We've been hearing of 'Pokemon Go' for a week now.....to put it not so mildly, it's a literal rage. One of those thingy's that just takes the world by storm so to say, especially those who have grown up with Pokemon.
Listening to it was one thing.....but this moment, when Dhruva actually found a pokemon right on our carpet, in our drawing room, just made it so real.....and had me so completely creeped out, and intrigued at one time. Something walking around inside the house??!!??
As concept, it's a game built on whats called 'Augmented Reality'. It's no longer just on your phone. These little thingy's are out there, in another dimension of reality :)
Just to give context to those uninitiated...Pokemon are these cute little pocket monsters, each with their own characteristics and at times evolutions, and this was a nintendo creation way back... close on twenty years... like when dhruva and diksha were still little. We still have a fairly large collection of the creatures. ( my favourite was Gengar, a ghost pokemon :).
The game has now evolved into these virtual pokemon which exist in the world outside. When I just couldn't comprehend, the analogy dhruva used to explain was..... they are like stray dogs just walking around the place, but virtual.
The feeling of 'creeped out' was because there was this 'thingy' that was in our house. I was like...how can something that's not us, or ours, be walking around inside our house? Creepy no?
And 'intrigued' because it took me back to 'Autobiography of a Yogi', where Yogananda talks of how technology is what will open our mind to deeper realities. For instance telephone, cellphones, wifi are all concepts which make it easier, by the step, to understand and accept telepathy. It's man's evolution into the subtler realms.
So also seems this new concept of 'augmented reality' ....... one step closer to other dimensions of existence. Super fascinating !
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