Do Supernatural Abilities Exist?

Do supernatural abilities exist? It’s an interesting question—and one that might have a surprising answer. In my series, The Azellian Affairs, I have been writing about an alien race who has psychic abilities. That has inevitably led to the question of whether or not I believe in these kinds of abilities. 

The answer to that is yes—except that the real world abilities don’t look like the fictionalized version that I and other science fiction authors write about. Psychic or supernatural abilities aren’t actually supernatural. They are very natural and something ALL humans have access to, although most people aren’t aware of them. Have you ever walked into a room full of strangers and felt uncomfortable? That’s empathy. We’re taught that everything we sense is something WE are feeling or thinking, but actually, most of the time, we are sensing what other people are thinking or feeling. A mother will know when a crying baby is hungry, hurt or scared, even if it may not immediately be apparent which of the three the baby is feeling. We all pick up on subtle physical cues as to what someone else is feeling, although we may or may not recognize what those cues are. We have all had the experience of hearing thoughts in our head that we think are our own, but are they really? There are times I’ve had thoughts about my own body that don’t match what I really think about myself and make me wonder if I’ve just had a psychotic break. Nope, just a moment of psychic awareness. 

Why is laughter or tears contagious? Why do large groups of humans tend go into a mob mentality? Why do children react so strongly to the unspoken vibes in a family or a situation? Humanity is connected and sensitive and we all react to what others are thinking all the time. We telescope our feelings and they are picked up by the people around us, just as we receive what they are projecting as well. We are especially sensitive as children, until we are trained to filter out our awareness. After that, it requires effort to untangle our training and learn to be aware of those things we instinctively knew as a child. 

This has a very simple explanation: there is a part of us, deep inside, that senses and is aware of things that our brains aren’t paying attention to. Learning to tap into that inner perception starts manifesting as empathy, telepathy, clairvoyance, remote viewing and other “supernatural” skills. In reality, we are just very, very sensitive, and learning to listen to those things we are perceiving but unaware of will increase our abilities to do and sense those things that might appear amazing or incredible. The key is to relax, remain open, to not filter our perceptions through our preconceived notions and to just be aware. Once we do that—well, who knows what we will begin to be aware of? If “super” natural abilities are actually quite normal, maybe those “impossible” things like aliens visiting us on Earth will also turn out to have a simple, prosaic truth too…