12-07-2010, 12:00 AM
one night several years ago i went with friends to see some
live music...danced my butt off all night and enjoyed long periods of
self-less ecstatic dance
after the show the lights came up and the
crowd was slow to disperse from the club, everyone milling around the
floor and slowly putting their coats on
there was a hush in the room
although it seemed everyone was talking about how good the experience
was; faces glistening in post show sweat and eyes wide in wonder
i
suddenly felt disjointed as the lights came up, my mind far away and
waves of music and energy still washing through me...i began to hear a
buzzing sound
as my 2 friends opened their mouths to speak to me and
each other this insect-like buzzing sound issued from them above their
words...
i was dragged along by that buzzing and watched it issue
forth every time they opened their mouths...the sounds weren't random
but seemed to be in conversation
as i focused upon the mechanism of
the buzzing sound overlaying the words, i became aware of a general
buzzing sound around the room
as a stated earlier, no one really left
the club for some time, we all seemed held in abeyance, held in the
glow of the awesome musical performance we'd just witnessed
no one was speaking very loud and folks were mostly bunched in groups of friends and also turning to their neighbors
as
i focused on the idea that the insect buzzing sound coming from each
person was in fact a conversation amongst these insect things inside of
us the buzzing chatter became overwhelming and i was nearly sick to my
stomach. I saw that no one else seemed to be aware of the insect sounds
coming out of them...they all seems held in place murmuring meaningless
platitudes about the band as the buzzing chatter reached a crescendo.
Then folks started to move away. As we left i tried to express to my
friends what i had been (still was) experiencing and the insect buzzing
conversation sounds came out of my mouth as i spoke!! We went to a late
night breakfast place and the waitress came by and as soon as we went
to order our insects immediatly began to chatter to her and hers back to
us and then everyone in the room had their insect buzzing in on the
conversation. I was in a strange duality where i could order food and
speak to my friends and also hear the chattering every time someone
opened their mouths to speak. Strangely, the chattering was
synchronized with a person speaking and was not apparent when folks were
eating or reading menus, etc...This strangeness continued for me until i
went to sleep that night and the phenomenon was gone the next morning.
I
had read several Castaneda books years before this, but no The Active
Side of Infinity...which was the next book in the cycle. I went and
bought and read it and learned (some) about the flyers.
I've wondered
since if these flyers communicate with one another (with seeming
disdain for us) grouping us, corralling us and reeducating us after
remarkable events happen to us? They are learning us aren't they? And
communicating what they learn to one another as we speak to each other?
live music...danced my butt off all night and enjoyed long periods of
self-less ecstatic dance
after the show the lights came up and the
crowd was slow to disperse from the club, everyone milling around the
floor and slowly putting their coats on
there was a hush in the room
although it seemed everyone was talking about how good the experience
was; faces glistening in post show sweat and eyes wide in wonder
i
suddenly felt disjointed as the lights came up, my mind far away and
waves of music and energy still washing through me...i began to hear a
buzzing sound
as my 2 friends opened their mouths to speak to me and
each other this insect-like buzzing sound issued from them above their
words...
i was dragged along by that buzzing and watched it issue
forth every time they opened their mouths...the sounds weren't random
but seemed to be in conversation
as i focused upon the mechanism of
the buzzing sound overlaying the words, i became aware of a general
buzzing sound around the room
as a stated earlier, no one really left
the club for some time, we all seemed held in abeyance, held in the
glow of the awesome musical performance we'd just witnessed
no one was speaking very loud and folks were mostly bunched in groups of friends and also turning to their neighbors
as
i focused on the idea that the insect buzzing sound coming from each
person was in fact a conversation amongst these insect things inside of
us the buzzing chatter became overwhelming and i was nearly sick to my
stomach. I saw that no one else seemed to be aware of the insect sounds
coming out of them...they all seems held in place murmuring meaningless
platitudes about the band as the buzzing chatter reached a crescendo.
Then folks started to move away. As we left i tried to express to my
friends what i had been (still was) experiencing and the insect buzzing
conversation sounds came out of my mouth as i spoke!! We went to a late
night breakfast place and the waitress came by and as soon as we went
to order our insects immediatly began to chatter to her and hers back to
us and then everyone in the room had their insect buzzing in on the
conversation. I was in a strange duality where i could order food and
speak to my friends and also hear the chattering every time someone
opened their mouths to speak. Strangely, the chattering was
synchronized with a person speaking and was not apparent when folks were
eating or reading menus, etc...This strangeness continued for me until i
went to sleep that night and the phenomenon was gone the next morning.
I
had read several Castaneda books years before this, but no The Active
Side of Infinity...which was the next book in the cycle. I went and
bought and read it and learned (some) about the flyers.
I've wondered
since if these flyers communicate with one another (with seeming
disdain for us) grouping us, corralling us and reeducating us after
remarkable events happen to us? They are learning us aren't they? And
communicating what they learn to one another as we speak to each other?