Hi Petra;

> So you've had some psychology education huh? So how are we doing? All on the fringes of "nutdom" or what?

Just a Bachelor's degree back in the late 50s so I'm not qualified to make such judgements. But we're all a little nutty or we wouldn't spend so much time staring at CRT screens.

> What do you think about people who have this strong urge to work on earthquake prediction? What's different between a scientist who works in this arena, versus an average person with a calling?

Not much, really. Everyone has special interests.

> Why do I say its a "calling"? It seems to be exactly that. It is as though something touched you and forever you are drawn inexplicably to seek the answer. I find that really interesting.

Interesting yes, but if it wasn't quakes it would be something else.

> I got into the parapsychology thing back in the 80's when it seemed to take a big hold in the literary arena.

Much earlier for me.

> I think I must have read at least a hundred books on the subject. There was a lot of truth in the material, but the best part is that it made me question why we think that this is all there is and why do we narrow it down to such smallness.

On the other side of that is a book by a lady parapsychologist who left the field when she realized that after a great deal of research she had found absolutely nothing.

> There is expanded consciousness for those who wish to go beyond the bounds of finite limits. We can achieve more not only for ourselves, but for many others if we understand how one ripple in the pond of life can carry a wave so vast, it can travel the width of the Earth. Only small minds think small thoughts.

It's called being focussed Petra. Sometimes those big thoughts just dilute things to nothingness. Read "A Beautiful Mind" sometime.

Roger