Telepathy is thought to many things including instinct and intuition. In reality, it the communication without using speech, writing or hand signs. It is, at its base, mental communication.

If you cannot use the methods that we have all grown accustomed to, how exactly are we communication then? The answer is that you are doing so on a completely different level than we are used to. This method is a method that is believed to have existed from the beginning of time in animals. As scientists believe we are direct descendants of animals, why would we not have this same ability to communicate silently?

Many believe that ancient man inherently had this ability to communicate with each other as a necessity of survival and that some may not have lost this ability over time.

Most of our normal behaviors are learned behaviors. Some are more instinctual in nature and telepathy is considered one of these behaviors. It is thought that we can be taught to be telepathic again just as we are taught to read or to write. If we can teach those with learning disabilities to over come them and lean these basic needs, why can we not teach those who are not telepaths naturally to attain this trait?

Instead, our society has alienated this skill and has failed to hone it to perfection over the years. It should be groomed as we would speech, music and our natural senses but it is not.

We all have a sixth sense that we are familiar with. There was even a movie by this name so it is not an uncommon way of looking at telepathy.

This instinct can manifest itself in many ways and can be regarded as telepathic in nature by some. I am sure we have all heard the instances of people who are just getting ready to board a flight for a planned trip, just to get a weird feeling and then decided to not to get on the plane. When they get home there are news stories of the flight they were about to take being in a bad crash with few survivors. Did that person who chose not to fly have a telepathic insight? What made them decide not to fly that day? Some might say it is a survival instinct that we all have. Others will say it was a telepathic intuition that made them feel the danger ahead and that is what made them falter and not get on the plane.

It may not be easy to figure out when and why humans do not experience telepathy as the norm any more. It could be that religious fervor has taken the place of telepathy in more modern times. Our faith has been put into our religious icons as opposed to inherent talents. Also, telepathy is thought to be an evil incarnation and has been shunned because of this.

When we have a telepathic occurrence, we now associate it with a higher power instead of within ourselves. We feel that the higher power we believe in is the reason for our instincts and abilities.

The main theory as to why religion has denounced telepathy is because of a base power struggle between the spiritual leaders of certain churches and faiths. These unscrupulous leaders would rather our faith be in the deity of their chosen religion rather than in ourselves. This gives more weight to their specific god or holy leader and makes it easier to have faith in them.