Ferrara,

I don't try to convince people who don't want to be objective about it. If they want data, anecdotes, experiences and then they want to evaluate that and make up their own minds, that's fine. I'll participate in the conversation, while it is on that footing. But if they start telling me what I really feel and experience, then I leave them to it.

An open scientific mind is a good thing. A closed mind which is already made up is too hard to deal with in this area, and worse still is a closed mind belonging to someone who strongly believes that he/she is being scientific and objective when in fact s/he is using whatever data is offered to her/him to confirm her/his pre-conceived beliefs. I don't bother trying to converse in that case. I don't feel a need to prove anything to someone like that, which is why I am conspicuously absent from some threads on this topic when certain person(s) join the thread.


Also, I went to a few classes to enhance my psychic & intuitive abilities. One of the most important messages I got from those classes is to say it if you get the message. If you sit on the message, eventually the ability will get stifled. If you express the message (diplomatically, mindful of people's feelings, etc) then more messages will arrive. And also I learned not to over-analyse the message and try to make sense of it myself. Just give the message and assume that it means something to the person it was intended for.

Helen