Psychology Information

Short Story: The Next Level of Humanity


"Hey Mac, have you ever been thinking of someone and then-bang! - The telephone rings and it's them on the phone?"

"Pinkus, why are you always asking me stupid inane questions that have absolutely no relevance whatsoever to the job at hand?"

Mac smiled and laughed loudly. It was the kind of laugh that could boil the water in your fishbowl. He rolled back from his desk slowly in his ergonomic computer chair, and then whipped a super-quick 360-degree wheelie stopping with perfect precision, his eyes staring directly at mine with a look of pure mischievous intent.

"You know Pinkus, I often wonder if you're actually a human at all. The planet Kleptar 12 definitely seems like a much more probable location from which your form popcorned out and graced our universe with your presence. I'm serious man, answer the question!"

Pushing back from my desk in the cubicle I tried to remember Mac's stupid question. Had I ever been thinking of someone and then the phone rang, that person calling on the line?

"Of course I have, it happens once in a while. Why do you ask? You got one of your deep-space theories that the reason for this coincidence is actually a sign that humans were spawned by giant mushroom people in another galaxy, or is it a hidden conspiracy where mutants on Pluto are controlling our minds with ectoplasm injected into our chewing gum?"

Mac didn't seem perturbed by my comments, obviously he was getting quite used to them. A very serious look covered his face; this was a rare event in itself as Mac never looked serious. Normally a smile was permanently imprinted on his mouth, a chilly reminder that maybe I wasn't as happy as I could be in this life. His face often appeared in my dreams, sometimes whispering sacred proverbs, other times just a giant head chasing me through a tunnel that stretched for eternity. Of course I never spoke of these dreams to him, I didn't want him to know that he had any effect on me, if he knew it'd be like letting a bee loose in a field of wildflowers. I'd never get him to shut up.

"Have you ever heard of the concept of a collective consciousness Pinkie old boy?" he asked in an unusually intimately sounding voice.

"Yeah of course I have. I'm a computer programmer like you man; it's called the Internet. Everyone with access to it has a means to obtaining as much knowledge as they like from anyone and anywhere in the world. What, do you think I'm a complete moron or something?"

Mac's eyes lit up, they gave the impression a tiger was about to pounce on a helpless antelope. In this particular case Pinkus Brewster was the antelope. It was at this moment the Beatles's famous song lyric "I am a walrus." popped into my head. I really could have handled being a walrus at that moment. It would have made it a slightly bit more comfortable.

"Collective consciousness is a concept I didn't create Pinkus me lad. It's the idea that a species can obtain knowledge mentally from others in the species without even searching for it. Have you ever heard the story of the bird that back in 1927 in England that was documented to have figured out how to rip the lid off a milk bottle and then eat the cream on top?"

"No. What happened?"

" Just after this event, birds of the same species all over Europe were also recorded as suddenly having gained the new skill. There was no way the information could have been passed by personal instruction, the knowledge had spread out geographically over a large area that the small birds couldn't have traveled in such a small period of time."

"So Mac, why do you feel this is so important to be telling me that I'm not getting any work done?"

"It's like the telephone call Pinkus. Humans are more connected than we are aware of. You know who's on the line beforehand because we're all linked to a field of energy that all of our species uses to learn and grow. Have you ever heard of an invention that appears at the same time historically but in two completely different parts of the world where the inventors had no contact with each other whatsoever?"

A stupefied look now covered my face. I know this because I've got a computer monitor mirror staring right back at me. Why is this crackpot telling me this bull winkle? As if reading my mind with his 'collective consciousness' Mac gave it to me straight.

"The big breakthrough is about to come Pinko. You're right about the Internet, but you're not seeing the whole picture. Now that a whole lot of us humans are hooked into this new technology it means we are hearing each other's thoughts and ideas more easily subconsciously. The feelings you have are being transmitted through your blog's words as well as the plain information. The Internet is the means for a psychic revolution! It's going to take humanity to the next level of evolution."

I sat quietly and thought to myself, "Psycho revolution more like it! This guy sure is making me feel strange. Uh, oh! -Did I just say he was making me feel strange? Already this collective consciousness idea is playing with my brain." A weird feeling of calm overcame me. Maybe other humans have gotten used to the idea and now they're sending me the knowledge to relax and take it all in easy and slow. I looked over at Mac. He was looking deep into his computer screen as if it was a set of enchanting eyes and kept whispering to himself over and over:`

"I am you, you are me. Together that makes we."

About The Author

Jesse S. Somer is an alien from Kleptar 12 hoping to show humanoids the power of the Internet as well as the power of the creatures that've created it.

priyankaa@m6.net


MORE RESOURCES:

Glenwood medical directors were unlicensed
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - 53 minutes ago
For most of the past 14 months, the Glenwood Resource Center has employed eight unlicensed psychologists who have reported to an unlicensed psychology ...


Jamaica Gleaner

The psychology of the foreign-exchange market
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 7 hours ago
By themselves, however, they would need to shock expectations out of a psychology of ongoing devaluation. Reliance on these external factors may not, ...


How To Channel Your Entrepreneurial Ego
Forbes, NY - 18 hours ago
My columns will draw upon these experiences, as well as the work spent building the course, "Entpreneurial Psychology," that I taught at UCLA's Anderson ...


Madison Messenger

Liberty University program promotes learning at Chatham prison
Madison Messenger, VA - 7 hours ago
By Christa Desrets A full-time distance learning student at Liberty University, Eric Snow pursues a degree in psychology — from prison. ...
Legislators suprised inmates get state grants for LU program Lynchburg News and Advance
all 3 news articles


New programs being tested to find hidden bias in police work
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 8 hours ago
Stanford University scientist Jennifer Eberhardt, associate professor of psychology and a consultant in Fridell's project, has conducted studies that show ...
New programs being tested to find hidden bias in police work San Jose Mercury News
all 72 news articles


A new cognitive psychology article nearly every day
ScienceBlogs - Nov 21, 2008
Greta Munger is Professor of Psychology at Davidson College whose works include The History of Psychology: Fundamental Questions. Dave Munger is co-founder ...
Casual Fridays: Does having kids destroy your memory? ScienceBlogs
all 2 news articles


Queuing psychology: Can waiting in line be fun?
CNN - Nov 20, 2008
To do that, businesses where people often wait in line must realize some basic principles of queuing psychology. Eliminating empty time, for example, ...


guardian.co.uk

Study: Away-facing strollers stress babies
CNN - Nov 21, 2008
Based on a study of 2722 parents and children, the study by Dundee University's School of Psychology calls into question the designs of many of the world's ...
Babies stressed by forward-facing buggies: British study AFP
Strollers that 'face out' stressful for babies: study National Post
Are modern buggies bad for babies? guardian.co.uk
FOXNews - ShortNews.com
all 84 news articles


The Psychology of Leadership Versus the Business of Management
The FINANCIAL, Georgia - 13 hours ago
In truth, the best leadership programs for the twenty-first century will be born of psychology, philosophy, and history rather than finance, accounting, ...


Psychology of shopping
Essex Echo, UK - 12 hours ago
AN invitation to shop is never one I would refuse. But this invitation to browse, bargain hunt and buy in the new HomeSense store at Lakeside came with an ...

Psychology - Google News

home | site map
© 2006