Some Thoughts on and a Personal Experience With Telepathy

From my book I am rewriting-Halfway To HeavenI felt so badly and was so frightened by the
Since I was a young child I was able to sometimesexperience that I ended our telepathy work. But I
sense things that people were thinking. Sometimes Inever forgot the experience and what potential it
would hear actual words. However, I was too shy torevealed as well as how careful we must be when
ever mention anything or really try to develop it. Toparticipating in telepathy exercises.
be honest, it kind of scared me and I did not thinkAll these years later I have come to believe that we
my parents or my pastor or the people at churcheach constantly engage in various forms of telepathy
would welcome such talk from a child who was tryingwith various people even though we may be totally
to be a good Christian boy. So I kept quiet and theunconscious of it. We all know about some of the
ability didn't go much further. I have come to believeproverbial experiences such as we find ourselves
that telepathy is very real and many of thethinking about a friend and the phone rings or we
metaphysical books I have state over and over thatreceive an email or spontaneous visit from them. Or
in ancient civilizations such as Atlantis and Lemuriawe call someone and they say I was just thinking
that telepathy was commonly utilized accepted formsabout you. I think that to some extent we are
of communication.engaging in telepathy when we are working with the
I was ready to validate that belief when I began myuniversal law of attraction.
psychic development back in the mid-eighties. I hadWhen I want to do more psychic readings, and
been training for about three years and was still notparties, I often put out that intention and constantly
able to do full readings. I would pick up impressions,repeat it. Just the other day I said very clearly and
images, and bits of information but I wanted to beconcisely, "Spirit, please bring me a party for July." A
able to do an entire psychic reading. So I named myfew minutes later the phone rang and a lady booked
intention, put it out to the universe, and it wasa party. I think she may have subconsciously picked
something like a week later that the mostup on my request and we tuned into each other's
unthinkable teacher would show up; my own belovedenergy and connected on a deeper level. It is also
lover and friend Mary had had some powerful psychicpossible that she had been thinking about having a
awakenings at a weekend conference she attended.party, because she told me that she had. But it could
When she returned her 'third eye' was opened uphave been my thoughts that she read and picked
and she became highly clairvoyant overnight youupon that prodded her to make the phone call to me
could almost say. She could also interpret dreams andand to book the party.
to my delightful surprise and pleasure she was able toI smile when I recall the time I was going through the
teach and train me. We spent several hours a dayyellow pages while thinking then saying "I need a
for over six weeks working intensely. We'd covernew radio show." So when I came to Mix 94 I felt
symbology, past lives, clairvoyance, mediumship andsomething with that and called them. The lady on the
other topics. After about a month Mary said, Michael,other end howled saying, they had just said we need
we are going to work with telepathy. We did thisto get a psychic on our show." Perhaps I was picking
before in ancient Atlantis and Lemuria and we stillup on their thoughts. I recall my mother telling me
have that skill.many years ago that she wanted to take her
"Okay, I am game."mother out to dinner that night to a new restaurant
After we meditated she told me to concentrate onin town. Mamaw cordially thanked Mom and said, I
an animal. See only that animal in your mind, Michael.cannot go, because Billy is going to call tonight. That
Feel its texture and see its color. Look into its eyes.night sure enough Billy called Mamaw. Now was
Let no other thoughts or images enter your mind.mamaw receiving a psychic impression or
You can do this. Concentrate."premonition? Could Billy have unconsciously and
I took a few deep breaths and tried to calm mytelepathically told mamaw that he was going to call
mind. Then I conjured the image of a white Persianher and did she unconsciously pick up on his
cat and tried to only see that image while utilizing mythoughts? I am not sure that we can ever totally
other senses to hold into focus the image that I hadknow just what all is going on when we have such
created of the cat. Mary said, "I see white fur andexperiences. I still find them fascinating all the same.
am sensing a cat." Is this what you are concentratingI think about the times when I am doing psychic
on?"readings and I receive names of people, places, and
"Yes," I said full of exuberance.relevant information that means something to the
"Now I want you to concentrate on some personclient. I will often hear names or initials and give
that you admire. See their features. What they aremessages about such people. Recently at a
wearing. What they look like and where they mightconference where I did a 'spirit guide' channeling, I
be."was talking to a lady in the audience. In my mind I
I concentrated on Mahatma Gandhi who I have longheard the song "Bali Hai" from the musical South
admired.Pacific. "How interesting," she said, "I just played that
A few moments later Mary said, "I am seeing a Holysong on the piano yesterday."
Man. Is this who you concentrated upon?"It is a very enchanting and spiritual, I might add, song
"Yes, I was thinking about Mahatma Gandhi."which I happen to know so I sang it." Did some spirit
"We need to relax a few moments," Mary said. "Thisguide (mine or hers) plant the thought of Bali Hai in
takes a lot of energy and with everything else itmy mind or was the client and I engaging in some
gets easier with practice." Then a few minutes laterform of telepathy? Could such experiences be a
she let out a small cry and a gasp. "What have youcombination of psychic occurrences? I think that is
done to me, Michael? You have zapped me. There isvery possible as I don't believe that psychic
a red flare in your aura. You are mad at someone."phenomena can be categorized so simply. Such
I blushed and realized my thoughts had wanderedunusual experiences continually convince me of the
and I was feeling hurt and anger about a friend whovast potential inherent in human beings.
recently stood me up and then just blew me offThe powers of the mind and psyche could very well
when I confronted him. Mary said it was the angerknow no limits for the brave mavericks who dare to
that created a electrical type of current that zappedgo where many do not dare venture. Long live the
her.mavericks and pioneers and may they constantly
"It felt like an electrical shock. You can't let yourreach out to bolder frontiers and bring back
thoughts wander, " she chided me. This is very fragileknowledge and wisdom that improves and enriches
and delicate work. Your concentration must notthe human condition and experience. I make a toast
waver; it has to be impeccable."to them one and all!