When time stands still

[sammael]

I had one of those moments today, that very occasionally happens, when time stands still and takes a breath. I was grocery shopping in the local supermarket, just minding my own business, as usual. Typically in public I don't pay much attention to anyone in particular, nor to everyone in general. I wasn't in any special place, just thinking about a few problems I have at the moment. I walked around the corner of an aisle, and there she was, just standing there. Slim, pretty but not uniquely beautiful, perhaps with a hint of that fragility that I find so strangely irresistible, I don't know. She had a trolley, a young boy sitting inside, perhaps 18 months. I didn't consciously look at her, she was just right in front of me, and as I took a step she turned and looked up at me. As her eyes touched mine, time stopped.

It was brief, and innocent, neither drawn out nor charged. Then I was past her, and I walked on without looking back. I don't know what had happened. It was not anything like an exchange between a man and a woman, not that mutually interested or attracted look. It wasn't anything I have ever experienced as chemistry, or curiosity, or fire. Some people say the eyes are windows to the soul. I could almost believe that. It was like for an instant I saw another beings soul, clear, pure, unadulterated.

How... very... magical...

Anyone else have moments like these? Times when the fabric of the world holds so much more than it would seem, even if only for a heartbeat? A breath that stands clear and purely beautiful in the haze and mist of memory?

 

[Otherside]

I hope you run into her again by chance. If you genuinely like kids, that's a great age because toddlers are hilarious. Just be careful and try not to go overboard too quickly. It could be great, but there's also a chance she's not even proximate to being a "soul mate".

 

[Pyropyro]

And they say that we're just beings of pure logic. Quite romantic IMO.

But I agree on Otherside, try not to dwell on it much.

 

[Jah]

hope you see her again. And TALK to her.


but seriously, yes. Those are wonderful moments.
For some reason they happen more often to me now... Never really used to have them that much before.

 

[sammael]

Those are wonderful moments.

Indeed.

It wasn't the woman that struck me or stayed with me. I can't even remember her face, I doubt I could or would recognise her again. It wasn't the eye contact either. I remember when I was young, the first few times I looked at a girl and she looked back at me with interest, and I held her gaze, that was pretty exciting. But that was many miles and years ago, much exposure has long since dimmed that flame. Maybe it was the innocence of the moment, maybe it was the unexpectedness that left us both unguarded, I don't know. I felt like I'd seen something beyond what we perceive with our senses, but perhaps it was just imagination.

My memory of most days is a haze, just a little more time passed. It's not that often something happens that stays with me, when it does it's special, it makes life that little bit more interesting. Sometimes it has to do with people, sometimes not. I guess as an INTP my focus is almost always on the future, sometimes it's just kind of cool when something colourful happens in the past that comes back to me from time to time.

 

[Pizzabeak]

I've had these and will always remember them.

I remember writing a long ass blog post on my first one. If you wanna take a step into non-ordinary consciousness, the most meaningful synchronicities will be accompanied by a feeling akin to a door being unlocked.

 

[DragonsAreForever]

When time stands still...you've had too much acid.



But yeah, I've had those moments.