This is an interesting question for me. I am atheist and, in general, do not believe in psychic abilities. However, I also believe that we probably have the ability to sense things in ways we don't usually tap into. Just like many animals can sense things probably via their heightened ability to smell, hear, or other ways of sensing (birds, and other animals, can see colors in spectrums we cannot). My middle sister and I both have weird ability to know things before they happen. I have had at least one prophetic dream (I did not believe in prophetic dreams until I had it). An example of knowing something: When I was in college, I was out shopping one day. I suddenly just knew that someone had called me, and this person was someone who lived far away and with whom I had not talked in awhile. When I got home, my mother told me that my old roommate from college (I transferred after first semester to another school) had called to talk. One day not too long ago, I ran into a neighbor's daughter. I had not seen her in a long time. She looked great and seemed very happy. But, just as I was about to ask her about her husband, I stopped myself. I had the clear thought that she was having marital problems. So, we talked briefly and she drove off. A few weeks later, I ran into her father. He told me she was getting a divorce. I have countless other examples. I also can almost always tells when someone is lying, and I get very strong, visceral reactions to certain people who usually (in fact, always) turn out to be bad people down the road. On another occasion, when I was still married, my husband and I had tickets to go to the theater. My husband NEVER cancelled when we had plans (you could almost say it was an obsession that we never cancel) especially plans that involved other people. On this particular day, I was standing in the bedroom folding clothes. All of a sudden, I just knew my husband was going to cancel going to the theater. About a minute later, my husband called to say he just didn't feel like going (highly unusual for him!)
The question is why does this happen? Is it because I am always in hyper-aware mode and I pick up on subtle things like slight change in the tone of a voice? But, that doesn't explain how I knew my friend called or that my husband was going to cancel. Are people who are abused somehow wired differently in ways we do not understand? These "knowings" as I call them, happen randomly and sometimes there are years between the events. Other times, they will cluster in a short period of time.
Spero3
