Did you have special gifts as a child??, page 1

Yes, I had a very special gift as a child.

I could operate this by giving voice commands!



My other gift was surviving a number of stupid stunts, including playing with electricity, falling over cliffs and trying to blow myself up with home made match head rockets.

I think as children we're definitely more capable of doing things our adult minds have conditioned us to believe is impossible. I wouldn't call them special gifts though, because I think of a gift as something that you may still have.

As a child I survived a couple of falls and accidents that could have killed me, but I got up and walked away.. like one time I fell from a second story balcony into a rock garden and missed all the rocks.

Then there are the spirits which I've been seeing on and off in my life but my childhood experience with my dead best friend certainly was the most memorable and most impacting experience on my life. I still see those who want me see to them, but with age and family responsibilities, I've learned to effectively block out most of it.

I've always been "sensitive" and "emotional", later in life I came to realize that I was and am still an empath. It's not always me that's crying, being angry, feeling pain etc... I pick up and can read people easily, however I don't like this gift or whatever you want to call it. Meditation was effective in me handling this, yet certain things, situations and people do overwhelm me.

my teenage years were the most significant when it came to electricity and causing bulbs to blow when I got mad (which was often back then) and willing lights to flicker (I could never control turning it on and off)
now bulbs only blow when I totally lose my cool, which thanks to meditation rarely happens now.

oh and I went through a period of time of living in constant static electricity... it was shocking

I believe that "I personally" lost and changed what was once second nature to me, after I became sexually active. Meditation helped alot. Especially with anger issues and that got rid of most the electrical stuff. Cell phones still drain quickly especially when I'm tense or stressed, I basically eat batteries of all kinds, but I'm more grounded now, I can handle it better. I don't think I ever had the scared feeling with the electric stuff, I was more emotional than anything. But the spirits, well I still have a fear of them. Knowing that they can hurt you, yep I'll always have a fear of them, but knowledge about how to handle them has helped in stopping my fears from becoming totally irrational.

Originally posted by worldwatcher
I think as children we're definitely more capable of doing things our adult minds have conditioned us to believe is impossible. I wouldn't call them special gifts though, because I think of a gift as something that you may still have.

As a child I survived a couple of falls and accidents that could have killed me, but I got up and walked away.. like one time I fell from a second story balcony into a rock garden and missed all the rocks.

Then there are the spirits which I've been seeing on and off in my life but my childhood experience with my dead best friend certainly was the most memorable and most impacting experience on my life. I still see those who want me see to them, but with age and family responsibilities, I've learned to effectively block out most of it.

I know what you mean. i should have died many times as a child but walked away without a scratch and i think people do sort of "block out" these abilities in order to fit into whats deemed "acceptable"

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With all due respect, do you really believe what you're saying?

If so, perhaps you could do a video of you putting a battery into a battery tester, touch it or frown at it and show the needle going to zero.

You can host the video on photobucket. Thanks!

Edit: Just to be equal opportunity, I extend this request to Tinfoil and Gala, above. Thanks again.



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Yes I do, or I wouldn't have said it now would I?

I've never tried actually testing draining batteries. But I do know I go through a pretty high amount of batteries. I could put fresh batteries in my camera and if it's on my person by the end of the day the batteries are low regardless if I used the camera or not. Same happens with my ipod and cell phone, I have to charge them every single day while my husband who has the same phone and same ipod does it every other day or so.

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Would you be willing to try and document this as suggested?

Surely, if this effect is due to some field you are projecting, it should register on a battery tester meter, even if the needle only moves a fraction.

It's puzzling why you would have an unusual field or power and not try to demonstrate it to yourself.

Would you feel 'less worthy' if the effect turned out to be an illusion? Maybe your devices are defective? Maybe you're near some kind of mechanical field that is doing it and not your body?

I'd suggest if it's fair game for ATS to require some minimal proof for any claims of the paranormal, it would be incumbent upon the Mods to set a good example.

I'm not trying to put -you- on the spot, but if you can demonstrate an effect, why not try it.

If you can demonstrate even a miniscule effect, then it would be worth your while to know it. Then you could put your devices in a shielded case, such as the baggie that PC memory comes in.

I'd suggest the following.

Get three new AA batteries. Test them all and mark them S for shielded, U for Unshielded and D for desktop.

Put one inside an aluminum foil wrap, one in a baggie put those in your pocket or near your body. Put the Control battery on your desk. At the end of the day measure all three. If the one that is unshielded shows lower power, then you have enough proof that you are generating a field. Even if you don't have it further investigated, you now have a way to save yourself money by lining your cases with tin foil.

If they all measure the same then you can try it with the batteries in the devices, and use similar wrapping. If they are still the same, then the effect is probably perceptual and not actual.

Thanks!


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Umm if we could only prove the paranormal this forum would quite different wouldn't it?

And honestly no, I never felt or had the need to "experiment" on myself like that. I'm not trying to become famous or make a living off draining batteries It's just something I've noticed all my life.

and if it doesn't work, I wouldn't feel any less of myself or dissappointed because I know I have no control over these things and the basis of all my meditations and spiritual life has been to "accept".

as for trying it, I will certainly look into it, I can get a battery and tester easy enough however the video on the web thing is a little uncomfortable, I'm not a fan of the youtube and google generation.. but it could possibly work in RATS.....


[edit on 3-5-2008 by worldwatcher]

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Heh, I'll take your word for it. No need to video it.

Thanks for the reply and again, no dis intended.

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