Telepathy The art of reading minds
	Mind reading has long been considered something impossible or attainable only to those psychics on television that you can get 15 minutes with for $50.00. In reality, telepathy is around you wherever you look. Ever had a strange feeling that you should pick up the phone and when you do there is someone on the other end trying to reach you? Or said something allowed in response to one of you thoughts and someone near you exclaimed, "That's exactly what I was thinking!" If so, you may have experienced telepathy yourself.      Anyone can read minds with a great deal of meditation, practice, and dedication. Of course, it is easier for someone born with the natural ability but someone born without talent can also achieve telepathic mastery. Telepathic achievement is often time easier for women as they have been found to be more in touch with their emotions and intuition. Caffeine has a positive effect on telepathy but dissociative drugs make it far more harder to be in touch with someone else's thoughts and feelings.      There are three distinct types of telepaths: the emotional reader, the thought reader and the image reader. The emotional reading telepath is extremely in tune to others emotions. Walking through a crowded building, they may feel an entire range of emotions within a matter of a few minutes. Stress, an overwhelming feeling, frustration, and depression from mood changes are a few downsides to this gift. Emotional telepaths often give good advice and are considered great listeners. The thought reader is the telepath that is able perceive what another is thinking. They may grasp the full idea or just a few strands. Like the emotional reader, the thought reader also suffers from overwhelming feelings and frustration. They may also become avoidant and introverted. Image telepaths are telepaths that can receive and send images.This is not always categorized as a separate group, in some sources it will be categorized as mind reading.      Advanced telepaths often find it hard to fit in. People on lower levels sense there is something different about them and subconciously are told to stay away. Of course, telepathic levels vary from person to person, just like hair color and eye color. Every person has some level of psychic or telepathic awareness. Ever caught yourself saying I was just thinking that? Often times you may not even know of your abilities. It is important to keep your gifts a secret, except to a few close friends, as the more people that know, the easier it is for them to close their mind off to you. Closing of a mind is a term used to describe a person's response to mental probing. Some people can block telepaths out of their mind and others allow them to enter and read anything. Telepaths should be careful of letting other telepaths really read into them and toy with their minds. Strange things happen when one telepath reads into another; gains/losses of power and switching of telepathic types are among the most common results. The mind is a complicated, unpredictable thing and caution should be used in anything pertaining to it.