Conference hydra::dejavu

305.0. "Be Prepared -- A Philosophical Entry" by ERASER::KALLIS (Hallowe'en should be legal holiday) Fri Feb 06 1987 20:02

    A short just-before-departure note:
    
    Often, when people hear of paranormal experiences, they go through
    a lot of mon Monday Morning quarterbacking;  "If I were in his shopes,
    I'd have ..." or "Why didn't she just ...?"
    
    Fine.
    
    So far [knock wood :-)], I've not had a paranormal experience I
    couldn't handle, but yesterday coming to work, the brakes in my
    car failed completely.  _Upon reflection_ I figured out that if
    I'd just downshifted to kill speed, killed the ignition, or whatever,
    there would have been little trouble.  But there was a period of
    about three or four seconds when "instinctive reaction" took over
    and, for that period of time, I was almost helpless.
    
    I then swerved to a snowbank to kill some speed, pumped my emergency
    brake (which was pretty ineffective, as it happened), and I turned
    a corner.  By that time, the car was slow, and repeated pumpings
    got the car stopped.
    
    This was _not_ paranormal; however, it brings up as good point.
    Once my pulse rate reached normal, I decided what courses of action
    I _should_ have taken.  I then prepared myself to employ them for
    the rest of the drive, which I made to my destination without further
    incident.
    
    But it makes me offer some advice.
    
    If you experience a paranormal event for which you have no forewarning,
    once you regain some control, stop and work out a strategy as what
    to do should you ever experience it again.  _Prepare yourself to
    use that strategy_.  Then, you stand a much better chance of
    maintaining control, and you'll in the future be able to profit
    from it.
    
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    
    P.S.: The car was undamaged, thanks. :-)
    
     

    This also applies to dreams and dream analysis.  Good point Steve.
    
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