Stuck in a loop in time

How many times have you experienced deja vous? Did you know deja vous is your recollection of memories?

It might be possible that there is another planet similar to Earth, though the names of similar planets to Earth might have different names. Earth and a similar world might exist on timelines different to one another, and we might exist as separate individuals on each Earth. In other words there may be more than one of you.

It would be possible to have at least two identitcal worlds millions of light-years away from each other that are undetectable from each other, in separate solar sytems that will never be able to contact each other. It is easier to understand when you consider what dreams actually are. Many people believe that dreaming is when your soul leaves your body and 're-awakes' in your other self on an identical planet to Earth.

Some believe that we live our lives over and over, though not fully aware of our return to Earth,yet some people experience de-ja vous, a feeling that you have experienced,seen or heard something that you are sure you have experienced before. It is not just imagination, it is your soul recognizing your experiences from identitcal lifetimes- the same repetitive experiences that we go through life after life.

If you accept that at least two identical worlds exist, it may be possible for one world to be on a timeline which is exactly one year behind Earth, and it may be possible that we travel in our dreams to the other world which is one year behind Earth. This article is being written on the 3rd of December 2008.

If your soul were to travel to the other planet identical to Earth and wake in your body which exists as you do on Earth but on 3rd December 2007, your brain, which store memories will only know that timeline of 2007, because 2008 hasn't arrived yet and thus your other body's brain won't have any memories of 2008.You would be totally unaware that you have woken up a year behind Earth's timeline of 2008.

Let's say for the sake of argument that the human race is an experiment. Knowing that we give life to each other by birth, we could conclude that scientific breakthroughs have created at least two worlds or more that are identical to Earth. On each world are replica beings to ourselves, with the same lives, the same friends and family. If scientists have created our existance at some point, they would have logged our history possibly millions of years ago, a history which naturally occured without scientific intervention, when humans prospered and succeeded in terraforming another Earth. That existance is now that which we live in on Earth.

Millions of years ago scientists may have concluded that the human race was set to destroy itself and become extinct, and so by manipulating lives and events over millions of years, they have perfected our lifecycle, so that the same people on Earth are reborn, and live the life on the earth that we exist on today, without a chance of anybody or any army destroying our lives, families and achievements.

Alternatively there could be no scientific intervention at all though, making the whole idea of two worlds impossible to explain.

It may be easier to summize that we live the same lives over and over on our only one Earth, and that our existance is due to people giving birth to people. When we experience deja vous for example, we are recognizng this world as the only one we remember from other lives before, although many people do not accept de ja vous as memories- they simply believe it is their minds playing tricks. It is not the brain that remembers, but the soul 'talks' to the brain, letting the brain know that an important moment has been re-experienced.

It is too difficult to prove that we are stuck in a loop in time, but we do recognize de ja vous as a repetiton of an experience, a recollection of being there before. That does not confuse me whatsoever, because I know that we have been on this Earth many millions of times before. We live and then we die, and then we are reborn again. Don't be fooled by the concept of death, because it is a necessary transition which allows you to be reborn again. People should be comforted to know that Earth cannot be destroyed, and never will. This is our home, our ball in space that continues to sustain us and we do regenerate, life after life.

It may be possible for any one individual to alter and change their own life, to either become more positive and successful or become negative and destructive. Perhaps we learn from experiences more and more each life that we come back, recognizing to avoid the negative and strive to be more positive and successful.

If you understand this, you are 'in tune' with your soul, and you may realize that de ja vous (recollection of memories) teaches you, allow you to remember and improve your life, avoid situations, and become a person better than you were in other lives.

I cannot say if you can reach out to others to change their lives, but you can take control of your own life. Perhaps as individuals we teach ourselves more and more about our own lives as we experience every new Earth life, and change ourselves individually to achieve or become better and more positive people. Perhaps we can see when friends or family are going wrong in their lives, and you might have an inclination to advise or help them change themselves, so that they can teach themselves and others later on.

