I watched this show when it premiered on Monday night and came away from it puzzled as to how they obtained their supernatural abilities and where the plot was going to go. I’d seen the preview of the cheerleader surviving a nasty fall and got the general gist of what this new show was going to be about. My interest was lukewarm, so I didn’t give it much thought or attention until the premiere, which I watched on a whim. Here’s a short summary from Kendra on WordPress:

Heroes will chronicle the lives of these people and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be saving humankind and themselves as they come together to evade the series’ antagonist who wants to capture them so they can be studied and experiemented on in order harness their super-DNA for himself.

The premiere episode involved introducing the main characters and their backstories, which intrigued me enough to want to watch next Monday’s episode. I’d like to see how the writers of Heroes connect all of the subplots they have going on right now.

I’ve watched a documentaries and read stories about the people who have missed doomed flights, and they’ve never failed to give me a chill. For several of these people, the premonition factor had nothing to do with why they never made it to the airport. Life made the decision for them, either through a subconscious choice or outside forces, such as their car breaking down.

The remaining would-be passenters experienced uncharacteristic anxiety attacks (or an overwhelming sense of dread that they couldn’t shake) that caused them to miss their flights. They took the next flight or stayed home, feeling like a crazy person. Later, they would hear that their intended flight had crashed, killing most or all on board.

Quoted from Atlantis Rising Magazine

For most people, the difference between a fear and a premonition is that fears are vague and not unusual. Premonitions, on the other hand, seem to come spontaneously, and often with great force and clarity. In fact, for most people, the problem is not recognizing a premonition, but acting upon it.

The Atlantis Rising article (see link above) give some chilling accounts of premonitions of famous disasters. I’ve included links to a more articles below, but the Atlantis is the best one on the subject.

Articles: Unexplained Mysteries
Visions of the 9/11 Attack

Coventry University is offering the chance to learn about hauntings, ESP and Near Death Experiences. Fifteen post-graduate students will study the paranormal using scientific methods, beginning this Fall. The course also focuses on society’s interest in the spiritual and paranormal.

Source: BBC

Cosmic Ordering is a recently published book which supposes you can gain whatever you want by “ordering ” it from the “cosmos”.

The idea is that the universe wants you to have everything you desire, but has to balance out other people’s wants with yours. The terms, “Cosmic” and “Ordering” don’t quite hit the spot, though, and two other books contain similar ideas, perhaps better expressed.

In his book, The Voice of Knowledge, Don Miguel Ruiz, distils the entire tradition of the Toltec people of Mexico into four principles, or Agreements, as he prefers to call them. At first sight, they could be taken for a boy scout’s creed : tell the truth; don’t take things personally; don’t jump to conclusions; and do your best. But this would be to miss the point. Used as talismans of action, the Four Agreements become a powerfully transformative path to happiness.

1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don’t take anything personally.
3. Don’t make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.

Deepak Chopra’s fascinating book, SynchroDestiny runs on the same lines, but from an Eastern philosophical viewpoint. The subtitle, “Harnessing the infinite power of coincidence to create miracles”, was probably written by the marketing department rather than Chopra himself.

There are two facets to his thesis: synchrodestiny, a state of infinite potential, and nonlocal mind, or the virtual domain.

The second part of the book presents a programme of practice and activity for attaining synchrodestiny and knowledge of nonlocal intelligence, whereby you can make your deepest wishes come true.

These three books are coming from the same place and have struck chords with many people. It’s a truly supernatural universe.