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Oooh, glad to know I'm not the only one who still likes this old game.
I started playing again after I listened to Terran music mp3s. []
I was just playing through the single player campaigns today.

Too bad I can't go on bnet. (no comment [] )
What's a ums?

"Always remember you're special... Just like everyone else."  []

Hmm....I'd think with all the 'greenhousing' we're doing now, all that reflected heat would still get trapped in the atmosphere...  []

quote:Originally posted by Jazzarati

my whole vision around my point of concentration altered in brightness. The room went from normal brightness, rolled to a little darker and then a bit darker again, then rolled back a little. Then it went darker again etc.

That happens to me too, but I don't know what causes it. YOu don't actually have to be trying TK for it to happen, just focus on an object and relax your eyes. Pretty soon you'll notice it happening.

quote:As I gazed they spread out further away from me, the ones in the centre of my vision moving the furtherest away. Once I blinked or turned my vision everything came back to how it originally was.

This also happens to me, usually when I'm staring (but not really paying attention) at my prof's (printed) lecture notes on the overhead. Some words will 'fade' to the back while others kind of pop up in front...   []

"scientifically speaking, we should still be living in caves with rock tools"

Hmm....I'm wondering why this can't be explained just by us 'being smart'? You know, language, society, learning from other people, specialization of roles in the society, etc...

I don't think it's all in our genes. The progress we've made is a collective effort of all the people before us...  []

Looked around the net about that Tinnitus.
Don't think that is what we are (well, me anyway) experiencing...  []

quote:Originally posted by no_leaf_clover

greek mythology.. now those are some hearty tales [] your father ate all your older brothers and sisters. you were smuggled out of his reach at birth, and now you have to face him, to give your innocent siblings a chance to live. you have to face beings that are greater than the gods themselves, and eventually kill your own father.. almost like star wars o.O..

Hahahahah!!! That's sooooo funny....  [8D]

As for hobbits, well, I don't remember much. You can try looking for info about in the preface or appendices of LotR or The Hobbit. I'm sure you can find digital versions of the books somewhere on the internet...

Here are some other posts that mention this kind of thing:
http://www.astraldynamics.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=91
http://www.astraldynamics.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3338
http://www.astraldynamics.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=103

About deja vu in general:
http://www.astraldynamics.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4084
http://www.astraldynamics.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2664

They don't actually 'explain' anything, but hope they help somehow...  [|)]

Yeah, it's also a fantasy type movie, and involves nature's spirits and stuff like that.

But of course, the same as I'd say for ALL movies I know I'm going to watch, it's best to know as little as possible beforehand, so you can just enjoy and explore the world portrayed by the movie.  []

Btw, both of these are made by Studio Ghibli. So if you like them, you can check out their other works...

Athios is one of many character names from some RPGs I played (this one from Baldur's Gate). It seemed general and quite unique, so I started using it for a handle online.
There are some other names I'd like to use too, but either they didn't quite fit the Astral Pulse 'feel', or the name was just too attached to the original character I played.

Hahaha, this is funny, I just went on Google to look for 'athios' (to see if anyone else is using this name), and I found myself from the Astral Pulse results...  []

Btw, if you like this movie, then you should definitely check out Princess Mononoke as well...   [|)]

Yeah, I remember being able to hear that since I was a little kid (around 5 or 6).
Typically you need almost total silence to hear it, since even the faintest (physical) sound can be completely distracting, unless you are really good at concentrating on it.
Sometime when I concentrate on it, it gets soooooo loud it actually hurts my ears...  []

Thanks guys.

I'm gonna try some of that stuff when I get the time.   [|)]

[put your compass on top of a nail. Watch what happens. It screws it way up.]

quote:Originally posted by Squeek
put your compass on top of a nail.  Watch what happens.  It screws it way up.

Do you mean it will act funny (spin around)?
Or it's easier to manipulate that way?

Btw, I haven't done any TK. I don't "believe I can" yet.

I don't know, I don't see anything when I try it. Maybe I"m not doing it correctly.

As for the diagram...
Isn't the gap between your fingers really small? You can actually see black lines that are THAT small compared to the gap???

[Event Horizon]

Event Horizon
Hey, thanks for the link.
Man, that thread is pretty messed up. I feel like everyone is just talk to themselves and not each other. Those guys don't seem really eager to make it clear what each is talking about either... so confusing...  [xx(]

Hmm... it's interesting to know that some people there can actually see coloured dots/worms.  [|)]

I've never noticed that wave/tunnel/tornado thing before. I think I should at least try before I guess what it is.

