What peaks your interest?

[Surrender]

Is there something that peaks your interest and you just can't learn enough about? Do you go through passing phases of wanting to learn about things, or have you found something that is a lifelong interest? 


For myself I was always interested in astronomy, world religions and understanding people's personalities.  After that it morphed into a 10 year long interest in Buddhism, and how to understand others and tame yourself. From there I moved into spirituality, and stuff like acupuncture, chakras, meditation, etc. And that brought me to where I am now, Christianity.  Now I am interested in ways the bible and Christianity actually address and verify all the previous stuff I've learned from other avenues. Like a big puzzle I want to piece together, I don't know why, but I am so intensely interested in the spiritual, the meaning of life, how we all fit together, and how the story ends. 


Is there a topic you are intensely interested about?

 

[sidney]

My interest is also mostly about spiritual stuff like reincarnation, life after death, angels, demons, etc. But I am also interested in new age stuff like astrology and tarot. On a more common note, I have always been interested in assembling my own PC, but sadly I just can't get around to learning it.

 

[Aree Wongwanlee]

Just curious. I wonder if the OP really meant "pique your interest" instead of "peak your interest". Both ways of phrasing it carry somewhat different meanings. To answer, I will go by the meaning of "pique your interest" as in "stimulate your interest".


So, what piques my interest?


Generally speaking, anything that presents a challenge piques my interest. When I was younger - very much younger - just knowing that a certain girl is unapproachable would certainly make me very interested in her. Of course, that had led to my undoing more times than once. Now that I am much older, I tend to choose my challenges.


Right now, I am faced with challenging myself to re-invent myself as a programmer. I was once a programmer but it was so long ago that what I knew are all too outdated to be of much use. In particular, I am intrigued by the popularity of mobile apps. I don't think it's media over-exaggeration that reports mobile app creators of very young age who are making the kind of money that people of much older age can only drool about. That, for me as an old man, is a real challenge. And I have taken up this challenge by starting to learn programming on my own. 


In short, programming piques my interest.

 

[Alex]

I have many interests and my problem is trying to do them all. I want to enjoy them so I often start a project and then put it on hold when something crops up. There are things that you can do privately, and publicly. I love beauty products and finally set up my own blog about them. I had a few false starts, because I tried to be too perfect and eventually I found a name I liked and paid for the domain which pushed me to do it more than a free hosted blog.


On the other hand I do lots of spiritual stuff as @sidney knows, but I do it more privately as what I discover is more personal, and even when I do readings it's not something that can be shared. I do write down my findings as research, and as time goes on more things make sense even though they can;t be proven.

 

[Choochoo]

I can get interested in a lot of things but what really  gets my attention is arts and just beauty in general. I like anything related to design and beautification so anything from music to movies or even makeup and clothes interest me a lot. On the more serious topics I gravitate a lot towards psychology because I find it very interesting why people behave the way they do, and also it helps me be more patient with others who may be difficult to tolerate because I can at least have a rough guess of where they are coming from. 

 

[111kg]

I found it. IT's the fine art of medicine. My life goal is to become a doctor and I will do whatever it takes to become one.


However, I am also interested of the stock market, trading and basically, earning more money so I can fullfill my other projects.

 

[Laneorexorcist]

Hmm... I think that I'm more related to LGBT+ topics, I have always, always been interested in that topic even before knowing what LGBT+ even worse.
I'm also really interested in social psychology... even if I get an intense headache after reading it, it always ends up blowing my mind in the greatest way! 
I also really, really like to cutting/dyeing hair and I can't have enough information about it without even trying it. 

 

[CT422]

I've always had an interest in anthropology, and just the social sciences in general. I love looking up what makes people tick, how things work in different cultures, or even just different cities. Since my diagnosis I've been much more interested in body language and non-verbal communication. 

 

[Aree Wongwanlee]

Body language? That's a very interesting subject. Do you have much experience in studying body language @CT422? When I was a salesman in my younger days, studying body language was part of our training. It helped us to understand our customers better. It also gave us hints as to when to make the close. When I was teaching, studying the body language of my students also helped me to modify my lessons as I went along, to make sure that I didn't lose their attention.

 

[CT422]

@Aree Wongwanlee it's honestly more of a hobby than anything. I have considered going to school for anthropology or sociology, and also criminal justice. I'm generally interested in what motivates people and how their minds work. 

