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| Roll to the head of the class. |
For those who didn't see Part 1 or Part 2, bottom line: Da-da's house is haunted. This doesn't bother him that much, so long as he gets some sleep. But when Da-da's roused from a fitful sleep -- TWICE -- by a disembodied HEAD, well that's a little too haunted for Da-da, thanks.
Noggin-speaking, the head belonged to a 30-something white male with short, whispy blonde hair and blue eyes, the eyes a bit skewed (looked like someone rotated them in Photoshop), almost as if the spirit was forgetting what they used to look like. Surprisingly, Da-da wasn't all that surprised by these apparitions. Parenthood will do this to a person. You find yourself taking things at face value and saying, "Huh. Look at that. A floating head."
Da-da figured it belonged to Russ from Part 1, the main ghost in Da-da's house. Here's his picture, again:
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| Russ is walking upstairs toward the (35 mm film) camera. |
Da-da thought Russ might be trying to alert Da-da with this floating head business, so Da-da got up and checked the house for fire or somesuch incipient disaster, but all was well (both times). Da-da put all this from his mind until he took his Jeep in a few weeks later to have the heater fixed ($458!) and the man who ran the small shop recognized Da-da's address. He mentioned knowing one of the previous owners, who died long ago, referring to him by his last name.
"Oh. You mean Russ?" Da-da asked.
"Yeah," said the 60YO mechanic, surprised. "Did you know him??"
"Sure. We've met several times."
The mechanic looked perplexed, as Russ had been dead for a long time. Da-da then explained about how Russ haunted his house. The mechanic gave him that look. Then Da-da produced the picture you see above (it was in Da-da's bag) and told him the whole story. The mechanic then told Da-da a bit about Russ' tragic family history: his oldest boy had been a heroin addict and had been shot by police (yikes), and his youngest boy -- he was a man, actually, when this happened -- died in a motorcycle accident. "Decapitated," he said.
Da-da said. "Did Russ' youngest have blonde hair, blue eyes?"
"Yeah. How'd you know?"
"Hm. Met him, too."
Later, a neighbor down the street produced an old high school yearbook, and Da-da made a positive ID on the head. Sure, this is interesting from a ghost research point of view, but for Da-da, the thrill is gone. Try waking up to a few disembodied heads and see how thrilled you are. Don't get Da-da wrong. He's all for floaty spooky heads, but NOT WHEN HE'S TRYING TO SLEEP! So, ghostages, if you wanna keep your heads...
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| Yeah, same to you. |
4 comments:
Someone asked how Da-da could see the head's detail in the dark. Well, Sherlock, the event occurred right in front of Da-da's clock radio, which is well lit -- TOO WELL LIT.
Anomalist pointed me toward your blog and I am enjoying it very much. Your pre president's day post had me laughing, and it's awfully wise and true as well.
Now you mentioned the elemental mafia, and I don't know who these people are, but I think I've run up against them too.
Anyway, I have a question not so much about them, but philosophically -- how do you think something like that fits into a world view that sees reality as a place for learning and growing?
Oh boy. Where does Da-da start? First, "the elemental mafia" is Da-da-speak for Elementals. There are different kinds, if you believe that kinda thing. Da-da unfortunately does because he's SEEN them (the kind that start with an F), but he doesn't like to talk about them for two reasons:
1. They don't like being talked about. And have nasty ways of messing with you (which they've done with Da-da). The "Good Folk" are inhuman about their privacy.
2. Da-da has no photographic evidence. Sure, he was an eyewitness to two sightings -- one day sighting (which Da-da is still in denial about), one night -- but the subject is so out-there that Da-da prefers not to write about it at length until he has more evidence.
As for "reality," that's a tougher nut. Where you are right now, take a look around. If you suddenly woke up and realized that what you were seeing was a dream, a 3-D holographic illusion, would you pay much attention to its memory after you woke up? Probably not. Put simply, most of us are asleep, having this omniversal dream, thinking we're bodies, playing US vs. THEM, locked in a timestream. But we're not bodies and there is no time. We're all the same being, sleeping somewhere safe and indestructible, peaceful. We're a near-infinite ocean of spirit, an enormous non-local being having a local experience. But don't take Da-da's word for it. If you'd like, send Da-da an email (it's on his profile) and he'll cite a book that will clarify. Da-da even knows the author.
To your question, even though this is all illusion, it can be used for learning and growing. More importantly, it should be used to help you overlook not only the 24/7 fear-illusion of what's allegedly happening around you, but also overlook what you think your brothers are doing *to you* in the illusion. (Note: another word for "overlook" is "forgive."). This approach rids you of guilt, fear and anger, which is our primary goal in the illusion. The root cause is mind-blowing.
Finally... thanks for the kind words.
Bestest,
-Da-da
Oh, Da-da should mention that adherence to the above school of thought allows Da-da to walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Floaty Heads and not be bothered much. The illusion can't hurt you. It can try to SCARE you, and often does, but it's all sound and fury... which is precisely what Edward de Vere... er, Shakespeare was referring to.
-D-d.
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