Anyone Ever Experience Anything Paranormal?

badbrains

oftenreading said:

Godfather. said:

The year was 1947. Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little more than 66 years ago, numerous witnesses claim that an Unidentified Flying Object, (UFO), with five aliens aboard, crashed onto a sheep and mule ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico .

This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered-up by the U.S. Air Force, as well as other Federal Agencies and Organizations.

However, what you may NOT know is that in the month of April, year 1948, nine months after the historic day, the following people were born:

Barrack Obama Sr.
Albert A. Gore, Jr.
Hillary Rodham
William J. Clinton
John F. Kerry
Howard Dean
Nancy Pelosi
Dianne Feinstein
Charles E. Schumer
Barbara Boxer
Joe Biden

This is the obvious consequence of aliens breeding with sheep and jack-asses.

I truly hope this bit of information clears up a lot of things for you. It certainly did for me.

And now you can stop wondering why they support the bill to help all Illegal Aliens

I was just looking at this thread for the first time due to the new postings today. You do realize, don't you Godfather, that the information you posted above is entirely false? None of those people on the list were born in April 1948. I guess that's why we did NOT know of it.

Of course, if you were just jerking our chains, then go ahead.

Oh man, this is to funny. :-B

benjs

I stayed at a monastery in Thailand for a few days studying meditation. One room was this screened-in greenhouse in the forest with a big Buddha and some incense and candles to light, and that's where I went for evening meditation. I still remember after what felt like an hour or so, I entered this forest and I saw all these rabbits and foxes running around... then I was jolted out of my state when I watched a rabbit come closer to me and then I felt its paw brush against my skin. That was pretty surreal for me.

oftenreading

badbrains said:

oftenreading said:

Godfather. said:

The year was 1947. Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little more than 66 years ago, numerous witnesses claim that an Unidentified Flying Object, (UFO), with five aliens aboard, crashed onto a sheep and mule ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico .

This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered-up by the U.S. Air Force, as well as other Federal Agencies and Organizations.

However, what you may NOT know is that in the month of April, year 1948, nine months after the historic day, the following people were born:

Barrack Obama Sr.
Albert A. Gore, Jr.
Hillary Rodham
William J. Clinton
John F. Kerry
Howard Dean
Nancy Pelosi
Dianne Feinstein
Charles E. Schumer
Barbara Boxer
Joe Biden

This is the obvious consequence of aliens breeding with sheep and jack-asses.

I truly hope this bit of information clears up a lot of things for you. It certainly did for me.

And now you can stop wondering why they support the bill to help all Illegal Aliens

I was just looking at this thread for the first time due to the new postings today. You do realize, don't you Godfather, that the information you posted above is entirely false? None of those people on the list were born in April 1948. I guess that's why we did NOT know of it.

Of course, if you were just jerking our chains, then go ahead.

Oh man, this is to funny. :-B

Glad to make your day in whatever way possible, badbrains. I live for that.

Gern Blansten

I will reiterate my position for clarity and to open up a channel of what will probably be verbal abuse.

There are no gods, no masters, no ghosts, no tooth fairies, no Santa Claus, no bigfoot, no demons, etc.

But there is an Easter Bunny.

chadwick

gern blansten,

nicely done

rr165892

Gern Blansten said:

I will reiterate my position for clarity and to open up a channel of what will probably be verbal abuse.

There are no gods, no masters, no ghosts, no tooth fairies, no Santa Claus, no bigfoot, no demons, etc.

But there is an Easter Bunny.

This is definitely not accurate.I personally know the tooth fairy.Although he hasn't been around our house in 20 years.He is a stealthy fucker,I'll tell you that.

backseatLover12

I feel that this thread has been violently thrown off track. What do you think Chadwick, put it back on track with some of your stories?

chadwick

yes it has been violently thrown off track. mostly i can not tell you what i think of all this as i like posting privileges

chadwick

rollings said:

wow. Any serious discussion on this subject seemed to have fallen away. I wonder where it went to?

rollings

chadwick said:

rollings said:

wow. Any serious discussion on this subject seemed to have fallen away. I wonder where it went to?

oftenreading

rr165892 said:

Gern Blansten said:

I will reiterate my position for clarity and to open up a channel of what will probably be verbal abuse.

There are no gods, no masters, no ghosts, no tooth fairies, no Santa Claus, no bigfoot, no demons, etc.

But there is an Easter Bunny.

This is definitely not accurate.I personally know the tooth fairy.Although he hasn't been around our house in 20 years.He is a stealthy fucker,I'll tell you that.

The tooth fairy used to be more prevalent but has not been seen in our area for years. At the least it is endangered, more likely extinct.

hedonist

I'd never abuse Gern, verbally or otherwise. Or anyone else for their beliefs (or lack thereof).

I wish condescension wouldn't come into the mix as often as it does with topics like this, but I get it. Par for the course.

Pretty sure there's a bunch of shit out there of which I have no idea. Sometimes when syncs happen or a sense beyond the usual is felt, things beyond the norm...it befuddles and fascinates me. Brings wonder to my mind and the typical patterns of thought and experience.

