Psychics: What are they?

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Antipas

Oooh. Very interesting. Can you give an example?

It's hard to explain. A tiny flit of an eye. One finger moving slightly. This is distracting when I am talking to people and sometimes miss what they are saying.

[Ron]

Physics, what are they? Obviously if you were one, you would know!


Seriously, there is a book by Watchmen Nee called, "The Latent Power Of The Soul!"
A very controversial book that I have read.

Very interesting!

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Antipas

I think we'd all agree that magic, incantations, spells, etc. are all witchcraft and are condemned by God. But what about people who are not into the occult in any way who have extra sensory perception that allows them to "feel" certain things before they happen, "envision" things that are happing or have happened in other places, read minds, or project thoughts and impressions to others? While I am skeptical about anything that claims to be "psychic", I think there are individuals who may have been born with or who may have developed these abilities outside of the framework of the occult or satanism.

Are these individuals "witches" or are they just gifted with extra sensory abilities?

Is the use of these extra sensory abilities a sin?

Just something I'd thought I'd ask because a friend of mine at work asked about my thoughts on psychic phenomena.

this is kinda like asking "I know we all disagree there are people living on mars, but what about the aliens that come from other solar systems?" Uh...there are? Most psychics are frauds. I thought this was settled by Houdini

[George]

Have you watched the show "Pysch?" That would explain some of it. It is not all about "knowing" but a combination of things. It is being more observant, picking up on little things, and sense.

[OneAccord]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I think it's a natural prophetic gifting, but it can either be used in conjunction with God's Holy Spirit or with demonic spirits. A psychic who gets saved would probably be more open to hearing from God once they turn their thoughts in the right direction. JMHO.

...an opinion I just happen to agree with. It is my opinion that probably 99% of psychics are fakes, but maybe 1% have a true gift. I believe, like Jeremiah, some people are born with certain spiritual gifts. Maybe we all are. The problem is, some never meet the Lord or are never taught to use the gift as God intended. The "gift" is corrupted to lead people from the Lord rather than to Him. Sort of like the "healers". A very few are genuine, most, however are as fake as Ben... well, I'll let others provide the examples.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by OneAccord

...an opinion I just happen to agree with. It is my opinion that probably 99% of psychics are fakes, but maybe 1% have a true gift. I believe, like Jeremiah, some people are born with certain spiritual gifts. Maybe we all are. The problem is, some never meet the Lord or are never taught to use the gift as God intended. The "gift" is corrupted to lead people from the Lord rather than to Him. Sort of like the "healers". A very few are genuine, most, however are as fake as Ben... well, I'll let others provide the examples.

I agree with this. I think most psychics are fake. Some people just naturally pick up on things others would not. These people are probably also prone to anxiety because of information overload and over stimulation to the environment. This is somewhat of a disability. Here are a bunch of books on being highly sensitive:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...refix=highly+s

Some people might wonder why I am bringing this up. I think that some people who think they are psychic are simply highly sensitive. It might also make sense that someone who is highly sensitive to things would also be highly sensitive to spiritual things. I think a person needs to be very careful with this. God is God and no one knows the future or what another person is thinking. They might be able to guess. But unless God reveals something, no one knows anything.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

this is kinda like asking "I know we all disagree there are people living on mars, but what about the aliens that come from other solar systems?" Uh...there are? Most psychics are frauds. I thought this was settled by Houdini

And considering that there has never been a single true psychic observed under laboratory conditions. MANY have tried (and some succeeded initially through pure magical trickery -initially).

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

this is kinda like asking "I know we all disagree there are people living on mars, but what about the aliens that come from other solar systems?" Uh...there are? Most psychics are frauds. I thought this was settled by Houdini

Indeed.

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by ILG

I have always been super sensitive too. As far as the spiritual stuff....well, I've had spiritual stuff happen too. I work hard on being logical because if I don't this side of me gets too overworked. I think some people are born with being highly sensitive. These kinds of people can also be very sensitive to certain fabrics, tastes, textures, etc. just as some people are born hard headed. If I "know" something bad is going to happen but I don't know what, I try to put it out of my head. God is not the author of confusion and sometimes I am wrong.

I am also very sensitive to lights, sounds and textures.

Logic is a wonderful gift. lol I'm also *extremely* logical and I don't know if that's natural also, or if that's how I've compensated in some way.

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by ILG

It's hard to explain. A tiny flit of an eye. One finger moving slightly. This is distracting when I am talking to people and sometimes miss what they are saying.

Interesting. I don't do this.

But I do notice things other people don't always notice. Just little details, worthless trivia, etc.