Deja Vu

Many of you may be familiar with the movie "Deja Vu" starring Denzel Washington. For those of you who haven't seen it, Denzel is a police detective that for whatever reason has the ability to experience events more than once. In the case of life and death matters, he tries to prevent a horrendous explosion killing many. At one point in the movie, he asks a woman who is integral to the plot if he could tell her something that could save her life and he knew that she wouldn't believe him, if he should? Her reply was "I would try".

Another such example is in a book I read about 10 years ago called Replay by Ken Grimwood. It was a very profound book that affected me and I reread it just last month. In this book the main character, Jeff Winston, dies in the very beginning. A very usual way to start a book, but intriguing. This is a book that grabs you from the start. Upon his death, he awakes to a familiar but surreal surrounding of his college dorm room as a freshman. Despite remembering his death and preceding life, he begins to relive his life without anyone else aware of this supernatural event. How do you tell someone that you have 43 years of life experience when you are 18 years old? No one would believe you. Not your parents, friends, or even spouses. Not only do you have those personal experiences, but you have personal mental history of world events that have happened before they have happened. You are suddenly 25 years younger and reliving your life. Would you do the same things you did before? Would you avoid mistakes you made? Would you capitalize on your past knowledge that has not yet occurred? OK, say you take advantage of that knowledge and create vast amounts of wealth. You have a life that few could even imagine only to find out that you still die when you are 43 again. The process repeats. You awaken and are now 18 again. Why did you go through that? Did you really accomplish anything? Did living a life of luxury have any impact? Did you make a difference and is that important? You start again and this time focus on having the ultimate family life. You are successful with that endeavor and again take advantage financially, but not to attract attention. You have a child that becomes the center of your life, but you still die at 43 again. Now what? After pouring your life into your only child, and that child is gone, and you have to start all over again. Would you go through that again? No, it is too painful. You throw caution to the wind and relive a life of total indulgence, but are always careful to take care to provide enough wealth to do anything without attracting attention. As temporarily satisfying as that may be, you turn 43 and die again. Why is this happening? Who is playing with me? What is the meaning of this? This time, you become despondent and a recluse, but still make use of your knowledge of each lifetime to govern your new lease on life. You again take advantage financially, but not to attract attention. You're just another unusual person out there that has quirky traits and are quickly forgotten about. As your quietly living in seclusion, all of a sudden you notice something different. What could this mean?

I'm not going to spoil things if you decide to read the book. It is excellent. It is easily the most profound book I ever read outside of the Bible. It definitely gets you to think about your own life and ask what if you were in that position?

Well, I'm not reliving past lives, but I feel as though I am in a somewhat similar position. I feel that I have information that very few have that could really impact things - what will I do with it?

This is the start ...