De ja vous is not just a brief moment in time, life is a repetitive circle in time, and if you already know that, then goodluck and all the best. If this makes no sense to you at all, you may find that you understand it in the future, which , by the way is your past and will be your present.

In the two-world theory, this article might already exist on another system, and you may have read this all before...

The spirit of hobs

“Charity begins at home” —the idiom that you should try to help your family and friends before you help other people — was more literal for Samuel Hobbs. In the 1930s, after the successful businessman’s death, his widow, Lina, donated their summer home at 66 Clifton Ave. in Marblehead, to the community, in memory of her husband.

There was a stipulation, however. The house could only be utilized to benefit the community for “literary, recreational, educational or hospital purposes.”

“I feel like his spirit is still alive,” says Elizabeth O’Shea Sullivan, who meets the “literary and recreational and educational” portion of Hobbs’ criteria with her business Yoga Namaste, which offers yoga classes and philosophical discussions. While Paul Crosby runs the Marblehead Counseling Center in the upstairs area of the Hobbs House, O’Shea Sullivan and Elaine Wintman hold yoga classes in the spacious first-floor, which the two rent as separate businesses. Strictly as a form of donation, on Saturdays, O’Shea Sullivan runs a one-hour Yoga Study Group at 11:30, asking for a $5 donation toward the upkeep of the Hobbs House.

“This yoga group raised over $1,000 to have the Hobbs House repainted and the windows cleaned,” says O’Shea Sullivan.

Aside from the Iyenger-certified instructor’s 30 years of experience (in the ‘80s, she studied with taskmaster, B.K.S. Iyengar in Pune, India for one month), one is instantly drawn to O’Shea Sullivan’s warm and welcoming spirit. Impassioned with helping “seekers” find their spiritual way, she offers yoga teacher training, yoga classes and study groups as a way for like-minded “spiritual explorers” to connect.

O’Shea Sullivan was drawn to yoga before it became a popular practice.

“I was the closet yoga,” she says with a tone of amusement. “I wanted to learn to be a dancer in my early 20s and thought, ‘If I could just become flexible, I could learn the steps in less time.’”

She signed up as one of Patricia Walden’s first yoga students in Cambridge. A classical Iyengar yoga teacher who has studied regularly with Iyengar for over 25 years, Walden is co-author of “The Women’s Book of Yoga and Health” with Linda Sparrowe and has created several Gaiam yoga DVDs, including the bestselling “Yoga for Beginners.”

“I had a serious déjà vu,” says O’Shea Sullivan of her first class. “I didn’t understand what I was doing, yet I felt I’d done it my whole life.”

She never did go back to dancing, and has continued with Walden for 30 years. She has also incorporated hypnotism into her practice, which she incorporates in her yoga classes through positive suggestions. O’Shea Sullivan strongly believes in the power of the subconscious mind and is intrigued by Carl Jung, the Swiss psychologist and an expert in the collective unconscious.

Perhaps it was the lure of her subconscious that led her to the Hobbs House seven years ago. Or maybe it was coincidence in the convenient location within walking distance of her Clifton Avenue home.

Conscious expectations

What you can expect on a Saturday morning is to walk into the Hobbs House and walk out with a better understanding of life’s purpose.

Based on the teachings of living yoga master Iyengar, O’Shea Sullivan begins with yoga postures, keeping each individual’s physical conditions in mind. Props, such as blocks, belts and blankets, are used to correct form, so that no matter what level you are at, you can achieve proper energy flow.

Yoga, says O’Shea Sullivan, calms the deep waves, “so you don’t get so attached with either pain or pleasure.”

Through focused breathing and physical instruction, her class becomes aware of their own physicality, absorbed in the moment.

“Yoga poses one of eight levels,” explains Skip Dowds of Marblehead.

Dowds is one of about a dozen who show for the Saturday morning class (9:30-11 a.m.). He has been a student of O’Shea Sullivan’s for over five years and a yoga student for seven. His son, Jack, was the catalyst for Dowds’ yoga calling, one that has brought him to a place where he is now taking yoga teacher training 14 hours a month, in addition to the Saturday class.

