Synchrothoughtfulness

Labas! Well, another week has gone! Where has the time gone, honestly? Today's entry is about the coincidences in life or as some say, predestined events or synchronicities. I sometimes wonder why life is like a big deja vu, but then I probably think about something else and that's that.

Rather than think it's my subconscious observing it a few milliseconds before me or that I chose it in heaven before I was born, I go for the third option: I dreamed (or dreamt) about it. But then I try to remmeber when I dreamed about it and my mind's vacant. So I say that maybe it's just the scientific theory, but that doesn't really work because I should experience it 24/7, right? Seeing that I'm either associating with a past memory or simply subconsciously aware of it before I'm consciously aware of it.

So we try the other end of the existential spectrum which has some sort of attractiveness, but similarly, why only certain times? Unlike the science option, some spiritualists say that we have certain sign posts in life (from a life review) which we will promptly remember and it may seem like a deja vu experience. Yet if it is so, then am I following the right path or repeating some error again?

Now, I'm not a "psychic" (well, I don't have conversations with the dead or other dimensions--that I recall--everyday) nor am a scientist, so I'm just a big nada. I'd like to say philosopher, but then I may been suffering from existential angst now. All I can say that I hope I'm on the right path.

What about you? Anyone who's out there..feel free to reply, because destiny may decide to keep me busy some other way...:) Have a great day.

"Dr. John"

Blizzful weather...

Hyvää päivää! Well, today's Valentine's Day so I thought it would be good to talk about relations. However, instead of that gushy love that'll be going around today, how about we talk love towards everything. Sometimes I wonder why we don't love everything, because if we did, then it'd be quite simple. If we had compassion and love for all, then we wouldn't be selfish, would we? Instead of buying things for ourselves, perhaps we would buy things for others. Even better, everything would be available for everyone else without false values.

Perhaps in the future it will be like that. However, for us to reach that level, we must truly be different than we are now. It's not so much that we have to be different physically, but I suppose it's with our psyches. If we're worried about getting the latest cell phone then we're a bit selfish, aren't we? Or winning a certain sport or getting a raise in pay. What about the people around you? Even unto yourself you're creating more suffering by all of these desires. Not to say everyone's like this, but the majority seems to be so (at least in Western Society) .

So, who is truly suffering? Is it the people in third world nations or is it the ones who have a luxurious life? I think the ones who suffer the most may be the ones who can't see what is the right thing to do. Sure the poor may also make lousy choices, but choosing to be rich may be a lousy choice in itself. Of course, everyone in modern society would think that's crazy! Sheesh, without money you'd be poor and begging.

But this relates to what I was saying about love and compassion towards everyone. It's the greedy who have made the poor exist, right? So, no more greed, no more suffering.

I think at least some would agree. How about you?

"Dr. John"

Rain flake snow drop...

Magandang hapon po! The year seems to be going by pretty fast, isn't it? Today's topic is about the way things seem to be. When you woke up this morning, did you have a feeling of how the day was going to be like? Perhaps you had a dream and some of that dream resembles what has happened today?
When you told somebody you'd be there in 5 minutes, did the time suddenly disappear or did those 5 minutes feel more like an hour? Did the mood of people around you seem to change for no apparent reason? Are you allergic to foods you didn't think you were allergic to? Has something caught your eye that you could have cared less for before?
Sometimes I think all of the above applies to just one day! It's those weird days when everything seems to be quite different, but strangely enough, it seems familiar enough to shrug it off. It's as if you go outside, without any plans, and then suddenly you have so much to do. But when you reflect on it, doesn't it seem like that was supposed to happen anyway?
All the chaos that's been happening isn't really shocking, is it? Have the world events of the last 10 years really surprised you? Sure we may be in temporary shock, but it's amazing how fast it wares off. But maybe it only seems like we're somewhat prepared for the things that happen around us.
Even the "new" technology that's out there doesn't seem to enthrall us for more than a few months (or days...). Sure there are commercials which are a few years old advertising all of the latest technology, but it's so passe. The older generation probably marvels more than the younger generation. Many still can't even get the computer turned on.
But that's not a shot at the older generation, because they were the "builders" of this technology. Sure, the majority may be as retarded as the young generation is in school now, but not all of the old people are slow; in fact, they probably know more than you (well, you whoever). However, many young people are quite versed in technology, but they, too, may be a minority.
I'm not saying that the majority of youths now can't use the technology, but how many can build the technology they use? How many are able to program these futuristic gadgets? And how many actually know about it? Not simply operating it (i.e. sending photos, downloading music, searching the net, etc.) but knowing how and why it does what it does?
Feel free to comment! Thanks.

"Dr. John"

Half full glass

Hallo! Hoe gaat het met u? Today will be a simply entry, one of measurements. To take a basic thought, are things half full or half empty? I've thought the expression is somewhat stupid, actually. But perhaps it could be used in different ways. However, when it is used in a figurative sense, rather than a literal sense, can anything really be half empty? When I think of "half empty" I kind of think of "half zero". And what is half zero? Exactly. Half full makes more sense, unless you're really saying that things are just disappearing to nowhere.

Things are always "half full" because there is something as the base, rather than nothing. Isn't there? It's as if one were to say that the physicality of the glass if half-dematerialized rather than half-materialized. In a literative sense, they both mean something different. But since we don't have that technology at the moment (or so they say), I'll move on.

Can we say life is half empty or half full? Well, since it is something, doesn't that require it to be half full (if we want to say anything is half). It's half completed because that is the direction of things, isn't it? But to be more figurative, our emotions are always looking towards fulfillment. So, we're not looking to be in a depressive state, but, rather, an ecstatic state.

What do you guys think? I don't think anything should be considered half at all. Thanks for reading.

"Dr. John"