 

[clair02]

I've always been interested in human behavior and psychology. I always want to know why we do the things that we do and why we don't do some of the things that we want to do. I've been studying for a masters in human psychology for the past couple of years and this is a subject that I don't think I will ever stop studying. It's just so exciting and interesting. 

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

My interest is also mostly about spiritual stuff like reincarnation, life after death, angels, demons, etc. But I am also interested in new age stuff like astrology and tarot. 

I can't get over numerology. When I calculated the first numbers of my numerology chart, I was amazed how much my birthdate and birthname determines in my life. That was when I started believing in destiny. Whenever I find a new book about numerology, I pull out my numerology charts and see if there's some kind of new information there. 


I also believe in angels. I know that my guardian angel is a one tough woman (at least that's what I feel). She has saved my life a couple of time. 


I'm also interested in other powers that can't be explained. I've experienced a couple of times this kind of spacing out and suddenly telling people things that they haven't told me and sort of telling the future. 


So YAY for the spiritual stuff.

 

[Zeesi]

I have all kinds of interests, so many that I feel like I need a chart just to keep up with all of the things that I like to do because there are only so many hours in a day and I feel like I want to do everything at once.


Books. Flowers. Writing. Movies. Black and white film. Photography. Music. Interior design. Cooking. Looking at art. Painting. Romance :wub: . Love. Sociology. I could go on and on.  I think that life itself is so interesting that I can hardly contain my enthusiasm about it.

 

[djanx]

Is there something that peaks your interest and you just can't learn enough about? Do you go through passing phases of wanting to learn about things, or have you found something that is a lifelong interest?


Is there a topic you are intensely interested about?

Well, I am an auto-didact, which means I like to learn and have basically self-taught myself a lot of things. My interests change from time to time. Like right now I am extremely interested in learning how virtual reality apps are created even though I have no background in that field. I am also interested in the Navy Seal training, mainly because I want to get fighting fit and I think that that is the gold standard in training.


So I can easily say that anything new or beneficial peaks my interest.

 

[sidney]

I can't get over numerology. When I calculated the first numbers of my numerology chart, I was amazed how much my birthdate and birthname determines in my life. That was when I started believing in destiny. Whenever I find a new book about numerology, I pull out my numerology charts and see if there's some kind of new information there. 


I also believe in angels. I know that my guardian angel is a one tough woman (at least that's what I feel). She has saved my life a couple of time. 


I'm also interested in other powers that can't be explained. I've experienced a couple of times this kind of spacing out and suddenly telling people things that they haven't told me and sort of telling the future. 


So YAY for the spiritual stuff.

I also read about numerology, but I'm now concentrating on astrology. If numerology amazed you, astrology will double or triple your amazement. Nothing is random, almost everything seems destined, it can be quite annoying since your misfortune is destined as well. Start first with getting your birth chart to get started.


How did you know about your angel? I got to know mine and his appearance because an angel reader can see and speak to him so he relayed those info's to me.

 

[djanx]

@x0xLikeMex0x  @sidney  Let me blow your minds  Well, I generally do not post about this stuff because people simply don't believe me. I had to drag my friends to the place so they'd stop mocking me. But, since we're on the topic, Google search  "Nadi Astrology US" or replace US with your location. So, once you find a center go there, they don't charge any fees until later.


Once you get there, they'll ask for your fingerprint(thumb impression). And a contact number. They'll look for predictions that were written on papyrus about three millennia ago according to fingerprints. Generally, it takes them a few days to come up with the information. Then, they'll call you or if you're eager you can call them. Go there, a guy will read out around 20 "introduction pages" to 20 different people with similar fingerprints.


So they'll go through the details written on that copy of the papyrus sheet. They'll ask questions to match your details, "are you living x hours away from your family?" "are you a doctor?" "is your name x?"


Eventually, they'll find your sheet, which will blow your mind away. It'll have information that only you know including stuff that you think of but never talk about. This page is just an introduction and is used to verify your details. Once this sheet is found, they go into their records and come out with your predictions.


Year by year, life event by life event, they'll tell you things. They begin from the past, probably to assure you that they aren't kidding. They come to the present and then they predict your future. And this is where the experiment begins really. Year by year things will unfold exactly as they predict. They'll record the predictions and give you the cd. They'll give the predictions to you in writing as well.


