Hello! I would like to add to this chat of "knowing" things. I have dreams of events that come true. It scares me. I remember just one of many events when I awoke one morning and my dad was watching the astronauts prepare to go up. I remember coming into the room from my bedroom to get a cup of coffee and I said "That rocket is going to get up there and blow up." I took my cup of coffee and sat down to watch the preparation and the take-off with my dad. Then right before our eyes, the rocket blew up killing all the astronauts and the lady school teacher. I apologize for not remembering their names. We were both shocked but I think I was more shocked than my dad. I had never even, for a moment, considered what I had said. It was just a comment and not a prediction. We would never have given it a second thought if it were not for such comments throughout my life since the age of 4. My parents always took precautions even if they didn't always totally believe what I would say. My folks never talked about my telling of my dreams. We always kept it in the family. I knew the morning on the day that my uncle was to die. He went into a coma and then he died. My husband takes my dreams very seriously. I have yet for any of my "special" dreams not come true. I keep praying that I never dream of anything happening to anything or anyone extremely close to me or to my place of work or where I attend college. I do not accept this fate as a gift but as a curse. Even though it scares me and I hate having the dreams they still happen. It is certainly not something one can control. I believe there are people who have these "specializations" that the secular world cannot explain and neither can the "church" world. I believe people like us who have these "knowings" are extremely sensitive people and something or someone has determined to have us be the "buffers" for those who may not be as sensitive to their environment or even care. Some don't believe. My husband says I have extremely perceptive discernment. I believe this is also because I am an extremely sensitive person and can pick up particular "vibes or karma or whatever one chooses to call it." I believe there are a myriad of people who have these "knowings." But because of not wanting to be singled out as "crazy", they keep quiet about it. Maybe that is best. Because, with me, I consider it a scary event and not a blessing. Patricia Ruskauff

I have a male friend who also has this power. He, too, considers it a curse. The problem seems to be that there is no one around to help or encourage or explain this phenomenon. I have tried to work with my friend encouraging him to seek help from the higher power who endowed him with this ability. I ask you to do the same. Fear is manifested in a lack of trust and understanding. Go to your higher power in love and submission and ask what it is that is wanted of you. Tvme [email protected] wrote: > Hello! > > I would like to add to this chat of "knowing" things. I have dreams of > events that come true. It scares me. I remember just one of many events > when I awoke one morning and my dad was watching the astronauts prepare to go > up. I remember coming into the room from my bedroom to get a cup of coffee > and I said "That rocket is going to get up there and blow up." I took my cup > of coffee and sat down to watch the preparation and the take-off with my dad. > Then right before our eyes, the rocket blew up killing all the astronauts > and the lady school teacher. I apologize for not remembering their names. > We were both shocked but I think I was more shocked than my dad. I had never > even, for a moment, considered what I had said. It was just a comment and > not a prediction. We would never have given it a second thought if it were > not for such comments throughout my life since the age of 4. My parents > always took precautions even if they didn't always totally believe what I > would say. > > My folks never talked about my telling of my dreams. We always kept it in > the family. I knew the morning on the day that my uncle was to die. He went > into a coma and then he died. > > My husband takes my dreams very seriously. I have yet for any of my > "special" dreams not come true. I keep praying that I never dream of > anything happening to anything or anyone extremely close to me or to my place > of work or where I attend college. I do not accept this fate as a gift but > as a curse. Even though it scares me and I hate having the dreams they still > happen. It is certainly not something one can control. I believe there are > people who have these "specializations" that the secular world cannot explain > and neither can the "church" world. I believe people like us who have these > "knowings" are extremely sensitive people and something or someone has > determined to have us be the "buffers" for those who may not be as sensitive > to their environment or even care. Some don't believe. > > My husband says I have extremely perceptive discernment. I believe this is > also because I am an extremely sensitive person and can pick up particular > "vibes or karma or whatever one chooses to call it." > > I believe there are a myriad of people who have these "knowings." But > because of not wanting to be singled out as "crazy", they keep quiet about > it. Maybe that is best. Because, with me, I consider it a scary event and > not a blessing. > > Patricia Ruskauff > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Choctaw Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.htm