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December 2003
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How to Be Invisible
by Jan R.

I've been "practicing invisible" for many years, and taught one son how to do it, too. It's NOT by accident; we do it on purpose!

We are ranch people, and work around cows, bulls and calves a lot. If a cow can't see you, you can move a newborn calf without ending up in the emergency room! (I used to do that a lot.) Also, you can get an animal to go where you want it to go, or do what you want it to do, so long as the animal can't see you and then suddenly can see you.

It's really very simple: You empty your mind, and project the thought, I am not here. And, for all intents and purposes; you are not there.

Yes, this also works on people! I once sat at the kitchen table, "invisible," and had my husband walk by me, within a couple of feet, calling my name and wondering where I was, or if I was in the house. I wanted to see if it did work on people. It does...

Our son was once caught in the open by a very ornery bull... He "pretended to be invisible" and the bull walked right by him. He also once had a deer walk by him so closely he could count its eyelashes. (He does not do this during hunting season.)

We can, and do, move around during the "invisible" part, too. It's all in the mind; not in the body! But, we have also discovered we can not "fool" each other. We aren't sure why, but it just doesn't work.

We have, separately, come to the conclusion, it is not ethical to "pretend to be invisible" around people. Although, I must admit, there are a few people I'd as soon be invisible when they are around.

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