“Jack would invent poses, such as ‘winter pretzel,’” recalls Dowds, who knew his son was emulating his karate moves from the class he took before the two discovered, and ultimately signed up for, yoga. “It was something we could do together, as father and son.”

They began at Prana Health and Yoga Center in Salem, when Jack was only 10 years old. For Jack, yoga wasn’t lasting; and after a summer at camp, he never returned. But his father hasn’t stopped since. A year later, when their instructor, Jessica, moved to New York City, he was referred to O’Shea Sullivan’s classes she held out of her home before relocating to the Hobbs House, a much larger space for the growing classes.

“It’s a good group of people and a nice place to come,” says Dowds.

The power of dialogue

A minute can be a long time if you’re holding a posture. With this in mind, once the yoga exercise portion of the class is over, the class takes a half-hour break before reconvening, in the casual atmosphere, for the study group at 11:30 a.m. Starbucks coffee in hand, the group discusses their latest readings on the 3,000-year-old sutras, the literary study of Sanskrit scriptures. Much of the scripture’s interpretation is debatable. Many times, individuals weave their life experiences into the thread of discussion, enlightening others, as well as bonding the group.

“People read poems that tie in to the group discussion,” says Dowds, who joins the group with at least three books in hand on the subject.

He explains to newcomers that yoga poses occupy one of eight Yamas, or levels. But all Yamas lead to the universal commandment of how you interact with others.

Dowds paraphrases: “You don’t hurt, lie, steal or sexually assault people.”

The next level is Niyama, which is establishing a routine practice of yoga, or self-discipline, followed by Asana, which is developing your physical sense of self (putting your feet behind your ears, for instance), and so on through Prânâyâma, (the tangible self through breathing), Pratyâhâra (willpower), Dhâranâ (concentration), Dhyâna (meditation) and finally, Samâdhi, or profound meditation.

Like Crosby guides others’ mindsets in the center upstairs in the Hobbs House, O’Shea Sullivan guides the mind, body and spirit through physical confidence building, as well as through philosophical conversation; her task is assuring the group doesn’t sway from the topic at hand.

After three hours and many recited “ohms,” what you leave with is a physical and mental strength, physical coordination and flexibility, and clarity. During this particular class, the group left with the notion of presence: You can wallow in the past and worry about the future, but try to focus on being in the present body, and see with a beginner’s eye.

In keeping with the philanthropic spirit of Hobbs, good will lives on through the former summer home in Marblehead.

Deja vu in another body

Deja vu in another body....
All the things I see happen has happened before...
maybe the players are different...
But the gameplay is the same...
I know the strategies behind it...
I see the loopholes...
But the final outcome is still uncertain.
So what am I saying?
Nothing passes me by unnoticed...
As much as it doesn't mean much to anyone...
Yet because I know....
That makes all the difference.
No matter what I do to remove that knowledge...
It is there, inputed into the memories of time...
Would I want to remove it if it was an option?
Sometimes I wished I never knew...
Sometimes I wished I was not me...
Sometimes all I wanted is for it all to rewind again...
But regret is a potent poison...
Not to be allowed to dwell...
For now, to take it one step at a time...
Living in the 'Today' rather than 'Yesteryears'...
Nor in the 'Tomorrows' that are neverending...
To hold my head up high, chest out, shoulders straight...
And with all the love that can be mustered out...
To try the very best to make the most of what there is...
Today is all there is...
There was a zillion things I should've done differently...
A million words I should've said...
But it all is not important anymore...
There is two sides to every coin...
The choise to be the head or the tail is in our hands.
Maybe then living life will make all the difference...
I think its safe to say "I know..."
Cos nothing tells it more than what one calls.....
EXPERIENCE.

The internal experience of the holy spirit

Steve,

By checking beliefs, I don’t mean checking your belief that you experienced something. That was never in doubt. It was never really in doubt that Scott believes he saw a picture versus a mirror. The question is whether there actually was a picture versus a mirror.

