7) - ESP

ESP...Yep, It's Real

The scientific explanation for ESP is quite simple. It goes something like this......"Everything in time and space is connected....". I know that ESP is real, especially between man and animals. We will discuss this further. First, here are some interesting writings regarding the science of ESP.

ESP is most commonly called the "sixth sense." It is sensory information that an individual receives which comes beyond the ordinary five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It can provide the individual with information of the present, past, and future; as it seems to originate in a second, or alternate reality.

History:

The term "ESP" was used in 1870 by Sir Richard Burton. A French researcher, Dr. Paul Joire, in 1892 used the term ESP to describe the ability of person who had been hypnotized or were in a trance state to externally sense things without using their ordinary senses.

However, the phenomena of ESP activity has been indicated much earlier, some say even in Biblical times. Although there is no clear evidence as to the certainty of the phenomena it has attracted the attention and enthusiasm of many throughout the centuries.

In the 1920's a Munich ophthalmologist, Dr. Rudolph Tischner, used ESP in describing the "externalization of sensibility." Then in the 1930s the American parapsychologist J. B. Rhine popularized the term to include psychic phenomena similar to sensory functions. Rhine was among the first parapsychologists to test ESP phenomena in the laboratory.

The first systematic study of ESP was conducted in 1882, when the Society for Psychical Research was founded n London. The journals of this society Proceedings and Journal were published as well as other publications in the United States and the Netherlands. Soon other countries were reporting similar findings.

ESP in General:

In New Frontiers of the Mind (1937) Rhine said that ESP experiments were changing the way people thought the mind sensed information. Historically learned people held the human mind received information through the ordinary five senses, and that therefore, the mind is subject to the laws of the mechanical world. Laboratory tests have attempted to determine the existence of ESP, and discover the physical mechanism by which it operates. "The mind has been equated with the brain, and scientists search to discover how ESP registers in the brain/mind."

However, increasing evidence is demonstrating that ESP does exist, but it cannot be explained or quantified by physical laws; and furthermore, that the mind (consciousness) and the brain are two separate entities. Simultaneously, research in quantum physics points to the existence of a second, nonmaterial universe. So, the time is fast approaching when Western scientists must come to terms with the Eastern mystical concept: "that an extrasensory force exists in another realty, and intersects and integrates with the physical world."

In function, ESP is dissimilar to the ordinary senses. There is no location like governs the other senses which receive information through various parts of the body; and it is not dependent on any of the other five senses. ESP is independent of such factors as geography, time, intelligence, age, or education.

ESP has been given various names. In the 19th century is was called "cryptesthesia," later it was labeled "relesthesia" which since became clairvoyance, or "seeing in the distance." It was Rhine who coined the term "general extrasensory perception" (GESP) to include both telepathy and clairvoyance. Later the term psi was designated to cover ESP and PK.

It was researcher Lousia E. Rhine who proposed the theory that ESP starts in the unconscious, a storehouse of memories, hopes and fears. At this point a contact is made between the objective world and the center of the mind. The person remains unaware of this contact until or unless the information is brought to the conscious level. Also, the psychiatrist Carl G. Jung proposed a similar theory that the conscious mind has subliminal psychic access to the collective unconscious, a vast repository of accumulative wisdom and experience of the human race.

Others theories attempting to explain ESP have been produced. One such theory involved macrophages, cells present in connective tissue, lymph nodes, and bone marrow and tied to nerve endings. The person thought these might be the body's ESP organs, sending and receiving impressions below the normal perceptive level. Such cells are more sensitive and active during childhood, but deteriorate without proper diet.

Some theories involve the discussion of two subconsciousnesses, the second one sometimes called the superconsciousness, soul, subliminal self, transcendent ego, dream self and several other terms. The argument rest on the hypothesis that two realities exist, the physical one and a second one. ESP can occur when there is a integration between both realities. This occurs infrequently only when the barriers between the realities are broken which does not happen often because if it did all unconscious thought would flood and overflow the conscious mind. A condition which the mind could not withstand.

When considering types or forms that ESP might take dreams become an important factor, especially in relationship to the theory of two realities. Upon this basis dreams were separated into two categories: realistic, vivid having detailed imagery of the information conveyed, and intuition which includes "gut feelings." forebodings, and premonitions; and unrealistic dreams containing fantastical imagery and symbols. Hallucinations that relayed visual and auditory information also were included. Rhine suggested the reason for dreams being efficient carriers of ESP messages is because the barriers surrounding the conscious mind appear to be thinnest.

