Psychic Children. Susan Gale

      Susan Gale, the program administrator at a day care center, was observing a three-year-old boy, James, who had never spoken a word and who had been labeled autistic. Every day his favorite activity was to build walls and throw things at them. He also tried to throw toys out of the window and at other children. Frequently he would run up to another child, do something inappropriate and then laugh.

      However, when Susan looked into his eyes, she saw not mental illness or disconnection from the world, but a lively intelligence. Immediately the image of her highly intuitive son Dave came to mind. Of course! Dave should come for a visit and communicate with James.

      The next day, 6'6"-tall Dave, with ebony muscles rippling beneath his short-sleeved shirt, squatted down at eye level with James and began to speak to the three year old telepathically. James looked stunned and began gingerly touching Dave’s face and throat. Dave smiled and explained to his mother that James was wondering where the words were coming from. Once James understood how Dave was communicating, he began to pour out a remarkable story.

      He was an engineer in an army, James explained, with a specialty in designing catapults. He was also a practical joker (hence, the interest in building and throwing, and the “jokes” on his classmates, guided by the “wisdom” of a three year old).

      James also complained about people using their mouths to communicate—a very clumsy and slow way to talk, he felt. Dave explained that not many people in James’s environment could hear words that were sent telepathically and that if James wanted to make his thoughts known to those around him, he would have to learn to speak aloud. The two young men continued to communicate for about fifteen minutes.

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