INSANELY WEIRD EXPERIENCE--I don't even know where to start

[MorningGlow]

You guys, I have to share this with you, because I have NEVER had this type of experience before in my LIFE. I mean, this is something out of a sci-fi/fantasty movie, I swear. But it's completely true.

On an acquaintance's recommendation, I bought a novel. I got it in the mail yesterday and, since my laptop is still in limbo, I started reading it yesterday evening (when I'd usually be surfing the Web). I'm only about 70 pages into it, but I am FREAKING OUT.

Okay, this is going to sound weird, but here goes: This story mirrors what's currently going on in my life almost EXACTLY. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure--lots of novels can resonate with readers, of course. But I'm not talking general experiences or ideas. I mean it's recounting my life almost EXACTLY. Down to very specific, very PERSONAL details. Things I've never told anybody, ever.

And LOL no, nobody has a hidden camera in my house; this was written several years ago, BEFORE the same incidents happened to me.

I'm just...agog. This is the weirdest thing that's happened to me in a LONG time, and I've had plenty of weird things happen in my life. I can barely wrap my head around this.

Looking on the bright side, I figure I can read this novel and find out what's going to happen in my life in the near future!
:rofl:

And no, I'm not going to tell you the name of the book, because then you'd know frighteningly personal details about me that I'd rather keep to myself, thank you very much! (Even though I loves ya all.) :P
But I've just gotta say... :wtf:?!?!?!?!?

[eilen]

1. Now I wanna read your book :yoiks:

It's so much more interesting when it's about someone you know :loveya:

[MorningGlow]

2. LOLOL NEVAH!

:rofl:

Okay, I might share the title years from now, after this phase of my life is all played out and I don't care anymore, but right now it's a leeeeettle too close to home! Okay, a LOT too close to home! :D

[Sanity Claws]

3. That is odd

Have you thought about contacting the author? It'd be interesting to find out what his/her inspiration was and what point he/she was trying to make.

[MorningGlow]

4. That did cross my mind

Right now I'm eager to read the whole thing and find out how my life--er, the story--turns out. (I swear to gods I feel like I'm playing out a Hollywood movie...)

But then again, as a fiction writer myself, I could say with some measure of confidence that she was just tapping into the Source, pulling A Story out of the ether...and it just happened to be mine. Weird, but possible.

And it makes me wonder how frequently this sort of thing happens, when writers enter the alpha brainwave state in order to "create" fiction--!

At the risk of most certainly misusing the term, this experience is making me go all "quantum", and it's making my head and my sense of reality go all :crazy:

[GliderGuider]

5. That's some serious entanglement!

I can only imagine how weird it must feel to find your life has already been made into a book... although personally I'm going to wait for the movie to come out. Who do you want to play you in the movie?

And please let us know if the parallelism breaks down at some point.

[OneGrassRoot]

6. +1 and.....

I hope you don't mind that I jump in here to congratulate you on the WONDERFUL rediscovery of your Love.

:bounce:

:)

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[GliderGuider]

13. Thank you so much.

It turns out that events like this are fairly incomprehensible to the untuned. I'm glad I have a boardful of tuned-in people to tell the story to.

:hug:

[MorningGlow]

8. Bwaaahahaaaa "I'm going to wait for the movie"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Thanks, GG--I needed that!

Mr. MG says I kind of look like Valerie Bertinelli, but if she plays me then it'll just end up as a Lifetime Movie of the Week, and I don't think I want that! ;)

I also thought about that--as the novel goes along, will it diverge from my life? If it does, that will intimate to me that while the author pulled My Story out of the ether, she made it her own somewhere down the line.

[GliderGuider]

14. What would freakiest

Would be if it didn't diverge at all from your life right up to the point where you are right now. But then kept on going for another 200 pages...

[MorningGlow]

18. Well that's part of the freakiness

The book's first chapter mirrors a pivotal time in my life from about a year or two ago. So I've got 95 percent of the book to read (and it's a long one!) to find out if it continues to be the same as my life. It's likely that within the next couple of chapters it's going to pass my present-day and essentially go on into my own unknown.

[Kookaburra]

32. Curiouser and curiouser

I've had 2 guys stop me lately and ask me if I'm Valerie Bertinelli. I never really thought I looked like her (except for the hair), but I guess what I see isn't what others see.

Strange, that.

