Post by Jake Seven on Jun 20, 2008 4:04:26 GMT -5
I'm either going crazy, or developing a psychic atmosphere to my being. It's really start to freak me out. Every day presents me with more and more moments of either fate, or the actual ability to know something is going to happen before it does.
It's been happening for years and years, as early as I can remember as easily seventh grade. But not to this point, and not this close together. I used to get scared my it, because it's not normal to know things are going to be done before they occur. Or feel things before they happen.
Recent occurrences:
- Knowing my cousin's baby was born before I woke up. My mom asked me how I knew and I told her I over heard her say it earlier because I didn't want to blurt out I heard it in a dream. And then she told me she didn't tell anyone yet.
- I was playing cards with my cousin last week, and you discard three of the four suites from your hand after the bidding session and keep one. I blinked and for a second, saw the eight of diamonds, several seconds later, he called Diamonds. I didn't say anything, and continued
- A person I had never met before was telling me where she had worked in previous jobs, and had the strangest feeling she was going to say Dunkin Donuts. Now, I had never seen her before, so I couldn't have passed by her at one, nor, even attended the one she worked at anyway,..and yet..I had the strangest feeling that she was going to say Dunkins. I could almost taste it. Seconds later, she said "Dunkins..and.."
-For the past month (31 days/13 games) I have correctly called the winner of the Celtics game, without fault before tip off of the game. I guessed against the Celtics four times, and each time their opponent won, I also called nine wins. One of which was the greatest come back in NBA Finals history, again, before tip off. I told my friend they were going to lose Game 2 vs DET by 6 points, and they lost 103-97. That was the first, and last time I attempted to call a spread in the playoffs I have most of these conversations logged on AIM if anyone doubts me.
All these have happened within the past month, most of which within the last two weeks.
The earliest I can remember predicting something was seventh grade as previously stated when I made a drawing of a helicopter and people diving out of it with parachutes. A few days later in the news, I read that an Apachi helicopter crashed and there were only a few survivors. I don't have the drawing anymore, otherwise I'd reference greater detail.
One of the fondest moments I have of hearing something before it happened was a few days after my grandfather died. I didn't sleep for several days, I was awake crying for days on end. One of those nights before the funeral I had this reassuring feeling that everything would be alright, and I swear over his body that I heard a voice say "It's alright, I'm home now". I couldn't take it anymore and called my mom in from the other room to grieve with her (As it was her father who passed), and told her what happened. We mourned a little while more, and brushed it off as a matter of grief and belief.
The day of the funeral, we were in the church, and we were listening to people talk about my grandfather's life and times. I don't remember much more since it was a very hard day, other than when the priest took the mount and told the people in attendance "To not mourn his death, but to appreciate his life for Brother Donald is alright and he is home now."
I will also remind the doubters that I had never attended a funeral before, not am I religious to any extent, and up to that point only was in churches for VERY brief amounts of time in my life. Nor listened to sermons as this is easily excused as "Hearing this line before at other events, and in his time of grief it was recycled as a clairvoyant thought." I will never forget my mom;s expression while we were kneeling in the pew after the priest spoke those words. It broke her moment of tears and we exchanged a look of undeniable shock. How would I have known that those words would be spoken just a few days later?
Clairvoyance is defined as:
Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility") is the apparent ability to gain information about an object, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses,[1][2] a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clear").
A lucky guess perhaps? There will always be doubters to what can not be explained or experienced personally, and there will always be believers. I'm not sure what to believe anymore because I like fact to be present when selling a point, and there is no way to prove random occurrence other than luck. Maybe I am just that. Lucky.
Several times I have played cards with my friends and called the cards that were going to coming out, without touching the deck or counting cards. I have been tipped from other players because I have done it multiple times in one night. If I could count cards, I would most definitely use it to my advantage, not a cheap parlor trick to get quarters.
Luck is defined as:
Luck (also called fortuity) is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control.
Is there a difference between what is happening to me, and luck? I think not. But when is the line drawn between lucky and being "clairvoyant"? There doesn't seem to be much difference between the two as they're both out of the control of whom it's happening to. I suppose in a world of believers clairvoyance can be tooled and used whenever needed though, or under study or ritualistic activities,, where as luck just happens in small sample sizes and streaks. I have not "weaponized" this so-called ability yet to the point I can use it whenever I would like, and I hope I never do.
Knowing things before they happen beings a responsibility to who it's happening to, whether good or bad things.
What if you have a feeling about something, and it doesn't happen, and you tell someone? You look paranoid. You look crazy. Especially if it's a tragic event. And if it happens? You look like you had involvement in the said thing to an unknowing person.
What if you had a feeling about something, and it does happen, and you don't tell anyone? Can a person deal with that grief, that if you told someone it could have possibly been prevented? I'm not sure I could live with that knowledge inside me, and I hope it never happens to that extent.
If I wanted to lie to whoever was reading this, I would make up stories such as I could read bank account numbers just by thinking. Or that I called the entire playoffs correctly, with every spread, and March Madness as well. When, that isn't the truth. I am speaking the truth in the events I have shared in this column tonight.
Where is the line between a paranormal event, and luck and which am I experiencing?
