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BS: Are you aware when you are being stared |
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Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Mooh Date: 27 Aug 09 - 10:02 AM I don't know if I am that aware, but Rosie The Wonder Dog sure is. She raises her head and opens her eyes to look at me wonderingly, "What?". It would be creepy except that she's otherwise so dotingly loyal. Peace, Mooh. |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Donuel Date: 27 Aug 09 - 09:50 AM I remember this discussion from 2 years ago. It was in the context of ESP we accept without judging. |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: mauvepink Date: 27 Aug 09 - 08:49 AM I have had many good discussions about this kind of thing with various folks: behavouralists, biologists, theologians, teachers, patients and colleagues. Some seem to totally agree that such a phenomena exists while others totally deny it. It is a facinating subject by ways it is agreed or denied. My own ideas are hardly 'stable', as I cannot tie it down to a single answer, but I think it may be a combination of a number of things. For the record I am often aware of being stared at. It's a kind of radar and I have no idea where it comes from or what it is. I am certainly not clairvoyant in any way that I know of. I am not a great believer in ESP but that means nothing. Because I do not believe totally does not mean it cannot exist so I have an open mind on that. There is much we still do not know or have an explanation for. I believe we are all connected in some way and that a collective kind of memory /awareness could exist as every atom in the universe is in touch with the next one along. I cannot explain it more than that. I am not clever enough. But I do think that maybe we should never discount a kind of 'atomic connectivity' an a very base level. If we consider that our own minds and memories may be no more than chemical interactions then why can the universe, which is made of the same things we are, not have a 'memory' of sorts? I listened to a programme a couple of weeks ago in which someone was described as "Emotionally spiritual but iintellectually skepitical". That's me to a tee! Behaviourally and instinctually, of course, we are just plain animals. Evolutionarily we would have needed to know when something was looking at us and to be able to assess the threat level and intention of whatever it was that was staring. Maybe it is THAT which now allows us to KNOW when someone is staring at us. But quite what it could be that we pick up on, non-visually, to know someone is staring is way beyond our known sense of sight, touch, hearing and smell. That many people do it all the time - some much better than others - is definintely worthy of more investigation as I really do think that something is being 'picked up on'. But what? There is much anecdotal evidence for this, 'women's intuition' and 'trusting instincts', which I think could be connected somewhere in our make-up. I believe some answers will be found in the study of other animal's behaviours and innate actions. Maybe fear is also connected to some very subtle 'lost sense'. What the heck do I know? I do know you have been staring at what I have written for a couple of minutes ;-) At least I have a sneaky suspicion you may have been lol mp |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Little Hawk Date: 27 Aug 09 - 01:57 AM Yes, I think people often do become instinctively aware of being watched. It's probably through some form of telepathy, I would think...or kind of like radar picking up a blip...or a radio picking up an unidentified signal coming in. Animals are, I think, far more aware of it than people. They almost always become concerned at some point that they are under observation, although they don't yet know by whom or from where. They get nervous and begin looking all around. I've seen this many times while watching animals and focusing strongly on them. I think this is mainly because their heads are not as full of idle and distracting thoughts as people's heads are. Your own inner "noise" or mental static can block the awareness of an incoming signal, and it often does so with people. |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Ebbie Date: 26 Aug 09 - 11:56 PM For 12 years I lived in a house museum on top of a hill. The caretaker's apartment was on the top floor. Outdoor staircases led past me down five streets. These hills are steep. Standing at my living room window, for instance, my feet were approximately level with the flat roof of a 13-floor apartment building three blocks down. All this to say that, depending on the time of day, there was a stream of people going past the house and trooping down - or up - the stairs. The people who knew they were being watched, even though they could not surmise where the gaze was coming from, were the people I knew I would be interested in meeting. Anyone can "send", not everyone "receives". It has been my observation that one can 'turn off' the receptive component; conversely at any given moment one can become consciously extremely sensitive to a gaze or thought. |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Tangledwood Date: 26 Aug 09 - 11:07 PM Ummm . . . . how would I know if I'm not aware of being stared at? |
Subject: RE: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Liz the Squeak Date: 26 Aug 09 - 10:42 PM I'm forever watching people on public transport... and yes, sooner or later, they all look around as if aware that they are being watched. Of course, it could just be that they are also people watching and our gazes have just coincided. I can't honestly say that I'm aware of being observed, unless I'm doing something that I wish to be observed. But then I live in my own little world and go my own sweet way! LTS |
Subject: BS: Are you aware when you are being stared From: Ed T Date: 26 Aug 09 - 10:33 PM While riding urban busses for many years, I have frequently stared at pedestrians to see if I get a response. Quite often they turned their heads and looked directly back at me. Why? My gut feeling is that these people are somehow aware that they are being stared at. Have you had a similar experience, or do you know when you are being stared at? If so, do you have any theories as to why one would know this? Anyone familar with Rupert Sheldrakes theories on this and related topics? http://www.newscienceideas.com/page/UT/CTGY/Albert |