[MorningGlow]

34. Wow, that is odd

And nobody other than Mr. MG has ever thought that I look like her! :crazy:

[JanusAscending]

38. Ya got nothing on me gals!!

I've been told time and time again...(usually in Hospitals and Dr.'s offices) that I look just like Lauren Bacall (right down to the voice) This started when my Dad first got sick in 1998,and I took him to the ER in his town. Most recently in line at the food pantry from a social worker. Now she's s star with longevity!! When I was carrying the extra 50 lbs.like from my grand daughters wedding pics.....not so much!! LOL!
MG.... you are freaking me out!! Must know how far this takes you!! Please, READ FAST !!!!

[Celebration]

7. very cool!!

And maybe it will give you some insight into your redecorating/remodeling decisions ;)

Seriously, if the "future" part of it involves events that are not personal, but general, let us know, please. This could be interesting.

[MorningGlow]

10. Believe me, C...

Redecorating/remodeling is pretty far down the list of things I want insight on, compared to what the novel is actually addressing!

I really do want to share details, but I can't think of anything that isn't intensely, intensely personal yet. If I come across something more general, I will definitely post it.

[OneGrassRoot]

9. Dudette....that is so cool!!!!

Yeah, I'd contact the author...see what divine synchronicity is at play here. That has to be sooooo bizarre though!! :rofl:

Please do keep us posted.

The only remotely comparable experience was when I was writing a novel a couple of years ago, and what I would write would manifest shortly thereafter in "real" life.

Freaky stuff. :crazy:

[MorningGlow]

11. Oooh your experience is definitely freaky!

What did THAT feel like?! Yowza!! (Although if we could bottle that, I'd be more than happy to start writing a novel to create a very happy future!!)

In pondering all this, between last night and this morning, I've found a bigger question looming: Why was I told to read this novel, and why now? Guides certainly are crafty boogers, aren't they? ;)

[OneGrassRoot]

16. I couldn't NOT contact the author if I were you.

This is truly fascinating. Pleeeeeez keep us posted. ;)

As for my experience, it scared the shit out of me. It was NOT a pleasant experience...not a good time in my life at all, since most of the manifestations were challenging and even tragic (several deaths).

When it was done, I eventually detached from it and feel (fairly) confident any sequels won't result in the same. I really didn't want to deal with the project at all for a while for that very reason though...fear that more storyline details would manifest in the process of writing.

*sighs*

[MorningGlow]

19. I might start with some intertubes trolling to learn more about her

Sorry to hear that the precog experiences you wrote were unpleasant ones. :( Detachment is good. Or, even better, you could write a happy book and see if those happy events manifest! Use your powers for GOOD, OGR!
:rofl:

Just kiddin'. You ARE good. :hug:

[mysticalchick]

12. Definitely ....

... of of those 'sit up and pay attention' kind of experiences, I imagine. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. That a friend recommended it to you speaks volumes to me. Clearly, you're to pay attention (as you are).

Keep us posted as to how things go and if you notice any further syncronicities between your life and the one in the story.

[MorningGlow]

20. I just thought of something else

Mere days ago I asked my guides for a "loud and clear" message. Looks like I'm getting it! :o Just not in the format I expected (my dreams have been the usual channel lately).

[FirstLight]

15. weird...hehe...COOL!

