Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Deja Vu, or Something Else

All my life I have had experiences of deja vu. Largely I attribute this feeling to God giving me a sign that I'm still on the right path - as it typically also comes with a feeling of peace and "rightness." But then there are those other feelings, which thanks to Wikipedia I now know some of the terminologies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu).

These terms are:

deja vu => "experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously

jamais vu => "involves a sense of eeriness and the observer's impression of seeing the situation for the first time, despite rationally knowing that he or she has been in the situation before"

presque vu => "when one cannot recall a familiar word or name or situation, but with effort one eventually recalls the elusive memory" and "the sensation of being on the brink of an epiphany"

Do you ever experience one of these situations? If so, do you experience all of these type of situations?

On Wiki, it is suggested that these may be related to mental diseases. I personally don't think so. I think instead that it is more as relayed under "mystic explanations" on Wiki that it is related to preconception/prophecy and the dreams that God has promised to his children in the last days; which have been going on for thousands of years already.

But I am interested in the thoughts of others that experience these situations. To me, deja vu brings peace and comfort; presque vu brings unease and a feeling of being out of place; jamais vu just makes me feel stupid.

2 comments:

Roland said...

Good thoughts.
I started thinking of deja vu as a not good thing after watching the Matrix. lol

Joe said...

I actually view deja vu as the exact opposite. I believe it is God's way of warning me of a mistake I may make. It is a way for him to remind me of the path I should be on. It's nice to have a fresh perspective though.