Setting the stage for premonitions to visit us

"Nurture premonitions of evolution, not demolition" - Constance Chuks Friday

Not never, but one of these days, someday, at sometime, at an indefinite time in the future; something whose exact nature one does not know, something unspecified or indeterminate, anything whatsoever, a kind of one thing or another, a thing that you cannot quite pin your mind to, is likely to happen to all of us.

Thus, when I say 'at some point or other, about something or other'; I am referring to a kind of premonition we feel, but cannot fix our mind as to what it is. We have all had this feeling, a foreboding, a presentiment, at some point or other in our life; and only know it will be something or other, at some point or other in time, though we cannot say its exact nature.

Thus, it remains in the realm of conjecture as to whether it is, an ill wind that blows no good, a negative effect, which could produce some positive results; or a well wind that bring benefit. To digress a little from the issue at hand, let me present some beautiful examples of the usage of the word "wind" by William Shakespeare - and I do not mean the kind of wind humans are addicted to passing, whether in silence or to the amusement of all and sundry around. In Henry VI: "Ill blows the wind that profits nobody." In Henry IV, Act v, Sc. 3, Falstaff "What wind blew you hither, Pistol?" and Pistol "Not the ill wind which blows no man to good."

However, to revert to the subject matter: all human beings have premonitions. Premonitions mean a forewarning, of either good or bad tides. Unlike intuition, which is an intuitive or instinctive feeling, premonition speaks, often but not necessarily, through dreams. They are an indicator of the soul, and a bridge to the transcendent.

Their value goes beyond their practical benefit of warning us of upcoming dangers. They reveal the presence of a timeless aspect of our consciousness, and therefore point like an arrow to an immortal, eternal aspect of who we are. Contrary to widely held beliefs, premonitions are extremely common in occurrence. Many will dismiss as nonsense, untrue, and as a misleading statement, calling it bullshit, if I say that we can invite premonitions into our life, even if we cannot have it on demand.

They know not that cow dung makes the flowers grow, well and beautiful. How often do you ignore a dream, dismiss it as fantasy, and then see echoes of the dream around you the following day?

What if a dream were the forewarning of what will become your reality; if it is being, revealed to you within the world of a dream, what may occur in the near or distant future; but your mind mangles the truth and the information so much, that you discard it as a figment of your imagination, as fiction. We can invite premonitions by setting the stage for them, so they are more likely to occur.

The most effective way to do this is to develop a discipline wherein we quite our mind and attend to the subtle messages from within and without - through meditation, contemplation, immersion in nature, or just being calm and quiet we can become more premonition-prone.

Intuition

From what it may be, to how to develop your intuition, to when to listen to your hunches and when not to; the power of premonitions is, that they occur in many ways: They occur commonly during dreams, but also during full, waking awareness, and can be realistic or symbolic.

They probably arose early in our evolutionary history because they provided our ancestors with a greater likelihood of survival and procreation; when there was no other meaning to life besides our basic evolutionary instinct to, survive, and reproduce.

Premonitions were thus likely to have evolved into their genes, and passed down through succeeding generations - down to us and beyond. As a result, we now appear to be, hardwired for premonitions.

They have become our birthright, part of our original equipment. That we have not realised this power and failed to benefit from it, is the folly of foolish man; and I often make it a point to say, there is no end to the folly of fools.

I also suppose that the person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience; and on considering the matter carefully, I must say that it is also true that sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly; better than wise people for their wisdom.

This is why I say, all statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense; but it is the context in which it is said, gives it meaning.

There is scientific evidence to prove that premonitions are a part of the human psyche, our sub consciousness.

Presentiment experiments have shown that the body responds to a future event prior to one's conscious awareness of it. In precognitive remote viewing tests, a distant individual "receives" information from a sender very much earlier than before it is, mentally sent.

Online tests have been performed that demonstrate precognitive functioning, and global consciousness effects, that are detected by random "event generators" stationed around the earth, which often react prior to the occurrence of a subsequent happening. Premonition also occurs where close bonds binds people; and alerts us to impending problems and crises of those we love.

These warnings are extremely common between parents and children, husband and wife, siblings - particularly identical twins, close friends, and lovers. Empathy, love, compassion, and a sense of oneness mediate premonitions.

Many well known people have had premonitions, including Giuseppe Garibaldi, Charles Camille Saint-Saens, Robert Shuman, and Thomas Edison.

Coffin

These names may not mean much to, many readers; but be assured that they are famous persons: one way or the other, at some point or other, about something or other. Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain that matchless humorist adored by the American public, dreamt about the death of his brother, Henry.

In his dream, his younger brother was lying in a metal coffin with flowers placed on his chest. Sam mentioned the dream to his sister but told his brother nothing. Instead, he urged his brother, who also worked on the steamboats, to be careful and advised, "Don't lose your head."

Assigned to different boats they parted company. Later Sam learned that the boilers in Henry's boat blew-up. His brother was one of the casualties.

Winston Churchill, the British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War 2 and widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, often followed his gut. One evening when air raid sirens had become the norm, Churchill had a premonition, interrupted dinner, and sent his kitchen staff down to the bomb shelter. A few minutes later a bomb struck the home demolishing the kitchen.

Therefore, become a good observer. Pay attention to the feelings, hunches, and intuitions that flood your life each day.

If you do, you will see that premonitions are not rare, but a natural part of our lives.

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