An excellent topic.
One of the things that has immediately struck me about this forum, is the calibre and intelligence of the people here I've encountered so far. I am enjoying being here very much.
I find this fascinating, as it could possibly relate to a few experiences.
The first I can recall, I must've been about six or seven at the time, I had a dream so vivid, that it has stayed with me long into my adult life.
I was walking into the City Centre (where I used to live growing up), down the same roads as usual, until I come to turn the corner that leads to the main City, and it's completely different. Not the same place at all, and one I've never seen before. Shocked, I turn around to the path I came from, and it has gone. There I am, stood, completely alone in a strange and unknown City.
I don't recall any waking memories of similar occurrences until into my early teens. I was on my way to play for my local football team, and on arriving at the pitch, I could absolutely
swear that it always used to face the opposite way.
Dad said, "no Son, it's always been like this". My manager agreed, with him. I was very shaken, as I was adamant that it was not, and a most unnerving feeling came over me, but in the end I just accepted that I must have been losing the plot, lol.
No further recall until into my twenties, and there was a door that I walked through every day at work, and one morning I go to open it, it won't open. The handle moves, but the door will not. I keep pulling and pulling, it won't budge. I pause for a moment to think, and as I do, a colleague walks by, and just
pushes it open. I know for a fact that this door opens inwards. I was working there for long enough and using it every day. Yet everyone I ask, says the same as my father did about the football pitch, hmmm, the
exact same words, actually. "No, it's always been like this".
This situation has silently bugged me on and off ever since, on the times I remember and think about it.
Last experience is one I've only just realized, after reading this topic, and thinking about it. Outside my window in the room where my computer is, there is a street lamp. It mildly annoys me when I become conscious of it's presence whilst typing at night, as the light can be a recurrent mild distraction at times.
I just noticed yesterday, that the light is not in my eyes any longer. Previously, if I just look even slightly to the side of my monitor, the light would be in my line of sight. Now, I have to lean right over to see it. I thought it was strange that it was not in my eyes any more, but just thought that I must've moved my monitor a bit, and didn't really give it a lot more thought. But thinking about it, my monitor has not moved. The left speaker sits on the end of the desk, and had the monitor moved, it would have knocked the speaker off.
I've just had a few 'double takes' of it. The light has definitely moved about two yards to the left.
It used to be next to the tree, now it's further apart from it, and the shadows cast on the fence from the tree have changed.
Most bizarre indeed. I will definitely look more into this from your links. I look forward to other reports of any further experiences too. Thank you for raising an intriguing and thought provoking topic.
Kind Regards,
Plati.