A speeding train hit the side of the car. I should have been killed but instead I found myself in the next field, totally unharmed. These kinds of anomalous experiences have informed me, guided me, protected me, and puzzled me. More importantly, they have repeatedly provided evidence of what William James called “white crows.”
Today I would like to address something known as anomalous experience. Most of us have had them. Indeed, when I was out lecturing following the Hay House release of my book, What Does That Mean, I would ask the audience about their own anomalous experiences, and everyone, given some time, could remember more than one.
So, what is an anomalous experience? It is an experience that defies so-called rational explanation. As such, it could any number of different sorts of experience ranging from what many refer to as Divine intervention to a simple matter of paragnosis (knowing without knowing how or where the knowledge came from).
Forgetting
In What Does It Mean, I shared many stories that simply defy scientific understanding. Stories such as when a speeding train hit my side of the car. I should have been killed but instead I found myself in the next field, totally unharmed. Or the story where, as a young child, an inner voice guided me, step by step, to find a beloved marble. Many of these such stories have guided my life.
As I shared these stories, I heard many other absolutely amazing stories, but I also repeatedly heard something that really surprised me. When I think about it now, maybe it shouldn’t have.
Many people informed me that they had just shuffled away their experiences and basically forgotten them until prodded to think hard about the possibility that they indeed had also experienced this sort of phenomenon. More interesting still, was the fact that several people who remembered these events forgot them again within a few days. Now, what do you suppose is the reason for that?
There are many reasons people forget anomalous events. They can include the fact that they don’t conform to the held worldview. The brain can suppress memories due to anxiety attached to the experience, as a coping mechanism due to internal conflict, stigmas that may be attached to the experience, lack of any established framework to understand the event, and so forth.
White Crows
For me, anomalous experiences have informed me, guided me, protected me, and puzzled me. Still, they have repeatedly provided evidence of what William James called “white crows.” The rule goes like this, paraphrased, “I need only find one white crow to know that the axiom all crows are black is false.”
How about you? How many white crows, anomalous experiences can you find in your memory bank. My pretty bride, Ravinder, has found many, and then forgotten over and over again. I think that when you value them, rate them as important, you’re much less likely to forget them. That said, in a science driven world, the child in us willing to question anything, full of imaginative possibilities, operating without the rules of convention, is easily lost.
Studying Mysteries
I have always loved mysteries, especially those so-called mystical ones. I have always been fascinated by aspects of the mystical/metaphysical world ranging from auras to remote viewing. Further, I have studied and learned that there is a great deal of science to back them up. I have interviewed scientists and psychics, and where I have found fakers, I have also found fact.
A few years back, I took all my learnings in this area and compiled them into a complete course I called Mystical Mind: A Path to Mastership. Even today, I still work with many of the lessons in this course, lessons that range from meditation to mysticism.
I have heard many stories from our customers about their own discoveries, their own new experiences using this training. Indeed, one of our customers is a neurologist and he shared his experience with me, one that led to a total shift in his life. Dr. Christen Enescu shared his story during a radio interview, and you can listen to it all on YouTube. Bottom line, he had this to say about our Mystical Mind program,
“I think that the Path to Mastership is the crown jewel in the InnerTalk line. This should definitely be in everyone’s library. It is the most powerful program and works so well for the busy lives we all now live.”
I love hearing your stories, so please do share them with me. You can email me at eldon@innertalk.com. Please put the word, “story” in the subject so I’m sure not to miss your email. In the meantime, here’s wishing you many anomalous experiences that inform you firsthand that life remains a mystery.
Thanks for the read,
Eldon
Eldon Taylor, PhD
NY Time Bestselling Author of Gotcha!: The Subordination of Free Will
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