When Science Can’t Measure It… But We Feel It Anyway.

✨ Have You Heard of The Telepathy Tapes?

A couple of years ago, a patient told me about a podcast called The Telepathy Tapes. I remember thinking, I need to listen to that, and then… life happened, and it fell off my radar.

Fast-forward to Thanksgiving this year: plenty of solo driving, plenty of time to listen — and I finally pressed play. Within minutes, I was completely hooked. Hours went by in the car, and I barely noticed the miles passing.

The podcast follows non-speaking autistic individuals who communicate beyond verbal speech. This particular population often struggles with gross motor skills, so the physical act of speaking or moving can be incredibly difficult. Yet, they appear to share and receive information in a different way — telepathically.

It sounds unbelievable… but the more I listened, the more something in me kept saying: weirdly, this makes sense.

And here’s something the podcast does really well: it explains why most of us have never heard about any of this.

The research around telepathy in non-speaking autistic individuals didn’t fit neatly into standardized scientific studies. The communication wasn’t verbal, and it couldn’t be measured with the usual tools or protocols. So even when results looked remarkable, they weren’t considered “valid” by scientific standards.

One story really struck me: a teacher shared privately with a parent that their non-speaking child seemed to be communicating with her in this way. The parent reported it, and the teacher lost her job. When something doesn’t match the rules we already have, it often becomes easier to shut it down than to investigate it.

🔬 It Wasn’t “Real” Until We Could Measure It

So it’s not that there was no evidence.It’s that the evidence didn’t fit the system that decides what counts.

When something can’t be measured with the tools we currently have, we assume it isn’t real… even if lived experience keeps pointing to it.

Acupuncture was ignored, too — until the tools finally caught up. Once we could measure fascia, track inflammatory markers, map electrical signaling, and study the nervous system’s response, the conversation changed.

Now it’s offered in major hospitals, covered by many insurance plans, and relied upon in fertility clinics around the country.

The limits of measurement aren’t the limits of reality.

🌿 Acupuncture Feels Magical… But It’s Medicine

I hear the word magic in my clinic more often than you’d imagine. In the span of one week, two different patients said almost the exact same thing:“I don’t know how this works… this is MAGIC.”

And honestly, I get it. When your shoulder suddenly moves freely again, or your headache lifts in seconds, it does feel like something enchanted is happening.

These moments still amaze me, even as I continue refining my skills and watching these results unfold every day.

But acupuncture isn’t magic. And neither is telepathy. They’re simply part of a larger truth we often forget: everything is energy — felt, directed, and communicated.

Even matter — the most “solid” thing we know — is made of atoms, and atoms are nothing but positive and negative charges in constant motion. Energy forming structure.

So when people ask, “What is Qi?” — it’s not mysterious. In Traditional Chinese Medicine,

Qi is energy expressed at different densities:

Shen: subtle, etheric, consciousness — the collective field we are part of

Qi: function and movement — the networks that animate the organ systems (for example, “Liver Qi” refers to the functional network traditionally associated with the Liver system, which extends far beyond the physical liver itself; Western and Eastern medical language don’t line up perfectly here, though they’re beginning to overlap more as modern measurement tools catch up to what ancient medicine observed intuitively and within nature)

Jing: the densest, most material form — sperm, egg, and the pure potential that creates life

Different expressions of the same thing: energy.

Pain fades, stress dissolves, muscles soften, and the whole system reorganizes — sometimes within seconds. Not because of magic, but because your body is electrical, chemical, fluid, connective, and incredibly intelligent. It responds to precise input in real time.

Just because we can’t see what’s happening doesn’t make it mystical.

Magic is only magic if you skip physics.

We can’t see gravity, Wi-Fi, magnetism, cellular signaling, radio waves, or the electrical firing of neurons — and we don’t question any of them.

💭 Thought Is Energy. Words Change Biology.

If electricity moves the heart, and chemistry shapes emotion, then thought is not some airy, meaningless thing.Thought is an electrical signal — a spark that can change breathing, tension, hormones, and how the body organizes itself.

And words? Words are thoughts given direction. They shape how the nervous system responds to the world around us.

In clinic and in life, I’ve watched stressful thoughts tighten muscles, fear shrink the breath, and gratitude melt tension and lower heart rate. And you know this intuitively — we all do.

So whether you’re skeptical, curious, or somewhere in between when it comes to telepathy, consider this:

Words are medicine — even when they’re only spoken in your mind.

I’d love to hear what you think — reply to this blog and share your thoughts!

With a few ideas to ponder from my holiday travels — and plenty of cheer and inspiration that I hope have already reached you, maybe even telepathically, if you haven’t read this yet! 😉

Allison, L.Ac.

Owner & Acupuncturist, Basic Balance