That Which Is Inexplicable...
A fresh new start to the end of this semester. Busy Busy.. That's all I seem to be these days. Wait a minute.. Aren't I suppose to be having my holidays, so you may ask. Unfortunately, my school's systems requires us to complete a certain number of what they call 'Academic Units'. Hence, the torture of having to return to school 3 hours a day, 3days a week. And what's a class without exams right? Ah.. They are due on 23rd December. So 7days a week: 3days of school, 3 days of work.. That leaves 1 day of rest. Now aren't you just absolutely envious of my good fortune. Oh bollocks.. What am I complaining about. Better busy than to have naught to do at all.
As you can see, I have refashioned this blog; somewhat at least. I do hope it is at the very least pleasant to the eye. Anyway let us get on with the topic of this day.
Sometime ago, I wrote a topic regarding nostalgia. You know, that kind of sensation as if you feel a sense of de javu; or something/someone who makes you feel so comfortable & relaxed, yet you can't understand why.
I get that feeling very often. Especially when it comes to certain sceneries or songs. This sense of laziness & comfort just overcomes me. I get it when I am watching certain settings on the television, especially of the panoramic scenery of autumn in a western scenery. I get it when I'm watching old 70s or 80s nostalgic shows, or when I am listening to tunes from the 70s & 80s.
This feeling has always baffled me, until this thought came to mind. But this view would only be deemed possible if one believes in 'life after death'. No use reading that phrase repeatedly. That's precisely what I wrote. The After Life has always been a big mystery to everyone. What happens after we die? Do we go to Heaven or Hell? Do we get stuck in Limbo? Do our spirits continue to wander the grounds? Or do we reincarnate and come back to this world as someone else?
Such is the enigma that haunts us all. Religious views aside. Be honest and ask yourself: Have you ever, at one point in your life, or maybe still continue to harbour the slightest belief that reincarnation could in fact be real?
Ah, I hear some protesting somewhere. What does this have to do with the flipping topic you ask? Patience my friends. Now let me explain myself. Or maybe some of you can already see the link. Is it my wishful thinking now?..
Well, I did mention that nostalgia invokes certain feelings and sensations. Specifically mentioning that of de javu, and a sense of familiarity & comfort. Somehow I can't help but have this idea that this sense of familiarity could be due to the fragments of memories of our past lives that still resides in the inner depths of our soul. Ah a fantasy. Maybe. But no one knows whether this is possible or not. At least they'll never know until they are dead of course. But think hard. Contemplate this possibility. You may just begin to see that there could be, even the most remote, possibility that this cycle does exist.
For me, I always wondered if I lived a life in the 70s. Probably a westerner, since my nostalgia is brought out by all things western, i.e songs, scenes.
Ever stopped to wonder how something feels like, how something tastes like?.. And somehow or rather you can just feel it or taste it, even if you have never come across these things ever before. I often wondered how it feels like in autumn time; the rustling of the leaves; the coolness of the air touching your faces; the smell of the cool autumn air; the feeling of sitting by a warm fire, holding a hot cup of hot chocolate, and just cuddling up to a loved one. Dreaming, you may say. And yet.. somehow these feelings are so vivid, so familiar. As if I've experienced them before. The more I think of it, the more I can actually feel these sensations. Is it a figment of my imagination? But how can I, when I have lived here on this small sunny island all my life?
Some of you may deem me as having an over-active mind. Some of you just cannot stomach the notion of such 'nonsense'. But to me, I still stand by my opinion. I am not saying that they are definitely true. What I mean is that I choose to believe what I feel. That which is inexplicable is most definitely free for all sorts of speculation. Like I said, religion aside. Not everything is written down in the sacred scriptures. Somethings just aren't meant for us to know. And when someone tries to explain it to us, we choose to ignore it. We may even treat these 'prophets' as demented fools. We, who live in the modern life of science & technology. Honestly, often than not, we push aside these 'silly thoughts' for fear of the unknown. We are so engulfed in need for being able to scientifically explaining things, that we have trained our minds to think that the inexplicable is just a farce, a figment of our imagination. Have we ever stopped to think that the truth may be more of a fantasy than we ever thought?.. Maybe it's time we did so.
