Do you believe some people have psychic abilities?

Question

While my friend doesn't like to make this known, he seriously has been accurate at predicting things..It's scary, but kind of cool that he's my friend and has warned me about things that I could have gotten myself in deep trouble.

A week before his niece died, he predicted that would happen. I didn't believe him when he told me that something bad would happen to his niece and thought "It's just in your head," but it was so weird how it really did happen. There have been many examples of this in the past 4 years that I've known him..There were dangerous people that I was going to get involved with (thinking that they were safe), and he warned me about them months before that the dangerous incident happened. The examples are numerous of him being able to predict things. One astrologer even read his birth chart and said that he's one of the few people with this ability.Do you know anybody like this? My friend is embarrassed that he has this, because it makes him feel weird.

Answer 1

Yes, but I also believe, judging from my own limited experience, that isn't something you can control or nurture; it just 'happens' once in a long while.

An example is picking up the phone to call Joe, and he's already on the line and the phone hadn't rung at either end--too co-incidental to be mere chance. Another is dreaming about an unusual, unexpected event, and it comes true within days, and eerily similar in detail to the dream.

Life has some surprises for us--enjoy!

Answer 2

He might be a few....idk. IDK if he would be able to communicate with people through there minds....or talk to spirits

Answer 3

Everybody has the potential to develop and use psychic abilities.  Most people have minds cluttered with thoughts and activities that prevent them from percieving the subtle stimuli that may enable them to develop the abilities that we currently call Psi abilities.  Just as a musician is able to focus in on the notes and perceive music with more precision than somebody with an untrained ear, a psychic is able to focus in on these subtle stimuli and actually percieve more than most people.

These abilities are not unusual or magical in any way.  The information and knowledge available to a psychic are available to anybody who trains themselves to quiet their mind.  A good psychic is somebody who has practiced or learned to recognize the stimuli and who has discovered a technique for interpreting what they percieve.  A great psychic will apply these techniques and use this knowledge in a way that is useful within the world.

Your friend, though unique in your experience, is not unique in the world.  There are many people who have similar experiences and who have abilities that are not easily understood by other people.  I would recommend that your friend try to seek out and locate other people who have had similar experiences.  Through discussion and the sharing of experiences, he could become more comfortable with his abilities, and he may come to accept it as a normal part of life rather than considering it something that needs to be hidden away.  Thanks for the question!

Answer 4

The friend who can predict things is verbally abusive?

I'm not inclined to believe 'spirit' would give a gift to someone who is abusive-Unless you're exagerrating on a temper/moodswing that has a physical cause-like, hypoglycimia, low iron, bad situations, depression...

Answer 5

He's abusive because he knows what he is or has an idea of what he is capable of and sees others as subordinate to his life. That is a symptom not an excuse.

Your friend will do well to mature without ruffling too many feathers. There is no easy path for your friend, at least not one that I have been able to find.

Help him to channel his gifts creatively and as often as possible. The pressure to create when you are a painter, artist or poet can be destructive. Look at the notables in history, being gifted like this is the same.

Have him try his hand at 'Remote Viewing', get him interested in Reiki. Channel that gifted energy. Keep the ego in check, it is mankind's worst enemy. When he's in his mood and feels like a God, remind him there is always one bigger than he out there.

Answer 6

im a firm believer in semi-telepathic communication cause ive experienced it often! the people i get close too and i are often calling each other at the same exact time, randomly. um, i can look at a person and know what to expect from them, (are they honest or mean, it can be very misleading)  i can make decisions based on how i feel about it and get great results. and stuff like that.

Answer 7

Yes, I do believe in psychic abilities; and also that he has them.

I think that he shouldn't abuse what he has, and that he should try to help people, and not use it for self-gain, or use it influenced by something selfish, or anything sinful. As for feeling awkward talking about this gift-- I really don't bother viewing it as a curse or anything bad-- I can relate to that. Though I don't mention it to others, because I don't feel the desire to say that, "Hey, I'm psychic!" [I bet I would be rewarded with multiple incredulous faces]. Usually, I'd just like to mention it to the ones that also have this ability or similar ones. Lastly, I suggest your friend to not stress out about it too much, or view it as a bad thing; that was the easier way for me, just accept it.

+ : I think your friend really appreciates that you are still by him, even though [as you mentioned] others question your relationship; it shows too how he is worried about you [the warnings that he gave].

:D

Answer 8

I do believe that various types of psychic phenomena occur and people have had some amazing experiences. I don't see it so much as an ability, and I don't think it should be relied on, but I believe it happens.

Speaking just for myself, I wouldn't hang around with someone who is abusive in any way, regardless of what abilities they have.

Answer 9

You're right to keep this to yourself...except on here..and he should keep it to himself too. Also..warn him about his pride. Having psychic abilities is nothing to have pride about. It's nothing you really work at and develop. Spirits can choose anybody...doesn't mean that person is superior in any way. Sometimes you might feel like  a "chosen one"...but chosen for what? Maybe it's something you wouldn't want to be chosen for. You need to tell him about his bad attitude and that you won't hang around him if he doesn't change his attitude.  Having psychic abilities can be very nerve racking. Try to get his mind on other things. It's good he's kept you out of trouble or harm..but don't rely on it. You need to develop your own discernment about other people.You won't always have him around to warn you.

Answer 10

Maybe he just has really good insight and reasons things out well.

Answer 11

No. If he were tested, he would fail utterly. Such claims have been checked and tested thousands of times and there has never been a single instance of proven psychic ability.

If a person had even a tiny bit of ability to predict the future he could get rich at the track or in the stock market. In fact, the quantum nature of the universe prohibits predestination.

His birth chart also means nothing. The astrologer's claims are pure nonsense.