Case 3: A shift in Perspective
It is an early morning some time during spring. I am ~13 yrs old at the time. Anyways I had this appointment early in the morning so I was dropped off at school instead. As I walked to my locker which is on the first floor I met one of my classmates. My classmate looked to be irritated and tired. I said "Hello". My classmate replied "What do you want?" in a tired and irritated tone. To note we were not on bad terms with each other and prior to this I had been practicing sensing, but not taking on the emotions of others, a type of empathic sensing. Anyways the next thing I knew, like the literal next moment I was no longer looking at my classmate or their eyes but rather from their perspective;
I could see not only myself but the lockers and hallway behind me. It only lasted for like a mental second so I wasn't able to tell if I could've done more but this experience has stuck with me since especially since this reminded me of the things I experience in my dreams on a pretty regular basis. Years later when I would reconnect with my classmate they had forgotten my name and also reported that they did not experience anything unusual. For anyone concerned I might have led them on, all I asked was whether they recalled anything when we crossed paths that one time during middle school to which they said, no. Leaving dream logic to the side and not to mention my dreams came before my experiences and media input let us first examine the mundane explanations before considering the anomalous.
Now, even though I was awake at the time is it possible for the human brain to be able to reconstruct and envision what the perspective of another's vantage point would be? According to some studies, yes however with that said usually this would be done with the support of the other senses and clearly if the target is facing you there would be things you would not be able to sense behind you, things such as who is behind you. Through memory and exposure I could reconstruct the layout behind me however the real question to ask is, is this likely? To that and considering I could see other students behind me I would have to say, no. So what of the anomalous and or psi explanations?
1. Spontaneous psychic empathic merge / soul perception
2. Human based clairvoyance
3. Possession
Now we must not forget that not all psychic experiences are shared so assuming this is an anomalous case, clearly it would appear to be one way. Looking at these 3 hypotheses I would say the information available does not support the first as while there was spontaneity, there was no merging. I did not feel my classmate's emotions nor did I have access to their thoughts; only their vantage point and while being able to possess others is one of the abilities I have in my dreams, considering the incredibly short duration not to mention I wasn't able to see if I could do more than just observe, the 3rd explanation, i.e. possession while admittedly pretty cool does not have much merit to it when compared to the 2nd, human based clairvoyance where another human being is used to act as a remote viewing lens.
Of the cases so far I would have to say this is the first one where it would seem that the possibility of this being a genuine psychic event is quite reasonable. Of course I cannot ignore the possibility of my brain having envision what was going on behind me in perfect coincidence and while I may not have felt any confusion, nevertheless it is a possibility.
It is an early morning some time during spring. I am ~13 yrs old at the time. Anyways I had this appointment early in the morning so I was dropped off at school instead. As I walked to my locker which is on the first floor I met one of my classmates. My classmate looked to be irritated and tired. I said "Hello". My classmate replied "What do you want?" in a tired and irritated tone. To note we were not on bad terms with each other and prior to this I had been practicing sensing, but not taking on the emotions of others, a type of empathic sensing. Anyways the next thing I knew, like the literal next moment I was no longer looking at my classmate or their eyes but rather from their perspective;
I could see not only myself but the lockers and hallway behind me. It only lasted for like a mental second so I wasn't able to tell if I could've done more but this experience has stuck with me since especially since this reminded me of the things I experience in my dreams on a pretty regular basis. Years later when I would reconnect with my classmate they had forgotten my name and also reported that they did not experience anything unusual. For anyone concerned I might have led them on, all I asked was whether they recalled anything when we crossed paths that one time during middle school to which they said, no. Leaving dream logic to the side and not to mention my dreams came before my experiences and media input let us first examine the mundane explanations before considering the anomalous.
Now, even though I was awake at the time is it possible for the human brain to be able to reconstruct and envision what the perspective of another's vantage point would be? According to some studies, yes however with that said usually this would be done with the support of the other senses and clearly if the target is facing you there would be things you would not be able to sense behind you, things such as who is behind you. Through memory and exposure I could reconstruct the layout behind me however the real question to ask is, is this likely? To that and considering I could see other students behind me I would have to say, no. So what of the anomalous and or psi explanations?
1. Spontaneous psychic empathic merge / soul perception
2. Human based clairvoyance
3. Possession
Now we must not forget that not all psychic experiences are shared so assuming this is an anomalous case, clearly it would appear to be one way. Looking at these 3 hypotheses I would say the information available does not support the first as while there was spontaneity, there was no merging. I did not feel my classmate's emotions nor did I have access to their thoughts; only their vantage point and while being able to possess others is one of the abilities I have in my dreams, considering the incredibly short duration not to mention I wasn't able to see if I could do more than just observe, the 3rd explanation, i.e. possession while admittedly pretty cool does not have much merit to it when compared to the 2nd, human based clairvoyance where another human being is used to act as a remote viewing lens.
Of the cases so far I would have to say this is the first one where it would seem that the possibility of this being a genuine psychic event is quite reasonable. Of course I cannot ignore the possibility of my brain having envision what was going on behind me in perfect coincidence and while I may not have felt any confusion, nevertheless it is a possibility.