Weird/Wyrd: 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural.
2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.
3. Of or relating to fate or the Fates.
~~~~~~
That sounds about right!

I have often wanted to BE in a book that I liked, but my life is *way* too boring to be any kind of plotline as it is! :rofl:

The first thought that comes to mind is that your guides have taken advantage of the computer down to get your attention. and while there is the chance that the book will turn in a direction that you may not want to go in your own life...the point is that YOU write your own adventure!

enjoy the mirror, it is very sacred & special...and please feel free to share what you can as the experience shifts. If it becomes MORE like your life & journey, or turns another direction and offers you a glimpse of what "could" be...or if it shows you what you don;t want to manifest...all are VERY valuable lessons!

You go, you powerful co-creatrix! :woohoo:

[MorningGlow]

21. Hey, you writer, you--you know everyone has an interesting story to tell

It's all in how you tell it. ;)

TOO TRUE about killing my 'puter to get me to pick up the book. That was not lost on me! (But damn, did they have to make me lose the most recent version of my novel in with the bargain?!)

I definitely get the feeling that I'm being given a chance to "see" one possible outcome depending on what life choices I make in the near future. A nice glimpse into the future, without repercussions in my current life. Nice touch, guides!

[kentauros]

17. "Stranger Than Fiction"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223

Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.

Um, are you hearing narration, too? :P

That is wild, but I'm curious if your "clients" are showing up in the book, or will... ;)

[MorningGlow]

22. Heh. I love that movie.

It was the first thing I thought of when I realized what this particular novel was doing.

Not hearing voices, thank goodness. Not yet, anyway. I'll let you know if I see a suicidal chainsmoking author in black, though... :P

[kentauros]

24. I've never seen the movie but did want to when it came out.

Don't know why I didn't; probably couldn't afford it back then.

You're not the aforementioned author yourself, are ya? :P
Hey, I know! You're the author of the book after all, but it's one of your self's other lives concurrent with this one :D

[MorningGlow]

26. Okay, now you're making my brain hurt!

This is my brain on the novel: :nuke:

[kentauros]

30. You do know about the concept, though, right?

That in the realm of reincarnation, we can have other lives on the planet at the same time as we are living it here and now. So, a different you is an author writing about an alternate you (MG) and publishing it. For all you know, the characters in your book are the first other-you that has written this book you (MG) are reading now :P

[MorningGlow]

33. Oh, very well acquainted with it, yes

Doesn't make it any less :nuke:-worthy for my poor addled brain!
:rofl:

[kentauros]

36. Just doin' my part,

keepin' it wyrd

[FirstLight]

29. yes, another fave writer movie for sure!

I love the author, her chain smoking and obsession over death... :rofl: I think all of us 'artists' like to wax poetic on the dark sometimes :)

You don't *need* to hear any voice-overs...looks like your guides are doing well with yoour imagination already.

...and what about losing the novel you were working on...hmmm...?

How much was 'done' or was it saying what you really want to say to the world?


hmmmmm...yeeees, teeeelllll us, dahling.... :smoke:

[Dream Girl]

23. Sounds like a short story I read in Spanish years ago, "La Ultima Coincidencia"

I man is reading a book or was it a newspaper, anyway it starts with words..as he reads a word, he over hears someone say the word in normal conversation. Then things start to happen that paralell what he reads. I'll have see if I can dig it up to find out who wrote it; pretty sure it was a Latinn American author. Borge?

[MorningGlow]

27. I'd love to read it

Definitely let me know if you find the details! Thx! :hi:

[I Have A Dream]

25. I want YOUR life!

:rofl:

[MorningGlow]

28. Believe me, you SO don't!

:rofl:

I never said those details in the novel were pleasant ones, did I? ;)

[Cleita]

31. Well, sometimes novelists may be prescient and not know it.

I read a book years ago and I wish I could remember the title and author, but the climax of the story was about a terrorist attack by Middle East terrorists on the World Trade Center in NYC. The only difference was that the attack was to be done with a sci-fi like tricked out submarine not airplanes. Of course the hero of the story was able to stop the attack at the zero hour and they were able to stop the crew of the submarine instead before it did its deadly deed. But years later I thought about it. Why did the writer use this as part of his story plot? Did he have a gift of seeing the future? I really wish I could remember the book and author.

In your case could it be that the author got into your mind telepathically and thought it would make a good story, not even knowing he/she was connecting to a real person.

[MorningGlow]

35. 'Zactly

Makes me wonder how frequently we authors do that...

[BlueIris]

37. Careful with Atreyu. If you don't take care, he might drown in the mud.

;-)

[Kookaburra]

39. This really is very cool.

Let us know how it works out.

[Lindsey]

40. Whoa! I'd take vacation days to get that book read. That's

amazing. I love it that you really called on your guides. There are so many theories about how this could happen. I love Stranger than Fiction too and it was the first thing I thought of when you posted. Please let us know what's happening.

[MorningGlow]

43. I am PLOWING through it

And it is LONG. Interesting theme, interesting lesson. I will def write about it again when I've finished it (which shouldn't be long now).

