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Originally Posted by numerouno
Thank you for sharing this experience, it is most interesting, had me pondering the whole day. Amazing, because most people aren't able to make the jump once the flash of dejavu kicks in, they just freeze.
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I have deja vu frequently, though I think it occurred more when I was younger. As a child, when deja vu hit me, I would remember dreaming that exact moment (except in my dream there was no sound or color, but I still knew the colors and sounds...). I would also (and still do) get a sense of when, exactly, I had dreamed it. Even if it had been years prior to the actual experience. When I approached my early teens, I started to dream them in color, and finally in high school I would dream hearing the sounds as well.
For the longest time, I would freeze, as you say, and observe in shock. Then, in high school, I would spend the entire moment thinking "I am having deja vu!" until the moment ended. It took me a few years, but every time I had deja vu, I would try to push past the moment to see what came next.
Finally, in my early 20's, I had two experiences where my deja vu started to get
really interesting.
During the first, I was working as a cook for Pizza Hut (a mind-numbing job, but great for having time to think). While I was working, I had deja vu and became aware of it. But instead of fixating on that fact, I pushed my thoughts forward to sort-out what would happen next. My train of thought pretty much went as such:
"What happens next, what happens next? I think I smile.... Why do I smile? Because I think of Freddie." And, remembering my husband then did make me smile suddenly, and I thought, "Aww, Freddie!".
Anyone seen the Matrix? The scene where Neo speaks to the Oracle and she says not to worry about the vase. And then Neo, searching for the vase she was referring to, knocks it over. Neo asks how she knew, and she says what's really going to stump him is when he wonders if he would have knocked the vase over in the first place if she hasn't mentioned it. My experience was exactly like that.
The second experience I had, I was at home when deja vu struck. For one baffling moment, it felt like I remote-viewed
myself at work. I was aware that this me-at-work that I was experiencing/observing was observing/experiencing the me-at-home. It felt like I was one person as two in two different locations at (I presume, based on time of day) at two different times. And this entire experience was, in itself, deja vu. I presume this was possible for the me-at-work because, as I've said, it is very mind-numbing after a while and leaves one's thoughts to wander...
Anyways, I've yet to have a repeat of either experience. I've never heard of anyone experiencing deja vu like I did, so I'd love to hear people's opinions or similar stories.
As far as the purpose of deja vu, I think it depends on the person. Maybe for some people it is a warning sign. Some people take it as a good sign. I take it as a road-marker. I think the subconscious can tap-in to all possible futures, and experiencing deja vu is a way for you to consciously recognize which path through time you have taken.
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