False Awakening

'False Awakening'

False awakening is when a person has a very convincing dream about awakening from their sleep while in reality, the dreamer continues to sleep…after experiencing a false awakening, people dream a variety of things…they may dream they are going about their daily routines such as having breakfast, eating and getting ready to go to work…these false awakenings, namely those in which one dreams that one has awoken from sleep that featured dreams, take on the aspects of a double dream or a dream within a dream…perhaps you’ve heard the story of Chaung-Tzu who though he was dreaming that he was a butterfly…after he woke up, he didn’t know if he was a man dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly now dreaming that he was a man…these powerful dreams have been studied and no one knows why they occur or how, but they do occur…certain aspects of life during these false awakenings may be overdramatic or out of place…things may just seem odd such as a painting on a wall seemingly moving, or not being able to walk or move in certain ways…one’s legs may often seem to be like lead and difficult to move…the experts have said there are two types of false awakenings; type 1 is where the dreamer seems to wake up, but not necessarily in realistic surroundings, type 2 which is less common they say is when the dreamer seems to wake up realistically enough but there is a type of suspense or disquiet…maybe our entire lives are one large dream…or a dream inside of a dream…who can say for sure?

Psychokinesis

'Psychokinesis'

What about those who can perform the moving or bending of objects by mind power, a type of psychokinetic power?... Perhaps it can be used to hide the car keys or to bend a spoon…there have been instances where this has taken place…granted, some have been fraudulent while others seemed pure…whether you believe that or not is up to you…but it is undoubtable that the mind is an extremely powerful thing…so much more than we can comprehend…can it move mountains?...maybe…we never tap into the deepest realms of the mind…who knows what potential there could be if we could?...some have seemed to control others by concentrating their powers to make others think as the sender wants them to think…this can be very dangerous...we think we know ourselves but given certain circumstances, our mind or perhaps psychokinetic powers from others can cause us to do things we wouldn’t ordinarily do…maybe even go beyond legalities…certainly, our own minds can bend the rules to fit around what we what to accomplish…what would our fathers think?

The Hope Diamond Curse

'The Hope Diamond Curse'

The Hope Diamond, described as ‘the most famous diamond in the world’ has ownership records dating back almost four centuries…its much-admired rare blue color is attributed to trace amounts of boron atoms...weighing 45.52 carats, it was last reported to be insured for $250 million…the Hope Diamond has long been rumored to carry with it a curse...at times…the diamond has been subject to theft and there are a few years where the diamond was actually unaccounted for…a New York Times article from 1911 gave a list of supposed cases of ill-fortune…here are some of the unfortunate…Jacques Colet bought the Hope Diamond and later committed suicide…a Russian Prince, Prince Ivan Kanitovski bought it but later was killed by revolutionists…it was once loaned to a woman who later was murdered by her lover…Sultan Hamid gave it to a person to "polish" but later but the man had the misfortune to be imprisoned and tortured…a guardian who was put in charge of protecting the stone was hanged by a mob…later a Turkish attendant was hanged for simply having it in his possession…another unfortunate owner who brought the stone from India to Paris was said to have been "torn to pieces by wild dogs in Constantinople."…there have been others who have committed suicide or have died broken…the popular view among skeptics is that these accounts are speculative since there are supposedly few, if any, hard facts to back them up...personally, I saw the Hope Diamond at a Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C…it was quite impressive, but given its record of ownership misfortune, I’m not sure I would have taken it if it was offered to me…of course, given its value, I may have taken a chance.