[NuttyFluffers]

41. what i'm curious about is whether circumstance will let you finish the reading...

will the story stop right at your present? will you get pulled from finishing the last few pages?

and my favorite part is the acquaintance. how much of an acquaintance? tangible or fleeting person? why the recommendation? why now? ;)

it's a deeply humbling experience to think that there are plans within plans going on around us. human free will is a wonderful thing, but how often do we know we are really using it, or just running on autopilot?

naturally, i'd finish the book and debate in my head what sort of changes you'd suggest for the "protagonist". but self-analysis on such a... spooky? level would be challenging at the best of times.

[MorningGlow]

44. It started at my present

Well, about a year ago, I guess. It moved beyond my present by the third chapter. So most everything in the book is "new to me".

I was thinking about "why me, why now" today in one of my meditations (mowing the lawn LOL) and the answer was, of course, "because I was finally ready to hear the lesson" (and would listen).

Reading it is exhausting, I've found. I'm absorbing the plot, paying attention to the themes, AND constantly noting the parallels with my own life. It's like I'm reading it on several levels at once. And yeah, the entire time, every time I come across another thing from my life (yes, they continue in the book), it gets spooky all over again! :crazy:

[NJCher]

42. postcard

That was a fun read to come home to after my class, MG. I, too, thought of "Stranger than Fiction" when I read it. The characters in that movie were named in the Dickensian tradition, with the name presenting something of their dilemma. Harold Crick (crick in the neck). And Penny Eiffel (falling from on high). There were others; can't remember them all right now.

I had a similar experience to yours with a postcard about a decade ago. It was when DU was young and I even published the postcard. pictures, and story here. It happened at Christmastime, so I posted the link again the following Christmas.

This, too, is a true story.

I pulled my Christmas decorations out of the basement and began my decorating. One of the Christmas items was a picture of three Christmas trees and underneath it said "Seasons Greetings." I was putting it on a hanger at the back entryway when, as I hung it, I noticed a glint of something underneath the picture. I took the frame apart and found a vintage postcard.

The portrayal was of a young girl, perhaps six or eight, playing with a little black kitten on the floor at Christmas. There were various items in the picture, such as toys and in the background, a pair of men's high top shoes, etc.

When I saw the little girl, I thought of how my mother used to style my hair like hers. Not long after that, a picture of me as a young girl turned up and I noted my hair was styled like the girl's hair in the postcard.

Then the other items in the postcard began showing up. Oddly enough, my husband had a pair of shoes that were very much like the ones in the postcard and he left them out in a similar position to the one on the card.

The ball the little girl and cat were playing with showed up, too.

All the items in the postcard presented themselves before Dec. 25. All but one, that is, and that was a little duckie toy with a string. It didn't show up and, looking at all the items in the postcard, I remarked to my little black kitty, whose name was Bitsey, that someday the little rubber duckie on a string would show up. I figured it might be awhile, as toys like that aren't made anymore.

Many years later it was nearing Easter and I was heartbroken, as my little black cat had died. She died in an accident and I was bereft. I could not get over it. It was an early Easter, nearly six months after her death, and I was outside raking leaves in my driveway. I would still cry whenever I thought of her and I recall I was crying that day, too, as I raked my leaves.

I had taken some bags of leaves from the recycling center to chop for mulch and as I emptied them I saw something colorful come out. As I raked through them, I saw it was a little rubber duckie on a string!

Yes, yellow with an orange bill and on four wheels it was able to be pulled on a string! His comical little plastic face smiled up at me as it dawned on me that even though Bitsey wasn't here any longer, the rubber duckie from the postcard picture had emerged!

I was overjoyed and took it as a "hello" from my kitty from the other side. I was so happy I was actually hopping around the driveway. I knew it was she; I felt her there with me at that time.

The little rubber duckie was very dirty, so I took it in the house and got soap and water and cleaned it up. Do you know that to this day, I keep the rubber duckie in my lingerie drawer so that every time I open it, it is like a hello from my Bitsey? I will never part with that toy.

So there it is--a story much like yours--where reality came from a picture and ended with a something very meaningful.


Cher

[MorningGlow]

45. WOAH--chills

Seriously, Cher, that had me ALL KIND OF goosebumpy! WOW what an experience! And I know what you mean about a beloved kitty--we have two black felines, and while one is a neurotic basket case who's very difficult to love (the other is my familiar, a lump of 100 percent love), I know that when both of them pass, I'm going to be bereft.

Wonderful that Bitsey sent you the ducky! I knew that was what happened before I read it--that it came from her. What a lovely hello to receive!

Did you ever figure out WHY the postcard and your life were mirrored? Was there any reason? or do you think it was one of those "cosmic giggles" we get from the Universe as a reminder that everything is connected?

Thanks for sharing that, Cher. Made my night! :hi: