It?s been awhile since I did any rants, and tonite while driving around, I remembered something that had occurred to me about people who are psychic. Anyone who knows me, knows I buy into a lot of that ESP stuff. I know that there are a lot of fakes out there, but I know in my heart that there are some people who have abilities beyond what we can understand. One of those is the ability to predict the future. Now, prophets have been claiming to do this for centuries, but what if you had a unique ability, that was not psychic, but comparable in its ability to determine future events. If you were told that someone buried a jug of water in the middle of the desert, about a foot down, what would you think?
Well, everyone is different. Some might think that the jug contains something very valuable and needs to be hidden and the desert seems like a good place. Some might assume that the person who buried it will be coming back or be in the desert in the future, and will need the use of water. Some might just think the person was insane and did it for no reason other than to make you ask the question ?Why??. But, what if someone told you that the bottle of water would prevent world war III? Would you believe them? Probably not. You?d ask for proof or want to know how they know this. I know I would.
The person tells you that they are a student of life; a student of society, and a student of history. They clearly indicate to you that they are not psychic, nor do they believe in such a phenomenon but are more than certain that this jug of water will prevent the third world war.
How could they know? Have you ever thought about your own life and how things came to be in it now? Have you ever thought about the things that happened in your own past, and how they have affected your present? Everyone experiences many things in their life. Death, life, sadness, happiness, pain, sorrow, joy, and bliss are all emotions that stem from events that have occurred in your life. Have you had a few key moments in your life that you can look back on and know that it has shaped you into the person you are now? Can you identify those events that had such an impact on you that had they not happened at all, life would have taken a very different path? Did you move somewhere and that move affect your life in a big way? How did getting married or getting divorced shape your life? Did the death of someone in your family forever change your outlook on things?
Everyone at some point in their life has large meaningful events that perhaps at the time do not seem to make any sense or have any purpose, but later in life, you look back on the event and realize how it shaped you or how it affected you. I give you a few small, but very powerful examples.
August, 1990. I think it was the 7th, but as I get older, it?s harder to remember the exact date. Whatever the date was, it was a date that I would be introduced to some people that would fundamentally change the way I looked at myself, and my life. Being 15 years ago, it?s hard to remember what my life was like back then but it was pretty simple and basic. In fact, I was a serious nerd. Had a few good friends like Jason and J.C. but not all that popular, an outcast, shy, and kept to myself for the most part. At least that?s how I remember it.
During August, I was introduced to two people. Shawna Gagne, and Roy Hanna. Neither of whom I had met previously but had heard of and sort of spoke to, but that?s a whole other story. Shawna would eventually become the first in a series of girlfriends, while Roy introduced me to friends, and a different sort of life. Between the two of them (they were good friends themselves), I sort of ?came out of my shell?. I was introduced to more and more people and my old friends and my new friends simply became my friends, and life really seemed to be taking off. A lot of new experiences and a lot of things that I never expected or even knew about seem to follow shortly thereafter.
As I look back on the life I have lived so far, I see that summer, and the meeting of those two people as a turning point for myself. Before then, I had my small group of friends but was really very shy and never wanted anyone outside my two closest friends to know what I was really like. I didn?t want to be weird or do anything obscure in fear of being mocked. As a young kid, I spent a lot of time being made fun of because I was so small, so the idea of being myself was very difficult. But after hanging out with groups of people who didn?t care what others thought, and embraced the oddness that was life, I felt like I had finally found a good place to be in my life with the right people around. Spushing, crazy parties, bathrobes, moose slippers, and whatever else eventually followed, but it all seemed to start there. It was also my mid-teenage years so I?m sure it was all part of growing up, but this was all before grade 12 and things became so much clearer to me when I entered my senior year. I didn?t seem to care what anyone thought of me and was very content to just be myself and the hell with everyone else. It was a lot of just being me and enjoying life. Before that, I think to some extent I was just afraid to let loose and truly be the person I was, but thanks to meeting Roy & Shawna and the experiences that followed, I found the person I really was. Perhaps I would have done the same anyway, but for me, it was a time in my life that sticks out. I met these people and had those experiences because I was meant to. It was part of what life was supposed to be and somehow those experiences would help me later in life, which they did. It?s not necessary to get into details, but the year that followed that summer brought a lot of new things to me that sort of allowed me to experience parts of life that I had previously been unaware of.
