Food for thought

Many people are skeptical about auras.  Others know for sure they don't exist because they say you can't see them or because they aren't proven scientifically.  The same is true for other human experiences - psychic abilities, telepathy, and paranormal experiences as some people call them.

I find it interesting that in this society the only things that are deemed credible are those that can be measured with an instrument - a human-made instrument to boot.  Why is it that we trust these  machines, these instruments more than we trust ourselves, more than we trust our own potential, our own humanity?  Could it be that there are aspects of the Universe that actually do exist that we can't measure using an instrument?  And if so, why are these experiences less credible?  Why do so many people doubt psychic abilities?  Why aren't we taught as children to develop these potentials?  Why does everything revolve around what can be measured by a man-made instrument?