As for that gap-in-the-fingers thing... are you looking through the gap with your hand really close to your face? In that case, I think it's just an afterimage you're seeing...  []

I've never heard of the radiation thing you mentioned in your post. Hmm. Something for me to think about.

[goingslow]

goingslow
Hehehe, sorry, seems I went into 'logical overdrive'.  []
It's cos I'm taking a critical thinking/logic course, and I'm trying to make use of the concepts in the class (and I typed that post right after my lecture). And since I'm a bio/biochem major, the topic is just irresistably engaging.

Anyway, the website does not help a lot, since it gives absolute sizes. But since closer objects look bigger...
Well, I don't think I want to go there again, hahaha... let's just drop this.  [8D]

sublime
Maybe not everyone can see them because it requires non-physical vision? I seem to be able to see them better when I do whatever it is I do when I see auras (don't know how to describe).
Btw, I can only see the colourless etheric aura. I wonder if people with colour auric vision can see coloured dots?  [:O]

As for the goose...I have no idea. Maybe you saw the spirit of a dead leader of the goose flock??? Hehehe...your guess is as good as mine.  [|)]

[know]

quote:Originally posted by goingslow

The person that said they would appear black that isnt true.  They dont.. ive sat tehre for hours looking at them after realizing they were on my eyes.  skin cells dont look black.  The sun on them and the fact they're clear make them look like white spots. Most likely because the sun is reflecting off them.

I have no doubt there is visual energy.  But it is better to be able to realize you're seeing junk on your eye so you can compare it with whatever else you see.  Its always good to know all possibilities.  Thats what I think anyway.

Isn't that just a circular argument?
You're saying that skin cells don't appear black because the dots aren't black; and you're saying the dots you are seeing are skin cells because they aren't black......?  []

Look, I'm pretty sure we're all (right now) talking about the same kind of dots. So......what is it that makes you know the dots are in fact skin cells? What's the extra bit of info you have that we don't?

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Anyway, as it is, I don't have any reason to believe so. Bacteria (prokaryotic) should be much smaller than your own cells (eukaryotic), but we see much much more dots than those worm-like thingies.
Plus, since the bacteria should be on the surface of the eye, whereas the skin cells should be inside your eye (closer to the retina), your cells would look really big...  [?]

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Oh yeah, I just thought of a way to test this. Just empty a whole bottle of Visine into the your eyes, which will theoretically wash away all the crap out of your eyes. Now, if you don't go blind after this experience, and you can still see these dots, then they must not be 'floaters'.
Of course, I'm not crazy enough to try this.  []

Here's what I thought of the movie (cut and paste from a different thread):

Hmm, I didn't really like this nearly as much as I did the first one.

Hmm.......some of the backgrounds were ugly, badly done. The texture was just waaaaaay off from the things in the foreground.
One of the main guys (Link) acting was........not as good. I didn't like his 'being funny' scenes.
I could actually see that some of the agents aren't Agent Smith. I mean, I'd at least expect them to cut and paste his face on them, but I guess they were too lazy to do that.
(yes, I'm really picky)

Otherwise, it was niiiiiiiiiiiice.............
I liked the first one better, but the villians in this one are really good.

Here's why I liked the first one better:
Even though I watched it in theatre, on DVD, and on TV, I never had any complaints about the movie (visual-wise).
It was sort of the defining film of my generation (maybe like how Star Wars was back in the 70s), like a pinnacle of 'coolness' in movies. It has some degree of cultural impact.

But for Matrix Reloaded, while it did further the story, it was just more of the same stuff (and done less well). While it's still Really Good, it just lacks the special 'feel' to make the leap to Awesome.
For me anyway.

Although I'd still watch it again, just to understand the story better.

[NOT]

Sorry, don't mean to sound like a know-it-all, but here's what I think.  [|)]
So far, suggestions of what they are include neuron/eye problems, bacteria, dead skin cells, and energy of some sort.

It isn't caused by neurons 'misfiring', like what you get when it's totally dark or when you lightly press your eye with a finger, since I've never heard of anyone seeing these dots in the dark. Plus, these dots aren't actually white, they're transparent. They just look white depending on the background they're seen against.

It's definitely NOT the bacteria floating on the surface of your eye. You can clearly distinguish between junk on your eye and these dots. Normally, the 'floaters' are not dots, have shape (worm-like), are a lot bigger, and you'd only see 2-3 in your field of vision. They typically drift very slowly in one direction only, and you can actually change their position by jerking your eye suddenly.

