The Psychic Cashier

Standing in line at Trader Joes. Staring into space. Trying to remember my PIN number. $41.31 the cashier said. Thanks. It's nice to have psychic cashiers who know your thoughts and have answers. Of course, I suddenly realized it was all coincidence. Serendipity. My food total was the same as my PIN Number. Basically 10,000-1 odds. I'll need to save some of that for the big Las Vegas poker tournament. Either that or bring the cashier along. Or maybe I can acquire some of that ability. Knowing the thoughts of the other players would certainly be helpful.

I actually think there are a couple of methods for "knowing the thoughts" of the other players. When we read, we may "say the words silently" as we read. This is known as sub-vocalization. Speed reading techniques discourage this as is slows down reading. Some people are perceptive enough to pick up on "sub-vocalization". To hear what others are saying silently. This ability to perceive sub-vocalized sounds has also explained some "ESP" abilities.

The other method for knowing a players thoughts is to "see" his cards. To utilize remote viewing techniques. (See McGoneagle.) World class poker player and all-around brat, Phil Hellmuth, alludes to something very similar to remote viewing in his book. Basically Phil advocates attempting to visualize your opponents cards. And coming back to coincidence, remote viewing techniques were first developed at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Palo Alto. Know where Phil Hellmuth lives? Yep, Palo Alto. Coincidence? Serendipity?

Phil says that with practice, you can "see" an opponents cards. Phil says he has stunned opponents by saying, let me guess, you had two red queens?!....and the opponent will stammer back, saying "how'd you know that?"

Now if I can get that down and then visualize the cards to be dealt....that would be an unstoppable combination.

$41.31 said the cashier.