Some deep questions for your Friday
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Some deep questions for your Friday
| Fri, 01-26-2007 - 9:51am |
Do you believe in fate, and if you do, what does it mean to you?
| Fri, 01-26-2007 - 9:51am |
Do you believe in fate, and if you do, what does it mean to you?
Fate I do not believe in. That suggests that our lives are determined at birth and we have no free-will. And I don't believe that.
And I don't believe that we meet people at a certain time because we're "supposed" to - I believe in the phrase "When the student is ready the teacher appears." We learn from everyone we meet - whether it's a good experience or a bad one, and it's up to the individual to either learn from that experience or brush it aside. And the person you are today is an accumulation of all of the experiences and all the knowledge you have acquired.
I'm do, however believe in Extra Sensory Perception as a normal fact of life. I do think that people can be on some sort of similiar wavelength, or whatever you want to call it, due to fluctuation of hormones or some other, I dunno - chemical reaction or something. Sort of like how when women work together, eventually they all synchronize their cycles. Same sort of thing.
My BF and I do this all the time. I'll think something, sometimes completely out in left field, and he'll mention it out loud. Just the other night, he asked me what I wanted to do for Valentine's Day. I said "I dunno." But silently I thought of maybe taking a road trip to the Lake of the Ozarks. Ten minutes later he says, "Why don't we take a road trip to the Lake of the Ozarks?"
Lately I've been having to watch what I think around him because I don't want him to "hear" me. :)
I had religion shoved down my throat until I was in my early twenties so that has never appealed to me. However, the older I get, the more spiritual I become. I don't know if my family is super intuitive or if we have some kind of voodoo blood running through us ; )
I feel I'm a pretty good actor when it comes to hiding things, but it never works around family members and vice versa. My bond is so strong with my mother that I can always tell when she is keeping something from me, good or bad. My mom, brother and I are very similar when it comes to this kind of thing. While I do think that my sister and dad sometimes tap into it, I don't think they are as in tune. Maybe this is a natural thing that occurs with all families, I dunno. By the way, we are not a touchy feely family and we don't sit around discussing our emotions which, I think makes it all the more interesting. Can you pick up on energy? I always thought this kind of thing was rubbish but . . . ?
There's a down side to this though. I have always, always been able to sense how someone is feeling and so I assumed that the same rule applied to everyone. That is definitely not the case. Either some people learned how to shut it off as they grew older or they were never very intuitive. Maybe some sense things but choose to ignore it, I'm not sure.
I've had the dream coincidences happen too. There's always some kind of difference between the dream and reality, but the people involved are always accurate. For instance, I once called a friend who lived in Louisville because I dreamed that she had a terrible accident in her SUV. As it turned out someone had broken into the same vehicle (she had two) the night that I had the dream and smashed out a window.
I do believe in fate. I don't have much to add, LOL. I just do, plain and simple. As far as fate where death is concerned, things like that happening for a reason, that's a tough one. I've seen a lot of death, a lot of suffering and I hate to admit it, but not much good has come out of it other than sometimes when someone is very ill, I think death comes in the form of a gift.
How was your evening?????
I actually do believe in fate, but I also believe in free will.
I've had a LOT of dreams about stuff that actually happened in some way, shape, or form.
I know this is a hard subject for many, and I don't intend to start a debate or anything.
I do believe in fate in some ways but also in free will too. If I hadnt made a series of decisions in my life, I may have never met R and we would not be where we are today. So while I made the decisions, its kinda cool to look back and see how that led me to where I am today and Im not entirely convinced it was of my own doing. Some kind of Higher Power (not necessarily God if you dont have that belief), something about your own Higher Power or an external power has some influence.
I do think that in some ways death or serious illness has its positive points too. I know its something I've learned a great deal about myself in the last 2 years with all that has happened in my family. I have learned to appreciate everything so much more.
I also have those predictor type dreams but I havent been able to connect them as clearly as you have. I have moments of deja vu where I think I might have dreamt it but Im not too sure.
And I do think you just know when it comes to a partner. I knew R was for me, when I walked into my apartment and saw him sitting on my couch, eating my food and thought "wow, he feels like home."
Ruby