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I can trust a majority of you to reply with serious thought and input. If some of you would like to make a joke out of it, it's fine, but just like my feelings about death a few months ago, I will only acknowledge serious replies.
It's been happening for years and years, as early as I can remember as easily seventh grade. But not to this point, and not this close together. I used to get scared my it, because it's not normal to know things are going to be done before they occur. Or feel things before they happen.
Recent occurrences:
- Knowing my cousin's baby was born before I woke up. My mom asked me how I knew and I told her I over heard her say it earlier because I didn't want to blurt out I heard it in a dream. And then she told me she didn't tell anyone yet.
- I was playing cards with my cousin last week, and you discard three of the four suites from your hand after the bidding session and keep one. I blinked and for a second, saw the eight of diamonds, several seconds later, he called Diamonds. I didn't say anything, and continued
- A person I had never met before was telling me where she had worked in previous jobs, and had the strangest feeling she was going to say Dunkin Donuts. Now, I had never seen her before, so I couldn't have passed by her at one, nor, even attended the one she worked at anyway,..and yet..I had the strangest feeling that she was going to say Dunkins. I could almost taste it. Seconds later, she said "Dunkins..and.."
-For the past month (31 days/13 games) I have correctly called the winner of the Celtics game, without fault before tip off of the game. I guessed against the Celtics four times, and each time their opponent won, I also called nine wins. One of which was the greatest come back in NBA Finals history, again, before tip off. I told my friend they were going to lose Game 2 vs DET by 6 points, and they lost 103-97. That was the first, and last time I attempted to call a spread in the playoffs I have most of these conversations logged on AIM if anyone doubts me.
All these have happened within the past month, most of which within the last two weeks.
The earliest I can remember predicting something was seventh grade as previously stated when I made a drawing of a helicopter and people diving out of it with parachutes. A few days later in the news, I read that an Apachi helicopter crashed and there were only a few survivors. I don't have the drawing anymore, otherwise I'd reference greater detail.
One of the fondest moments I have of hearing something before it happened was a few days after my grandfather died. I didn't sleep for several days, I was awake crying for days on end. One of those nights before the funeral I had this reassuring feeling that everything would be alright, and I swear over his body that I heard a voice say "It's alright, I'm home now". I couldn't take it anymore and called my mom in from the other room to grieve with her (As it was her father who passed), and told her what happened. We mourned a little while more, and brushed it off as a matter of grief and belief.
The day of the funeral, we were in the church, and we were listening to people talk about my grandfather's life and times. I don't remember much more since it was a very hard day, other than when the priest took the mount and told the people in attendance "To not mourn his death, but to appreciate his life for Brother Donald is alright and he is home now."
I will also remind the doubters that I had never attended a funeral before, not am I religious to any extent, and up to that point only was in churches for VERY brief amounts of time in my life. Nor listened to sermons as this is easily excused as "Hearing this line before at other events, and in his time of grief it was recycled as a clairvoyant thought." I will never forget my mom;s expression while we were kneeling in the pew after the priest spoke those words. It broke her moment of tears and we exchanged a look of undeniable shock. How would I have known that those words would be spoken just a few days later?
Clairvoyance is defined as:
Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility") is the apparent ability to gain information about an object, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses,[1][2] a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clear").
A lucky guess perhaps? There will always be doubters to what can not be explained or experienced personally, and there will always be believers. I'm not sure what to believe anymore because I like fact to be present when selling a point, and there is no way to prove random occurrence other than luck. Maybe I am just that. Lucky.
Several times I have played cards with my friends and called the cards that were going to coming out, without touching the deck or counting cards. I have been tipped from other players because I have done it multiple times in one night. If I could count cards, I would most definitely use it to my advantage, not a cheap parlor trick to get quarters.
Luck is defined as:
Luck (also called fortuity) is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control.
Is there a difference between what is happening to me, and luck? I think not. But when is the line drawn between lucky and being "clairvoyant"? There doesn't seem to be much difference between the two as they're both out of the control of whom it's happening to. I suppose in a world of believers clairvoyance can be tooled and used whenever needed though, or under study or ritualistic activities,, where as luck just happens in small sample sizes and streaks. I have not "weaponized" this so-called ability yet to the point I can use it whenever I would like, and I hope I never do.
Knowing things before they happen beings a responsibility to who it's happening to, whether good or bad things.
What if you have a feeling about something, and it doesn't happen, and you tell someone? You look paranoid. You look crazy. Especially if it's a tragic event. And if it happens? You look like you had involvement in the said thing to an unknowing person.
What if you had a feeling about something, and it does happen, and you don't tell anyone? Can a person deal with that grief, that if you told someone it could have possibly been prevented? I'm not sure I could live with that knowledge inside me, and I hope it never happens to that extent.
If I wanted to lie to whoever was reading this, I would make up stories such as I could read bank account numbers just by thinking. Or that I called the entire playoffs correctly, with every spread, and March Madness as well. When, that isn't the truth. I am speaking the truth in the events I have shared in this column tonight.
Where is the line between a paranormal event, and luck and which am I experiencing?
--
I can trust a majority of you to reply with serious thought and input. If some of you would like to make a joke out of it, it's fine, but just like my feelings about death a few months ago, I will only acknowledge serious replies.
