The feeling you're being watched.

neonspectraltoast April 26, 2020 at 23:04 2675 views 11 comments

Many of you may have experienced this, either as the witness or the eye candy. Suffice it to say, I believe this is a real phenomenon, and I was curious what you all would assume the implications of this are.

Even if you don't believe in it...hypothetically, say it's real? What does that entail?

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Valentinus April 26, 2020 at 23:43 #406136 0 likes

Reply to neonspectraltoast
You have presented the question as a phenomenon (or phenomena, if you will)
The burden is upon you to argue what such a result would entail.

neonspectraltoast April 26, 2020 at 23:49 #406145 0 likes

There is no burden here. Just food for thought. If you have no idea, just say so or don't bother responding. I have nothing to prove.

Hanover April 27, 2020 at 00:20 #406159 0 likes

The only way you can sense you're being watched is thorough your senses, of which there are 5. So, I feel I'm being watched when I see someone watching me.

neonspectraltoast April 27, 2020 at 00:28 #406165 0 likes

Never.mind.

praxis April 27, 2020 at 00:40 #406170 0 likes

This guy’s with ya.

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Deleted User April 27, 2020 at 00:57 #406173 0 likes

Quoting neonspectraltoast

Many of you may have experienced this

These experiences may have some play in notions of god or the devil: All around us, watching, but unseen.

Deleted User April 27, 2020 at 01:02 #406176 0 likes

Quoting Hanover

The only way you can sense you're being watched is thorough your senses, of which there are 5.

Absolutely untrue.

Consider: Paranoia.

neonspectraltoast April 27, 2020 at 01:21 #406180 0 likes

I'm just wondering, if, hypothetically speaking, it were a real phenomenon, what would the implication be?

I have experienced it plenty, but I have no idea what it means in regard to, I suppose, consciousness or awareness. I just wish someone had some insight.

I suppose that the mind somehow can influence other bodies without direct contact. But I have no idea what this suggests.

So if anyone could humor the hypothetical and provide some insight, it would be appreciated.

Deleted User April 28, 2020 at 03:08 #406722 0 likes

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To my view, the sensation springs from a spasmodic imagination activated by desire or fear: fear of malevolent watchers or desire for a benevolent watcher.

neonspectraltoast April 28, 2020 at 03:28 #406736 0 likes

Yes, but I'm asking what the implications are if someone is watching you, and, without observing it, you somehow know it.

SophistiCat April 28, 2020 at 08:28 #406833 0 likes

Reply to neonspectraltoast If you are into that kind of stuff, Rupert "eyebeams" Sheldrake has done a lot of "research" on this - his "The Sense of Being Stared At" is a classic of the genre.