This morning as I was chatting at the playground with a grandmother I had just met, we starting talking about zoos.  She felt that zoos which confined the animals in small enclosures were depressing.  Although I agreed, I also pointed out that large open air zoos make it hard for the kids to see and relate to the animals.  We sat quietly for a moment.

Then I thought, it would be great if there were tunnels with observation domes among the animals.  So I started to speak, but she beat me to it.  You know, she said, if there were tunnels under the animal enclosures, and you could pop up in a dome every so often to view the animals, that would be the best of both. I could only agree and let it go.

No one wants to hear that you accidentally read their mind.  After all, I don’t know for sure if I read her or if she read me.  Judging by how often this is starting to happen, I am guessing it is me.  I wonder how often this happens every day with people all over the world.  Maybe we all are constantly hearing each other’s thoughts but never know it.

As we move through our busy lives busting about, working hard, who’s will are we doing?  Which of our impulses and feelings are really our own?  Is there a puppet master pulling the strings?  Or are we all part of a human hive fulfilling some greater purpose of which we known nothing?  Perhaps deep within us all is a receiver that is tuned to the signals of a collective whole or an outside entity.

Considering the amazing research I have read recently on psi, I wonder if our conversation attuned us to the same channel and we then somehow collectively processed the problem so that we shared the job of finding a solution. The accumulation of evidence suggests that psi is a low level but common ability which can be boosted by multiple people focusing together. Athletes, performers, politicians among others work to focus the will of the crowd to support their goals. In what other ways are our abilities harnessed without us even realizing it? Are bureaucracies almost alive with the persistent effort and support of their members? Are formal ceremonies more than just a recognition of an event or are they actually a transformational experience? Are researchers around the world working on the same research actually functioning as part of a network of analytical capacity? Is inspiration a flash from our subconscious or is it really the output from shared thought?