Reliving The Moment

Gestalt theorists used 3 dimensional virtual reality technology to simulate scenes to be able to examine familiarity and déjà vu. In one experiment they used twenty-four participants from Colorado State University. The participants were given two test blocks. Each test block contained a 16 scene study list. Afterwards they were given a 32 scene test list. These were not seen together. They fixed it so that half were similar to the studied scene and the other half weren’t. As participants went through each scene they were free to move their heads left and right, up and down, however they were unable to move forward and backward in the seat. The participants viewed each scene and then were given the test. They were asked to rate it from

There is a reasonable explanation to the constant ‘de ja vu’ you feel while watching films. This is caused by archetypes. Archetypes are patterns or themes that recur frequently in the mythology, religion and stories of all cultures both past and present.

preconceive when they view or recall the previous events that had happened. By having tiny bits

bring familiar faces and places into their minds. Again, this involves the concept of the recurrence of subconscious thought that is entwined with dreams. D.F. Hurley feels that “sleeping (or dozing), then waking (or seeming to awaken), then

Re-experiencing an event occurs in different ways. First, a person may have disturbing recollections of the traumatic event consciously while awake or unconsciously in a dream state. Other events may occur to trigger symptoms and the affected person may dissociate while reliving the traumatic moment or moments. The layman’s term, “flashback”, defines the common re-experiencing event where a person feels as though he or she is reliving the trauma (Kulkarni et al., 2011; Norman, 2000; Owens, Baker, Kasckow, Ciesla & Mohamed, 2005).

252). When it comes to actual belief in reincarnation, some studies seem to suggest the concept has become increasingly popular in western cultures. From 1982 to the early 1990s, the amount of people in the United States who reported believing in reincarnation increased from 23% to 26% (Stevenson, 2000, p. 30). However, other research on the subject shows that it is often not a religious or even spiritual belief. For some, reincarnation was simply an idea they found attractive, something they would like to believe in but were not sure if they actually did. A few others had some sort of experience, such as precognition or deja vu, that they did not know how to interpret but felt it left them more open to the possibility of reincarnation (Walter & Waterhouse, 1999). This seems to suggest that the idea of reincarnation may be interesting to western people, but due to the dominating presence of Abrahamic religions it is not taken as seriously as it is for those who practice religions with rebirth

Vuja de I am reading this great book on the importance of inquiry call A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger I saw a chapter titled Vuja de and was looking forward to a George Carlin riff, which never came to fruition , what I did find was an interesting moment when you are experiencing something that has become mundane to you- like teaching a lesson on apples for example; and you suddenly feel as if you’re experiencing something completely new. This is vuja de. It is probably more a mindset than an experience and it’s also probably a good place to start asking deeper questions, because it requires us to change perspective or thinking habits to see something differently.

The Matrix explains Deja vu experienced in the alternate world is merely a glitch indicating change and life as one knows it is only an illusion to captivate the mind through the existence of the body for those who are never truly awakened. In comparison, the prisoners left in the cave are the individuals never truly awaked with the enlightenment of the true identification of the images on the walls. The prisoners purely live on the notion that what their mind has told them about the objects must be true and their illusion is their true reality choosing to live in denial.

Flashbacks and Nightmares: People will relive the traumatic events over and over again during the day, these are

hear and see things being repeated over and over again in time, without anyone doing anything

Déjà vu is a strong sensation of feeling as if you have already lived certain events but are experiencing them again. Déjà vu can be strange and confusing, but it also can be joyful like the 2014 drama film Boyhood. Boyhood was nominated for a total of 6 Oscars and was directed by Richard Linklater. Boyhood stars Ellar Coltrane as Mason, a boy who lives with his mom (Patricia Arquette) and his older sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater). The story is told through Mason’s eyes as he grows up and faces the similar challenges that we all had to face growing up. Whether it be the struggle of moving to a new home, coping with divorce, or dealing with his annoying sister, Boyhood has something that everyone can relate to.

My life changed dramatically when my son was ten months old. My husband and I decided to tell my mother in law that she cannot be a part of our lives. We had every reason to tell her because my mother in law did not come to see our son and she favored her other two grandchildren. She made promises to us that she will come to our baby shower, his birth, and to come visit more often which never happened. We were tired of getting our hopes up. we did not want our son to go through the same heart ache. Two years went past and I received news that she was going to be in town for a family function. She said she wanted to see us. I could feel in my chest, my heart pumping. Deep down my husband and I both wanted to talk to her again. This was our chance. A week before the family reunion my husband and I were nervous and wondered if that was the right thing to do for our son. We went through the week thinking of the worst thing that can happen. Finally, the day before the reunion our nerves have settled and we started to think positive. I thought to myself it will be good because our son will have his grandma and he can build his own opinion of her.

The artificiality of the eyes of replicants is connected to the artificiality of the memories within replicants. The viewer is able to relate to this feeling as they can relate to the aspect of uncanniness in repetition; the experience of déjà vu. When one experiences déjà vu, it creates the sense that you have seen or done something before, that you are repeating a moment from your memories, but instead you realize in a moment of clarity that what you are seeing is artificial which disturbs us as it causes the unfamiliar to take on a sense of

You walk into the house of a new friend. As you scope it out, you realize something a bit strange… You’ve been there before. But not exactly in person. You think about it a little bit, and you then realize that it was in a dream, a dream that perfectly portrayed with every small detail the exact room you’re now standing in. Sound familiar? This is an experience that is not as rare as most people think. For many, these arbitrary feelings of extreme familiarity, known as déjà vu, come through dreams that some say predict the future. The things that dreams show may not be something at all significant, just a random moment proposed to happen somewhere in the near or far future. There have also been accounts where the dreamer claims they saw a

“The most beautiful moment in life may not come as soon as you think and once you have it, it doesn’t always last forever or end the day you have it. It lasts for however long you wish for this moment to last within your own life,” read the colorless poster on the wall above my bed. I honestly thought this was complete and utter idiocy, considering the fact that this quote were to be based on their absolute perception of this world. The creator of this quote were to have been refusing to fully comprehend that not everyone is treated with the same respect as others and may live a devastating life to the extent that they cannot create a beautiful moment in life now, nor in the future.