Since maybe December or January, I've gradually noticed this conspicuous pattern: As I'm having a conversation, I will have a thought or idea relating to what we're talking about, but I don't immediately say it. Maybe I am undecided as to whether to say it or not, or I'm still working over the idea. Then, the other person says the very thing I was thinking of! This usually happens with my Mom, although it has also happened with my brother, dad, and even once with a neighbor (family friend) whom I haven't known for long (a few months of semi-regular, maybe weekly, contact). The conversations don't seem to have a particular pattern of subject matter, but I'll pay more attention if it continues.
This stands out to me as a new and unusual experience. I've had the experience of saying the same thing at the same time as others, especially my mom or brother, or being "on the same page" and thus having similar thoughts, but this seems different, or at least more conspicuous. Those experiences don't have the feeling of "incredulity", I guess. Usually, in those cases, the thoughts seem to occur at about the same time, but with this experience, I seem to have the thought but hold back on saying anything, and a few seconds of time pass (maybe about 2 to 5?) before the other person says the very idea that I'm considering bringing up.
It's been enough to make me wonder if somehow I've started projecting psychically or something; they pick up on a "signal" and come to the same idea? Of course it could be that they are just thinking of the same thing about the same time, but why has it only started happening in this way recently? Another possibility is that we are both picking up on some external "signal". I've also considered that maybe there is some sort of unconscious communication taking place. I won't rule out coincidence, but the probability of that seems to be shrinking with each occurrence.
It just seems a little uncanny, and has made me consider the possibility of a psychic element. If so, it would be a new thing for me, and I don't assume that it's necessarily a "good" thing; it could be a dangerous opening, or neutral, or possibly helpful if it turns out to be something that can be directed in a constructive way.
So, has anyone else had similar experiences recently? Or does anyone have some knowledge that might explain this phenomenon, "psychic" or otherwise, and why I've started experiencing it now? I've had the thoughts that it could be due to recent changes in my life/Being (I seem to have grown a little), or maybe even an effect of the coming "Wave" (changing environment/reality?), although that's speculative and perhaps a bit wishful. Since I was a kid I had wanted to experience evidence of the non-physical and have "powers", so some of that bias may still remain.
It might be worth noting that when I was younger, maybe 16 or 17, and had become somewhat disillusioned or at least willing to question Christianity, I started reading about "psi" online and even experimented a bit, with little or no results, although when my brother and I experimented together we did have a couple "creepy moments" while discussing Ashayana Deane's material - a creepy feeling of oppressive presence or ill will, I guess, which we shared. These current experiences have a neutral feel, and just make me curious.
This stands out to me as a new and unusual experience. I've had the experience of saying the same thing at the same time as others, especially my mom or brother, or being "on the same page" and thus having similar thoughts, but this seems different, or at least more conspicuous. Those experiences don't have the feeling of "incredulity", I guess. Usually, in those cases, the thoughts seem to occur at about the same time, but with this experience, I seem to have the thought but hold back on saying anything, and a few seconds of time pass (maybe about 2 to 5?) before the other person says the very idea that I'm considering bringing up.
It's been enough to make me wonder if somehow I've started projecting psychically or something; they pick up on a "signal" and come to the same idea? Of course it could be that they are just thinking of the same thing about the same time, but why has it only started happening in this way recently? Another possibility is that we are both picking up on some external "signal". I've also considered that maybe there is some sort of unconscious communication taking place. I won't rule out coincidence, but the probability of that seems to be shrinking with each occurrence.
It just seems a little uncanny, and has made me consider the possibility of a psychic element. If so, it would be a new thing for me, and I don't assume that it's necessarily a "good" thing; it could be a dangerous opening, or neutral, or possibly helpful if it turns out to be something that can be directed in a constructive way.
So, has anyone else had similar experiences recently? Or does anyone have some knowledge that might explain this phenomenon, "psychic" or otherwise, and why I've started experiencing it now? I've had the thoughts that it could be due to recent changes in my life/Being (I seem to have grown a little), or maybe even an effect of the coming "Wave" (changing environment/reality?), although that's speculative and perhaps a bit wishful. Since I was a kid I had wanted to experience evidence of the non-physical and have "powers", so some of that bias may still remain.
It might be worth noting that when I was younger, maybe 16 or 17, and had become somewhat disillusioned or at least willing to question Christianity, I started reading about "psi" online and even experimented a bit, with little or no results, although when my brother and I experimented together we did have a couple "creepy moments" while discussing Ashayana Deane's material - a creepy feeling of oppressive presence or ill will, I guess, which we shared. These current experiences have a neutral feel, and just make me curious.