Dejavu

Déjà vu ,pronounced en-uk-dejavu.ogg (help·info); French fr-déjà vu.ogg (help·info) ,"already seen"; also called paramnesia, from Greek παρα "para," "near" + μνήμη "mnēmē," "memory" or promnesia, is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the near past), although the exact circumstances of the previous encounter are uncertain.

The term was coined by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book "L'Avenir des sciences psychiques" ("The Future of Psychic Sciences"), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate.

The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eeriness," "strangeness," or "weirdness,"

The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to real life, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.

The experience of déjà vu seems to be quite common among adults and children alike; in formal studies, 70% of people report having experienced it at least once.

References to the experience of déjà vu are also found in literature of the past, indicating it is not a new phenomenon.

It has been extremely difficult to evoke the déjà vu experience in laboratory settings, therefore making it a subject of few empirical studies.

Recently, researchers have found ways to recreate this sensation using hypnosis.

Mystic explanation

Déjà vu is associated with precognition, clairvoyance or extra-sensory perceptions, and it is frequently cited as evidence for "psychic" abilities in the general population.

Non-scientific explanations attribute the experience to prophecy, visions (such as received in dreams), or past-life memories.

Dreams

Some believe déjà vu is the memory of dreams.

Though the majority of dreams are never remembered, a dreaming person can display activity in the areas of the brain that process long-term memory.

It has been speculated that dreams read directly into long-term memory, bypassing short-term memory entirely.

In this case, déjà vu might be a memory of a forgotten dream with elements in common with the current waking experience.

This may be similar to another phenomenon known as déjà rêvé, or "already dreamed."

However, later studies on mice indicate that long-term memories must be first established as short-term memories.

Kevin Heady suggested that a feeling of remembering occurs in a sense that he might realize that what he had dreamed is now a relevant present action that is taking place right here right now.

"I was once sitting down in the kitchen noticing that my plate seemed well too familiar, it seemed as if my head motions were foreseen, and that every move would trigger a continuation to happen or so, I had many déjà vus as a child but this was extraordinary, I knew from the bottom of my heart that I had dreamed this situation years ago, as a little boy, that amazingly an entire piece of memory was regained and I finally understood when and where I was dreaming and how long this dream was, and most importantly how many years ago did I dream.-John Lennon"

Reincarnation

Those believing in reincarnation theorize that déjà vu is caused by fragments of past-life memories being jarred to the surface of the mind by familiar surroundings or people.

Others theorize that the phenomenon is caused by astral projection, or out-of-body experiences (OBEs), where it is possible that individuals have visited places while in their astral bodies during sleep.

The sensation may also be interpreted as connected to the fulfillment of a condition as seen or felt in a premonition.

Did you know there is a man and possible others who really are studying into reincarnation and dejavu?

There is a man if you type it in wikipedia that has this information.

His name is Ian Stevenson

info: wikipedia

Have you had a Dejavu?

Just know you had seen or done that specific moment happening?

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