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How to see Ghosts (1 method)

 
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PostPosted: 18-05-2013 13:33    Post subject: How to see Ghosts (1 method) Reply with quote

Everyone's brain focuses on images received by the eye. Normally all of our attention is given to the object at which we are directly looking. With practice it is possible to concentrate on images that are coming in from the corner of ones eyes. To develop this skill try walking along a road gazing at a distant object straight ahead. Then without moving your eyes from that object try to concentrate on images coming in from your peripheral vision. I was very surprised to discover what you can learn from objects that your not actually looking at. It's amazing how your mind tunes out the object at which your eyes are directed and tunes into details from objects elsewhere.
This is one technique that can be used to see ghosts.
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PostPosted: 18-05-2013 20:59    Post subject: Reply with quote

It could also be a method to get run over. Wink
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PostPosted: 18-05-2013 21:59    Post subject: Re: How to see Ghosts (1 method) Reply with quote

greywolfe wrote:
This is one technique that can be used to see ghosts.

It's a technique that can be used to explore the limits of natural vision, but where do ghosts come in?
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PostPosted: 18-05-2013 22:05    Post subject: Reply with quote

you walk into a lot of lampposts till you are so confused you start seeing things
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PostPosted: 19-05-2013 19:08    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since the beginning of time people have seen ghosts out of the corner of their eye. Some say these sightings are mis-interpreted images and are bound to occur at the extremities of the filed of view. Other say the ghosts seen are a real deal and if you practice concentrating on peripheral images you will become more skilled at identifying what you see. For me ghost are real and beyond question and I cannot doubt the statistical weight of corner of the eye evidence.
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PostPosted: 23-05-2013 12:53    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seeing things out of the corner of your eye is just a natural phenomenon.

Your vision comes from the road and cone cells in your eye, which pick up different wavelengths of light. The rods are more around the edge and the cones in the middle. Because of this the rods pick up slightly different things in the corner of your vision.

There's an easy way to try this out: rods are much better at seeing in the dark than cones. If you look at something directly (such as writing) in a dark room you'll struggle to make out the words. However, if you turn your head slightly, you'll be able to read it because the rods are picking up more light!

I think seeing odd things in the corner of your vision is just because your rods are doing all the work in that area, but as the wavelengths they're picking up are slightly different than the ones you're currently focusing on when looking straight on your brain gets a little confused. You're not seeing entities, you're just seeing things slightly differently then when you look at them head-on.
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PostPosted: 25-05-2013 09:52    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have posted before about the glimpse of my friends dead cat that i think i saw out of the corner of my eye, since it was just a fleeting glimpse AND seen from the corner of my eye i have always been dubious about labeling it as a ghost, how more "real" are things seen normally, compared to something seen just from the corner of the eye?
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PostPosted: 25-05-2013 11:55    Post subject: Reply with quote

it hasn't happened that much for a while, but there was a period in my life where I quite regularly saw things moving just off the edge of my vision, sometimes I seemed to make out a cat and other times it was like a 'something' that seemed to get out of sight just as it realised i'd noticed it.

tended up happen a lot more when I was tired.

some people might interpret that as spooks but personally I think it was just my brain screwing up.
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PostPosted: 05-06-2013 12:15    Post subject: Reply with quote

I learned that your peripheral vision is tuned to catch movement but not detail and your straight ahead vision is just the opposite.
Generally males have better peripheral vision as a remnant from hunting days, which is why we cannot find items that we are asked to fetch from cupboards, and females have better straight ahead vision which enables them to demonstrate that it was there all along Laughing

So it is not surprising that if you try and tune in to peripheral vision you might just notice something.
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PostPosted: 11-06-2013 17:48    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't forget that your brain also sees what ithe eye cannot and often fills in the blanks with a best guess based on previous experinece and memory.
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PostPosted: 11-06-2013 22:09    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think peripheral vision anomalies may be on the beck test ... for anxiety / depression etc ... sorry to be a downer
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PostPosted: 14-06-2013 13:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

jeff544 wrote:
Generally males have better peripheral vision as a remnant from hunting days, which is why we cannot find items that we are asked to fetch from cupboards, and females have better straight ahead vision which enables them to demonstrate that it was there all along Laughing


Actually the opposite is true...males have better straight-ahead vision because they're hunters need to judge distances to catch their prey, females have better peripheral vision because they’re gatherers who need to spot approaching threats. And I think we’ve all experienced some proof of this...

Woman: Just look at what they’re doing over there!
Man: What? [turns]
Woman: Don’t turn and look at them!!
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PostPosted: 14-06-2013 20:29    Post subject: Reply with quote

Urvogel wrote:
jeff544 wrote:
Generally males have better peripheral vision as a remnant from hunting days, which is why we cannot find items that we are asked to fetch from cupboards, and females have better straight ahead vision which enables them to demonstrate that it was there all along Laughing


Actually the opposite is true...males have better straight-ahead vision because they're hunters need to judge distances to catch their prey, females have better peripheral vision because they’re gatherers who need to spot approaching threats. And I think we’ve all experienced some proof of this...

Woman: Just look at what they’re doing over there!
Man: What? [turns]
Woman: Don’t turn and look at them!!


Aha...that explains how women are capable of checking out guys without appearing to do so at all! Smile
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