If there had been a picture versus a mirror, why was Scott the only one who noticed it? Does this normally happen to people? No. Does it normally happen to Scott? No. So why should Scott believe it himself? Isn’t it more likely that he saw a picture of Jesus in or on one of the books, and confused this with the mirror? Of course it is.

The elephant in the room is that you think no belief or recollection is too far-fetched to doubt. And the only reason you believe this nonsense is to preserve your faith.

Let’s put it in general terms. The laws of physics are highly predictive and reliable, and we all think it very foolish to bet against physics (e.g., jumping off a building and expecting to live). We think this because physical laws have been observed countless times. Suppose Alf sees phenomenon X just once. Phenomenon X violates the known laws of physics. Alf must believe he saw X, but should Alf believe X actually happened?

This question is rationally answerable, and it’s not a matter of opinion. Alf needs to compare the probability that a person misinterprets sensory inputs or falsely remembers certain facts, with the probability that the laws in question would be broken. It’s very VERY simple.

People misremember facts, selectively sample facts, have visual and auditory hallucinations, double-takes, deja vu, and many other failures of cognition and memory. This happens more commonly than laws of physics are violated. Do you deny this? Have you yourself never done a double-take or misremembered a fact?

I would estimate that I mispercieve something or misremember something about once a month. Usually about small stuff. I misplace an item and have to search for it. Or maybe I think I’ve emailed a reply to a query, but actually only imagined what my reply would be. I’m not particularly absent minded, but these things happen.

Furthermore, there are well documented cases in psychology in which subjects display denial, delusion, and false beliefs when those beliefs challenge their worldviews or when they are under emotional stress. Do you deny that psychology has documented these cases in a significant percentage of the population (e.g., say, >0.01%, and probably more than 5%)?

What does this mean? It means that if I observe an event that violates known laws of physics (not just unusual applications of known laws), then I ought to be skeptical when those laws are known to better than about 1 part in 10000. At that point, I ought to suspect that I made a mistake. It happens, and there’s no need to feel bad about making a mistake. And this doesn’t mean I shouldn’t investigate the peculiarity further. Even if nothing bizarre happened, it would be interesting to know why I thought something did.

But look at Scott’s case. He sees an event that violates reliable laws of physics. FAPP, transmogrification doesn’t happen. The event is so peculiar, it’s more likely he’s misremembered something, especially given the length of time between seeing the picture and seeing the mirror. So Scott needs to verify his belief. But when he asks Judy what happened, she doesn’t tell a transmogrification story. She tells a story about how there never was a picture. Her response is inconsistent with his experience. Moreover, this is a ONE-TIME event. It cannot be tested.*

This is what I mean by testing and questioning your intuitions. If you have a belief that the picture became a mirror, how would you confirm it? Suppose this is a court case. What evidence would work if you were a juror trying to confirm your story? That’s what impartiality is about. It’s about being a juror to your own experiences, and not the defendant. You have to be your own juror. If you’re going to believe everything that you as defendant says, then you as jury are going to be extremely gullible. But because it’s a one-time event that leaves no trace, and all the physical evidence (about transmogrifying) is against you, you would be foolish to believe your memory was what it seemed to be.

Luna sea

If you know of any English-language songs with cool music videos, please let me know. Aside from personal interest, I'd like to branch out in my Japanese translations away from Regina Spektor. Maybe to something with lyrics that 'make sense.'

OK, I just did the translation, and I'd just like to say that 1) it's not a particularly excellent translation and 2) I'm glad this music isn't about the lyrics. They kind of stink.

