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Post by foreverlights on Jul 3, 2006 22:53:35 GMT -5
Hi Guys,
This afternoon i had a little experience involving Shannon and i just wanted to share it... i had just travelled one hour into university to find empty seats in the lecture room, only to find that the class had been called off... Then i had an hour trip home... I was pissed... After the bus trip I was walking home under the dark sky from the Bus stop in the rain and listening to Pearl Jam's album "Ten" for the second time in succession (gives you an idea how long i was out)... I had just finished the track "Oceans", and was fifty feet from the gate when i switched off my walkman... I was soaking wet and for that brief moment started thinking about Bumcakes idea for a movie... See it is my aspiration when i am rich and famous that i will have this huge movie theatre in my house, so i was thinking how i want the premiere of the movie to be in my cinema and that it is my duty to bring Blind Melon and Shannon to the people of Australia in that way... Right after thinking that the sky suddenly brightened and the sun shined through the cloud which is really unusual cause it had been dark and raining for 24 hours and didnt look like clearing up... I got stunned and looked up in the sky and thought to myself "Hi Shannon, it's alright, i know you are there"... And at that moment the sky suddenly got a whole lot brighter and the skies began to clear... The reason i saw this as an experience is that i was sort of in a daze for some reason cause i was so focussed on my thoughts and emotions towards Shannon at that time and it felt really weird...
I have seen people on other forums explain some of their experiences and dreams which most of the time come across as unbelieveable and made-up, and just brought up for the sake of keeping the topic going... I had never had an experience like this, even though it wasnt a strong one, but it really hit me hard... If anyone has any experiences or dreams that involve Shannon, please share, and perhaps we can put together a picture of any messages Shannon is trying to send us from beyond the grave...
Cheers
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Post by Barbara on Jul 4, 2006 8:38:41 GMT -5
Your story gave me chills! I really don't get chills SO often in general but on this board is just happens to me regulary!!!
Concerning experiences involving Shannon, maybe I had more of them, but at the moment I remember this one.... I was very sad and depressed, I don't know why any more, and I was crying and couldn't stop...and then after a while, I felt like a strong energy presence beside me that calmed me down and kind of comforted me...it was Shannon, at least the way I felt it it was...I wasn't thinking about him before or listening to Blind Melon at that moment, but it just hit me, I felt it was Shannon right away. Something like this happened to me also when my cusin died...this time I cryed because of his death and what happened to him and cause I missed him so much (still do and always will...). It was the same feeling; at one moment I felt his presence, it just came at once, it wasn't something I was really looking for... Anyway, I know it can be all only in my head, but hey, finaly everything is only in our heads in a way and the truth is often only what you belive that it is...
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Post by ~*KiwiMelon*~ on Jul 5, 2006 0:28:22 GMT -5
I've heard about so many melons having "Shannon" experiences, they can't all be coincidence (he is watching everything we do..??) My strongest Shannon experience was when I was leaving his grave after the 2004 Vigil. His sister had taken us to the grave for the last time to say goodbye. But anyway I was really upset, like crying and overwhelmed and overcome. I sat there alone next to him, I hadn't been able to cry all weekend (I had just felt in awe and shock) and I think it all hit me at the moment I was saying goodbye to him... anyway I finally stood up and turned to walk away and "Everything will be ok" just popped into my head straight away and I felt a great sense of peace and tranquility come over me and I didn't feel alone or sad anymore. It was awesome. I've also had a lot of dreams about him, one in particular was very sad because he was crying and upset about leaving Nico and was holding her in his arms and telling her how sorry he was
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Post by Barbara on Jul 5, 2006 19:28:46 GMT -5
Ok, I decided to tell you what just happened to me. I had a little fight with my dad, nothing serious, but it just made me think that it'll get worse as usual when I'm home for too long...I don't have my own appartement in Slovenia cause I just came back from Paris where I lived for the last 5 years. I thought of probably getting an appartement only in autumn and try to find a job only for two months or so, so that I could somehow make it to the vigil. Anyway, after that little fight, I thought no, there's no way I'm staying here all summer, I'll just forget about the vigil, I'll make it next year, now I really have to get a job and move out as soon as possible! Then I went into my room and grabed some paper to write something, so that I would calm down a bit...and when I grabed the paper, a smaller paper fell down. I picked it up and read what was written on it: "Vigil in Indiana"! Now what should I think about this??!!! If there are coincidences in life, they're really wierd sometimes! It was written in my mother's handwriting, she probably wrote that down once we were talking on the phone when I was in Paris and I told her I wanted to go there. It's already curious that she wrote that down, I know she does that sometimes but usualy it's for things that she shouldn't forget. And then it's quite wierd she put it in the place where I found it. On that same piece of paper it was also written "Earth from above", it's the tittle of a book of the photographer in who's photo agency I did my training period. It has a quite big connection with what I want to do in photography - maybe another positive sign! Plus, I wanted to connect somehow my trip to the Vigil with a trip around US that would be related to what I want to do in photography. And writing this now, I thought wow, earth from above...like the way Shannon may be seeing it now... maybe I better stop........................ ;D peace,love&melons to everyone.
