I’m always trying to expand my horizons and grow as a person.
For example last week I ventured into cooking t-bones for the first time. This week I’m doing some low and slow ribs for the first time
Went down to the big smoke last night. Stopped at some lights on the way home and someone ran up the back of us.
I got out to check and they drove off. I jumped back in and followed them driving down a bunch of back streets and alleys.
Not sure if this person was drunk or just retarded but they were all over the place nearly hitting several parked cars.
They ended up driving down a dead end street. I stopped at the end and they had nowhere to go. Their car sounded like it was about to explode.
I was ready and willing to go all GTA and pull this clown out of the car.
Wife checked the damage on the back of our car. It was minimal. She says to me something along the lines of “just leave it. It’s not worth it. You don’t know if they’ve got a knife or anything and they’re clearly panicked”
I got in the car and we drove away.
We both have multiple black belts and years of knife defence training.
Sometimes the best action to take is no action at all
Walked into the farmers markets this morning (we’ve never had a stall there) and straight away got mobbed by several different groups of former customers asking if we were back farming
My poor wife didn’t have the heart to tell them we’re not planning to keep farming where we are
For a long time I’ve had a curiosity in topics like simulation theory, the nature of reality etc. not enough to dive particularly deep or become any kind of expert on the subjects but enough to watch the odd video here and there and have an open mind to possibilities…
Recently I’ve had a very close encounter with 2 different Mandela effect situations (Mandela effect being when you have a very distinct memory of something but in actual fact it is not that way - the idea being some kind of cross over between parallel universes). One of the cases was something my wife brought up so for me it didn’t feel that “strong”. The other case was a song from my childhood that I remember very clearly - from a book that had a audio cassette. That song seemingly no long exists. It sounds crazy until you experience it. An extremely visceral feeling that “this” isn’t real, it’s not what I know to be true. That something has changed and feels off…
That feeling has been quietly lingering in the back of my mind for the last several years - I’m sure a lot of you have felt that too. This was something more. Very strong and not something that can be ignored.
I’ve been on a low time preference quest to dive deeper and find some answers for some time on and off. I’ve encountered an actual demon telling me not to (yeah, I know… I sound insane) so I know there are answers to uncover.
Over the weekend I discovered the story of Jason Padgett. A guy who apparently experienced sudden savant syndrome after a night club attack. Now I’m not a math or physics nerd at all (I slept through both of those classes in school) but something in his explanation of the fundamental building blocks of reality clicked with me. It brought a very scientific (sounding to a laymen) explanation that made some kind of sense.
Whether you come at all of the above topics from a scientific, spiritual or sci-fi angle if you follow the threads something seems to eventually bring it all back together.
I think I need to go deeper…