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- From: angelai@wam.umd.edu (Angela I.)
- Subject: Re: Psychics and other related phenomena
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.011344.18781@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:13:44 GMT
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- Hi... In an effort to encourage more postings to this newsgroup, I
- will answer the following rhetorical questions: :)
-
- In article <92325.162247CCS105@psuvm.psu.edu> CCS105@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
- >
- >Ask yourself the following
- >
- >*Do you believe in astal projection
- Yeah. Not only do I believe in it, I do it! :)
-
- >*Do you Believe in God
- Well, Goddess, but yeah... :)
-
- >*Do you believe in the various forms of obe..
- Astral projection is one of several "forms of OBE." Any experience
- where you believe at the time that you are in one place and your
- body is in a different place, _is_ an out-of-body experience...
-
- >*Do you believe in magick
- Yes, and I practice it. But I did not believe in/practice
- magick when I began researching/having OBEs.
-
- >*Do you believe in chakras...and energy matrix lines
- I think they are useful in the study of some kinds of magick.
- I have used them successfully in my studies...
-
- >*Do you believe in levitation, yoga, etc..
- I think yoga is the name of a Spiritual Path, isn't it? I've never
- studied either, but I may at some time in the future...
-
- >*Do you believe in electromagnetic radiation....
- :)
-
- >Obviously your not going to know the answers and become a master at
- >everything...who are you to say that something doesn't exist because you don't
- >know about it, or can't prove it..
- IMHO, if you overanalyze your experiences while they're happening, you
- will end up suppressing the experience. Let it happen first; while it's
- happening, let yourself believe in it 100%, and when you've learned
- all you needed to from it, then you can explain it away if you still
- want to...
-
- >I would not mind such comments from strictly mundane people..but I find it
- >odd that one group who does obe's doesn't believe in magick or chakras...
- >and people that do magick and chakras don't believe in obe...that is petty.
- >You can't learn about something by worthless discussion of,..it does exist..
- >it doesn't exist...you learn from experience...
- I agree, but you would be amazed at how easily people can use one
- "mystical experience" to become closed-minded about all others. The
- argument goes like this:
- "The thing that I'm involved with is real, and all of those other
- things I hear about are nothing like the thing I do; therefore,
- those things are all fake..."
-
- (It is a trap I was in for a couple of years.) :)
-
- >just my thoughts...
- Not "just" your thoughts, but *YOUR*THOUGHTS!* :):):)
-
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-