As you can see, I have refashioned this blog; somewhat at least. I do hope it is at the very least pleasant to the eye. Anyway let us get on with the topic of this day.
Sometime ago, I wrote a topic regarding nostalgia. You know, that kind of sensation as if you feel a sense of de javu; or something/someone who makes you feel so comfortable & relaxed, yet you can't understand why.
I get that feeling very often. Especially when it comes to certain sceneries or songs. This sense of laziness & comfort just overcomes me. I get it when I am watching certain settings on the television, especially of the panoramic scenery of autumn in a western scenery. I get it when I'm watching old 70s or 80s nostalgic shows, or when I am listening to tunes from the 70s & 80s.
This feeling has always baffled me, until this thought came to mind. But this view would only be deemed possible if one believes in 'life after death'. No use reading that phrase repeatedly. That's precisely what I wrote. The After Life has always been a big mystery to everyone. What happens after we die? Do we go to Heaven or Hell? Do we get stuck in Limbo? Do our spirits continue to wander the grounds? Or do we reincarnate and come back to this world as someone else?
Such is the enigma that haunts us all. Religious views aside. Be honest and ask yourself: Have you ever, at one point in your life, or maybe still continue to harbour the slightest belief that reincarnation could in fact be real?
Ah, I hear some protesting somewhere. What does this have to do with the flipping topic you ask? Patience my friends. Now let me explain myself. Or maybe some of you can already see the link. Is it my wishful thinking now?..
Well, I did mention that nostalgia invokes certain feelings and sensations. Specifically mentioning that of de javu, and a sense of familiarity & comfort. Somehow I can't help but have this idea that this sense of familiarity could be due to the fragments of memories of our past lives that still resides in the inner depths of our soul. Ah a fantasy. Maybe. But no one knows whether this is possible or not. At least they'll never know until they are dead of course. But think hard. Contemplate this possibility. You may just begin to see that there could be, even the most remote, possibility that this cycle does exist.
For me, I always wondered if I lived a life in the 70s. Probably a westerner, since my nostalgia is brought out by all things western, i.e songs, scenes.
Ever stopped to wonder how something feels like, how something tastes like?.. And somehow or rather you can just feel it or taste it, even if you have never come across these things ever before. I often wondered how it feels like in autumn time; the rustling of the leaves; the coolness of the air touching your faces; the smell of the cool autumn air; the feeling of sitting by a warm fire, holding a hot cup of hot chocolate, and just cuddling up to a loved one. Dreaming, you may say. And yet.. somehow these feelings are so vivid, so familiar. As if I've experienced them before. The more I think of it, the more I can actually feel these sensations. Is it a figment of my imagination? But how can I, when I have lived here on this small sunny island all my life?
Some of you may deem me as having an over-active mind. Some of you just cannot stomach the notion of such 'nonsense'. But to me, I still stand by my opinion. I am not saying that they are definitely true. What I mean is that I choose to believe what I feel. That which is inexplicable is most definitely free for all sorts of speculation. Like I said, religion aside. Not everything is written down in the sacred scriptures. Somethings just aren't meant for us to know. And when someone tries to explain it to us, we choose to ignore it. We may even treat these 'prophets' as demented fools. We, who live in the modern life of science & technology. Honestly, often than not, we push aside these 'silly thoughts' for fear of the unknown. We are so engulfed in need for being able to scientifically explaining things, that we have trained our minds to think that the inexplicable is just a farce, a figment of our imagination. Have we ever stopped to think that the truth may be more of a fantasy than we ever thought?.. Maybe it's time we did so.
posted by Raelin at Thursday, December 02, 2004
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