SkinWalker said:Had you bothered to do even a casual literature review, it wouldn't appear that you were so ignorant. I cited but two primary sources of the many, many available on the subject (Eaton et al 1998; Aiello 1987)
You guys don't get it. You are children who refuse to believe in anything that is not in your dictionary. I don't need permission to believe what I do. You can complain all you want that your books don't approve of what I believe. Too bad.
SkinWalker said:The notion that there is some 'spiritual' energy is poppycock since it is without evidence. Just saying it exists doesn't make it so.
It does exist. If instead of going to such extreme lengths to defend this meaningless concept of "personal space", people simply acted as if they did have energy. After awhile, they would find it was true. It makes no difference in your daily life if you mentally say "They moved away because of my energy". No one knows but you. Try it for a year or two and see if you don't feel like you begin to understand all kinds of mysterious things you have no answer for now.
This conversation is like a movie. There must be a hundred movies where the old eccentric or the hippie or the homeless man or whoever teaches the tight butt establishment person what life is really about. "But those are just movies", I hear you moan. Movies based on the human condition.
Off the top of my head, The Fischer King is catching my attention for some reason. Robin Williams is the loony I think. He teaches some ruler straight guy what life is about.
SkinWalker said:No, the actions of people involved exactly mimic how they would behave knowing there was someone in close proximity to them. Take away this knowledge via visual and auditory deprivation, you you have no proximity issues between people.
I do not understand how intelligent people can be so stubbornly clueless. Taking away auditory and visual clues is exactly what they do to train various martial artists of the highest level. Specifically so they learn to feel their opponents energy. You need to get out more. Get out of those books and into real life to see how other people view the world.
SkinWalker said:Claims made with supporting evidence rarely make one feel ignorant. Ironically, it is apparent by your continued wild and unsupported claims that those made without evidence don't even supply one with a feeling of shame much less ignorance. Though, the ignorance is clear to all with an education and the ability to think rationally and critically.
Your argument basically boils down to, you know what has happened in my life better than I do. Your books, written by people whom I bet you have never met in real life, or spoken to, these mysterious people dictate your life. Do you realize that? Men you never met, who did nothing more than sign their name to an authoritative book, control your mind completely.
Just to be contrary, everything you cite could be lies. There could be a government department somewhere pumping out authoritative sounding stuff and just making up names to sign it with. Did you read 1984? They had entire government departments devoted to rewriting history whenever it was necessary.
I doubt if that is the case with those references you cite. I stand by my point. Personal experience trumps mysterious unknown men signing authoritative sounding books.