Luck, Coincidence, or Psychic? Realm of Possibilities

I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that this article contains interesting subject matter pertaining to the paranormal. If this is indeed what you thought, then you’d be correct. “Paranormal” is a broad word that is used to describe everything from UFO’s to Mind-reading., and is actually defined as events not explainable by normal scientific methods. So, ‘paranormal’ covers a wide range of subjects of which I want to discuss only one: The psychic realm. It is believed that there are people who posess supernatural abilities which allow them to sense, or know things that they otherwise would not. This one paranormal subject holds a whole realm of possibilities that intrigue me. People who claim to have these abilities are said to be psychic.

I used to be of the mind-set that people who claimed to be psychic were full of it. Now, however, after looking back on my own life and truly scrutinizig some strange events, I am beginning to believe that there really are people like this, and I may indeed be one of them. On the other hand these strange events may simply be coincidence, or just dumb luck.

A few years ago I was driving along approaching the top of a hill. I was speeding, and suddenly had a irresistible urge to step on my break pedal. Abruptly, I slowed to the speed limit just as a state trooper crested the hill coming toward me. My radar detector immediately began beeping. I was shocked. To this day I don’t know what possessed me to slow down.

Another thing, I can be sitting in my office working on an article, or riding in the car `when a certain song crosses my mind. This prompts me to turn on the radio only to hear that same song in progress. Has this ever happened to you?. If so, was it coincidence, luck, or was it because you are psychic?

Additionally, there are what I call Vibes, or vibrations that I get from people which give me an impression of the kind of person one might be. I seldom find that my judgment is flawed . For example, I tried to warn my former employer that he shouldn’t hire someone because I got “bad vibes” from him. My boss reminded me that he was the employer, not me. To this day I wonder what My former employer was thinking when he found out that this guy had robbed and pawned about $5,000.00 of his equipment.

Just the other evening I was relaxing on the couch listening to a television show my wife was watching when, as part of a competition, a verbal quiz was given to the contestants. The contestants were asked what the total score was for the group on a previous week’s quiz. Mind you, I havn’t watched this show at all this year, so to answer the question I didn’t even know the nature of the scoring, much less the answer. So I said the first number that came to mind, “47”. Wouldn’t you know it? That was the correct answer! I yelled out, “What?” I couldn’t believe it. Was this coincidence, luck or am I psychic?


If I am indeed psychic, that might explain why my kids know things they shouldn’t. They must have gotten the psychic ability from me. It seems that they always ask me for money when I have a little extra ear-marked for some item that I’ve been wanting for some time. Is that coincidence? I don’t think so because it happens all too often. For instance, I was saving for a new trolling motor for my boat, and the Saturday morning I was going to buy it, my daughter told me she needed $65.00 for some gymnastics class her mother signed her up for . Go figure!

My kids also seem to know what my wife and I are talking about even when we are in separate rooms. My wife and I were in our bedroom discussing where we might go out for dinner. We were discussing it in a whisper to that our kids would be pleasantly surprised when we told them where we were going. After we left the room , but before we informed them, they yelled, “Burger King!”

The kids also have a way of finding thing that are hid from them. Christmas gifts are such items. Unfortunately, no matter how creative we get at hiding them the kids always seem to find them. One year they found the gifts hid in the attic between the ceiling joists, tucked into the insulation above the kitchen. If I didn’t want my kids to find the needle in a haystack, they’d have it in no time flat! Are they psychic?

Another thing the kids seem to know is if an adult can be trusted. I guess they get vibes too. This is a more serious proposition which my wife and I pay attention to when screening potential babysitters.

An additional situation that has me wondering about the realm of possibilities that exist with the mind is my nephew, Caleb. He’s four years old now, and regularly tells his mom and dad about a friend he has who is a gjhost. Caleb, will stand there pointing, insisting the ghost is right there! Then ask, “Can’t you see him?” Also, last year, while in the car seat riding past a cemetery Caleb shouted while he pointed, “look at all the people.“ His mother explained that those were graves and the people were buried in the ground. However, Caleb insisted there was a bunch of people there walking around. Strangely, his mother saw no one.

Taking all this into consideration, it’s no wonder I am a converting believer. I am finally realizing that chalking most of the above examples up to being plain old coincidences or dumb luck is a mistake. Indeed, the notion that coincidence and luck can explain these things is less and less viable as an explanation. Furthermore, if science can not explain these stories, them the lagitmacy of supernatural abilities must be entertained.