It is common for people to want to know what telepathy is. This is being able to communicate with another individual over space and without being in the same room or on the phone.

It is widely thought that telepathy is communication through another paralleled thought plane. It is known that most animals use some form of telepathy in communicating within their herds or with other herds of the same species. This can be done over many leagues of area and is even thought that many sea mammals communicate just this way over many depths of sea.

It is thought that there are some people who live together that still share this mental ability to share ideas within their group or culture.

Telepathy does not need to be feared nor it is very well understood, but it is apart of every humans make up. Many have had telepathic experiences without even knowing it. Maybe it was taught to young children of primitive civilizations they way we teach our children today to speak and read. If one had difficulty, there were probably shown ways to over come the difficulty in learning to use telepathy.

It is not known exactly when we lost our ability to use telepathy on a regular basis, it may be that we have just simply closed our minds to the fact that we are telepathic.

Of course, the flip side of the argument is why does organized religion preach so vehemently that telepathy does not exist? After all, isn?t denial usually a sure sign of guilt or the truth. The person who is most adamant about their innocence tends to be guilty more often than not. More than likely, they are trying to suppress a power or belief that would weaken their stance with the current members of their religion. Showing a weakness can be that first sign of doubt that could lead to the end of an individuals participation of their faith.

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.

It may be that as the world population grew, our need for telepathy began to wane as our survival was not dependent upon it and putting this sense on to a higher power made more sense at the time.

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.