In 1996 I was fortunate enough to visit Kathmandu, Nepal, when it was still a very quiet and peaceful place. This was before the assassination of the king in 2001 and the massive earthquake of 2015.
The people there were gentle, friendly and creative and I quickly made some very strong friendships during the short break from my trip. I immediately noticed that these people often communicated without words, that there was a close-knit community around the ex-hippie neighborhood of Freak Street, and that their use of telepathy was clearly considered ‘the norm’.
Great bonds
My personal experience of this was initially that I would think of something, sometimes a thought that was quite strange, and then someone would start talking to me about exactly that! Of course, I was initially surprised at what I perceived as a ‘synchronicity’, but the nonchalant response I received began to change my perception. Slowly, I began to tangibly realize that we were born with the ability to be telepathic and that this was simply a ‘feeling’ that these people in Kathmandu had never learned to block or distrust.
If you think about it, we already know this. We have all witnessed the amazing bond between mother and child. Some mothers rely and help their children start their lives outside the womb, with as few disruptions as possible, by doing this. Animals, on the other hand, rarely fail in their ability to bond with their young and maintain an otherworldly understanding of the child’s needs and comfort.
We have grown up in the modern Western world rejecting anything invisible and unverifiable by science, and so fewer and fewer of us allow these beautiful ethereal bonds to persist. It’s so much easier to follow the crowd and direct your life to the “path of least resistance.” None of us want to be singled out by a disgruntled group, pointing the finger at our strangeness, and so we suppress our feelings and learn to cut off the natural ability to connect deeply with each other.
On the contrary, I was luckier than most. My mother is part of identical twins, both born from the same egg and born from the same womb. Often my mother referred to pains or thoughts that she claimed came from her twin sister. At first I was fascinated by this, but because her words were so regularly confirmed by my aunt and my mother’s instincts were so impressively accurate, I came to regard this as their ‘norm’. They had never experienced anything different in their lives and had always communicated in their own language, along with another level of thought and sensory transmission that was unspoken.
It led me to the kind of childhood where I developed a very strong relationship with my cat, which I felt was almost as effectively telepathic as the bond shared between my mother and my aunt. It seemed that my big Aries ginger cat knew all my feelings and thoughts. We were inseparable and I will never forget the day he (mentally) called me to the window to see a hedgehog for the first time.
The truth is that I have not lost this connection with animals, mainly because animals use their telepathic and instinctive senses with each other all the time. We all know a story about an animal that loves us more when we are sad or unwell. Many of us may be lucky enough to live with an animal that senses our needs so keenly. I remember my mother’s Pisces cat shying away from everyone but herself or my father. Until one day I lay down on the floor next to the fire with very worried energy. I had a cyst on my ovary and haven’t had it scanned yet, I wasn’t sure if it was benign. The lovely Pisces kitten sat on me for the first time, right where my cyst was. It was the beginning of us becoming inseparable when I visited. Even when I called, he would put his ear next to my mother’s and start purring at the sound of my voice. It’s amazing how accurate our animals’ senses are, right? Maybe we are just as capable and just forgot?
Connecting with other people
It’s not surprising how blocked and difficult it is to connect with other people when you think about it. All of us with our busy lives and our minds filled with constant thoughts, our free time lost in social media, news and networking. So we rarely allow ourselves time to relax, meditate or be in nature and provide the opportunity for other types of information and experiences.
Modern lighting, the 9-5 day cell phone, and the overemphasis on science and news have left most of us unable to relax long enough to tune into the bigger picture. In fact, many would reject the idea that this is even a possibility. Ironically, we are all still responding to the energy around us at all times, even if we are not aware of it. It is a fact that many of the most notable inventions were created simultaneously by more than one person/team at the same time. Is this telepathy, or are certain changes simply predestined? If a thought comes from nowhere to a more receptive mind, does it come from another human being or from another realm?
For those of you who are very creative, you will be familiar with the feeling of “channeling” your best work. Again: where does this come from? Is it simply an idea ready to be grabbed by the nearest creative person who is open to it and ready to use it?
How much more powerful our lives would be if we used these ways to connect in our daily lives. Many of you will have an experience with a loved one where you are both texting at the same time or thinking about what the other is thinking. Imagine honing this ability to not even have to text, or to meet in your dream worlds and share an adventure? How much closer would your most important relationships be if you trusted that you could feel their hearts and thoughts and be connected at all times?
You may know a dog or cat who waits at the door for his/her owner, even if he/she comes home at a different time. Why can’t we see when our pet is also on its way home? Or maybe we are? Perhaps, with good practice, this can become a ‘norm’ for us all.
