thing is about to happen. The effect is... strong. Not overwhelming, but somewhat close. Typically, this generally proves correct when it occurs. It's part of why my reflexes appear to be more than a little absurd. I must say it proves particularly useful when driving, but it happens in any situation. It is also useful in gaming.
Now, is this a psychic thing? Could be. Heck if I know. Or is there a more mundane explanation? Could be. Heck if I know. ....Does it even freaking matter? Not really. All I know is that it works. The catch: I have no direct control over it. It occurs when it occurs. But it's pretty frequent, actually. I dont make the mistake of *expecting* it to happen in any given situation though. It either will or it wont. It's the sort of thing where, yes, make use of it when it occurs, but dont RELY on it to get through a situation, because it may simply not pop up. Again though, generally correct when it occurs.
Ya know, this brings up an interesting bit that I often point out: If the truth is "psychic".... that doesnt mean it wont still be bloody boring. ...Also it would actually be a part of "science", as science is merely a description of how the world functions. The science of HOW the psychic stuff works would, indeed, likely be dull and involve alot of long-winded papers and research. It'd be the same if someone were to discover concrete proof of ghosts in the future using some advanced contraption that works via methods we cant even begin to access yet. They'd be a part of science too, and some explanation could EVENTUALLY be found about how ghosts "function". There'd be math involved (there is always math involved), it'd be boring. Well, I know I would be bored.
LOTS of things that might seem exciting (or weird) IN THEORY are actually very dull. Or they're the sort of things that might be kinda neat to see for the first 5 minutes, but after that it's like "feh".
Now, when you get to the parts where stuff explodes or goes flying all over the place... that's when you have my interest. Aside from that... feh. I'm definitely not the skeptical sort, I'm way too logical for that (think about what I might mean by that for a bit...) but while I might occaisionally (rarely) comment on the subject, I'm not actually all that interested. Which also means that, no, I'm not going to argue with it. Again, my stance on things like this is "Could be... but I dont actually have a bloody clue, so... *shrugs*", and it really is as simple as that.
Anyway, that's enough out of me. I'll let you all get back to it.
I actually have a few really interesting coincidences I'd like to write down, but have decided it's not worth the hassle.
Still kind of kicking myself for getting involved in the drama.
i'd like to hear them
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I'll work on writing it down.
It may take a couple of days, it's a long story, and other reasons.
In a nutshell, since the events at Standing Rock last November, I've had six experiences I can only describe as visions. And they happened.
It was uncanny, unnerving, terrifying, and at numerous points in time between the end of November and the full moon (/eclipse/comet) in February I sincerely questioned my sanity.
But I'm Shawnee, Cherokee, and a taoist (I've also considered politics, as a vehicle for potential positive social change). And to put it very lightly, all of these events made me scratch my head and say "huh?! Isn't that interesting?"
And I'm still trying to figure out what I need to do, exactly.
But it's a long story and I'm typing on a smartphone and my circumstances are, overall, not exactly pleasant. So I'll write it down, but it will take a little while.
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I actually have a few really interesting coincidences I'd like to write down, but have decided it's not worth the hassle.
Still kind of kicking myself for getting involved in the drama.
i'd like to hear them
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I'll work on writing it down.
It may take a couple of days, it's a long story, and other reasons.
In a nutshell, since the events at Standing Rock last November, I've had six experiences I can only describe as visions. And they happened.
It was uncanny, unnerving, terrifying, and at numerous points in time between the end of November and the full moon (/eclipse/comet) in February I sincerely questioned my sanity.
But I'm Shawnee, Cherokee, and a taoist (I've also considered politics, as a vehicle for potential positive social change). And to put it very lightly, all of these events made me scratch my head and say "huh?! Isn't that interesting?"
And I'm still trying to figure out what I need to do, exactly.
But it's a long story and I'm typing on a smartphone and my circumstances are, overall, not exactly pleasant. So I'll write it down, but it will take a little while.
i'm all ears and eyes on this
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that is the conservative/authoritarian mindset in a nutshell. it is as though they are a different species altogether with no compatibility with those different from themselves. something only matters if it happens to them personally, otherwise they can't be bothered.
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I'll have to look up danion Brinkley.
A bit of backstory, or a scatterbrained preface to my series of "visions".
What happened at Standing Rock really tore me up, to put it lightly. I've never felt like that before. Old roots calling me, or something like that.
At one point around last Thanksgiving, I was sitting on a corner, broke into tears, body vibrating, overwhelmed with sadness and rage (I think). I could not stand up. I made quite a scene. What I realized at that moment is that I could no longer be Shawnee if I did not try to do something, anything, to try to make things better. Not just with the pipeline (which ends literally 29.5 miles from my grandparents house, where they planted a tree for me when I was born), but for the planet, and "for us and our posterity".
