Skeptical/scientific side says that I merely have encountered a situation/state of mind matching a state I have experienced before. It is possible to feel the exact same way twice.
Speculative side suggests that I have caught of glimpse of the future/past. Though we generally experience time as a one-way flow, certain situations allow you to observe/experience the bigger picture (or at least a slightly larger fragment of it).
for me, deja vu is almost always that I've dreamed the situation/moment, usually so many years before that it just seemed like a typical dream, not a "prophetic" one.
it's always terribly mundane though, never important/big stuff.
yes, I also feel that it's something I have dreamed a lot of the time. Which makes sense with recent theories that dreams are for us to practice reacting to various situations- since practice makes perfect.
I've also been told by spiritual teachers that deja vu means you are one the right path. So when I get it, I choose to believe that is true and I congratulate myself.
I've also been told by spiritual teachers that deja vu means you are one the right path. So when I get it, I choose to believe that is true and I congratulate myself.
Yeah - I'm not sure I believe in things like a right path, but getting deja-vu makes me think that things are falling into place the "right way" - and it's a weird contradiction in my belief structure.
I used to get it very frequently as a child. At the time, I thought it meant I had had a prophetic dream. And then I would try to change it, by doing something unexpected, but it never worked -- I would immediately believe that I had dreamed that too.
But I accept the theory that it's just a mis-timing in my brain -- that seems to explain everything about it, at least the experiences I've had.
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Date: 2008-01-18 09:20 pm (UTC)Skeptical/scientific side says that I merely have encountered a situation/state of mind matching a state I have experienced before. It is possible to feel the exact same way twice.
Speculative side suggests that I have caught of glimpse of the future/past. Though we generally experience time as a one-way flow, certain situations allow you to observe/experience the bigger picture (or at least a slightly larger fragment of it).
It is possible that both sides are correct.
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Date: 2008-01-18 09:28 pm (UTC)-PT
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Date: 2008-01-18 09:40 pm (UTC)If I did, I must've not gotten many responses?
I know when I would've posted about it, and it's on my mind again as a continuation of that process.
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Date: 2008-01-18 11:15 pm (UTC)Then Re-read my reply.
Then laugh because it's funny.
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Date: 2008-01-19 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-18 09:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-19 08:00 am (UTC)it's always terribly mundane though, never important/big stuff.
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Date: 2008-01-22 03:37 am (UTC)I've also been told by spiritual teachers that deja vu means you are one the right path. So when I get it, I choose to believe that is true and I congratulate myself.
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Date: 2008-01-28 03:24 am (UTC)Yeah - I'm not sure I believe in things like a right path, but getting deja-vu makes me think that things are falling into place the "right way" - and it's a weird contradiction in my belief structure.
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Date: 2008-01-28 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-20 06:38 pm (UTC)But I accept the theory that it's just a mis-timing in my brain -- that seems to explain everything about it, at least the experiences I've had.
So what prompts the question?
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Date: 2008-01-28 03:27 am (UTC)I'm trying to change something in my life that had a lot of deja-vu accompanying it (and yes, your first guess would be correct)