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Post by bumcakes on Jul 5, 2006 19:48:08 GMT -5
This thread makes me love you guys even more.
Thats all i have to say right now....maybe i'll share a Shannon experience with ya sometime, if i ever have one lol.
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Post by ishbell on Jul 5, 2006 23:05:22 GMT -5
My moment was while driving my car. It was a beautiful fall night and the sky was peppered with stars. I was listening to Mouthful of Cavities and thinking about my dad whom I'd lost in the summer and I was hurting so bad there's really no way to describe that longing to have to see your love one but knowing you will never again in this life set eyes on that face, then Shannon sings "Cause one of these days this will die so will me and so will you" and I just felt this peace come over me so I pulled over and just looked at the night sky and this thought came in my head to just enjoy this moment, that all was well and life could still be beautiful.
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Jul 6, 2006 1:24:32 GMT -5
It's great to here such experiences like this. I'm sure I'll experience one someday...
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Post by Joel on Jul 26, 2006 9:30:22 GMT -5
I am so happy that i found this forum and met all of you.I hope someday i`ll have an experience to share but until that,i will just keep enjoying your wonderful stories.
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Post by *Sonya* on Jul 27, 2006 10:45:06 GMT -5
I had an experience a few years ago that I thought was strange. I was driving my car listening to "Mouthful Of Cavities" and I stopped at a red light. I was really feeling the music, more than usual, and the part of the song came on "Wrote a letter to a friend of mine to tell him how much I used to love to watch him smile" and at the EXACT moment that Shannon says "see I haven't seen him smile in a little while" I looked up and see a big box truck crossing the intersection with the words "SMILE AWHILE" painted all huge on the side of the truck....I had to stop and do a double-take because it was just so weird to hear the words and see them "coincidentally" at the same time. I have never seen a truck advertising "smile awhile" before that or since then so I take it as a sign that Shannon's ok wherever he is and that he's smiling.
Other things that happen sometimes that I think are weird are when my husband and I are having a conversation while listening to Melon and one of us asks the other a question and then one of Shannon's lyrics will answer the question before we do. It's fucking weird and it's happened a few times.
I know these experiences probably sound crazy, and when it happens it feels so weird, but I just take it to mean that he's ok. It kind of feels like when you start singing a song out of nowhere and then you turn on the radio and the song is on...I don't know if that's ever happened to anyone but it's oddly reassuring when it happens, almost like deja vu or something just to let you know that you're right where you're supposed to be in life.
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Post by foreverlights on Jul 27, 2006 21:04:40 GMT -5
I love the way this thread is going, just as i planned... There are no bull shit stories, i find every one believeable.... This is great... There are no far-fetched or manufactured stories either which is pretty cool!!! Keep it up guys... Feel the melon...
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Post by Karen on Sept 27, 2006 20:47:46 GMT -5
I love to hear about everyone's experiences. I don't know if I've ever really had one. This is truly such a beautiful place and I'm so happy to have found it!
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Post by linwoodlarsons on Sept 28, 2006 3:00:01 GMT -5
I guess i've never had any type of "supernatural" or "psychic" experience. I just dig the music.
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Post by AftermarketX on Oct 3, 2006 21:00:32 GMT -5
I am still waiting for my first Blind Melon dream I had Nirvana ones two times i the past. Before I discovered Blind Melon's full music and it focused on Kurt mainly because he died but I feel I will dream of Shannon but aswell the main guitar players also in a dream I expect soon. (They are what made the band so kickass with great guitar riffs and all making them also the best jam band in History IMO)
(hippies like me have weird but awsome dreams every now and then that is why I am sure I will have one sooner or later)
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Post by styckx on Nov 13, 2006 20:13:33 GMT -5
My most memorable experience revolving around blind melon was a few months after he had passed away.
My great friend at the time Vanessa was also a huge blind melon fan, and after his passing she wrote a hand written letter to the band expressing her thoughts and giving her condolences to the band and the family.
She soon recieved a hand written (not a form letter) letter from the wife (or girlfriend) of one of the band members (I can't remember whos it was at this point), thanking her for her letter and giving some of her thoughts and emotions on the situation.
I was shocked, I've written bands before and gotten a form letter they pump out in the 1000's, to actually see someone related to the band take the time to write a letter to a fan and thanking and relating to them blew me away.
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Post by Karen on Nov 13, 2006 21:10:16 GMT -5
That's really what makes these guys so special. There just great, down to earth, wonderful guys.
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