I love it.

oftenreading

What puzzles and sometimes frustrates me is when otherwise intelligent and reasonable people ascribe a paranormal explanation for things that already have another explanation. People talk a lot about "the unexplained", but much of those experiences are actually fairly well characterized scientifically. I haven't read through the entirety of this thread, but have skimmed parts of it and a lot of what people mention are standard sleep-related phenomenon, particularly hypnogogic and hypnopompic phenomena (that is, in the transition zone between wakefulness and sleep, or sleep and wakefulness), with a mixed bag of other known phenomena. I know these can be creepy or even downright terrifying - I still recall like it was yesterday a sleep paralysis experience when I was less than 10 years old - but that doesn't make them paranormal.

As humans, our brains have a cognitive bias to make connections between events. It has been something that has evolutionarily helped us out, but it sometimes leads us astray because we tend to believe there is a connection between unrelated events. We can safely enjoy noticing those moments of apparent connection but we get into tricky territory when we draw meaning from them.

If we're going to be amazed about anything, in my opinion we should be amazed about the capacities of the human brain.

hedonist

oftenreading said:

If we're going to be amazed about anything, in my opinion we should be amazed about the capacities of the human brain.

Not saying you don't make sense with your post, but the terms themselves - "much of those experiences", "a lot of what people mention" - it's the experiences that fall beyond those terms that get my mind going, and find I can't be so quick to dismiss them (based on my own variables, of course).

Totally agree with the part I quoted. Oliver Sacks wrote a fantastic book about the intricacies of the brain, how it works (tries to work), compensates, develops.

callen

chadwick said:

yes it has been violently thrown off track. mostly i can not tell you what i think of all this as i like posting privileges

Sucks to feel pressured not to convey your feelings on a pearl jam board.

Jason P

Instead of sucking blood he claims your soul with a steady stream of crappy movies.

callen

hedonist said:

I'd never abuse Gern, verbally or otherwise. Or anyone else for their beliefs (or lack thereof).

I wish condescension wouldn't come into the mix as often as it does with topics like this, but I get it. Par for the course.

Pretty sure there's a bunch of shit out there of which I have no idea. Sometimes when syncs happen or a sense beyond the usual is felt, things beyond the norm...it befuddles and fascinates me. Brings wonder to my mind and the typical patterns of thought and experience.

I love it.

So Gern isn't being PC about his views.

Think when some flat out say that there are no gods or goblins many say they are being insensitive. Think this is hockey as evidence validates this position, there are no gods/goblins/spirits Does it hurt feelings? Sure but it is what it is. Are there goblins? Could be but there has been no evidence. None.

And isn't it okay not to be PC ?? Per women are weaker than men?

Peace.

chadwick

benjs said:

I stayed at a monastery in Thailand for a few days studying meditation. One room was this screened-in greenhouse in the forest with a big Buddha and some incense and candles to light, and that's where I went for evening meditation. I still remember after what felt like an hour or so, I entered this forest and I saw all these rabbits and foxes running around... then I was jolted out of my state when I watched a rabbit come closer to me and then I felt its paw brush against my skin. That was pretty surreal for me.

i'll try & find this maybe if they have something online. if you know of a site, send it on over. thanks

one time when i was a young kid dad & i went hunting. we made our way slowly through this thick brush & then we just stood there quietly. before long a rabbit came up to me & sat on my foot. that was the coolest thing ever.

hedonist

callen said:

hedonist said:

I'd never abuse Gern, verbally or otherwise. Or anyone else for their beliefs (or lack thereof).

I wish condescension wouldn't come into the mix as often as it does with topics like this, but I get it. Par for the course.

Pretty sure there's a bunch of shit out there of which I have no idea. Sometimes when syncs happen or a sense beyond the usual is felt, things beyond the norm...it befuddles and fascinates me. Brings wonder to my mind and the typical patterns of thought and experience.

I love it.

So Gern isn't being PC about his views.

Think when some flat out say that there are no gods or goblins they are being insensitive. Think this is hockey as evidence validates this position. Does it hurt feelings?, well so what it is what it is.

And isn't it okay not to be PC ?? Per women are weaker than men?

Peace.

What? Not sure where you concluded that from what I wrote; in fact, I made mention of the silliness of PC-ness in another post just a little while ago. So yeah, fine by me to stray from the generally-acceptable.

And I have no problem with flatoutness.

I just think there's a difference between being candid and subtly pissing on someone else's views or experiences.

benjs

chadwick said:

benjs said:

I stayed at a monastery in Thailand for a few days studying meditation. One room was this screened-in greenhouse in the forest with a big Buddha and some incense and candles to light, and that's where I went for evening meditation. I still remember after what felt like an hour or so, I entered this forest and I saw all these rabbits and foxes running around... then I was jolted out of my state when I watched a rabbit come closer to me and then I felt its paw brush against my skin. That was pretty surreal for me.

i'll try & find this maybe if they have something online. if you know of a site, send it on over. thanks

one time when i was a young kid dad & i went hunting. we made our way slowly through this thick brush & then we just stood there quietly. before long a rabbit came up to me & sat on my foot. that was the coolest thing ever.

Pretty neat, eh? So this felt probably similar to that - except I was in a closed room, this entire forestry scene was fabricated in my mind, and the rabbit that I was certain had scuffed my leg as it scurried by - was only in my mind.