Déjàvu (Luna Sea)

Escaping to anywhere, that hole in the concrete

While you were looking you couldn't run away

On this tiny world, layered with hate and fear of men

Negative laughs "I already have man in my grip"

To the extent that you, even you, wouldn't understand

You, even you, forgot your heart

Your reflection in the mirror even laughs, in that hole in the concrete

The couple I saw one time, loving and longing

In this tiny world where people hate lonliness they lie

And Negative laughs "I already have man in my grip"

To the extent that you, even you, wouldn't understand

You, even you, forgot your heart

Future, past, present, people's 'drama scenario' is always Dejavu

You, who couldn't hurt a flie, repeat

To the extent that you, even you, wouldn't understand

You, even you, forgot your heart

To the extent that you, even you, wouldn't understand

You, even you, forgot your heart

Future, past, present, people's 'drama scenario' is always Dejavu

You, who couldn't hurt a flie, repeat

Medicine allergy

Hello everyone. i am allergic to prochlorperazine. today i did my research and this is what i got. (i nearly cried reading some parts because they were trueeeeeeeeeee. and im going to wake my mom up now to tell her these things.)

Prochlorperazine (Stemetil)

In higher doses it is used in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses. In lower doses it is used in the management of nausea and vomiting.

Prochlorperazine works by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain. Dopamine is a natural compound called a neurotransmitter, and is involved in transmitting messages between brain cells. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter known to be involved in regulating mood and behaviour, amongst other things.

Prochlorperazine also affects dopamine receptors in an area of the brain that controls nausea and vomiting. Vomiting is controlled by an area of the brain called the vomiting centre. The vomiting centre is responsible for causing feelings of sickness (nausea) and for the vomiting reflex. It is activated when it receives nerve messages from another area of the brain called the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) and when it receives nerve messages from the gut.

Prochlorperazine controls nausea and vomiting by blocking dopamine receptors found in the CTZ. This stops the CTZ from sending the messages to the vomiting centre that would otherwise cause nausea and vomiting.

In adults, Stemetil is used for the conditions below.

Psychotic illness such as schizophrenia.

Acute mania.

Short-term treatment of severe anxiety.

Treatment and prevention of nausea and vomiting.

Relieving nausea, vomiting and attacks of dizziness or spinning sensations (vertigo) associated with Meniere's disease and other inner ear disorders.

Warnings:

This medicine may cause drowsiness. If affected do not drive or operate machinery. Alcohol should be avoided because it can make drowsiness worse.

This medicine can occasionally cause your blood pressure to drop when you move from a lying down or sitting position to sitting or standing, especially when you first start taking the medicine. This may make you feel dizzy or unsteady. To avoid this try getting up slowly. If you do feel dizzy, sit or lie down until the symptoms pass.

This medicine may make your skin more sensitive to sunlight than it usually is, so you should avoid exposing your skin to direct sunlight or sunlamps until you know how your skin reacts. If you can't avoid strong sunlight you should use a sunscreen lotion or make sure your skin is protected with clothing.

If you have been taking high doses of this medicine for a long time, for example to treat schizophrenia, you should not suddenly stop taking it unless your doctor tells you to, even if you feel better and think you don't need it any more. This is because the medicine controls the symptoms of the illness but doesn't actually cure it. This means that if you suddenly stop treatment your symptoms could come back. Stopping the medicine suddenly may also rarely cause withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, difficulty sleeping or tremor. When treatment with this medicine is stopped, it should be done gradually, following the instructions given by your doctor.

This medicine may rarely cause a decrease in the normal amounts of white blood cells in the blood. For this reason, if you are taking high doses of this medicine for a long time your doctor may want you to have regular blood tests to check the levels of blood cells in your blood. You should consult your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms while taking this medicine, as they may indicate a problem with your blood cells: unexplained sore throat, mouth ulcers, infections, high temperature (fever) or general illness.

Consult your doctor immediately if you experience the following symptoms while taking this medicine: high temperature (fever), pale complexion, sweating, muscle stiffness, fast heartbeat and decreased consciousness. These symptoms may be due to a rare but serious side effect of this type of medicine, known as the neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and your treatment may need to be stopped.

Use with caution in

Elderly people.

Decreased kidney function.

Decreased liver function.

Heart disease.

Slow heart rate (bradycardia).

People with a personal or family history of an abnormal heart rhythm seen on a heart monitoring trace (ECG) as a 'prolonged QT interval'.