As for dead cells, hmm...
I'd think that cells floating in front of the retina would block light from reaching some cells, and these positions would appear black (no light = more signal = black). So if this were the case, you should see black dots drifting around your field of vision all the time. But these dots aren't black, and you can only see them when you 'focus', not all the time. So I think it can't be dead cells either.

And that just leaves energy as the most probable case......

[actual]

quote:Originally posted by warlockyoshi

I have had many strange and phenominal experiences.  I have encountered werewolves,
conjured fire elementals, telepatically comunicated with my dog, put out a forest fire with
my mind,  gawked at a shapeshifting dragon, electricuted someone from thirty feet away
(electrokinesis) astrally projected myself into hell (and talked to lucifer) ethrically changed
into a wolf while slepping, taken pictures of friendly spirits, warded off malevolent spirits,
summoned demons seen and talked (through telepathy) with a race of aliens we humans
call the grays and predicted several terorrist attacks but been unable to stop them.  But you
could be right maybe I am just wish fully thinking.[]and i wish i could find that shack again.  Then i can take my rightful place at satans side[}:)]

Umm...... I was wondering if you could clarify if the stuff you listed above (including seeing the shack) are actual experiences, or stuff you've dreamt about???

My parents and my brother don't know anything (I think). I kinda prefer it that way for now, until I have something to show for, lest they think I'm crazy or devil worshipping or whatnot.

I lightly told two of my high school friends about it, without going into too much detail. They're both Christians, so at first they were kinda worried about my soul being damned to hell for this, hehehe...  []
Eventually, I explained about my position, and now they don't really worry anymore. It's actually nice that we now go into religious discussions that are interesting and thought-provoking.

The only other person who knows completely what I'm doing is my (now) best friend. He was the one who got me started in this stuff. He had just starting reading Journey's out of the Body. I thought it was a novel at the time, then he started explaining......
And that's how I got to where I am now.

[had]

warlockyoshi, oh yeah, I forgot about Back to the Future, I reeeeally like that series too.

re: LotR
I didn't really read the book. I honestly tried my best to read it. I finished The Hobbit quite happily. But by the time I got to halfway through Book 1 of LotR, I just had to stop. It was just soooooooooooooooo boring.  [xx(]
I don't know why, I usually like this stuff.


re: Matrix Reloaded
Hmm, I didn't really like this nearly as much as I did the first one.

Hmm.......some of the backgrounds were ugly, badly done. The texture was just waaaaaay off from the things in the foreground.
One of the main guys (Link) acting was........not as good. I didn't like his 'being funny' scenes.
I could actually see that some of the agents aren't Agent Smith. I mean, I'd at least expect them to cut and paste his face on them, but I guess they were too lazy to do that.
(yes, I'm really picky)

Otherwise, it was niiiiiiiiiiiice.............  []
I liked the first one better, but the villians in this one are better.

Here's why I liked the first one better:
Even though I watched it in theatre, on DVD, and on TV, I never had any complaints about the movie (visual-wise).
It was sort of the defining film of our generation (maybe like how Star Wars was back in the 70s), like a pinnacle of 'coolness' in movies. It has some degree of cultural impact.

But for Matrix Reloaded, while it did further the story, it was just more of the same stuff (and done less well). While it's still Really Good, it just lacks the special 'feel' to make the leap to Awesome.
For me anyway.

Sorry for being off topic.  []

My dad and I can see that too. My mom and my brother can't, no matter how hard they try. It may be noteworthy that my dad and I both do energy work of some sort.  [|)]

Some things I've noticed about the moving particles:
-transparent
-small
-particular
-rapid random movement
-no attractive or repulsive interactions

Some people have said they make them move faster or slower by focusing on them, but I've never noticed that. Personally, I think they might just be imagining that.  []
I've noticed that I can see them better if I use/stimulate my brow chakra. I at first thought it was an anomaly caused by too much light entering the eye, since it's really easy to see them in the sky during the day. But later I found that it's actually easier to see them in a clear bright sky, but facing away from the sun (around 4pm is a good time). I've also seen the particles while looking at snow covered ground, on a dark concrete road while it was raining, and looking at my dimly lit white wall behind this monitor (under weak illumination with old light bulb).

From all this, I've come to believe that they aren't physical things, and perhaps some sort of energy that we can see?

[Lord of the Rings]

What!? I can't believe no one else has mentioned it yet!  [:O]

Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings
LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!   []

Oh well, I guess I'm the only geek here....