What Is Déjà Vu?
You’ve likely experienced déjà vu several times in your life. It’s the mysterious inkling that what you’re currently experiencing has already happened, as if you’re rewatching a moment of your life through your own eyes, and just as quickly as it started, the moment passes. The French phrase literally means "already seen"—and that's exactly why it can feel so unsettling. Did I dream this? How could I have already experienced the present, if it has never happened before? What is déjà vu??
What science says
The funny thing about déjà vu is that neuroscientists have not been able to conclusively explain why it happens. Since it occurs so randomly and quickly, and in individuals without medical conditions, it’s difficult to study. There have been numerous theories to explain the phenomenon. One theory is that there is a split-second delay in transferring information from one side of the brain to the other, causing the brain to get the information twice. Another theory is that a small seizure occurs in brain creating the illusion that the event has occurred before. Yet another theory states that it’s a fleeting malfunction between the long- and short-term circuits in the brain. But like many things that can’t be fully proven by science, there may be a bigger, more meaningful explanation.
Understanding your spirit
Shaman Durek, a 3rd generation shaman and self-proclaimed ‘bridge’ between the physical and spiritual planes, spoke about déjà vu on his podcast, Ancient Wisdom Today. He explained that déjà vu is not a malfunction in your body, but rather a memory between your body and your spirit. Your spirit is not bound to your physical body. While your body allows you to live on Planet Earth and exists in a linear timeline (meaning your body takes life one day at a time, always moving forward), your spirit exists in a quantum reality and is not confined to a linear timeline. Your spirit never ages, your spirit never dies.
Two types of déjà vu?
Sylvia Browne writes in her book, The Other Side and Back, that déjà vu is actually a glimpse into Heaven/The Other Side/Whatever-You-Want-To-Call-It. She states that there are two kinds of déjà vu. The first is when you visit a place you’ve never been to before and suddenly realize that it seems familiar. This is your spirit’s memory of a past life. You have been there before, just in another body and at another time. The memory is buried deep in your subconscious. This kind of déjà vu applies to people as well. Have you ever met a stranger and felt like you’ve known them your whole life? Likely it’s because you have known them in another lifetime (positively or negatively).
The second kind of déjà vu is so common that we rarely give it more than a passing thought. It’s typically not a significant event. Maybe you’re sitting at a restaurant with a friend and feel like you’ve been in that exact moment, reaching for that exact glass of wine before. It means your spirit has quantumly jumped ahead, saw all the many possibilities of your life, and jumped back. By the time your body arrives at that place your spirit jumped to, your body has a cognitive response to the moment that is hidden in its subconscious. Your body then sends a signal to your brain that you were there once before. In that instance both your subconscious (where the spirit mind exists) and the conscious minds are receiving an affirmation that you’re perfectly in sync.
Again, your spirit is not bound to the physical body. Your spirit has the ability to jump quantumly at any given time. The future and the past don’t only exist in a linear way. These energies of past/present/future don't exist in the spirit world. In this type of déjà vu, your spirit is resonating so profoundly with the realization that you are on the right path.
The next time you experience the magic, smile to yourself and know that all is well.
