Just this afternoon I put my 15 month old daughters snack on the bench for the first time. I then noticed it was near the one step down to the family room and the open baby gate door. I had a thought? feeling? notion? that she is/might/will fall down.

But I was not concerned. I didn’t feel worry or angst. I thought “Um.” And pondered briefly if I was just worrying on some level.

I turned around and then heard a bumpity bump bump because she fell down. (She must have backed up, because she knows the step is there?)

She is fine! Startled but then just went back to eating.

So I thought – premonition or creation?

And then, voila! this post.

I have learned some incredible, mind-bending things from your comments. In particular Kim “If we allow this thought, just for a moment, we can see that our gut feelings about the future may be the same as memory.”

And Peregrine John about “We are a part of it. Why should we not reflect it?”

So I just now had a MAJOR epiphany – one of those “hard to explain cuz it’s just THERE in me now kinda ones”.

I did not feel worry. So I sense it wasn’t my brain making up fear stuff, since that usually feels like “Eep!”

And I keep telling the Universe to help me make wise decisions when it really counts.

So, therefor, being a part of the Universe, I realize that out of ALL the incredible, vast amounts of information out there (no time or space and all that) I was aligned at that time with what I needed to know when I needed to know it. (I just didn’t act on it.

I think about all of the times I turn left instead of right, or park in this parking spot instead of that, and like a loveable Mr. Magoo just keep flowing with the good stuff while there may have been unwanted stuff for me in the other spaces.

We can always pinpoint when something happened that we didn’t like…. but how many times do effortless flow and alignment happen in our daily lives through simple acts of loading or unloading the dishwasher that we don’t recognize because they led to simple sameness of peace, joy and being present and don’t stand out as a “whoops?”

The more I get into LOA (thanks, coach, Jeannette!) the more I realize that I am hearing more and more what I need to know when I need to know it and because there is no past, present or future, I am simple supposed to let that information help me make wise choices right now, where it really counts for this human, lovable me.

Or, in short, my IB knows ALL and I get to hear and know what I’m open to and what matters to me based on my alignment.

Or, really, my baby and that step was a memory that I remembered before it happened. LOL!

Ok, I have no answers. But, I don’t know, I feel so much more AWARE since this thread. Long post. Hee hee!

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Thanks for letting us know who we were talking with, Hannah. You always have a beautiful way of thinking and expressing things – I should have known it was you!

And Anonymous, I LOVE your returning us to simplicity on this topic. (For me, clarifying, not confusing.)

It’s not as black/white/opposite/complex as we may have been thinking …

Like you said: “Both.” HA! LOVE IT!

How about something as simple as we recognize the direction that energy is heading (even energy that we ourselves are projecting)? Much like we recognize that we will be drinking a smoothie shortly because at the moment we are MAKING the smoothie. We are creating and predicting at once, no? Certain thoughts project forward, paving the way for manifestations. If we tune into the energy, we can predict certain things…and many times WE are involved in that energy paving. Perhaps we can predict a growing tumor because of energy projected thus far, but that doesn´t mean that we can´t then CHANGE the energy direction and create a new outcome…both creating AND predicting it.

Hmm…is this clarifying or totally confusing ;P

I guess what I believe is “both”, lol.

My baser self, my mind and my intuition are all buddies.

My Source/Higher Self created a contract and that became my fate. I believe that my Higher Self creates situations and opprotunities according to what I need to become increasingly enlightened. I still get to choose and create, but because I’m already aimed in one direction, my choices will lead me that way anyway.

My baser self recognizes desire and I use my focus of mind to acheive. My intuition guides me along the path of my unfolding creation as my Higher Self leads me to my fate.

For now…. that’s my take on it. LOL

I like this: “less disagreement than either side believes” and this resonates well too: “Are we not part of the universe?” so the idea of separation is just ridiculous.

It’s all coming together, huh? At least starting to.

Thanks for furthering the process for me and I’m sure others as well!

To be able to perceive the future isn’t the same as causing it, though a lot of philosophers have built towering edifices of cards on that idea. Yes, I can both prove and demonstrate that, and no, I’m not going to do so here. It’d take up way too much space. But my point is that once you get past that idea, and include the notion that time isn’t quite the absolute one-way street as we normally experience it, nor the only limiting/enabling dimension involved… well, the whole dichotomy falls apart, and premonition vs. creation isn’t much of a problem any more.

Besides, how does this whole principle work? Intention causes shifts in the energy and substance of the universe. Are we not part of the universe? Are we not both energy and material substance? The intermeshing patterns of the Universe are beyond our comprehension in their complexity. Though the true nature of our thought patterns are also beyond us, they are far simpler than the universal patterns. We are part of it. Why should we not reflect it?

Glad it worked out well.

Thanks for joining the conversation here!

But something wasn’t right. I felt very uneasy. Emotional alerts were going off in me. I told my wife that I didn’t feel like I should go there. She scolded me saying “Are you nuts? Get your butt over there and that accept their offer. You hate the job you have now! I’m tired of hearing you complain about that $%^ job!”

So I did just that and accepted the position. A few months later, that company merged with another company. Countless people were layed off and we got a new CEO who was a complete tyrant.

Needless to say I left. I followed my “gut” on the next interview and now have a really great job.