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Technosoul · Dec 1, 2006, 09:27 pm

The difference clearly is the "super" tag on in front of natural. In the word superman it means that a man can have super powers that none of the other men have. Needless to say Superman is fictional.

But once someone was stuck under a car and another man, in an act of urgent panic, lifted the car off the man, something he would not normally be able to do. So the news might report that he had temporary supernatural powers (due to a rush of some sort happening in his body). Rare but true examples of such happenigs can happen. Although perhaps they should be called supernormal and not supernatural. As in the word "paranormal". As we do not use a word such as paranatural. (para-natural).

A paranormal event might be anything outside of the norm of things, a oddity or a "novelty". A extra reality experience would seem as real as a normal experience when it is happening but it would be "outside the norm" and perhaps also fictional or illusionary.

Supernatural is also a word used by religions to explain their concept about a God or a person who has special gifts they believe comes form God. One can debate all day if such is faith in fiction or faith in unseen facts. No one ever really wins such a debate.

Angels, aliens, ghosts, and all those otherly dimensional manifestations of the mind are also classified as supernatural, and such things cannot be seen in nature or the natural dimensions that we currently are limited to dwell in.

Sometimes they are called "Un-natural" instead of Super-natural. But still para-normal which has little to do with natural events or personifications.

Supernatural often depicts something with supernatural powers. "Powers" seems to go hand and hand with anything "super". Being more powerful then what nature would normally allow would be the keynote point of seperation between those two words, I would speculate.

People often sell lots of books that claim to offer you a way to open up and to use your "powers" within - super powers of course.

Example: Kripalu: Kripalu: Dancing with the Bear - Recovering the Art of Dream Healing

The imagination if used realistically can become a super power which can be employed to manifest many advantages for us in our life we would otherwise not have enjoyed. If you believe in magic.

But the question is:

Is our imagination a natural source or some sort of fantasy that has no place in reality?

How is that for starters?

Dec 1, 2006, 09:27 pm	#4 (permalink) (top)
Technosoul Volcanic Erupter Posts: 8,663	The difference clearly is the "super" tag on in front of natural. In the word superman it means that a man can have super powers that none of the other men have. Needless to say Superman is fictional. But once someone was stuck under a car and another man, in an act of urgent panic, lifted the car off the man, something he would not normally be able to do. So the news might report that he had temporary supernatural powers (due to a rush of some sort happening in his body). Rare but true examples of such happenigs can happen. Although perhaps they should be called supernormal and not supernatural. As in the word "paranormal". As we do not use a word such as paranatural. (para-natural). A paranormal event might be anything outside of the norm of things, a oddity or a "novelty". A extra reality experience would seem as real as a normal experience when it is happening but it would be "outside the norm" and perhaps also fictional or illusionary. Supernatural is also a word used by religions to explain their concept about a God or a person who has special gifts they believe comes form God. One can debate all day if such is faith in fiction or faith in unseen facts. No one ever really wins such a debate. Angels, aliens, ghosts, and all those otherly dimensional manifestations of the mind are also classified as supernatural, and such things cannot be seen in nature or the natural dimensions that we currently are limited to dwell in. Sometimes they are called "Un-natural" instead of Super-natural. But still para-normal which has little to do with natural events or personifications. Supernatural often depicts something with supernatural powers. "Powers" seems to go hand and hand with anything "super". Being more powerful then what nature would normally allow would be the keynote point of seperation between those two words, I would speculate. People often sell lots of books that claim to offer you a way to open up and to use your "powers" within - super powers of course. Example: Kripalu: Kripalu: Dancing with the Bear - Recovering the Art of Dream Healing The imagination if used realistically can become a super power which can be employed to manifest many advantages for us in our life we would otherwise not have enjoyed. If you believe in magic. But the question is: Is our imagination a natural source or some sort of fantasy that has no place in reality? How is that for starters?