I can't explain it, but I went their in 2008 and its been 8 years, everything they said has come true.I forget about the predictions and focus on life, but then around the holidays, I "refer" to them just to check what they said, and they haven't been wrong thus far. Also, they do leave out most details, and just tell you about major events, which helps because life won't be fun without unpredictability.

 

[Aree Wongwanlee]

@Aree Wongwanlee it's honestly more of a hobby than anything. I have considered going to school for anthropology or sociology, and also criminal justice. I'm generally interested in what motivates people and how their minds work. 





 

That's interesting. Why didn't you actually go to school to study anthropology or sociology? It's a useful science. I am sure there are many good job openings for people who are good at it.

 

[sidney]

@x0xLikeMex0x  @sidney  Let me blow your minds  Well, I generally do not post about this stuff because people simply don't believe me. I had to drag my friends to the place so they'd stop mocking me. But, since we're on the topic, Google search  "Nadi Astrology US" or replace US with your location. So, once you find a center go there, they don't charge any fees until later.


Once you get there, they'll ask for your fingerprint(thumb impression). And a contact number. They'll look for predictions that were written on papyrus about three millennia ago according to fingerprints. Generally, it takes them a few days to come up with the information. Then, they'll call you or if you're eager you can call them. Go there, a guy will read out around 20 "introduction pages" to 20 different people with similar fingerprints.


So they'll go through the details written on that copy of the papyrus sheet. They'll ask questions to match your details, "are you living x hours away from your family?" "are you a doctor?" "is your name x?"


Eventually, they'll find your sheet, which will blow your mind away. It'll have information that only you know including stuff that you think of but never talk about. This page is just an introduction and is used to verify your details. Once this sheet is found, they go into their records and come out with your predictions.


Year by year, life event by life event, they'll tell you things. They begin from the past, probably to assure you that they aren't kidding. They come to the present and then they predict your future. And this is where the experiment begins really. Year by year things will unfold exactly as they predict. They'll record the predictions and give you the cd. They'll give the predictions to you in writing as well.


I can't explain it, but I went their in 2008 and its been 8 years, everything they said has come true.I forget about the predictions and focus on life, but then around the holidays, I "refer" to them just to check what they said, and they haven't been wrong thus far. Also, they do leave out most details, and just tell you about major events, which helps because life won't be fun without unpredictability.

How much did you pay for that? I doubt if there is one like that in the Philippines though. I hope there is some software where we can get those reports. I found this one site which seems slightly accurate as I entered the people whose birth times I know: www.askastrologer.com/pastlife.html but I think the fingerprints one is more extensive in info.

 

[DDNatureLover]

I have various interests, and will focus on one for a bit and do some research and reading, then leave it alone, and more onto something else until my curiosity in that area is piqued again . Psychology and sociology (particularly criminology) are interests, as well as jewelry making, baking and cooking, and photography. In the past, I've tended to inundate myself with information to overfill, then would need a break from that topic. I also love nature, and look things up when I come across them, but I don't know a lot about various species of animals or plants, although I'd like to. My brain can't handle as much information as it used to be able to manage, and I forget a lot of what I read these days anyway, so I've cut back on delving into topics in depth. 

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

I also read about numerology, but I'm now concentrating on astrology. If numerology amazed you, astrology will double or triple your amazement. Nothing is random, almost everything seems destined, it can be quite annoying since your misfortune is destined as well. Start first with getting your birth chart to get started.


How did you know about your angel? I got to know mine and his appearance because an angel reader can see and speak to him so he relayed those info's to me.

I've looked into astrology and different horoscopes like Native American Horoscope and Celtic Tree Horoscope. It's interesting to see how different cultures have described horoscopic signs. It's like the best way to find out who you are and what is your purpose in life. 


I haven't been to an angel reader, but my gut feeling is saying that it's a woman. I suspect it's some greatgrandmother from my father's side for some reason. Also once when my friend and I had a pendulum session together, he said that my guardian angel was a woman. 


I've also had my palm read twice and both times were a complete coincidences. The first man that read my palm had me when he asked me what happened to me in 3rd grade that caused a tough period. Later when I thought about it, this was the period when my grandma passed away and the bullying at school was the worst. The other guy just said the same things the first guy did. I met the second guy at 5 am in a bar. He read my palm right next to the bar counter.