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.

Communication through telepathy is not done in the normal way we communicate. Many animals use telepathy to transmit danger or food sources. Scientists have discovered this fact after years of research. Some animals can even communicate over large expanses of areas. It is not necessary for them to be close to each other in other words.

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.

Why did society lose their abilities of telepathy for the most part? The answer is not an easy one but belief and practice are the most likely culprits. As society progressed, our beliefs changed and a big part of that was religion. The faith?s that people practice today all but discount telepathy and actually make this ability out to be a type of demonic possession.

It may just be that it has been bred out of us or that we lost the need for it due to other forms of communication.

In fact, telepathy is sometimes called the 6th sense or your third eye that sees things your other two cannot. While these two facets are not actually related to each other, you get the general idea that these skills are equated to telepathy originating from the second nature that humans and animals are sometimes talked to possess.

We have many ways of expressing our intuition, or telepathy. You may get sudden shivvers down your spine, some people say that is someone walking on their grave. This sensation is often a precursor to a telepathic thought or feeling. Perhaps right after that some thing very good or some thing very bad happens. Did you just have a telepathic moment or is it coincidence? Some may have a feeling of dread for no reason at all, then they may get some bad news that they did not want to hear. This also can be a form of telepathy in it?s purest form.

Religious fervor can be accounted for some of the loss of telepathic ability along with natural evolution and need. It is easier for man to think that these telepathic feelings being sent from a higher power than from within themselves. If a higher power is giving us these thoughts, we are more inclined to believe in that power. It makes the gods more powerful in our minds.

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.

Of course, this also brings to light as to why organized religion is so adamant that this ability does not exist unless you are possessed by the devil. What is their fear of this natural ability? The opinion is that if anyone can have this ability, it would make the power of a deity less impressive. You would basically be admitting that anyone can see the future or communicate silently. These abilities are supposed to belong to a higher power, not the common man.