First time lucky - A genuine phenomenon?

On the cloud-busting thread someone's just melted some clouds with the power of their mind. I've tried that too and it works. Trouble is the power vanished after my first few attempts and I can't do it now. Years ago someone showed me how to read the horses page in the paper. I gambled 50p that same day and won £275.36. The first time I went ice-skating I was like a pro. When I went a few years later I fell all over the place. I call this the "first time effect" and I've done it with countless things over the years. Does anyone else believe in this? My opinion is that when you haven't tried something before you're open to the possibility that anything can happen and you have a good ounce of hope, and you're usually enjoying yourself. When you try again a little doubt creeps in and you go off the target.

[edit on 9-7-2007 by wigit]

I forgot to mention, when there was news of a UFO flap at a place not far from where I lived I took off there specifically to see a UFO, and I did. When I had a go at dowsing for a lost item it worked, and my first try with zenner cards was a hit. First time effect anyone? Or is it just me?

Originally posted by wigit
My opinion is that when you haven't tried something before you're open to the possibility that anything can happen and you have a good ounce of hope, and you're usually enjoying yourself. When you try again a little doubt creeps in and you go off the target.

It kinda leads me to the Matrix theory and also humans being dumbed down over the years.

As children we are sent to school where we are taught what is right and wrong, black and white...etc. So we know what can and can't happen due to physics and chemistry in the 'real world.'

You're point leads me to this. When we try things we have never done before, we don't know what can be achieved and what can or can't be accomplished. A film example would be The Matrix. Jumping across 20 foot gaps, running up walls!? We have been told this can't happen so our brain perceives that it can''t happen, therefore we fail. Now, what about people who can walk on hot coals, people who can move things with their minds and people who can set things on fire and create heat with the palms of their hands? In my experience these people come from poor backgrounds and poor countries. So, if that's the case, they wouldn't have had very good (if any) education so therefore their mind hasn't been told what can and can't happen. Hence they can do rather spiritual things.

That was delving deep into your idea, but it's basically the same point. Maybe when we do things for the first time, we think anything is possible because our brain isn't sending sub conscious messages to us that we will fail and fall flat on our asses?

The power of the mind.

[edit on 12-7-2007 by Arawn]

Originally posted by wigit
Years ago someone showed me how to read the horses page in the paper. I gambled 50p that same day and won £275.36.
[edit on 9-7-2007 by wigit]

Hi Wigit,

How did you do that? what did your friend show you?

Thanks.

I believe in this. I have done this various time too. I never liked gambling and I went with my mother once and won like 80 dlls. I also was able to pop a cap from a water bottle once thinking about it. Other than that I don't know the explanation to this. But yes there seems to be something about doing things for the first time.

Originally posted by lanciau

Originally posted by wigit
Years ago someone showed me how to read the horses page in the paper. I gambled 50p that same day and won £275.36.
[edit on 9-7-2007 by wigit]

Hi Wigit,

How did you do that? what did your friend show you?

Thanks.

Hi Lanciau, it wasn't a psychic reading or anything. They just showed me what all the strange numbers & stuff next to the horses names were for and once I knew what it meant I picked six horses I thought were the best. The bet was called a place-pot. The horse doesn't have to win to stay in that kind of bet, it can come 1st, 2nd or 3rd and the "pot" accumulates onto the next race. I think it was a case of first time luck. Perhaps that's why a lot of folk become gamblers. If a first time win is common it could be the hook that keeps them coming back for that first "hit".

Originally posted by Arawn[i/] Maybe when we do things for the first time, we think anything is possible because our brain isn't sending sub conscious messages to us that we will fail and fall flat on our asses?

The power of the mind.

I agree totally. I think it's hard to UN-condition the mind for psychic feats but it can be done.