Same here with the empath, I'm also sensitive to the 'other side' or whatever you would like to call it. I can feel when something is around a d whether it's good or bad. It's extremely rare for me to see something, less rare but still rare to hear something. Last night i actually had an encounter ill describe when i get home to a computer.
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Okay so last night. Two years ago I was taking an air conditioner out of a window in my room and knocked my old ass TV onto the floor and broke it. I plugged it in, and something was broken inside because it wouldn't even turn on. After that I've had it sitting for two years on the floor of my room unplugged, which gives it more than enough time for all of the left over power in the cells to die. Last night I woke up needing to blow my nose (stupid cold), reached to my left where my tissues usually are and they weren't there. I was like, alright weird but whatever. I got out of bed and turned on the light in my room thinking they were going to be on my desk. When the light came on I got a bad feeling but blew it off as being tired, I looked at the desk and the tissue box wasn't there, I looked back to where I thought it was but couldn't feel it, and boom now it's there. I shrugged that off too and grabbed a tissue. With the tissue in my left hand, arm slightly raised because I was in the middle of pulling it up to my nose, my right arm is now on the light switch about to turn it off. As soon as I flip the switch off, there's maybe a half second delay, and the broken TV which has been unplugged for two years, and doesn't even work when plugged in, flickered three times in a row lighting up my room in front of me in quick gray/white light. I was petrified, I stood for a good 30 seconds unable to move as the uneasy somethings here feeling overwhelmed me with the tissue still only halfway raised to my nose. After about 30 seconds I was able to compose myself enough to crawl into bed, my adrenaline completely clearing my nose for me and lied there with my eyes wide open for about 15 minutes with no more things happening before I could get myself to start falling asleep.
I didn't close my eyes or throw the covers over me like people tend to do because I have the stupid fear that even if I blink (yes I did blink, it's impossible not too after so long) as soon as I re-open my eyes, there will be something right in my freakin face. Just thought I would share my most recent story. As for being able to change the direction of the wind, I did a lot of reading in magic/paganism and I don't recall hearing about that, but I do remember reading that you can create or dissipate clouds. I've gotten clouds to form over me when doing what was instructed, and was able to make parts of clouds dissipate, but whether that was me or coincidence I don't really know because I never cared to do it more than once or twice. Also I might just be brain dead right now, but I don't know what you mean by some folks say tuition is like being able to see around corners.