It has been discovered that the natural tendency for ESP in individuals can be distorted by previous prejudices, thoughts, and conditioning. Likewise, inaccurate ESP messages may be the result of distortions and blockages of the conscious mind. However, in times of crisis such as accidents and death of loved ones, ESP messages seem to occur spontaneously. It is theorized that perhaps trauma and shock enable negative information to penetrate the subliminal barriers more easily than happy information.

There are theories concerning individuals who possess ESP and how they acquired this ability. One theory holds that some people such as seers, prophets and diviners were bore with the gift which was inherited by their relatives. Another theory hold that it is` a primordial sense which has decreased in populations as their cultures advanced. Still another theory claims ESP is a supersense which evolves in the nervous system.

Psychical research does support the theory that everyone is born with ESP capability, though some may possess more than others. Most people have experienced at least one ESP experience in their lives. It was found in a survey published in 1987 by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Council, that 67 percent of all adult Americans believed they have experienced ESP. Eleven years earlier the figure was 58 percent. It was thought the increase indicates an increased acceptance of the possibility of ESP among the general public. A.G.H.

There are numerous examples of animals with senses beyond the 'usual' human ones of sight, sound, touch, smell etc. Of course, some animals have such super abilities of sight, sound, touch, smell etc, that these can seem super-sensory as well.

For example, it is well known that Great White Sharks can smell one drop of blood in a volume of water equivalent to an Olympic-size Swimming Pool (about 660,000 US gallons). Dogfish sharks can detect fish buried in the ocean floor via the electrical current they produce (as low as 4uAmp of current).

Elephants are thought to be able to detect vibrations through their trunks - they may be able to transmit vibrations through the ground for up to 50km by bellowing or stamping on the ground. Elephants have specialised cells in their trunks that are sensitive to vibrations so this may be a form of communication. This may explain the apparent ability of elephants to detect thunder storms at great distances, beyond the range of the sound of the storm. It may also explain why elephants can be seen to stand quite still and raise one foot at a time when another herd is approaching - they may be using the vibrations to work out the size of the herd and the direction they are approaching from.

An elephant raising one foot of the ground, possibly to help it analyse the direction of vibrations.

Many animals have the ability to detect magnetic fields. Many migrating birds use magnetic clues to help them find their way. In experiments, some birds can be seen to head to the Southern end of their cages at the time of year when they would be migrating. These birds can be made to face North by the artificial manipulation of local magnetic fields.

South American dolphins can sense prey via electrical fields. Whilst electroreception is well known in reptiles and fish, these dolphins are the first mammalian example other than the rather odd Platypus (who can detect electrical signals as low as 0.05 microvolts). Whilst these dolphins use sound much like any other dolphins, at close range they seem to switch to electroreception. Echolocation does not work at close range in these dolphin's habitat and vision is impaired by the preponderance of mud and silt.

This dolphin has had its electrical receptors blocked by a curious / mean researcher - this impaired the dolphin's ability to hunt.

Harbour seals can detect the movement and trail of fish up to 100m away using just their whiskers. They can detect the trail left by the fish in the water up to 35 seconds after the fish has stopped moving (the researchers used an artificial fish to test this). Their whiskers seem to be so sensitive that they can analyse the internal structure of a trail in the water, allowing them to discriminate between different species of fish.

In Summary

This is all facinating information that I have compiled about animals, but as a 50 year Outfitter and Rancher, I can testify to you that animals can sense if your spirit is tense. They become alarmed when you come at them with the intent to due harm. Case in point; we used to use horses on our packin hunts. We operated packin camps for many years. Some were 12 miles in the backcountry. We used to run up to 40 head of horses. We still have quite a few. When I go out in my pasture and want to catch them, and I approach them like, "I really have to catch them sons a guns," they run into the farthest corner to get away. I don't claim to have the smartest horses around, but they know when I want them to work, and they are lazy.

On the other hand, If I just go out and visit them, I can catch everyone of them! They know your body language. THEY CAN FEEL IT. You spirit projects it.

I want you to think about this; If domestic animals have this kind of ability, doesn't it make sense that wild game is probably 10 times more sensitive then their domestic counterparts? I testify to you that they are. That's how they stay alive. They depend on this, and it is truly one of there senses. Perhaps their main sense!

Many a Client of mine has stepped off the plane wrapped tighter than Dicks Hat Band. You take them hunting, and I am convinced that every game animal in the county feels their tight wraps, and immediately vacates the area. I am being a little sarcastic here, but you wouldn't believe what I have see.

Just try to gently suggest to your Clients that it is always better to hunt easy. Go visit the animals

The calmer, the better. Nuff Said.