How to Mind Read
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by Carmelia
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Mind reading is a skill that we usually see in TV shows, comic books and magic shows. It’s the ability to see what another person is thinking without doing thing overt to do it. Professor X from the X-Men is one famous mind reader. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a mutant to be able to mind read. You just have to observant. Here’s how.
Read Body Language
Body language reveals a lot of things about a person. For example, a bad posture can signify insecurity. Crossed arms means a person isn’t feeling receptive to other people. Body language offers a huge chunk of clues on what a person is feeling or thinking. Read more about body language in How to Read Body Language.
Eye Reading
The eyes are the windows to the soul, or so the cliché goes. The truth of the matter is, your eyes can convey so much to other people without you even uttering a single word.
For example, someone who is telling a lie will look at the left or upper-left side of their head. Why lying? Because they’re processing invented details in their head. Someone is telling the truth if they look to the right, because it means they’re accessing memories.
Shifty eyes or people who refuse to look at other people straight may be feeling guilty or hiding something.
The pupils in your eyes also say a lot. If the pupils in your eyes dilate, it means you’re attracted at the person you’re looking at. If they shrink, it means that you’re not. Just be careful when basing your hints on dilation…light can easily cause pupils to grow bigger and shrink too.
Eye movement can always tell you if a person is interested in something, or someone, or is impatient to go to a certain direction.
Context
Reading minds always has to come with a context. A person’s background, values, personality, hobbies and interests all come into play with what’s probably going on in his or her mind. For example, a single mother juggling two jobs is less likely to think about astronomy…unless she was an astronomer in one of her two jobs, or if she just saw a documentary about astronomy just a few minutes ago. Reading context clues are a complex, so it’s easier to do with people you know very well, as you are exposed more on their thinking patterns and what preoccupies them most of the time.
Mood
Moods also provide great clues on what a person is feeling. If a person is unhappy or sour, it’s likely that they’re preoccupied with something that makes them feel that way. All you have to do is deduct what it is exactly that makes them unhappy. Family? Relationship? Work? The news? These are the major areas in the life of a person that’s more likely to affect them emotionally.
Reading minds is something between an art and a science, and a whole lot of observation. With enough practice and insight, you’ll be able to “read minds” of your friends and family in no time.
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