I've got a confession to make. I keep a small, plastic Taco
Bell kid's meal Chihuahua dog in my car as an important part of my
navigational system. Whenever I find myself wondering which driving route
is best, I'm so glad to know that my dog has all the answers.
No, this Chihuahua isn't one of the much sought after Taco Bell "talking
dogs"... it's the oracular variety. My dog comes equipped with a Magic
8-Ball style die floating in a liquid medium under a plastic window with
several different messages. While the questions I ask the dog always
change, it's answers are limited to the following possibile replies:
Done Deal
Life Is Good
Yes Amigo
No Way
Whatever
Chances Are
Ask After Lunch
Very Cool
I know what you're probably wondering. How can a mere
child's toy possibly provide a kind of guidance system that can compete
with today's newest technologies such as palm pilots, global positioning
systems (GPS) and high-tech compasses?
Simple. I test-drive with the dog when traffic conditions get challenging
or I get lost, and see how it performs. I've so far managed to utlize it
several times, and have been increasingly impressed with it's
usefulness.
On a recent road trip this summer, I was driving along on the freeway when
traffic ahead of me became quite congested, and I could see cars were
slowing to a stop. I was in an unfamiliar (to me) part of California, and
I faced a decision about whether to stay on the freeway or take a side
street. I took this opportunity to test-drive the Chihuahua oracular
navigational system -- picking up the little plastic dog, gazing deeply
into his eyes and asking "Will this trip go more smoothly if I exit the
freeway now?"
I kept my eyes locked on the dog's until I sensed a kind of "pop"... what
physicist Fred Alan Wolf associates with the way our conscious awareness
pops a qwiff (quantum wave function), as we select one of an infinite
number of possible universes to experience -- since our very observation of
reality becoming physical affects what is about to occur. Quantum wave
functions can be thought of as either flowing like waves, or popping into
physically observable form.
It's good to note that anything at all can act as a divination tool, since
everything in this living universe is interconnected with everything else,
and consciousness is everywhere in everything. Through our intentions to
discover information that is sometimes difficult to ascertain on a
conscious level, we can get quick answers very simply using any of a number
of divination tools.
I flipped the dog over to view his reply:
and exited the freeway at that point. I was immediately
faced with a decision about whether to turn left or right... either
crossing to the other side of the freeway or remaining on the side I was
on. I again consulted the Chihuahua, this time asking "Would it be best to
turn left here?", and I received the response:
which I generally take to be an indicator of agreement, as
in "Yes.. that's going to be very cool".
I turned left, and discovered to my delight that there was a frontage road
here which permitted traffic to flow at a good speed for many miles. We
drove along smoothly, looking out the window at the miles of traffic jam on
the freeway to our right.
I've since consulted the Taco Bell dog for all sorts of quick questions
that come up while driving, and it's been a steady driving companion and
source of good, fast information ever since. Yes, any dowsing tool would
do as well, but I've got a special soft spot for my Taco Bell dog.
Every time I see one of those
bumper stickers now, I smile and give my Chihuahua a loving
pat.
