Simultaneous Thought

"I just wrote you a letter," my Dad said, as I walked into his hospital room, a number of years ago. Smiling, he handed me the addressed, sealed envelope that was in his hand. "I was letting you know that I am in the hospital."

I had just flown from southern Ontario to Thunder Bay. No one knew that I was en route. I was not aware that my father was ill, but knew that he was on my mind, for some reason.

As I often did, as soon as the plane landed, I telephoned my mother to let her know that I was in town. She advised me, that Dad was in the hospital and suggested that I go and see him there, before I headed out into the country for a family visit.

To say the least, I was astounded.

When two people have simultaneous thinking, or simultaneous thought patterns, it can be astounding to say the least. Many people have simultaneous thinking, or simultaneous thought patterns and are not aware of it.

Interestingly, when I was working on my Religious Studies degree, I became aware that even many years ago, the same kinds of thought patterns were emerging simultaneously, in different parts of the world, areas that were totally unrelated by religion or culture. Most people were completely unaware of it too, even though historically, what they were thinking and expressing in what they wrote, was dated as to time and place.

We don't understand or appreciate simultaneous thought, mostly because we are not aware of its reality.

Even more astounding was my experience with a slab of clay that I worked on as an amateur sculptor, a long time ago.

I had crafted a human face experiencing for the first time, the feeling of working with a slab of clay. I could almost sense what a professional sculptor might have experienced, as I formed the features on the man's face.

It was not very long before that face collapsed, simply because the clay I was working with was too moist. I watched it melt down. It was gone forever and I never did attempt to re-create it.

Interestingly though, not long after, I found exactly the same face, a face with identical features, in a brochure. The face in the picture of the sculpture dated back many centuries.

I marvel at the possibility of simultaneous thought being expressed in a human face, over the generations. This was my personal experience, only explainable to me as the oneness of the mind of God and human beings, regardless of time and place.

Thinking something about someone?

They may be thinking the same thing.