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Being a people watcher is a characteristic many psychics seem to share, and an erroneous assumption held by most was that everyone was a people watcher! I became aware that wasn’t necessarily true when I was sent to Jean Houston’s institute in Pomona, NY, where she was going to train two of us for three days. A woman, an architect, who also worked at The Human Dimensions Institute and I were chosen to go. After participating in some exercises, Jean gave each of us the thesis for her next PhD. She explained that we were to symbolically change places by doing everything the way the other person did them. We went to dinner where I proceeded to sit in the corner so I could see the door. The conversation went something like this with my friend asking “Why are you sitting there?” and my reply “I like to see the door.” “Why do you like to see the door?” “I like to see the people come in.” “Why do you like to see the people come in?” Now I’m getting exasperated! “Well, don’t you?” I asked. “I like to look at them. You know you can tell by the look on their face and the way they hold themselves, if they are happy, or sad, or angry.” She wanted to know why I cared. I explained that I like to make up a story about the people I see. For example, this person looks angry, and I make up a story about her. She had a fight with her sister, and because they are in business together, it’s affecting the business and the family. She replied “I never heard of that!” At that point, I wanted to know what she did. She explained she sits with her back to the door so she will not be distracted from the person with whom she is talking. I couldn’t believe it! In order to follow Jean’s instructions, she had me sit with my back to the door while she sat facing the door. She watched the people come in and made up stories about them. We both had difficulty in our changed positions.