Hi Marcia,

Thank you for the welcome.

Many of your comments are sensible and scientifically based. I studied scientific method in grad school while earning a Masters in Psychology. I am aquainted and practiced in the application of statistical testing, probability theory, "t-tests", Variance Analysis and the like.

My note did not say that I see the future, just the present and sometimes the recent past of others. Here are a few recent examples:
On a particular day I was working at my computer and received a phone call from my friend Allen. Allen & his wife, Gaja, were visiting at my home the previous day.

Allen asked I would help him find his checkbook. I asked if he was sure that he left it at my house. He said, no, he misplaced it in his own house and wanted me to look for it psychically. I replied that I cannot do that deliberately, but if something just comes to me I will let you know. I thougt that was the end of it.

Within just a few minutes, 5 or 10, there was a faint, dark and unsharp little "movie" playing in the left quadrant in the back of my head. I saw Allen enter his bathroom and put his checkbook down on the sink vanity. He then wend to get his pants out of the way to sit on the toilet. As he was preparing to sit his right elbow knocked the checkbook off of the vanity and onto the floor between the commode and the sink vanity.

I called Allen on the phone. I told him to look on the floor in the bathroom between the toilet and the sink. He said I already did, but Gaja overheard Allen and asked if he looked in the UPSTAIRS bathroom. He said that he did not and went upstairs to take a look. I'm sure you know what he saw when he checked the floor of the bathroom upstairs. It was exactly where I said it was.

Regarding my pre-caller ID experiences. Here are a few examples that just don't fit the statistical probabilities:

-- I hadn't heard from my friend Marilyn for over a year and a half. I hadn't heard anything about her, good or bad, for that time period. The phone rang and I picked it up and answered "Hi Marilyn"....She couldn't stop laughing.

... My brother and I were never on good terms. I knew of no reason that he might want to call me. The phone rang, I answered "Hi Gary." That angered him and he said he didn't want to know how I knew it was him.

... I had some friends at my house. The phone rang. I knew it was a call for my house guest, Shanti. I didn't pick up the phone myself. I called to Shanti and asked him to pick up the phone because the call was for him. It was.

... The same evening I was on the phone with my friend Steve. While we were talking I suddenly KNEW that Marge was trying to call me. I told Steve that I had to cut the call short because Marge was trying to call. No sooner did we hang up the phone rang and, of course, it was Marge.

No benefit will accrue to me by sharing these experiences with you or anyone else. I share them, from time to time, so that others may have a brief glimpse into an alternatie reality. I make no claims at special powers, and I do not claim to understand how the KNOWINGS that I get, from time to time, actually work. I earn a good livelihood in my Celtic Jewelry business and have no intention of becoming a professional or hustler in the psychic arena.

I have been to many places on our planet and have seen very unusual things that are generally considered impossible. There are other realities and I am not referring to psychotic episodes. Based on my experiences and obversations I believe that there are some truly extraordinary humans who are aware of multiple realities whenever they wish to be. I do not ask you or anyone else to believe what I say. My knowledge comes from direct experience, not a belief system. My direct experience has, actually, caused many of my earlier belifs to fall away to be replaed by broader, more encompassing, knowledge and beliefs.

My fingers are getting tired of the keyboard and I have much work to do before I can take off the rest of the night. Perhaps more at another time.

Best Wishes, Hugh