Just because the parapsycological field is rife with frauds, it is too easy write off real cases. I too kind of snicker when I see police calling in big name “psychics” to aid in an investigation but I am convinced a gifted few, if not truely psychic, have insight that few detectives have. However I have heard and am convinced that efficasy in the field of psychic phenomena cannot be commercialized or used for profit, but are valid. In my own case I assert absolutely that at one time I developed some demonstrable ability in the field, most notably in astral projection, but at a price. I was not willing to pay the price as it compromised my physical life. More important to me were two spontaneous events that I believe may have saved me from death or serious injury.
Huh? Oh, don’t mind me. Just putting down some plastic so the blood from the impending slaughter doesn’t get all over the carpet.
Extra-ordinary claims require extra-ordinary proof Got any?
The problem with psychic phenomena is that any proof is pretty anecdotal. Science can’t explain it, so really everyone has to look and the information avaliable and decide for themselves.
And yeah, I agree, all the fake psychics make us real ones look bad. One of my friends used to say that for every real psychic, there are fifty fakes. Or something like that.
I could go on for hours about this, but that would just make me a bigger target for the following slaughter.
I see a train…
Oh my God! It’s…it’s…I see a trainwreck!
On Monday the third I predicted in confidence with a stranger that there will be an earthquake soon. Don’t know when exactly but it feels close (it may have occurred already for all I know?).
Three elemental “actualizations” occured in very peculiar manifest incidents. Earth manifested first, followed shortly by fire and finally water. I did not see nor feel the air elemental but I told the stranger to keep an eye out for that manifestation.
I distrust it myself and think I’m full o’ crap but that was the gut feeling I had. I don’t make it a habit to make predictions nor do I claim psychic abilities, the thought EARTHQUAKE just overwhelmed me and the very obvious elemental manifestations followed on the heels of this dread.
Portent perhaps?
Actually this is probably true. What’s more, everyone has experienced it many times in their life. It’s called coincidence.
Okay, but why should this be true?
So what does the astral plane look like? I’ve always wondered about this.
Well now we’ll never see proof! The dysfunctional disease cycle of non-affirming skepticism is sure to impact the holistic “vibe”, thus disrupting the spiritual flow. What we need to do is to pass the talking stick around and have a cleansing healing, perhaps with some sage or crystals.
'Sgot wings, and it’s covered in stars.
B-17. Girlie on the nose and everything.
…and it’s painted like a big Tylenol.
Yes, I see it too! And the train has a name, and the name begins with a consonant, or maybe a vowel. And it once knew somebody who did something. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
The FOAF railroad rides again?
You ever see any of the early 90s X-Men cartoons? Like that.
Translation: “This is my excuse for when I try to demonstrate it to you and it doesn’t work”.
Let’s consider this in more detail. Suppose psychic powers exist. If they’re based on a physical phenomenon, then as far as I know, the Universe has no objections to your making a profit on it.
The only explanation that would support your not being able to commercialize psychic powers would be if those powers were being granted by some Higher Beings that had ethical or moral objections to your using those powers for Profit (as opposed to Good). Or objections based on a namby-pamby Outer Limits sort of morality based on Man is not mature enough for Higher Powers and will inevitably misuse them because of Tragic Flaws.
My reaction to that is, huh? Since when are Higher Beings above wanting to make a profit? If a Higher Being is going to loaf around all day granting you psychic powers to do good and all, why not reward you for going to the effort?
Basically, I’d say your Boss is just cynical enough. And maybe you should check and see if he’s got some to spare.
As for the “predicting earthquakes” thing mentioned by devilsknew, given the level of fuzziness of the prediction, that’s utterly useless as a demonstration of psychic powers. For one thing, in a lot of places you can predict an earthquake pretty much any day and be right. If you wait long enough, you * will * get an earthquake. Portent? Probably not. Maybe you just saw trailers for 10.5.
OH. MY. GOD!! You just described my Uncle Joseph’s HO Railroad set perfectly! How did you know.
Here is the ghost plane:
devilsknew , that’s just because we live on a gigantic fault line, the thought EARTHQUAKE is all over the place. 
Lol.
I think the thought EARTHQUAKE generally crosses my mind about three or four milliseconds per week, the paticular instants in which the quarry workers across the road periodically discharge their blasting dynamite.