The sixth sense :-) We have a level of intimate connection with the external world that isn’t limited to brainpower. If we accept this then we can go outside of it and sense everything we might perceive. The sixth sense is a key to inner balance and peace. That’s the part of us we’ve forgotten. Everyone has it but not everyone utilises it. The sixth sense is very real and waits to be awakened and when it does it could be the "way" to completion.

Because there is a slight electrical charge in the air that's aimed at you, which some people refer to as "the sixth sense". While we look like humans, we are actually a huge mass of buzzing electrons that are mostly held tightly together in our human shape. However, the charge these electrons produce extends far beyond the shell of our human body... theoretically, there is no limit to the distance this "charge" extends -- literally to the outer edge of the universe. Our thoughts (actually neurotransmitters firing in our brain) are part of this electrical charge... so when I'm looking and thinking about somebody across the room -- my charge starts interacting with their charge, and they might feel it. It's the same process when somebody calls you, and you were just thinking about them... You'll find a complete explanation here... "A General Theory of Love" http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/lewis-love.html

I'm sorry to disappoint you but we can't but the reason we think we can is because of the degree in which we are startled when we find someone staring at us. We are often so startled that we're being singled out that we say, "I could feel you or someone staring at me"; but there's just enough animal in us that we often 'check' our surroundings. Also, the closer the individual is positioned to us also has a degree to do with the 'punch' that it gives us, especially if they're right there really close. This is all very easy to test on your own to some degree. While you're doing the test, see how many times you can guess the right number between 1 and 10, infact, enlist three to ten people to do the test on yourself and have one of them -- the one staring, hold open their number between 1 - 10. It's great fun. If you put some noise in the room too, then vary the degree of how close they are to you (the noise is so the 10 people can move w/o sounding like a herd of elephants:). Happy hunting. Lastly, just make sure that about1 to 3 out 10 times, none of them are staring at you.

I've wondered about this myself and think it has to do with someone who's very self-conscious, they have a strong inward presence. If you see someone with a lot of charisma who questions things about themselves a lot, I think you've found someone who can turns heads from 1000 feet away by looking at them. I think we have a mental presence, charisma, and perhaps it's related to the focus of our will that, when concentrated, is almost palpable when directed strongly enough upon another person.

You can not. Studies have shown that this is not the case. My guess is that when we think someone is looking and we look around and they are not that thought goes into short term memory and when we do in-fact catch someone looking it goes into hard drive. Only a guess.I do not remember the study,

I must admit that I have never felt this sensation in the way that other posters have alluded. I think that people experience a certain sense of 'creepiness' when they notice someone looking at them. This is more akin to an invasion of privacy, rather than a 'sense' that someone is watching you. Unless one is paranoid, in which case everyone *is* watching you. A person picks up certain cues from their environment to help them monitor people and events in their immediate vicinity: smells, sounds, lack of sounds, peripheral vision, vibrations, reflections, and so on. Much of this operates at an unconscious level, so a person is not necessarily aware they are performing these 'perimeter checks' intentionally. The only times that I have been acutely aware of people watching me are when I have taken part in demonstrations. The police watch individuals closely in such circumstances and one is aware of the focus, particularly when they intentionally keep you aware of their presence. In my experience, this is usually done by moving their riot control personnel and vehicles around in a very visible way - a tactic intended to intimidate. But a 'sixth sense'? No.

The occurances of this sensation (real or not) in day-to-day life are so varied and subjective that a definite answer about its reliability requires an objective, scientific test. Luckily, there are a lot of those. The loudest proponent of the theory that we can, in fact, sense when we're being stared at, is a fellow by the name of Rupert Sheldrake. He's published a large number of books and papers, as have others who agree with him; there are also many who report no effect whatsoever. There is a tendency among believers in psi to obtain positive results, and a tendency among skeptics to obtain negative results. It's a difficult phenomenon to test. Think about it--the experimenters want to observe how the subject is responding, but even looking at him changes the circumstances of the study. That problem, in fact, is the very reason some researchers are so interested: they want to know whether other, unrelated experiments might be skewed merely by their observation. In short, we simply don't know. It's been "proved" both ways several times. If you want to really get into it, I recommend using Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) and searching for the keywords "staring effect." Not all the articles have their full text available for free, but you can still find quite a bit. Here's a good pair of opposing views from the same magazine to get you started: http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-03/stare.html http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-03/stare.html Thanks for asking, by the way; this was some really interesting research. I have a strong opinion about which side is correct, but given the amount of dispute over this, I think the only correct answer right now is one that acknowledges both opinions.

I have an intense feeling that comes to visit me. When this intense feeling decides not to leave right away, I know someone is staring at me. I always turn the right direction to find that person staring. These feelings I speak of I can remember since about 10 years old. They have been with me for 37 years now are associated with many other areas I have encountered in my life. Luckily, they have been to my advantage in making decisions on situations, people, etc., that I avoided due to these intense feelings. It usually turned out that I made the right decision. I also can read people well and have mentioned to others how I feel about people, events and other issues. only to have those people come back to me and ask, "How did you know". That I can not explain except it is an intense feeling that does not disappear. An example of this is, I had a friend that had seperated from his wife, both of them had a drug problem. I told him that he had better clean up his act because I had a feeling that she was going to cause problems for him. My friend laughed at me and asked me, what can she do to cause problems for him. I told him well she could get you busted for drugs. Two weeks to the day, my friend was busted for drugs with his wifes name on the papers as a witness. When he called me collect from jail his first question was, "How did you know", I can not explain it, I replied to him, I do not know other than I just had an intense feeling about it. I know that this is not a staring story I just told you, but I feel when someone is staring or What ever the situation I feel it. And 99% of the time I know by these intense feelings that will not leave me. Yes you really can sense when someone is staring. I say yes, yes, yes!

I am mostly convinced of the validity of the "staring effect", based on my own experience. As for the science behind this, I am not so sure. Here are a few points to consider: 1) The phenomenon seems most apparent when you look directly at the subject's eyes. (Or, at the area of their eyes if you are behind them) 2) The phenomenon will be more or less apparent based on the level of "awareness" or "sensitivity" of the onlookee and the level of "focus" of the onlooker. I am obviously using these terms loosely. 3) The phenomenon is most noticeable at first glance, and continued staring may not make it more noticeable. (Just more annoying to those who felt it originally)

yes, you can just sense it...I can anyway. Mind you not all the time, but many times, I know when someone is looking at me. It is part of how we are "wired"...