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That's an interesting point about prayer and the Bible does seem to speak of silent prayers as something that emanates from you instead of God reading your thoughts .This, to me seems a case in point for Satan being the great Illusionist and using this to power we have to talk to God by thought as a basis for thinking it is something that some people can use apart from God ,as if satan is continuing the lie from the garden of Eden that man can think for himself and have powers INDEPENDENT from God.
What do I know? Before I came in to the JW religion I had these abilities and many others that are classed as demonic by JW's and others. There was always an underlying sense of smugness ,nervousness, unusual mind and body feelings, and a deep gut feeling of something bad is present and foreboding.
My mother used to converse with someone who moved to Canada for years and experienced some of the things you all are talking about. But what was the point of it all......it goes hand in hand with seeing the future ...like when I told a freind he was to die at this time,at this date ,this is how etc. but he died and it all did him no good, but it did convince people who new what was predicted by me that there is some weird and powerfull force that is in some people like me and led them away from the possibility of the power actually coming from an evil source that is NOT human.
The Bible revealed the source to me ,that it was not just me having some special ability......see where the satanic illusion comes in......we have a power that god gave us to pray to him with our mind but Satan has used this to mislead people.
I knew a lot of people with these "powers" years ago and most did not live by bible standards at all...quite to the contrary drugs ,booze ,witchcraft,smoking etc and they wore the some dark clothing ,fascination with all things Gothic etc etc
Now before anyone conludes that I think all are like that, I will say I mixed in diverse circles, a Yogi that could levitate and move things along with the usual mock humility of an Eastern religionist, and other people who of course look like every other person but make money out of "The Gift".
Well that's my 2 cents worth