A friend asked me about premonitions. The meaning of it.
pre·mo·ni·tion - A presentiment of the future; a foreboding.
- A warning in advance; a forewarning.
I made me think. Can each and everyone of us actually feel something was about to happen? Is our consciousness blinding us from our instincts?
Let me share with you something I felt while in Taiwan. As soon as I stepped into that camp, I don't feel good. Its like something's bothering me, making me restless. Sleepless nights, countless cigarettes. I felt uneasy. Something was gonna happen but I don't know what. How could I know? Maybe I'm just being emo? Or I'm just plain restless and bored. I can't be sure. That restlessness was at its peak the day before the accident happened.
I can't sleep the whole night. Smoked a pack of cigs. I just felt as if I need to get out of that place. Fast. I kept it to myself, fearing people might say I'm paranoid. The next day, hours before the accident, I suddenly calmed down. No more restless feeling. And I managed to sleep. When I woked up, I heard planes flying over. The 1st thought in my mind was "The planes are flying too low!" and the next thing I knew, BOOM! The whole bunk shook, and the accident happened, 50 meters from where I was. Coincidence?
I was shaken after that, but I try not to show it. Its frightening. To have felt it, and it happened. Mind you, its not the 1st time. And its not just about freak accidents, premonitions of anything that would cause hurt. There are other stories of premonitions, one of the most famous is the book of Nostradamus. He predicted quite a number of events that actually happen 400 years after he died.
So are we able to sense danger? I don't think anyone can answer that. I believe we can, only that we're not aware of it.