Another major event, which would not have any impact until years and years later, was either a few months later, or the year before. I always have a hard time trying to pinpoint it, but the more I think about it, the more I think it was that same year. Me and J.C. were walking down Humphrey Street and wandered into Alexander Park where we met two young girls. Tammy Theriault, and Valerie Roberts. Both me and J.C. would be the regular shy guys but somehow managed to strike up a conversation with these two ladies. This of course eventually lead to a good friendship, some ironic heartbreak, and then about 9 years of very little communication which ultimately led to me taking a walk with Tamara not long after her husband had passed away, and a reborn friendship surfaced. We all know where that went don?t we 😉
What if someone had told me that the meeting of two girls in a park would result in the marriage of me to one of them 15 years later? What if someone had told me that meeting Shawna in Victoria park would help me to truly discover the real person lying beneath the tacky t-shirts and ballcap? I would never have believed it. But, if you believe in purpose behind all things, then you must be able to admit, that true understanding of the nature of people, could have allowed someone to see the future of me, without being psychic.
I know what most of you are probably thinking. What the hell is he talking about? If you believe that everything that happens happens for a reason, then you have to believe that it?s possible someone or some thing knows what the reason is, before it happens. Not because they are psychic, but because they truly understand how one event, can affect another, and so forth.
If you are a chemist, then you would have a great understanding of how one chemical reacting with another chemical, can cause a certain reaction. The introduction of pure sodium into water for example would cause a very explosive reaction. A physicist knows that when you combine certain atoms together, it creates a reaction or event. What if you are a lifeologist? This person would understand how things react to other things. They would understand how certain events would affect other people. They would understand that person A meeting person B, will likely cause person A to meet person C if person C is friends with person B and if person A & person C are of the same nature, they will likely end up as friends which may cause situation A, and so on.
They aren?t psychic, but if they understand people, and the nature of events, it would not be that difficult for them to formulate ?theories? about what will happen in the future. Depending on how much knowledge the person has, the more accurate the theory would be.
This lifeologist may know that a rookie fighter pilot has been assigned a special mission in Iraq. They might know about the jug of water. They might also know that this rookie comes from a long line of politicians that have a history of great diplomacy. They might also know that the rookie?s piloting skills are not that great. Perhaps, this fighter pilot will fly over the Iraqi desert, be shot down. The pilot ejects and lands safely but attempts to find the wreckage of his craft. The craft hits the desert floor creating a miniature wave of sand, unearthing the jug of water. The pilot builds a makeshift shelter and hopes to be rescued. With no food, all he has is the water that somehow mysteriously showed up in the middle of the desert. He lives 8 days with no food but because of the water, survives. The pilot eventually enters politics, like his family did, runs for president, and wins. Somewhere down the road, that president gives his life to save the life of a terrorist who is ready to launch nuclear weapons against the United States. The act of heroism sends a message to the terrorist organization, ceasing the attack, and preventing a nuclear war.
Now mind you, the example I just gave is so far from reality that I would never consider it to be a real life example. Regardless of its absurdity, the point behind it remains. The jug of water was a major point. If the water had not been there, the pilot would have died, and would not have saved the life of some terrorist. That pilot was meant to save the world.
Just like I was meant to be the person I am. I was meant to meet, and eventually marry Tamara. It wasn?t apparent fifteen years ago, but it was the purpose behind that meeting. There was a reason why although I was interested, me and Tamara didn?t hook up after college in Saint John. We were both meant to get married to other people, so we could both truly understand what we really wanted, when the right time came. Look where we are now? I couldn?t be happier. Had either of us done something different all those years ago, things now would likely be very different. That tells me that this is the way it was meant to be.
Everything happens for a reason. So if you could find a way to identify the master plan behind everything, or find a way to truly understand these things that are meant to happen, then you could very feasibly predict the future, with amazing accuracy. This is of course only true, if you believe that things happen for a specific reason. I do. After all of the things that have happened in my life thus far, and all of the things I have seen and experienced, I have no doubt what so ever that there is greater purpose behind all things. However, I leave it up to you to consider what I?ve written here, and I invite you to give your own perspectives and comments. Thanks.
So there. I?ve had my say!