Powder is befriended by a social worker who takes him to the state orphanage she runs.  Powder goes to high school and gets shocked during a science experiment. His science teacher (Jeff Goldblume) was discussing the nature of -NRG- and his experiment with a generator goes awry because Powder IS a "charge"... Powder is energy itself.  Powder is embarrassed and tries to run away. He gets caught, takes an IQ test and is taken to find out the results.

Powder is taken to meet the state board of education. His IQ is so high they can't even classify it. One of them even says: "all of your tests indicate that you have the most advanced intellect in the history of humankind". Powder isn't impressed at all. He's tired of being a freak and just wants to "go home".  Most of the middle of the movie is Powder demonstrating his supernatural powers such as his ability to read people minds and his infinite sadness at being rejected.

When they go camping one of the boys threatens to shoot him for being an ugly freak (Albino). The town deputy who is chaperoning them shoots a doe and Powder grabs the doe and the deputy and forces him to "feel her pain"; the deputy winds up in the hospital and swears off guns forever, a shocking experience to say the least.

Meanwhile, Mr. science teacher is the only person who is aware of just how special this super boy is. Seems that during the science experiment fiasco in his class, Powder touched him and transmitted some of that special "power" to him. Mr. science teacher now feels ten years younger.

He meets Powder after school to "talk". Mr science launches into a speech about Einstein, the nature of energy and then tells Powder, "you are not just different, you have a mind that we won't evolve to for thousands of years... you're maybe the man of the future right here and now."

Using his advanced nervous system, Powder communicates with the sheriff's comatose wife who tells him to bond with their estranged son so she can die in peace.

Lindsay is a cute red head that he met in school. He meets her at the town carnival and they talk.  Because Powder can read people minds, Lindsay asks him, "what are people like on the inside?"...Powder answers, "inside most people is a feeling of being separate...separated from everything...and they're not...they are part of everyone and everything..." What he says is really deep and profound.

(taken from a website elaborating on the movie...edited for clarity)

I won't ruin the ending unless you want me to...

In a nutshell, this boy's mother is struck by lightning. When he is born, his skin is very pale and there is very little hair on his body.

He is kept in the basement until he is forced to go to school, where he is taunted for being different. This perception changes when certain abilities are manifested.

He goes on a hunting trip, being forced to fit in. After a doe is shot, he grabs the hand of the hunter, and simultaneously touches the deer. The hunter "experiences" the doe dying.

I won't tell you the ending. It's well worth renting/buying.

Any other "powder" moments others are aware of out there?????

I never saw the movie.  What would constitute "Powder" moments?

Thank you Pinky for addressing this interesting topic.  Sparked up some memories that normally would be shrugged off.

When traveling, especially near work, there's a "zone" that can be physically felt, I call it the "pullings".  You described to a T, the physical sensations felt by myself and several other family members.  Sometimes the "pullings" are so strong it takes a great deal of focusing while driving.  About a month ago the zone of the pullings expanded 4 fold and I wondered if there was gonna be an earthquake.

The area of this zone is at the base of a huge mountain range in Southern California.  Another area where pullings were felt (not only myself, but 2 other family members) is at Blowing Rock, NC and Fort Defiance (also in NC).   The Blowing Rock one was so strong all three of us felt nausea, disorientation, dizziness, and even had a hard time walking, affected the whole body.  Seems the locals were not overtly bothered (by observation), maybe accustomed to it ?  My uncle mentioned volcanic activity had occurred there, although thousands of years ago.

Lono, you described the pinpoint light thing exactly     Getting up at 4am, have the opportunity to enjoy the nature, backyard surrounded by cypress trees, and yup, see um most of the time.

czyx, interesting info. on the non-lethal weapons and all.  There's a zone while driving  from So. Cal. to Vegas.  Took a look at the map and lo and behold 2 really huge bases reside next to the highway (like a sandwitch affair-the road being the goodies, bases the bread part) 

Opthalmic migraines are a fact of life for many.  Artifical light tends to bring them on, wearing dark sunglasses in grocery stores are a must, and god forbid walmart!!!!!!! (that particular store makes me feel agitated) Had them for years, as well as several family members.  Sucks big time, yeah?  Thanks for bringing this up   

BTW, wind up watches can actually be found!!!!!  Only kind that work for me.  Do any of you have the same thing going on as well?  Wouldn't be surprising, huh? 

Any other "powder" moments others are aware of out there?????

The "bit more" I offered to write is literally only a bit more.

While at the conference last weekend I was passing by one of the speakers' tables in the exhibitors room. He was there, and nobody else was talking to him at the moment, so I approached him to ask him what he might know about the head thing as I have described is happening to my skull.

In short, because the conversation lasted only a few minutes, he had said that he had heard of others, and not just a few, who were finding these superficial cracks forming on/in their skulls. He said that what is "behind" this is that people's brains are growing, and therefore the skull is expanding to accommodate the growth. He asked me if I drank milk and what kind. I told him 2% milk. He then suggested, saying it was important to do as much, to drink organic whole milk because the fat in whole milk stores the vital nutrients, and that lowfat and skim milks don't have as much of the nutruients. The organic part is, so to speak, self-evident.

