Was this Telepathy?

[NJCher]

An odd thing happened today and I thought my forum buddies here might enjoy the story.

The semester just started and in my class Tuesday, I was happy to see a student who had started my course a semester ago but hadn't finished. I really liked this student and was disappointed she had to drop last semester, largely because of health problems. The student is quite obese. She is an honors student, is musically talented, has a terrific personality, and is also very pretty. Her name is Chelsea and she wants to teach kids in places like Elizabeth, Newark, or Trenton. She already works in an after-school program in Elizabeth.

She told me my class was full but that she visited the university's site every day, thinking the odds were that someone would drop the class before the term started and that she could grab the spot. Sure enough, that's what happened and she got the open spot.

The class was around the time of the inauguration, and she and I were the only ones in the room and we watched it on the large-screen projector. Both before and after the ceremonies, we engaged in small talk and during that time, I mentioned having been to the gym prior to the class. I remarked on what a terrific gym it was and inside my head, I wanted to ask her to join me for a workout. I didn't think that would be appropriate, though, so I didn't say anything.

After class, she and I were the only ones in the room and we stayed to watch more of the inauguration. We engaged in small talk, too, and I remarked that I'd been to the gym earlier in the day. She told me her doctor said she had to get more exercise. I really wanted to ask her to join me the next day for a workout at the gym. I didn't, though, because that could be viewed as student favoritism.

So today I arrive at the gym and I'm on a cardio machine and who walks in only a few minutes later but Chelsea. She came right over to the bike section where I was working out and started on a machine before she even saw me.

I was, of course, happy to see her but even more so, I was a bit amazed that she showed up at the same time I did, especially after my thought of asking her to join me at the gym the previous day. Oh sure, it was probably coincidence, but... :)



Cher

[Kookaburra]

1. Good for you for motivating that young lady!!!

I'm sure you put the idea in her head, and wouldn't be a bit surprised if there was a little mental communication there. It sounds like you two have a nice connection.

[Celebration]

2. You inspired her, for sure

What a tribute to you that she hung around waiting for an opening in your class.

As for your question, I wouldn't really call it telepathy. It was more "insight"--reading the whole message, rather than just the spoken word. I would also call it synchronicity--you were there to deliver the "gym" message at the right time, to reinforce the medical advice. Obviously she admires you a lot.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Synchronicity

I agree with itsjust me on that.

[NJCher]

4. comm class

Thanks for the comments. You're probably right that it was reading into the situation. After all, it's a communication class, I'm the teacher, and if I can't do that, I shouldn't be teaching the class!



Cher

[Kind of Blue]

5. I think you had both telepathy and synchronicity

at work here. She definitely feels the warm and goodwill you have for her. And, to me, she picked up telepathically your health concerns for her and your sensitivity about speaking directly to it, so as to not hurt her feelings. You are, indeed, a good communicator!

I had the opposite happen years ago, while a student at GWU in DC. My best friend, Nina and I, on a whim decided to do something that required we leave campus and get back just in time for our next class. Well, we're on the way back on the subway and I don't remember falling asleep but I was in the flow. I was startled into lucidity with a vision of a woman with beautiful curly blond ringlets, wearing a white shirt. I told Nina and we laughed saying it was an angel giving us a sign we'd make it back in time.

Well, Nina and I were ready to fight our way off the train because people boarding barely allowed those getting off to do so. Plus, we were in a hurry. The train stops and we're the first ones at the door. The door opens and bam! there's the woman with the blond ringlets wearing all white. Nina and I were awestruck not by the vision coming true but because the woman was blind - she wore no glasses but carried a cane. We immediately stopped those behind us trying to push pass, and when people noticed, a nice little path was created for her. I'll never forget her simple, "Thank you." Not to me but to everyone on the train.

I think this was telepathy. She was sending out to whoever could pick up her message to please be careful and don't knock me down. She was so vulnerable and brave at the same time. I guess when we really, really feel it and can be in the flow, any message can be sent and received while the Universe sets up the best outcome.

[NJCher]

6. New Development in the Telepathy (?) Story

OK, so something new happened at the last class--actually two things happened. One, my student (mentioned above) walked in and we chatted about meeting each other at the gym. I asked if this was her first time there and she said, "Yeah, I just got the feeling that "now was the time."

The next, or second thing that happened--same class--was the students did paired introductions. The idea is to interview another person in the class and introduce that person to the group as a whole. Then it's reversed, and so on.

I choose the pairs. I never pair people up who sit next to each other because I figure they may already know that person. The idea is to get to know someone new. I pair them from opposite sides of the room. Because I don't know their names at this point, it's more like, "Miss Red Sweater, you're paired with Mr. Green Hat." But it's always from opposite parts of the room that I put the pairs together.

So much to my surprise, this pair, a guy and a girl, introduced each other. The surprise was they both had gone to the same high school. After the introduction, I asked them if they knew each other from that high school. They both turned beet red. Finally the girl said they had actually been together as a couple for four years.

This was puzzling to me. I said, "Do you mean to tell me I paired you up from opposite corners of the room and you actually are a couple and know each other really well, like really, really well?" They laughed and said yes and they both thought it a little weird. I said I thought it was an interesting coincidence, too. :)




Cher

[Celebration]

7. That's a great story re: the couple

I doubt if your pairing them up was a coincidence. LOL. I wonder why they weren't sitting together.