Or maybe street lamps flicker on and off as you walk down the road - this is such a common phenomenon that Dr Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire is researching what parapsychologists call ‘the SLIde effect’ – Street Light Interference. My theory that excess psi-energy is involved was backed up by a British SLIder called Debbie Wolf, a barmaid, who told CNN news channel: “When it happens is when I’m stressed about something, really chewing something over in my head.”

The energy isn’t always human, as a family in London, Ontario, discovered this month. All the children’s toys sparked into life, buzzing about the bedrooms and chattering at full volume, after lightning struck the house. There was so much electrical energy in the air that fires started spontaneously, and neighbours had to use garden hoses to prevent a blaze. I’m glad my own energy focuses on metal objects and not soft furnishings!

The Psychic Challenge
It’s remarkable how quickly your untapped psi-energy comes under control once you become aware of it. Meditation is the best method, and you don’t have to spend hours practising to feel the benefits. Get going with my psychic challenge – suspend any scepticism for 30 seconds, and hold your hand, palm downwards, above each of these four pictures in turn. Wait for a warm tingle in the skin: it might even spread into your fingers or up your arm, proof of a strong psychic gift. The picture which provokes the tingle is probably the one I am telepathically beaming out today.

When you think you know which one is the solution to today's challenge, Click here to email your choice and we will announce the answer next week.

Last week
I was thinking about a Triumph Spitfire. It was a rare result for us – as the results, for the first time in months, were only what chance would have suggested.