Recognizing Your Own Extra Sensory Perception

Extra sensory perception is defined as a heightened ability to feel, sense, or hear the thoughts and emotions of others. It's not the same as mind reading. It's more like having a special intuition that is highly tuned toward being able to gather information about the people around you without having to go through the more traditional methods. It's often a subtle form when it is commonly accepted amongst the general population. Instead of ESP, we call the more subtle individuals "highly intuitive."

Most people have a certain degree of perception that is heightened. Many of us as children had a much higher sense of perception than we do as adults. Over time the mind becomes a little jammed up with bills, responsibilities, and other grown up things that clog our mind's ability to perceive the way we did when we were children.

There were many tests run on children who showed potential for extra sensory perception throughout American history. In the twenties, testing was developed. The most common and well recognized form of these tests involved white flashcards with black shapes drawn on them. The card was help up and the child with ESP was asked what picture was on the card.

ESP is not mind reading. It's not a game and it's not a method of cheating at a card game. It is a sense that can tell you whether someone is telling you the truth and it is a sense that can help you understand why someone is acting the way that they are. It is the ability to be ultra empathetic with another living being and it is a way of being able to pay attention to your senses when it comes to every day life situations.

Being able to sense the information without being able to get confirmation can be difficult for many people with heightened intuition to accept. If you have full blown extra sensory perception then you don't need the confirmation.

We all read body language and we all can sense and feel things. Also referred to as the sixth sense, extra sensory perception is much more common than we like to admit. Those who can develop their gifts or those who were born with a tremendously heightened awareness are those who are considered to gifted.

There are many different types and levels of ESP. You may be someone who feels information or you might be someone who recognizes information. You might just get the occasional nagging feeling or you might be someone who gets serious and intense feelings that can't be ignored.

Extra sensory perception doesn't have to be scary or even freakish. It is part of our human make up and we are all born much more in tune with our ability to perceive the information we receive. Whether or not we choose to listen is up to us more than we know. Clearing out our minds and being open to the information is the first step.