Low levels of potassium, calcium or magnesium in the blood (hypokalaemia, hypocalcaemia or hypomagnesaemia).

Malnutrition.

Dehydration.

Alcohol abuse.

Underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).

Tumour of the adrenal gland (phaeochromocytoma).

Enlarged prostate gland (prostatic hypertrophy).

Parkinson's disease.

Abnormal muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis).

History of seizures (fits) eg epilepsy.

People with risk factors for having a stroke.

History of closed angle glaucoma.

History of a drop in the normal number of white blood cells in the blood.

Allergy to other phenothiazine medicines, eg chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine.

Side effects

Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Just because a side effect is stated here does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.

Drowsiness.

Dry mouth.

Difficulty sleeping (insomnia).

Skin rashes.

Stuffy nose.

A drop in blood pressure that occurs when moving from a lying down or sitting position to sitting or standing, which results in dizziness and lightheadedness (postural hypotension).

Abnormal movements of the hands, legs, face, neck and tongue, eg shakiness, twitching, rigidity.

Anxiety, restlessness and agitation (akathisia).

Rhythmical involuntary movements of the tongue, face, mouth and jaw, which may sometimes be accompanied by involuntary movements of the arms and legs (tardive dyskinesia).

Increased sensitivity of the skin to UV light (photosensitivity).

Interference with the body's temperature regulation (this is more common in elderly people and can cause heat stroke in very hot weather or hypothermia in very cold weather).

Decrease in the numbers of a type of white blood cell (neutrophil) in the blood (neutropenia).

Sudden severe deficiency in the number of white blood cells in the blood (agranulocytosis).

Abnormal heart beats (arrhythmias).

Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice).

High blood prolactin (milk producing hormone) level (hyperprolactinaemia). Rarely this may lead to symptoms such as breast enlargement or production of milk.

Impotence.

Changes in menstrual periods.

There may be an increase in side effects such as dry mouth, constipation, confusion or heat stroke (in hot and humid conditions) if prochlorperazine is taken with other medicines that have anticholinergic effects, such as the following:

anticholinergic medicines for Parkinson's symptoms, eg procyclidine

antihistamines, eg brompheniramine, chlorphenamine

antispasmodic medicines, eg hyoscine

medicines for urinary incontinence, eg oxybutynin, flavoxate, tolterodine, propiverine, trospium

muscle relaxants, eg baclofen

MAOI antidepressants, eg phenelzine

tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline

other antipsychotic medicines

other antisickness medicines, eg promethazine, meclozine, cyclizine.

Epilepsy.

Epileptic attacks happen when an abnormal electrical discharge occurs in the brain, disturbing its normal function. The type of seizure depends upon where this takes place, and how much of the brain is affected. During an attack, these discharges may cause:

twitching of the muscles

abnormal sensations (eg tingling on one side of the body or awareness of a strange taste or smell)

emotional symptoms such as fear or 'deja vu '

loss of consciousness.

Flickering lights, such as strobe lights in nightclubs, can trigger seizures in some people. If this is the case, clubs with strobes are best avoided. It is also sensible to avoid playing computer games for long periods of time as the flickering screen has been associated with seizures in some susceptible people with epilepsy.

Glaucoma.

Glaucoma is not one disorder but a range of conditions in which the pressure inside the eye becomes too high. This results in damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye which can lead to loss of vision if left untreated. Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness worldwide.

White

I've decided that I want to continue with white on this piece but have yet to decide on the background. Often it's the background that causes me to pause and ponder.

As is the current book I'm reading, "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver. It's a wonderful story but as I read there are parts that seem so familiar, as though I've read it before, and yet the rest of the story is new to me.

I wonder if I've read this before or if it's a case of deja vu (the feeling that one has had an experience previously, although it's actually new to one - Webster's New World Dictionary)?

I once read that deja vu is actually a type of brain malfunction or maybe not a malfunction exactly but some form of chemical change that takes place in the thinking pattens.

I prefer to think of it as a form of intuition. Much more creative.