Quick question to TheGuyThat: you don't have to go into the details but what made you think the existence of these 'powers' might not be ridiculous?
Lol, Ok I'll bite
I only know what I have personally experienced. I don't really like people saying things are paranormal or whatever because it somehow puts the connotation that there is no cause or reason behind the event or that the reason is rather fantastic. Alot of people like to be wooed in by the possibility of being psychic or something (not saying third eye is like that at all) thinking that if they fit in that box its gonna mean they are special or something or powerful. Personally, I don't think it really matters what a person can do, its just usually that people get out of hand when they assume what they are doing is something other than what is happening, its not there fault ofcourse, but I try to urge people to take things for what they are and not to read to much into it, to keep an open mind to all the reasons out there not just the mystical ones.
Anyways, on to actually answering your question. A long time ago, I was a very keen martial arts student, and I was really deeply confused about the world and how it worked etc. Basically, I ended up learning many things and I got to understand ways certain things work that others usually don't. That understanding lead me to actually be able to understand how people were feeling and to feel it myself, to think as they were thinking and to know what they'd do before they'd do it. Now someone could easily run off saying I can read minds, but no, it wasn't like that because it was merely me being aware of something more than what I was before. I was only understanding subtlties I never thought existed before. Each factor in a situation means something, its kind of like a song, one part implys anothers action, cause and effect etc. Nothing can be hidden in this world, someone can try to hide how they are feeling if they are hurt etc but what they are really doing is feeling bad and hidding it, they aren't just hiding it if you get what I mean. Things are what they are and can be seen for what they are too. Your understanding of things never has to be just at surface value even though that is maybe all you see, because things mean things (its obvious but I thought i'd say it anyways).
Alot of people say wow, to things like I have done, but I say it is just what is, it is nothing more than an understanding that leads to knowledge.
Personally I don't like to understand how others feel because it reminds me of a harsh truth, that eveerything I ever knew was a lie, every person I have ever known is different than what I thought they were...they are all like me and that is why they are so different from me. Its a harsh truth, and I prefer to live a lie, I like to feel that my girl is my girl and that my family is my family. I prefer not to understand how others feel and have lost the skill to do so, at whim anyways. Generally though, it was just awareness of how and why they were acting the way they were and why they felt that way, because there is only ever one answer, everything is the same otherwise it could be no different, hence everything that reacts the same reacts the same for the same reason, thus you can see why it is done and understand more than what you see.
I've not only read people, but also seen the future...I just mean the future of certain events etc, horse races and stuff, how people are going to go at something, whether they are going to succeed or not. Generally, everything is about emotion and its a bit like a dance or a song in how things interact, and certain things have to happen and certain things rely on the way emotions interact. It just gives you a more accurate understanding of what is happening in a situation and a better capacity to know what is going to happen, it isnt seeing the future just a more educated guess. I never got too good at that cuz I didn't really care to but I could see the potential there and that people could be exceptional at that. Keep in mind however I don't necessarily believe people are, just that it is possible...is it practical...i don't know and really don't care at all cuz its worthless to me. I mean what is the point of being able to do these things if in being able to do them you don't need to be able to do them anymore. How stupidly ironic, if you understand how to do it completely you lose all desire to do it. Its a bit like relationships if she is too easy to get you dont want her, so she has to play hard to get. Powers etc have the same thing. I ask you, why would you want to make it easier if it makes it not worth doing?
I only know that the capacity for understanding is limitless, and thus things are possible but that doesn't necessarily mean that its happening or is practical. Most people that say they are psychic have no clue why they can feel things the way they do, its a fluke, they don't understand it. I had a brief insight into how and why you can do it, and it gives me some perspective on the whole situation. Was I amazing, no not really, did I do something out of the ordinary not really, but did I see a trend, yes I did.
A person can do anything that is possible. That makes sense doesn't it. However what is possible? That is what we usually argue about, but we usually do so with such conviction, when infact we don't know what is possible because we don't know what is there right infront of us. How can we know what is possible without knowing what things are, we can't. However in understanding certain things I saw that these things are truly there, albeit in a much different way than I would of ever thought. Its just simple common sense, something can not be what it is not, so it can be understood... however that is not to say it is understood or it is practical to understand it. Its just that there are ways to explain these things that are not far out at all. If you really want to read a way that it is possible for people to do these things read my blog on myspace about the mind
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40926746
it explains what I believe from my experiences. Its basically how I explain how anyone can understand anything...though not to say its practical to do so, as people want certain things out of things etc
Hope that makes sense, I don't spend much time on these things and just tend to speak like its a convo, just my style I guess. Hope I made my point