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Moments of clarity...

JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
You ever have one of those moments when your mind can extend beyond one thing at a time? A point of focus where you can be one with many things at once.

I had one of those today. For what purpose I cannot say, but I was on the deck today just enjoying the breeze and the sunshine, and when I looked at a nearby tree, I knew in my mind the exact location of all the leaves at once, even as they swayed in the wind.

It's like knowing the point positions of hundreds of points in 3D space all at the same time.

Stunning...

(yeah, I'm sure you think I'm crazy... but I'll get over it...)

Comments

  • I guess I've had something similiar.

    It was when I realized I was alive.

    & heh well ya already ya know the other stuff. When that happened I felt sorta the exact opposite like everyone & everything else knew where I was. :D

    To this day I still have a feeling that my existence was leaked. I still run into random people who say [I]oh its him[/I] . Bizaar who the hell am I? Im not even talking local either, this was in London also.
  • WarleaderWarleader Inmate: Babylon Project Mental Health Facility
    KIND OF LIKE THE TIME WHEN I WAS WATCHING BRITTANT SPEARS VIDEO AND I SWORE THAT AT ONE TIME I WAS JUST A LITTLE GREEN COBRA WITHOUT THAT DAMN CAPE IN THE BACK THAT THOSE DAMN THINGS HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE THONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BETTER YET........... GREEN THONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH A PINCH OF PINK!!!!!!!!!!
  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    I got those moments at times too. Usually i'm covered in blood and i'm smiling a lot. And there's people screaming and running and I start to laugh cuz it looks so funny.

    Then i wake up, and it's sad.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Lord Refa [/i]
    [B]Then i wake up, and it's sad. [/B][/QUOTE]

    yes.....yes it is.....

    ive been having a few moments of clarity recently, mostly involving exams and the sudden realisation that i havent a clue about any of the things that they're asking me:(
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    Re: Moments of clarity...

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
    [B]You ever have one of those moments when your mind can extend beyond one thing at a time? A point of focus where you can be one with many things at once.

    (yeah, I'm sure you think I'm crazy... but I'll get over it...) [/B][/QUOTE]

    *matrix-quote*It's called Mescaline. the only way to fly
  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ShadowDancer [/i]
    [B]yes.....yes it is.....

    ive been having a few moments of clarity recently, mostly involving exams and the sudden realisation that i havent a clue about any of the things that they're asking me:( [/B][/QUOTE]

    Ha-Ha.

    [url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ToddTX/Simpsons/Nelson.jpg[/url]
  • Yes, I experience that relatively often. Generally I'll be running on autopilot, at school or somewhere public, and suddenly it'll occur to me, [i]woah, this is real[/i]!
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ShadowDancer [/i]
    [B]yes.....yes it is.....

    ive been having a few moments of clarity recently, mostly involving exams and the sudden realisation that i havent a clue about any of the things that they're asking me:( [/B][/QUOTE]

    That's OK. You'll soon discover that the markers don't have a clue either.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    yeah, we've already discovered that the demonstrators dont have a clue! and some of the lecturers......which is somewhat disturbing :D
  • RickRick Sector 14 Studios
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Warleader [/i]
    [B]KIND OF LIKE THE TIME WHEN I WAS WATCHING BRITTANT SPEARS VIDEO AND I SWORE THAT AT ONE TIME I WAS JUST A LITTLE GREEN COBRA WITHOUT THAT DAMN CAPE IN THE BACK THAT THOSE DAMN THINGS HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE THONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BETTER YET........... GREEN THONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH A PINCH OF PINK!!!!!!!!!! [/B][/QUOTE]

    ROFL! :)
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Well I was trying to be serious...

    :rolleyes:
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    "no serious discussion ever survives contact with Warleader":p
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    Yeah, I do, that's when she says "What, that's it? What about me?"
  • I always thought it was a chemical from years ago being released from fat cells givin a temporary flashback/goodfeeling.
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    JackN, I understand. Sometimes, very rare, there are times when I catch a glimpse of the truth behind a reality, and feeling perfectly content in the moment, like "Yeah, it makes sense."

    Then it goes away, and the loss is pretty strong, but the memory is like a reverse-hangover, a lingering [i]good[/i] feeling from the aftershock.
  • I don’t think I’ve ever had a “Yea it makes sense” moment. More often it’s a “There’s so much I don’t know and can’t perceive” kind of moment.

    Sitting quietly staring into someone’s eyes, or standing in the woods in a snowstorm tend to result in those half euphoric half scary moments.

    The only way I can describe it is I feel -

    Like a point of light pushing into another unseen plane.
    Like everything around me is one but individual too.
    Like everything around me has so much more to it than can possibly be understood.

    It's those moments where I "believe" for lack of a better word. Believe in myself first, and the struggle to understand that is going on around me.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Seeing the sunrise at 11,000m above sea level certainly gave me a "wow, everything's so unimportant" feeling.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    When I was in 6th grade riding in the car with mom driving (i even know the exact spot where this happen) I was day dreaming as usual. For one instant, I understood the full scope of the universe and how small I am compared to it. The it vanished.
  • That's interesting - I've had that "everything is so unimportant feeling" too. However, recently my perspective has changed to "Everything is SO important."
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I guess for me it's a volumetric awareness level that I rarely operate at.

    It's an ability to FOCUS on many things at once, like multitasking.

    It's a freakin tease too, because I doubt I could stay at that level for too long. So, it's like the universe/god saying

    "yeah, you can do it, but you ain't ready for it yet". It's these times that tell me the human brain is capable of sooo much more.

    If I could learn to switch in and out of it at will, and use it for constructive purposes...

    maybe someday... (probably just before it's my natural time to go too...)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I more meant "unimportant" as in "we're so small in the scale of the universe." In terms of importance in existing, I think everything ranks up quite high. :)
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    I was about to write a long reply, but got tired so here's the short version.

    I also get the "small in the universe" feeling.
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