{"id":1977,"date":"2025-04-16T13:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/it-surprised-her-to-learn-i-wasnt-a-believer-in-psychic-powers\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:20:29","slug":"it-surprised-her-to-learn-i-wasnt-a-believer-in-psychic-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/it-surprised-her-to-learn-i-wasnt-a-believer-in-psychic-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"It Surprised Her to Learn I Wasn\u2019t a Believer in Psychic Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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She said what about that poem you wrote about reading a bird\u2019s mind?
\nI said, I\u2019m a jester at times, kidding about things I don\u2019t believe in.
\nBut what about your spiritual experiences and the kundalini energy in you, she said?
\nI said, those aren’t psychic powers, just natural manifestations in one’s spiritual life.
\nShe cited people with alleged psychic powers she\u2019d read about.
\nI said don\u2019t believe what you\u2019ve read. They\u2019ve all been debunked.
\nI\u2019d like there to be an abundance of psychic powers \u2026 if
\nthey could be used for the good of humankind and to better the world.
\nBut I just don\u2019t believe anyone has bona fide paranormal powers.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She said what about that poem you wrote about reading a bird\u2019s mind? I said, I\u2019m a jester at times, kidding about things I don\u2019t believe in. But what about your spiritual experiences and the kundalini energy in you, she said? I said, those aren’t psychic powers, just natural manifestations in one’s spiritual life. She… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}