Déjà vu more than coincidence
Campus Times
April 30, 1999
Have that feeling this is something you have read before? Have that
feeling this is something you have read before?
OK, those were the first and second times I have written that interrogative
sentence, but for some, that may be just enough to trigger the back of the
mind and present an eerie, semi-realization that one has read this before.
Yes, my friends, I am diving into the supernatural world of déjà
vu. For those who have never experienced this phenomenon, it goes something
like this ...
In the middle of rapid eye movement a pause or a jump in the dreaming
action occurs. Now, for some, this may not happen, but with myself, every
once in a blue moon, a short one-to two-second clip of my future acts as
a screen saver between dreams.
However, this future event has no time associated with it. I have no
idea when it will happen, if ever, but I do feel as though I am aware of
the people involved, the setting in which it takes place and the role I
play.
Sometimes, the event is noteworthy, and other times, they are just meaningless
passings of time. But when it happens, I immediately recall my dream and
am completely freaked out of my mind. Not saying I am like the lead character
from Stephen King's book "Carrie," I mean, I cannot move things
with my mind or anything of the sort. But I do get a sensation, which is
commonly called déjà vu.
Do not get me wrong, I am not trying to start some cult or new religion
with this déjà vu angle, but my belief that it is real continues
to strengthen with every re-occurance, combine those experiences with what
I recently saw at the neighborhood Edwards Theater, and I may become an
official spokesperson for déjà vu.
The movie ticket I purchased a while back was for "The Matrix,"
featuring Keanu Reeves. (OK, if you have not yet seen the movie, I am not
going off on a tangent, so just keep reading.)
To make a long storyline short, the matrix, as it is called, is a computer
generated reality for humans. It makes the world around us seem real, when
in the true reality, the human race is being used as fuel to fire artificially-intelligent
machines. (It is easier to understand once you have seen the movie.)
Anyway, when something in this computer program is changed, some individuals
experience déjà vu. (See the correlation?)
To tie everything together, and to present my first pitch as a pastor
of déjà vu, what if that movie offers a glimpse of the true
reality? When I walked out of that La Verne theater, the movie really had
me thinking.
Hmm? Maybe we do live in a world where the truth is withheld and a false
reality is given. It makes sense. For instance, certain facts or events
in our own history (i.e. the John F. Kennedy files) are not made public
to protect "national security."
However, who is trying to protect whom here? Perhaps, the matter of
maintaining national security is just a method of keeping the wool pulled
over our eyes. And if this world is a computer program, then that magic
bullet theory for the assassination of JFK may hold some truth, because
a computer program could be written for a bullet to twist and turn in the
middle of thin air.
Ever wonder why the government talks out of both sides of its mouth?
The reason is because it can. In a system in which it runs, the government
can do what it pleases, when it wants and to whom it wants. They are the
music makers, and they are the programmers of society's dreams.
Perhaps, my déjà vu is just that -- déjà
vu, and there is no connection between it and Big Brother. But with the
year 2000 approaching, has anyone ever wondered why the panic over the anticipated
computer system failure? If this world is a false reality, Y2K may either
cause the world to wake up to the hidden reality on Jan. 1, 2000, or wake
up to déjà vu on New Year's Day.
I guess I will just have to wait and see. It is not like I have been
there before ... or have I?
Greg MacDonald, a junior journalism major, is editor in chief of
the Campus Times. He can be reached by e-mail at gmacdona@ulv.edu.
