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Coming to a Realisation

That I've almost certainly been wrong this whole time about what we like to term "the supernatural".

I have the type of personality that makes it difficult - very difficult - to accept the possibility of there being so much more to life than just what our five senses reveal to us. I don't know why I'm like this, but it has bothered me a lot in the past, and it still does, because I get the feeling that I'm just missing out on so much.

So many people claim, for example, to be able to somehow sense the presence of entities that, so far as anyone can tell, are just not there. People see ghosts (or claim to), see the future (or claim to), encounter aliens, dark entities, angels, and God knows what else, but... I've never had any experiences like this. 🥺

What if this entire time I've been wrong to be sceptical about such claims? What if what they see is REAL, and I'm the odd one out who, by comparison, is handicapped in this regard, like the colour-blind person who doubts the existence of all of those colours that so many claim to be able to see?

In any case, I now believe that there is just so much more to reality than most of us will ever realise, and to simply dismiss that likelihood is nothing short of stupid and arrogant.
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Richard65 · M
It's understandable to wish for something more, something beyond our ordinary existence. Science and modernity have offered answers to many things our ancestors couldn't understand so turned their minds to supernatural causes or spiritual influences. Anyone who says they have seen spirits or experienced supernatural phenomenon are talking purely subjectively. They might actually believe they saw or sensed something extraordinary, and, yes, there are real elements of the spectrum that exist but cannot be seen by humans (such as infrared). But to imagine there are supernatural spirits is just that - imagination. We crave something akin to a fairytale or a ghost story, just to make life seem more profound, more interesting - more MORE.

I'd suggest you might be denying yourself the myriad fascinating aspects of your life that ARE there and DO exist. You're just looking in the wrong places. You're seeking out one imaginary colour within an entire rainbow of real possibilities. I went for a walk in a local forest yesterday after reading that trees do actually communicate with one another through chemical interactions. That's not supernatural, that's scientific discovery. If a tree is infested with insects that threaten it, other trees transmit chemicals through their roots in order to help that tree rid itself of the infestation. Fungi effectively build entire communication networks right under your feet. This is extraordinary revelation, yet it's real and science exposed it and explained it. Look for the real, because real life is truly extraordinary if you can just see it. It's that reality that remains just out of sight for you. Not the supernatural.
Pambie · 26-30, F
@Richard65 How do you know the supernatural isn't real? Why are you so dismissive of it?
I don't think this is about "craving" or "wanting more", although there might be that aspect to it, but the simple truth is that science, as a method used to uncover how the physical realm works the way it does, wouldn't be the tool that you'd use to investigate any aspect of reality that wasn't material.
Here you are going on about trees and fungi, which to me clearly means that you've missed my point entirely.
Richard65 · M
@Pambie I haven't missed your point, you've missed mine. I don't believe in the supernatural because I've seen no real evidence for it, and my point is that the real world is fascinating enough without having recourse to the supernatural. You're simply missing the profound nature of your actual existence. You're seeking a unicorn when a horse should be enough.
Beetlejuice68 · 56-60, M
I love and appreciate science, but I also like the magic of the undiscovered or unexplained.
It makes sense to feel left out when others report experiences you haven’t had. Openness like this is healthy, it lets you stay curious without pretending to know everything. Thanks for sharing such a vulnerable realization.
Also as for genuine unexplained experience, some people interpret these occurrences as non-ordinary or spiritual events, that interpretation is valid for many. The few I experienced, I’ll toss up to (Emotional/psychological coping) the mind can generate comforting apparitions as a way to process loss.

 
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