| Have you ever had a feeling that you just could not | | | | by those who see them as being very real. It is as if it |
| shake? No matter how hard you tried, it persisted and | | | | is happening right in front of them. |
| you just knew something was wrong. There are | | | | The belief in those who have this aptitude is that most |
| distinctive kinds of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP). | | | | everyone is born with it. Have you ever watched a |
| * The ability to know what is happening elsewhere is | | | | child have conversations with people who are not |
| normally called clairvoyance. Previously called | | | | there? While many believe this is a normal behavior for |
| precognition or second sight, this is one kind of ESP. | | | | children and their friends are imaginary, to the child the |
| * Another type is the observations about others. Some | | | | friend is really there. How do we know this is an |
| people do readings and can tell the person aspects of | | | | imaginary person? Since we cannot see them, we |
| their life they have no way of knowing. | | | | assume they are not there. However, it could be that |
| * The third type is the ability to 'hear' from people who | | | | children have not learned to doubt and are more |
| are far away, those who have passed and from | | | | receptive to other worlds. |
| others who are not in your world. | | | | There have been many cases documented of people |
| The explanations for the different types of ESP range | | | | who knew things were going to happen before they |
| from no explanation to the fact that many people | | | | actually did. This includes people who are separated by |
| have a gift that others do not. Often called second | | | | many miles. Therefore they would have no way of |
| sight as well as clairvoyance this is as yet unexplained. | | | | knowing anything about what was happening at the |
| Why some people have the 'gift' and others do not is | | | | time by any physical means. |
| a mystery. Although it is believed that everyone has | | | | Have you ever just known who was on the telephone |
| ESP to a certain extent and it is just not developed. | | | | when it rang? It was not someone who calls you |
| There are also those who believe this is hereditary. | | | | regularly. It was someone you had not heard from in |
| Instances of girl children developing ESP is more | | | | years. What explanation is there for this knowledge? |
| common than boys. It has also been noted that | | | | What about those who just have a feeling about |
| daughters and granddaughters have ESP more often | | | | something? Is this considered ESP as well? Those |
| when the grandmother is clairvoyant. | | | | who experience ESP say they cannot describe |
| The ability to see things that others cannot, such as | | | | exactly how it feels - they just know something is |
| future events is one of the unexplained aspects of this | | | | wrong or about to happen. There is at this time no |
| phenomena. The visions almost always appear as a | | | | reason to believe that ESP is not a valid phenomenon. |
| warning of what is to come. The visions are described | | | | |