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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:42 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:13 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:57 pm
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missmagpie honorofdarkn3ss Psychic awareness and the ability to do anything with it is more heavily based on talent then anything else in this world. Prove it. It requires more natural talent than prodigal music? So Mozart composing at the age of 4 was purely due to luck? I'm afraid if you make sweeping generalised statements like that you're going to have to support them. Your idividualised "proof" of your statement doesn't count because of your assumption that something that applies to you applies to everyone. Just because you can't learn to be a reactive empath doesn't mean everyone else can't. Quote: We CAN'T prove magick scientifically in any way besides brainwaves, everything else is attributed to coincidence. First of all, we're not debating "magick" at all. That's something entirely different - as far as I know most of us aren't Thelemites. As for psychic powers, have you considered that empathy can be explained by using the other five senses? Body language and facial expressions can show how others are feeling. Recognising that the other person is a reactive being with similar emotions to yourself can lead one to empathise with their situation (Black and Phillips 1982). Source (Scroll down to "Empathy training". There are also some interesting correlations between childrearing practises and empathy in children.)
Thanks for the link, that was very interesting smile
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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:51 am
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Elfin Brill Is walking a talent? eek Why is that? Sorry for the delay... I use the term talent to describe an inherent or innate potential. A person with much talent for dancing, will be naturally graceful and move with a certain artistry even without training... Someone with little talent, will require more practice to develope that potential. On occassion, someone will lack a talent for something entirely, and thus be completely unable to do such a task in a natural manner.
A lack of talent can be circumvented... adn talent can atrophy if undeveloped.
I suppose I should call it a natural predisposition....
Also, as unfair as it is, some people have talnets for which their body is poorly equiped to exploit... In my case, I am a natural climber and fencer, yet my short, stocky body is not of the optimum design for either of those activities.
I consider psychic phenomena just another natural expression of human potential, but like all expressions of potential, it is limited by natural inclination (talent) and development (training). While I have seen people overcome a lack of training... A person without talent is generally unable to make even the most basic progress in training.
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