In such a scenario, not only will you need to handle your own intrusive thoughts, but you’ll need to learn tolerance–the tolerance required to defend against an incessant barrage of your co-worker as she replays over and over that conversation you had with her two weeks ago; the leering creeper with bloodshot eyes standing with his drink shielding his stomach; the person wearing shoes she dislikes but still purchased on the counsel of a trusted friend; the nervous dog walker’s thoughts as he looks side to side after his dog takes a poo on your lawn. If you could really read minds—notthoughts—then you’d realize how the thoughts tend to be a sort of scattered constellation of half-formed arguments, conflicting desires, ridiculous drama, bits of insight, disturbing ideas in poor taste, juicy secrets and icky secrets, hasty judgments, quickly-formed opinions, and spurious non-linear rationalizations. This complex and incoherent tapestry even in the minds of what you had previously assumed were dull, ordinary people is now the rug on which you walk on a daily basis. Now imagine each person unplugging their headphone jacks so that all their phones are on speaker. Hearing that dissonant cacophony is what it’s like when you open yourself to every passing thought of all passersby.

Successfully swimming laps in one person’s pool of wavy thoughts floating around while staying dry is nearly impossible for the uninitiated. This raw influx of chaotic information whizzing by from every friend, foe, and passing stranger would lead to information overload and madness.

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Many professions, such as sales, would have no need of “professionals.”

The internet has shown us what mentalists have known since 1907—well-articulated thoughts are rare, even after the thinker has formulated his or her thought into a harmoniously-structured string of words (a sentence). Imagine how disorganized thoughts can be before this effort to organize cognition into a shared syntax.

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Fortunately, the life of a mentalist is not at all like that. None of the proper mentalists I know are surrounded by a constant downpour of others’ thoughts. All of them need to

do something—something intentional–to draw back the shudders to let in more rain. Some are skillful in persuading their participants to open their own shudders and draw back the curtains. Inside your mind, are yourSorority Party Magician Email

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