Walk Right Back by Daryn Cross

Author:Daryn Cross [Cross, Daryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Urban Fantasy
Publisher: L&L Dreamspell
Published: 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

I looked out over my packed class and smiled. The first few sessions had generated a buzz among students and more people had signed up for no credit just to hear the debates between T.J. and Farley.

“Today’s class is on the profound subject of mind and matter,” I told them. “I’m sure you’ve all heard the riddle, ‘If a tree falls in the forest and no one’s there, does it make a sound?’ Some would say it has to because when an object has matter and hits the ground, it causes the ripple of sound waves. Some would say it doesn’t because reality is only as it is perceived through the senses of the eyewitness, or in this case, the earwitness.”

Some participants chuckled.

I went on with my lecture going over philosophers and their theories, different avenues of thought and branches of science, looking at each. Then I began my conclusion. “So, today we looked at thoughts of the mind and objects, things considered to have mass, size, location. Western cultures identify more with matter. Eastern cultures identify more with the mind. But we are in an age of spiritual awakening where everyone has become more open to the reality of a collective consciousness.

“Ask yourself, are mind and matter mutually exclusive, and if they are, then how can one affect the other? For instance, you may say to yourself, ‘After class I’m going to Jacksonville.’ Then you go out get in your car, and your body takes you there.”

“Not if it’s out of gas,” one student in the back said. Some students laughed, and one patted him on the back.

“No, your car doesn’t necessarily take you there,” Farley said. “But if it’s your intent to go to Jacksonville, you’ll find a way to achieve the desired result.”

“Exactly,” I said. “I’m sure many of you read the book ‘The Secret’ when it came out, or one called ‘The Law of Attraction.’ How much do our thoughts actually control our manifestation of objects? Does anyone have an example how the mind and matter can work in conjunction with each other?”

T.J. raised his hand. “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. If there is a false prediction one adopts as truth, then he may well adopt a new behavior to make the prediction come true.”

Farley laughed. “Well, now we know you believe the glass is half empty. If you believed it was half-full you would have said, like I do, that the belief something great can happen to me will assist me in adopting a behavior that will make my great event actually occur. Like going out with a beautiful woman.”

T.J.’s eyes threw daggers at Farley. “I doubt that would work for you, Farley. Better adopt the half-empty philosophy.”

The class roared.

“Okay, so write a paper on how the mind can influence matter, or why you think they’re mutually exclusive,” I told everyone. “We’re a couple of minutes early, so it’s my gift to you for thinking about it and, therefore, manifesting it.”

Everyone filed out. T.J. walked over to me and whispered, “Doing anything tonight?”

Rats! I nodded.

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