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[theoldwolf]

In Doc Rat, Jenner is taking on the aftermath of the devastating Australian bush fires.

Previous references are here and here.

More to come, sez he.

Comments

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Ghosts. Hmm. Ghosts. My co-worker will say emphatically they don't exist. In HIS reality, they CAN'T.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

And, you know what? He's right. Those who believe in miracles see them everywhere. Those who don't, find them nowhere.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

That's DEEP for this morning. I feel reproved... and you are, of course, entirely correct.

[secoh.livejournal.com]

I'm open minded enough to accept there's an awful lot in this universe I will never understand, but generally I don't belive in gosts....

however....

when I was 4 my brother (who was 2) got up one morning when we lived in brisbane and told Mum that Grandad came and said goodbye last night. (Grandad lived in Sydney, I guess 500 to 800 miles away?) and last we'd heard he was ok, though he did have health issues. Mum said to him "He lives in Sydney he can't have come to see you, it was a dream". My brother was insistent that he had come and said goodbye.

About 10am that day Mum got a phone call from my aunt in Sydney to say he had passed away during the night.

As I say I'm happy to accept there's an awful lot of odd things in the universe I will never understand...

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

I've heard enough similar stories (unprovoked, from normally-reliable and even skeptical families) that even if I weren't convinced that there's a "next plane of existence" I would be scratching my head and saying, "Hm, hm...".

I don't think Jenner is necessarily going there with the strip, but I'll be interested to see how this plays out over the next little while.

[secoh.livejournal.com]

I don't know about "another plane of existance" but certainly there's connections and links between people that are not able to be explained by current scientific knowledge.

When my brother damaged his ankle playing basketball, I knew already and for no reason other than I felt uneasy and nervous I phoned his friends to see if he was ok when he wouldn't answer his phone, and they told me they were on the way to taking him to hospital.

Years back I had two friends in the car with me travelling along a road intersected by a half dozen crossroads. We had right of way, the crossroads were all stop signs. Each intersection was blind due to houses and fences and so on and it was after dark. For no reason at all, something didn't feel right and I hit the brakes fairly sharply. My friend asked why I was braking when we had right of way just as someone ran the stop sign in front of us. I had no answer for him.

Once in the rally car the navigator called 4 crests long straight, meaning the road went straight ahead over 4 crests, and we were free to go flat out. First 3 crests were great fun, getting good air under the car and generally enjoying the event. The last crest and I got the same black feeling and backed off, much to Marty's (the navigator's) annoyance until we went over the hill and saw the road turned sharply around an enormous tree stump. We found out later it had claimed 5 cars and hospitalised 3 people in the event. I had no way of knowing it was there - I just knew something was wrong. Again, no explanation.

The few times I have ignored the feeling, I have regretted it (including my motorbike crash).

Explanation? no idea at all, truly. Another plane? maybe. some other explanation? maybe. God? well, maybe too, though too many other pieces make me reject that notion though again I am still open minded.

It's a weird world, and exploring its secrets is part of the journey of life.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not going to get all metaphysical on you, at least not here. Not the right time or place. But your experiences - to me - seem perfectly normal and rational. And I appreciate your sharing them.

[secoh.livejournal.com]

it's all good, you know I'm not shy about discussing any topic at all. If we close our ears and minds we learn nothing.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Amen to that. None so blind as those that will not see, or so deaf as those that won't take off their iPod.

[secoh.livejournal.com]

The trauma kids suffer in things like the bushfires or any other violent event is pretty hard, there's not much that can be done other than comfort and support i guess :(

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

Comfort and support, and giving them both a safe place, and permission, to feel anything they want and let those feelings out.

[secoh.livejournal.com]

In fact I think I see where he's going with this. Should be a good arc

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Me too. Pippie hasn't been able to allow herself to grieve. One look at her drawings and you can see her heart crying out for her family, but for some reason, she feels like she's not allowed. Hence, a contrived reason not to cry: Ghosts.

I've got my tissues at the ready...

[secoh.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for the "They aren't trying to scare you Pippie, they are trying to say goodbye..."

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's right good.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

He had to make the grieving child a puppy. *sniff*