I have tried to live my life with this in mind anyway, generally, but felt like I reached a turning point, and needed to consider the possibility of desperate measures.
I might also mention that I'm a conscientious objector, for reasons that aren't religious. I was in the army and I quit because I felt like it was the wrong fight, then came home and tried to figure out what impact to make, and why and how to do that. I've been voting with my dollars for a long time now. It hasn't been enough.
I've considered being a monk or a priest for the majority of my life, but have honestly wondered just as long and deeply about being a politician. Which way could I make a better impact for good? Started on both (priest or president) at about 6-8 years old, and while neither are likely to happen, all of these things are a part of my state of mind. My decision and dream making processes.
So, with the ghosts of my ancestors driving me mad, I started trying to apply my aspie brain to the problems I perceive in order to come up with solutions, or possible parts of solutions.
And during this months long hyperfocal brainstorming with the interference of ghosts, started seeing some weird things, and then suddenly finding them happening around the world.
Also some rather interesting ideas about guerilla pacifism.
So, with all of my ideas regarding possible parts of solutions to real world problems, most of them pretty simple, really. I was trying to figure out who I could talk to that might possibly listen to me.
Interesting story, while I was in India a few years ago, I randomly met and had chai with the current prime minister, Narendra Modi. I didn't even know it at the time. He was campaigning in Goa then, so wasn't yet the PM. But we sat and had chai and talked for a minute and he seemed intrigued when I replied to his statement that he thought India had a lot to learn from America by telling him that I think America has a lot to learn from India as well.
It made him think.
So I decided that I was going to try to convince the prime minister of India to contact Tesla and try to get a factory producing electric vehicles happening there.
I also wanted to ask him to consider a large scale permaculture experiment, not just for food but fuel and fiber as well. Show us how to do it. And how to do education reform. And, a bunch of other things.
Among these things, I saw (in my mind) skyscrapers covered in plants and vines, in every city. I think it could be retrofitted to existing buildings, to some extent.
So, the day after I figured out that I have Asperger's syndrome (oddly enough), I decided to search for Tesla's contact information, or Elon musk, or Narendra Modi. What I found was news less than twelve hours old. The first report that Tesla was going to India.
Which really tripped me out.
Not that any part of it is unreasonable, mind you. It's very sensible economically and ecologically, at least, but the timing was amazing. I was telling a bunch of people (5 maybe) the night before about trying to get Modi and Tesla together. And it just blew me away to find that news right then.
So I wrote to the board at Tesla, asking them if they would consider putting a factory in my hometown in Illinois, which hasn't happened yet but would be beneficial for everyone involved, I think.
So that's one. Doesn't seem like much, does it?
Also randomly stumbled across an article on my Facebook page, within days of all of this happening, about an Italian architect designing buildings with forests growing up the sides of them. Which is not the best description, but something like that. And an awful lot like the ones I saw in my dreams (I saw Delhi and San Francisco, though. The article was about a few in China and Switzerland).
Another really weird coincidence.
During the fall of Aleppo. I tried to write the Pope, to ask him to open the doors of the Catholic Church around the world to refugees.
While dreaming up my letter, I wanted to ask him to build a mosque in Baghdad, as a gesture of good will. I had the thought that, maybe they could figure out how to clean up the depleted uranium, and then build a beautiful mosque to try to usher in peace.
When I searched for the Pope's contact information, I found fresh news, the Pope denouncing anyone who claimed to be a Christian but refused to take in refugees.
So, sort of a negative and slightly less proactive version of what I was going to ask. But the timing was amazing. And the way that I saw it in my dreams was beautiful.
I dreamed about north and south America uniting, China, India and Japan uniting. And together planting as many trees as there are people on the planet. And then initiating other necessary change together.
For another reason, that I'm not going to talk about here because it really sounds weird, I was trying to find out how to contact the Dalai lama. And I found an article about him talking about that. Just not about the trees, which I think are really more important than the unions.
It felt like we shared the same dream. It was really weird.
So what do you call it when you dream about something for months, and then read the same words and ideas coming from the mouth of the person you were trying to contact in order to ask if they might consider the idea? And that person happens to be a world leader, and the news is less than twelve hours old.
It felt pretty crazy while it was happening.
And I am out of steam for today.
Giant post. That likely missed the point altogether.
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There was an incidence many years ago, for me.
Not sure whether it falls under psychic phenomenon or coincidence or what.
I'll do my best to put it into as few as possible.
It was when my daughter was very small (she's 25 now). But anyway it was a Saturday and I planned to take her into Manchester to do some shopping, as it is a day out on the bus.
Anyway, last minute I decided to go in the complete opposite direction and get the train into Wigan.
It was on that day that the IRA decided to blow up Manchester city centre.
You get me?
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