Presentiment and the story about the stray kitten comes to Powered by Intuition from subscriber E.C.J.
A six-week old kitten. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Presentiment is a form of intuitive sensing or insight.
Our intuition sends us the feeling that something is about to occur or has happened although we do not know what it is. We become anxious but we don’t know why. We experience a feeling of dread for an inexplicable reason. These are all examples of what presentiment feels like.
Presentiment was prevalent just prior to 911
Many people experienced presentiment just prior to 911 and didn’t board their flights. The planes that were used as weapons by the terrorists were unusually empty. There are also stories of workers who didn’t go to work in the World Trade Center that day based on reasons they just couldn’t explain at the time.
Presentiment usually occurs to warn us that something isn’t right. It’s a feeling that we should pay attention to as the following story from E.C.J. illustrates.
I love cats and used to have one. I would love to have another some day but I haven’t done it ’cause I still need to travel some times. And because my neighbour has 2 dachshunds and I fear that if I get a cat it could be killed by the dogs..A few days ago I had a thought that went through my mind.….just a thought and I didn’t pay attention to it, I just let it flow. It was something like: maybe some day I will find a stray cat and I might keep it because it’s time to have another..That thought was last week or so. Then 4 days ago while having breakfast I heard this little kitten crying. I was like “Oh no, I can’t leave him there but I can’t keep it either.” I usually leave them so I don’t get in trouble but I wanted to do the right thing this time. So I went with my impulse of helping the cat..There were two little kittens outside my house. I tried to catch them to give them shelter and food while finding a home for them but, I was able to catch just one. The other one was too quick. I fed the kitten and left him inside while I went to work…..During the day, I was growing worried and getting a feeling of “this is not right, I cannot keep him, I can’t take proper care of him and it’s a risk with the dogs, I will need to make some changes in my life etc.,.”. The feeling was getting worse by the minute. By the time I got home the kitten was crying and didn’t let me hold him. I felt bad and sorry for taking him away from his sibling. He could not be consoled..I noticed when I came home from work that night that my back patio garden was destroyed. I presumed it was the neighbour’s dogs that got in ’cause there is a gap in the gate but it looked as if there had been a fight or something. I didn’t pay much attention at the time because the kitten I had in the house was crying so much..At one point, I managed to grab him and he was quiet and still but in the morning (after a night of the kitten crying and me having bad dreams and the feeling of something just not being right growing stronger each minute)….the cat just seemed like he wanted to leave so I left him outside in my front patio with some food and went to work. At night he was hanging around and crying nearby but was still scared, so I left food outside again. That night I felt so bad for taking him away from his sibling that I couldn’t stop crying myself. I felt very sad for the cat..The next day when I came home from work I spoke to my neighbour and found out what happened. The other kitten, the sibling I couldn’t grab in the morning, somehow managed to get into that patio and the dogs went crazy and killed him..So that means that the kitten I had inside heard all the fighting and the attack of his sibling. No wonder he was so scared. Now I feel so guilty for my actions that caused this situation. The kitten killed and the other one alone. I think that what happened was that after I left, the other kitten heard his brother inside the house and somehow tried to get to him and that’s when he fell in my back patio and got killed by the dogs..Now I understand why I was feeling so bad all day. Like a gut feeling that something was terribly wrong. I haven’t heard the kitten for two days now…I’m hoping somebody took it in ’cause I’m still feeling a very bad about all this. 🙁.It was my intuition and I knew something was wrong but I didn’t know what to do or what exactly was wrong…...
This story is typical of how we experience presentiment.
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As for you E.C.J. – please don’t continue to feel bad about what happened. You tried to do a very humane thing by taking in the kitten. It wasn’t your fault that the neighbor’s dogs attacked the sibling. If you could have caught the sibling and he hadn’t run away you would have taken him in too.
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Wow, that’s an amazing story. And it also shows how perfectly we are guided by this sort of inner GPS. Once I was riding my bike, a car came out a side road and I think it was less than an inch that the car hit me. That very moment, I had this very strong feeling that I was guided and protected. And it also seemed like, I was in a different state of mind. Time seemed to pass slower and I was fully aware.
Robert,
That’s a great observation about time passing more slowly when the accident almost took place. You were fully aware in the present moment completely.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this story. Thank you so much for visiting and commenting. It’s a pleasure meeting you.
Angela and E.C.J.,
I shared this post on my Facebook page, and someone said that this story actually brought about tears. I wanted to let you know how much this powerful story can impact a person. This is a tremendous story that really shows how powerful our intuitive sense can be. You’re absolutely right that it can sometimes make the difference between life and death. The 9/11 story is pretty fascinating.
Thanks for sharing this powerful story. I was fascinated by it.
Dear Victor,
I’m so glad you liked this story. It’s such a perfect example of presentiment.
I just read your post: Can People Read Minds and thought it was excellent!
One of the things I learned from this, it’s how our actions, non-actions, words…. affect others. “The ripple effect”. I always knew about it but I was able to see it CLEARLY with this experience. We will never know the extension of the consequences of our actions. I changed this two little kitten’s destiny with my actions….and by sharing the story it’s still touching people’s hearts. I’m amazed on how a story or action can affect other people that you don’t even know. Another proof that we are all connected. Thanks everyone for your comments and thank you Victor for sharing it too.
Thank you again E.C.J. for submitting this fascinating story and great example of presentiment!
Best,
Angela
A few years ago I was stopped at a red light at a big intersection. The light turned green, and just as I started to pull into the intersection, I had a bad feeling. I slammed on the brakes and a car ran the red light, missing my front bumper by a hair and plowing into the car next to me that had entered the intersection. The force of the impact sent both cars into the lane of oncoming traffic and they hit a third car.
I pulled over and got out to see if anyone needed help. The driver of the car next to me said he saw me slam on my brakes but didn’t know why and he proceeded into the intersection. The driver of the car that ran the red light said she never even saw the light.
You can believe that I was thanking my guardian angels all the rest of the day…and every time still that I go through that intersection!
Galen,
Wow! That’s some story. I’m so glad you stopped short like that. It just goes to show you how powerfully our intuition works and can even take control of our reflexes. Like I said to Betsy, our bodies are major communication stations!
I don’t doubt you think about that every time you go through that intersection.
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting Galen.
Wow! What a story! I’m glad to put a word to something I knew about but didn’t know the exact word for it. There have been many times I’ve listened to presentiment and it’s been amazing. And other times when I should have. When we put our house up for sale last spring, I knew that the wheels we set in motion would go quickly. That was the most amazing presentiment I’ve ever experienced. Everything… the sale, finding a new house etc.. went easily and quickly. I’m so glad I followed my intuition!!
Thanks Angela!
Hi Betsy,
I’m so glad you finally got a name to what had been happening to you.
Presentiment – a feeling of anxiety that something isn’t right without knowing what to attribute it to is very, very common.
Your body is an amazing communications station~! You’re are getting all the “vibes” and “pings” that something is occurring but just like an unidentified object observed by an air traffic controller, you know something is there but you have no clue as to its identity.
When you get a “knowing” that something like your house is going to sell this time – that isn’t presentiment that is precognition. It’s a “knowing” about a future event. With precognition you can “name” the event that is going to take place.
I just wanted to be clear about the difference.
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting.
Best,
Angela