Did you ask her if she kissed you?
You do realize that the electrical wiring in your walls generates a more powerful electromagnetic field than your mother’s brain, don’t you? You do realize that if you were susceptable to such fields, you would be in a state of constant agitation in our modern electronic society, don’t you? You do realize that all this ESP-Third Eye-Bigfoot Ate My Baby stuff is all rubbish, don’t you?
No. I don’t really suppose you do. :rolleyes: 
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What a bunch of pedestrian naysayers. Of course there is such a thing as third eye. There is also the lesser known third ear, third nostril, second tounge and super special skin. These give us access to the sound of synchronicity, the scent of the psychic, the flavor of flight and the rash of religion respectively.
Here’s a link that does not mention any new age crap, although it is about reptiles only:
http://www.anapsid.org/parietal.html
Skipping all the new-age stuff, some people believe that humans have a related sense that affects our circadian rhythyms, and that the nerves in our forehead respond to light and stimulate the pineal gland. As far as I know, this has not been proven.
It is possible that we have vestigal traces of this organ, since evolution has been known to do that sort of thing. Good luck a-googling.
Besides bumping a two week old GQ thread to get in one last joke, what’s with the gigantic sig in every post, Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor? Another upgrade quirk?
Sadly (I’ve tried) other parts don’t feel this. I’ve always described the sensation as the anticipation of contact.
I’ve noticed a similar sensation when focusing really hard on something, with the “I’m willing you to move!” mental state. I once tried an amature “controlled” test: a close your eyes (blindfold is better, but not one that goes above the eyebrows) and have a friend hold a finger a few milimeters away from the skin just above and between the brows. Have them approach at their discretion, fast, slow, silent, etc. Earplugs would probably make this more schyintifik.
What giant sig?
I see no giant sig.
Do you see giant sigs?
Yeah, me too… I used to sit in class long ago, concentrating on my forehead to produce this feeling. Heh, I would pretend that it gave me telekinetic powers, and I’d imagine that I was dangling the teacher from the ceiling. Good times. But, other than the occasional distraction from algebra, this feeling seems to have very little use, and at least a couple possible causes. I tend to agree that it’s nothing more than psychological, but it was a hell of a lot of fun to imagine that I had superpowers… Funny, though, I think this is the first time I’ve heard anyone else say they’ve felt the same. Damn! I’m not the only one with superpowers!
There was a book published in the '50s and reprinted in the '60s called The Third Eye. The book claimed to be the life history (written in first person) of a Tibetian monk by the name of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa. Rampa claimed extraordinary psychic powers, primarily the ability to see and read a persons “aura”. This he attributed to inate ability, augmented by surgery on his “third eye”, presumably the pineal gland, in his youth.
The book and its sequels are actually a fairly engrossing read, detailing the life of this monk, his travels and expereiences. During World War II he claimed to have been a captive of the Japanese, and later of the Chinese after the invasion of Tibet.
The book was actually written by an Englishman, whose name escapes me at the moment. He claimed that, after Rampa’s mistreatment at the hands of the Chinese, his life force was transfered from his all-but-defunct body into the body of the English author, who was tired of life and didn’t need his body any more. Subsequently he legally changed his name to T. Lobsang Rampa and claimed to be Rampa in fact.
It’s all bullshit, of course, but very entertaining.
When I first saw this thread, I thought it was going to be about the forehead drillers who get a whole new perspective once they live life with a gaping orifice in their forehead. Now THERE’S a pasttime I will work hard to avoid!
Well, that is more or less what Rampa claimed was done to him…
Well, if I remember correctly, there is a small group of followers (maybe Cecil did a column on it?). I’d be so worried about meningitis and other horrible things. Not to mention how fucking bizarre it would look. I wonder if you have to keep it covered up…
DISCLAIMER: I don’t believe in New Age Crap. I’m not interested in metaphysical explanations. I am quite prepared to accept that it’s all in my head and has no physical basis.
Nonetheless, strsljen, I know exactly what you’re talking about. The same thing happens to me. In fact, just thinking about it creates the same creepy feeling. I have to touch a hand to my forehead just to read this thread.
And yes, I know how stupid that sounds. I would cheerfully turn off this reaction if I could. For me, holding a finger near my forehead triggers the reaction: Actually touching the spot firmly relieves it.