What are supernatural powers?

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By packerpack

Its not that i have some done some sort of research on the matter or have come across any supernatural power or I myself one (ha ha ha, just kidding). With this hub I just want to present the concept of supernatural power from a different perspective.

I have tried to use a very simple logic to put forward my point. I discuss this topic thinking that it will help us learn more about our surroundings and belief. Please feel free to correct me as required and add to the discussion any related information.

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The logic goes as follows.

Assume a hypothetical condition where there be a two dimensional organism living in a two dimensional world (Though there is nothing in this world which is two dimensional; everything has some length, width and height or depth) and it has enough intellect to understand its surrounding. Now let the organism be put in a three dimensional space, say a hollow sphere. The organism being two dimensional does not understand anything in three dimension more so because it has always been in a world where there has been only two dimensions.

This lack of knowledge in the organism about the third dimension will be evident if it is asked to make one complete round of the sphere internally. It continues to move even though it has come back to the starting point. Its because it has no understanding of third dimension as he/she himself/herself is of two dimensions and has lived in such world around.  Even though it moves in the sphere in a curved path; to the organism it appears that it is always moving forward on a flat surface and in a straight line. 

Similar is the case with we human beings. We are still not capable of time travel, nor do we understand it. So it happens that if any other organism (lets call them UFO's for the time being) which is capable of travelling in time, when it travels somewhere around our vicinity, we call it supernatural power. Some will say its God, others will say its Ghost, it all depends on our belief. We being a three dimensional organism, do not understand the fourth dimension yet and hence we give such things the name of supernatural powers.

 

But think of the day when time travel will be understood and possible, will it be that the human will be called the supernatural power or is it that the very definition of supernatural power will change?

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adrainsean 3 years ago

well if god exist so does evil and hence natural forces are there so are super natural forces no doucbt about that.

wiker 3 years ago

Today things which are beyond logic are expressed as supernatural forces according to our beliefs, just like the omnipresent all mighty believed to be god, is accepted as the creator of this universe, which need not be true! As our science is yet to understand the other dimensions (believed to go upto 13), we fail to comprehend what is beyond our knowledge and call it by different names.

dio 3 years ago

i agree there can be supernatural forces

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EYEAM4ANARCHY 3 years ago

I agree. It's all a matter of perspective.

A hundred years ago people thought flying was an impossibility.

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Ms Chievous Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

I beleive there are things out side of this world which we cannot yet comprehend. We ( people as a whole) cannot even comprehend al the things that occur here on earth.

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Yes Ms Chievous you are correct, human is yet to unveil lot of mysteries of nature and personally I think we are just at the tip of the iceberg

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mysticdave 3 years ago

I do believe there are supernatural forces on this earth, and we humans are just starting to find this out more and more everyday:)

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Thanks for stopping by. Actually I feel the definition of supernatural power is itself bit hazy. What we don't understand, we give it a name of supernatural power tomorrow when we will understand, it will no longer be super natural. It all on the way we take things as! Thanks for visiting

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k@ri 3 years ago

Your logic is straightforward and makes a very good point. There are many things we do not yet understand, one of which is the human brain. The thought that we don't understand something so integral to our being seems, to me, to prove the point that there is so much out there that we do not know! We think we know so much and we are so advanced, but we don't even know ourselves! :D

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Well said k@ri and thanks for stopping by. Yes there are so many things to know and so many things to learn and the more we learn the more we get curious

Tim 3 years ago

It is a well known that you can only learn 1% of the univeses secrets in a life time

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Thanks for stopping by Tim, maybe one can learn only 1% of the secrets of universe in a lifetime. what if a culmulative effort is made??

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Amanda Severn Level 3 Commenter 3 years ago

This is an interesting analogy Packerpack, and probably not too wide of the mark. I've had some interesting experiences of my own over the years, and I've witnessed telekenesis and psychometry, and know that neither were fraudulent. Just because we don't understand things doesn't mean that they will remain a mystery for all time. As a child I remember watching Star Trek and being very impressed with the communicators. At the time we didn't even have a home phone, and now everyone has phones in their pockets, and some of them even flip up like the Star Trek communicators!

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Thanks for stopping by Amanda, yes not everything that meets the eye is true similarly, things that do not meets the eye may not necessarily be non existent

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Paper Moon 3 years ago

A beautiful and succinct way of expressing this logically.  The sun was supernatural only a brief time ago in the scope of human existence. 

Glad I book marked this and came back to read it. :)

LAmatadora 3 years ago

I also agree about the incapabilities of humans to understanding things that are above our comprehension. We are imperfect beings and at one time were perfect. We only use 7% of our brain. Think of what we would comprehend as perfect people using 100% of our brain and then maybe we would be able to understand more about the complex supernatural world.

I also beleive some people may be able to use parts of the brain that most humans cannot use. for whatever reason those are the ones with the said "6th sense" that they have a sensitivity to the other realm (supernatural realm) whether they hear, see, or know things that others cannot explain or even imagine. Thats my theory.

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Hey thanks for the comments guys.

