Dreaming

Right now I’m in the middle of an editing/writing dilemma. For the past couple months, I’ve been editing the heck out of a couple books I’ve written while also conceiving ideas for new books and knowing I’m still in the middle of writing my book Burden. Of course editing is the least enjoyable of the three for me, but it aligns with my goal to have 5 books out by end of year. Therefore I’m trying to concentrate on editing first and pushing everything else off to the side. Unfortunately, I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed because the book I’m editing is Beginnings and with just 5 pages into it I’ve realized it needs a lot of work which is going to take more time then I expect.

So instead of writing a lengthy blog entry, I’m going to just post the beginning excerpt from one of my other books called Dream Savior. I hope you find it intriguing.

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Ever have a déjà-vu? Is it reality or just the mind playing tricks on you? 

Some experts say it’s just how the mind perceives a reality by substituting a bunch of similar past experiences into an account of a present occurrence. Others say it could be more, that a deja-vu is a look into the future. However, few experts are willing to risk their reputation on the improvable. For the select one or two who do believe there is more to a deja-vu than can be easily explained, they have only their beliefs at the moment. And they believe there has to be more.

Their reasoning behind their view, however, is due to the fact scientists know we use very little of the brains ability. On this premise, they suggest we are all capable of so much more than we think, but we rely on our senses too much, we believe we are incapable too often, and we believe what others tell us.

In an article written by Dr. Jessica Somersby, an expert in hypnosis, the study of the brain’s neural pathways, and interpreting dreams through a process she invented called cortex visualization, she suggests there is a temporal sense within all of us. For most of us, however, this ability is squashed, diverted, or unexplored because as the brain ages, as it matures from its infantile states, we suppress our own ability to sense temporal anomalies and thereby fail to react to them.

This is why, as children, we experience déjà-vu’s in greater numbers, and by the time we reach adulthood they seldom occur. This is because we’ve supplanted this ‘sixth sense’ by forcing ourselves to live in the here and now. According to her, we force ourselves in the present because that is what we’ve been taught to do.

Of course her work has come under fire within the scientific community with cries for proof, but her proof eludes her, though she will not stop searching for it. In fact right now, through dozen of tests on subjects both young and old, she has begun her search for this proof using her cortex visualization method which she, along with several other scientists, are researching.

Nay-sayers think it’s a waste of time and effort, but demonstrating her commitment to her belief, these attacks on her credibility have only cemented her search for this elusive ghost all the more.

And what happens if and when she finds that proof? 

True to herself, her answer creates havoc among the religious community by suggesting if we are pre-destined to experience something (as a déjà-vu suggests), then we should first recognize there was a plan for us to fulfill and we should accept the plan coming to fruition. Furthermore, if it is even possible, we should try to change the outcome. Her reasoning for this is simple, why show us a future if we are not able to alter it.

If you’d like to know more, Dr. Jessica Somersby is conducting a symposium on her work this week in Atlanta.