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My name is Sean Connelly, and I've gone by the pseudo-name Peebrain while on PsiPog.net. This blog was a running stream of my thoughts, beliefs, and experiences about PsiPog and psychic abilities in general.

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

"Psychic Reading"

Howdy,
So I decided it was time to get a legit psychic reading. I tend to be pretty skeptic, but I noticed that Erin Pavlina sounds pretty cool in her blog (erinpavlina.com). She also said she reads my blog! (HI ERIN! )

She struck me as a warm woman with interesting abilities... I've yet to ponder extensively over what we went over during the reading. But my initial impression is "cool!" . If you're not shy of New Age spiritual stuff, then you might want to check her out.

She reported that I need to focus on going forward instead of stopping where I'm at and waiting for everyone else to catch up. Specifically, one consistent message was that I need to stop waiting for skeptics to jump on board. Cynics are cynics and skeptics are skeptics. It's healthy to be skeptical - but that doesn't mean it's my responsibility to convince hardcore skeptics.

Sounds like pretty good advice.

Why do I want to wait around for skeptics to catch up? The feeling has been slowly going away over the past year or so... It might have to do with confidence. Or maybe just because that's where I started. By being sympathetic to skeptics, I feel I'm being sympathetic to my old self.

It's also a control thing though. It bothers me that I can't force a skeptic to realize that psychic abilities are real. If they are truly skeptical, and truly logical - then I should logically be able to convince them. If I actually spend the time to jump through the logical hoops of one skeptic, even performing accurate demonstrations of skills - a lot of times the biggest reaction I'll get is "hmm I don't know how you did that, but that doesn't mean psychic abilities are real." Or "coincidence."

Hmmmm. Now she's got me thinking .

Sometimes it's funny how the same lesson keeps getting presented to you over and over again through different channels. Either way - Erin was cool. I suppose it should bother me that I buy into this new age stuff without more skepticism, but at the same time: who cares? Don't get me wrong... Miss Cleo will most definitly NOT be getting a call from me. But advice is advice, whether it's from a friendly woman in Nevada, or some spirits floating around looking out for my best interests. All ideas need to go through a process of understanding... it doesn't really matter where they originate from.

~Sean

Thursday, July 27, 2006, 11:07 PM — 4 comments

4 Comments:

On July 28, 2006 6:28 AM, Jacob said...

I wonder why a man who's so into psionics and works on getting skeptics to believe into psychic abilities has a hard time into believing that psychic readings a real.

Is this about levels of belief, where you came to believe one thing but yet to believe in some more esoteric?

Isn't psionics related to New Age itself?

Can you explain that?

 
On July 28, 2006 6:12 PM, PsiSoldier said...

Is psionics related to new age yes but not vary closley new age what ive seen of it anyway tends to lean more towards the spirituel side of things.

 
On July 29, 2006 4:46 PM, Youseff said...

Psi could be considered new-age simply because if you believe in it, you believe in "Paranormal Powers" or "Psychic Skills". However, Psi doesn't have anything to do with spirituality unless you give it that twist.

One person may think Psi is a biproduct of the nervous system, while another may think it is a gift from god. Most often, the latter will not call it "Psi" per-se.

Hope that cleared some stuff up.

 
On August 01, 2006 4:08 PM, Defenestrated23 said...

Wow, that's pretty damn good advice. Like, I kinda always felt like they were draining my confidence by being so unconfident in me, but now that I think about it, it's my energy, if I don't let my focus wander to them and concentrate on what I'm doing, they won't get in the way.

That and some people are just thick. You could show an archeological progression of skulls from lower mammals to lower primates to humans, and they will still think evolution is hogwash.

 

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