Paper Moon -> Glad that you found my Hub interesting enough to book mark it. Thanks for the comment

LAmatadora -> Thanks for stopping by. I had heard that an average human being do not use more then 2% to 3% of their brain in their entire life. I think people using 7% of their head are the once who are the most intellectual people on Earth. Well yes one can image the day when an average human will be using their brain close to 100% (nothing can be 100%). I guess all problems of the world will get solved but at the same time the world will become more complex and competitive

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mohitmisra 3 years ago

Your exlplanation coincides with the top scientits of our times.

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packerpack Hub Author 3 years ago

Thanks for such a great comment Mohit, you have put me at par with present scientist. Thanks a lot

AJ 2 years ago

this a really good analogy!

NadaHakeem 2 years ago

i think people can't use the rest of their brain because they were taught that they can't. kids are more creative because they do not know that they cant do better!

the more knowledge we get the more the limitations are.

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packerpack Hub Author 2 years ago

True, the more we learn the more dumb we become! Education should open our mind instead of blocking it! Thanks for visiting!

Nikhil kumar 2 years ago

if there is god why cannot he help those persons who are help less or mad moving on the road . why cannot he help the dying person . so i belive that thre is nothing like god .

DR.FLOYD 2 years ago

i think that all humans are are a like in alot of ways but there are some humans that was here before any other species of man or beast or insects of fish even dinnosoars there is no right exsplaynation for we have started for the beginning and shawll live to see this planet earth grow untill it also turns into a life with no boundreis.no air no water. no fire void

Gabriel 2 years ago

I don't believe in God but in supernatural powers. It is logical for me, just as your thoughts are. What do you think about that?

Chajiry 2 years ago

I read your artical. I know its very difficult to understand but 1 thing I am sure of is that human being are lazy that they aren't able to learn the super natural powers in ourself.

I don't want these supernatural powers but I just want to protect is from its misuse.

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packerpack Hub Author 2 years ago

Nikhil -> Thanks for visiting> I too share the same idea about god however my reasons are more pronounced. To know more about it read my Hubs on religion and god.

Dr. FLOYD -> Thanks for visiting and for sharing your thoughts comments.

Gabriel -> As said above to Nikhil I too do not believe in God but I am not completely against it. The day I am convinced with some rational reasoning that it does exist, I will.

Chajiry -> Thanks for visiting buddy!

Sameer  2 years ago

I just wnt to knw something more abt it. Cn some one plz mail me more stuffs related to it at sameermujawar@rocketmail.com

Mahesh 2 years ago

I know different peoples have there own opinions as me, I belive in gods and suppernatural things, I have experinced a lot in my life, its not like that if u dont see a thing it does not appear, some things we have to belive if we dont see too, I had a call from my friend after 30mins of his death where very few peoples were knowing of it not even his parrents know he was death .

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packerpack Hub Author 2 years ago

Interesting to note but I have never experienced anything like this yet and so I an afraid to say I do not believe in things that do now appear to me!

Sameer 2 years ago

I know different peoples have there own opinions as me, I belive in gods and suppernatural things, I have experinced a lot in my life, its not like that if u dont see a thing it does not appear, some things we have to belive if we dont see too, I had a call from my friend after 30mins of his death where very few peoples were knowing of it not even his parrents know he was death .and i think

i think that all humans are are a like in alot of ways but there are some humans that was here before any other species of man or beast or insects of fish even dinnosoars there is no right exsplaynation for we have started for the beginning and shawll live to see this planet earth grow untill it also turns into a life with no boundreis.no air no water. no fire void

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packerpack Hub Author 2 years ago

@Sameer -> Thanks for your opinion and appreciate your views!

Muhammad Faheem 2 years ago

A little aunt never understand the logic, science etc so we are like a micro particles in this universe we really can not explain what we have we borne with limitations as a little aunt…. Can some one explain what is number ( 1 ) in real meaning of universe ?

James 21 months ago

Yes god is real and so are demons and spirits and the devil the demons and spirits and the devil sometimes. Try to makes us go insane but we have to keep the faith. And believe that god will bring us through.

Jai 18 months ago

Well..To Start with..I do believe that Super natural Pwoers Exist in this World...Not just one..Many..

One powerful supernatural Power is Our mind..Which is natual at this time which wen trained in right way can become Super natural...

And...Powers like Ghost and God..There are various Beliefe like God id none but one's Self..and god is Every where..It is true that Our ancestors sometimes Guide us from our side...We can sometimes feel their Presence..But Because our brains(Mind) are natural(Not Supernatural) We do not realize it..!!

Mentalist 18 months ago

a person should do what he thinks is right not what he was told is right.People should learn to see this world defferently because what meets the eye meets the brain so we should not trust what we see always but you as a person must have your own theory of whats going on around you.

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packerpack Hub Author 13 months ago

@Jai -> I agree with you and that is what I too have tried to explain, so long we understand things around us we feel that it is something normal but the moment it goes beyond the realm of our understanding we feel it is supernatural. Hence, it all depends how developed our brain is. Thanks for visiting and commenting.

@Mentalist -> Nature has so many mystery still to be uncovered and so not everything could be explained as per what we see or what we do not see. I agree with you. Thanks for the comment

rajit 8 months ago

i have got a lot of experience of supernaturalpowers ,so, i believe in it.there might be some of the supernatural creatures been existed in the nook and corner of the universe

rajit 8 months ago

i have got a lot of experience of supernaturalpowers ,so, i believe in it.there might be some of the supernatural creatures been existed in the nook and corner of the universe

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