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Old 02-21-2010, 11:15 AM
 
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Yes that is well known, but it is only a myth.. Neuroscience For Kids - 10% of the Brain Myth ..We use all of our brains.....I any case I missed out I guess, because I have no special powers or insight that cannot be accounted for.
That is like claiming that one who has not acquired the DISCIPLINES of mathematics or language missed out on the special powers and insight that they can provide to the illiterate.
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Old 02-21-2010, 04:21 PM
 
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I feel we all have abilities that may be more pronounced than others. In the same way someone can have a stronger sense of smell or better hearing, there could be not so obvious senses. People are trained into not using their natural senses and IMO when an individual does show some sort of natural ability society calls it "Supernatural”.
“Do I have ….” I don’t think so but some would say I do; I get gut feelings and react to them. This “gut feeling” has been quit a gift for me but if all I am doing is sharpening my skill of observation than we can see what this “gut feeling” really is (Nothing more than being observant.)
I can dress up any extra ordinary skill and call it “Supernatural” powers but IMO they’re just honed skills.


Oh, I almost forgot;
Did God give me these skills? I don't know, could be!
Throughout my life, God on rare occasions speaks to me. Once He told me to pray about getting a job, and as soon as I did, and as soon as I said the (A) of Amen, and while I was still on my knees. The phone next to me began to ring, and when I picked up the receiver. The man on the other end of the phone asked me if I could start work for their company the next Monday moring at 8 A.M. I told him I could.
Another time when I was right in the middle of a prayer, God interrupted me and told me my wife was going to have a child. About four hours later my wife and I discovered she was pregnant. None of this knowledge came from me. It was all God's doing.
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Old 02-21-2010, 04:43 PM
 
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Throughout my life, God on rare occasions speaks to me. Once He told me to pray about getting a job, and as soon as I did, and as soon as I said the (A) of Amen, and while I was still on my knees. The phone next to me began to ring, and when I picked up the receiver. The man on the other end of the phone asked me if I could start work for their company the next Monday moring at 8 A.M. I told him I could.
Another time when I was right in the middle of a prayer, God interrupted me and told me my wife was going to have a child. About four hours later my wife and I discovered she was pregnant. None of this knowledge came from me. It was all God's doing.

I highly doubt that.
which god was it who talked to you? jesus or allah? vishnu or apolo? thor or ...? well, you get the idea.
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Old 02-21-2010, 05:05 PM
 
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ever since i was a todler i had an uncanny ability at polishing off a bag of doritos
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Old 02-21-2010, 08:48 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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That is like claiming that one who has not acquired the DISCIPLINES of mathematics or language missed out on the special powers and insight that they can provide to the illiterate.
Explain please....There is no discipline that enables the supernatural, as far as I know.
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Old 02-21-2010, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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I vishnu or apolo?
Apolo Ohno...the god of speed skating.
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Old 02-22-2010, 01:16 AM
 
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Explain please....There is no discipline that enables the supernatural, as far as I know.
::Sigh::That is because there is no supernatural . . . just not understood or currently measurable. The right brain discipline of meditation, control over our autonomic system, quieting of the mind and withdrawal from our sensory system to enable contact with other aspects of our reality that are overridden and hidden by the strength of sensory input and fleeting thoughts.
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Old 02-22-2010, 09:03 AM
 
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I highly doubt that.
which god was it who talked to you? jesus or allah? vishnu or apolo? thor or ...? well, you get the idea.
It was Jesus Christ, and I know that. And that's because He spoke to me on another occasion and said, "Tom, if you continue to follow me I will take care of you. And Tom, I love you." I became a Christian when I was 11 years old. And Jesus is the only God I ever had in my life.
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Old 02-22-2010, 09:06 AM
 
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It was Jesus Christ, and I Know that. And that's because He spoke to me on another occasion and said, "Tom, if you continue to follow me I will take care of you. And Tom, I love you." I became a Christian when I was 11 years old. And Jesus is the only God I have ever had in my life.

what if what you heard was Allah talking to you and trying to recruit you into his side?
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Old 02-22-2010, 09:12 AM
 
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it is well-known and acknowledged that humans use only about 10%-15% of our brains; part of what we can do when we develop the rest of that capacity, includes what some call "supernatural" abilities. They are natural abilities we all have, just untapped by most people.

Um, I'm going to call you out on that.

snopes.com: Ten Percent of our Brains


Ah, I see sanspeur already did. :thumbs:
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