So I've gone back to drinking whole milk, and the organic kind....and because the extra fat content is going to go to my belly and arse as much as it's going to go to my head it looks like I'll finally have to commit myself to that walking for exercise program ....ugh, just in time for our hellacious FL summer heat and humidity.

I couldn't agree with you more, Mystical Girl, about the entire victim mentality.  It's difficult to accept the idea that by dreading (fearing) the unknown (or "the next time"), we're only inviting more of it to come to us (and sooner).   It's that whole "awakening to your true Power and Sovereignty" part that takes a little work

I've been thinking along these very same lines for a while, too.... It really is a catch-22!

I'm a clear channel and a very good conductor of energy, though.  My left hand is more of a receiving hand, and I can use it to pull out pain, irritation and inflammation from myself and others.  You can hear very loud electrical snaps when I do this.  It's pretty wild, and very useful.

I have to be careful though because I can burn out computers and electrical outlets and stuff when I'm doing some particularly intense energy work.

About the topic, I did experience something similar a few years ago.  (I'll have to check to see if I wrote any notes about it because I don't recall the specifics too clearly now.)  It was very unusual and turned out to be an etheric implant.  You may want to visit a healer/clairvoyant who can sense and remove negative interference, or ask your Highest Self and/or Guides or Angels to do that for you. 

You don't have to be abducted to have negative etheric implants though.   I think that the extent to which a person feels or believes that they are vulnerable or a victim actually allows these things to occur, even if it's on a very subconscious level.   As you awaken to your true Power and Sovereignity, you become less likely to be messed with in such ways.   Unfortunately though, I think a lot of these negative implants and other negative interference functions to make it more difficult for the person to access their Higher Self and higher awareness.  It's kind of a metaphysical catch-22.

[Something that may have an effect on my visual anomolies is the fact that I'm always getting "zapped" with static electricity (much more so than is normal).  When at the grocery store, any time I reach for a metal can off the shelf, I get zapped, and often you can see the visual blue/white arc when my hand's about 3 inches away from the object I'm reaching for, accompanied by the loud 'crack' sound (it's earned me more than a few frightened stares while shopping).

So there's another person experiencing this . . .

I've become so apprehensive of this effect that I try to quickly touch most metal surfaces so that I can possibly prematurely discharge (would that be considered "PD"...?) the electrons, lessening the effect.

One time a coworker touched the forklift just as I did, and got shocked intensely! This left them wondering!

Another time I was opening a new bottle of Gold Bond Body Lotion, and just as I squeezed the bottle to advance the liquid to the top, there was a large spark and a LOUD snap! Really was disconcerting.

Pinkrlyq wrote:

When I'm outside without sunglasses, I've always seen those tiny pinpoints of light (like if you ever sneeze too hard and you see "shooting stars")... only, I see the sky filled with them, flying to and fro, right into and through objects... I used to think I was seeing some sort of tiny molecules, but now I realize it must just be a sensitivity within my iris (too much phosphene?).  Whenever I'd try and explain what I was seeing to anyone, they never knew what I was talking about.  'Nother mystery solved.  Thanks, montalk

You see the bubbles?!  I've seen them for years, and have finally come to the conclusion that I may be seeing prana or some sort of energy.  You're right that they're always flying too and fro, and they're more apparent in sunlight.  I see them well (but more dimly) in the twilight hours, too.  They seem to emanate from trees and shrubs at that time.  I even asked an eye doctor once about them, and he was perplexed.  He said that maybe I was seeing blood cells microscopically.  That didn't jibe, though, because these are crystal clear and small, not blurry-looking like blood cells under a microscope, and certainly not like "floaters," which I also have.

I don't see bubbles, exactly.  They're more of tiny pinpoints of light that zoom around very quickly, leaving short "trails" behind them.  I just went outside to be better able to describe it, and my eyes watered so badly, it was almost painful.  Some days it's easier to see them than others.  I'm wondering if the UV (or other radiation levels) has a direct affect on it.  Today, I really had to focus on seeing it, and I realized, I was dialating my pupils (thus the pain and watering eyes... fighting the natural pupil contraction in direct sunlight).  Most likely, what I'm seeing is some sort of chemical reaction in my eyes, and not anything in the outside environment.  I also see the "floaters" (if that's what it is), like looking under a microscope at little organisms, only I can occassionally see them in perfect focus, floating across my visual field.  None of these things has ever negatively affected my vision, either.... always had 20/20. 

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I just saw SiriArc's wonderful thread about Sun Gazing, and that "clicked" about the eye squigglies! (and other things) It's a great thread!
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That's the page I looked up and read after reading your earlier reply.

This makes sense, and is an interesting point, when also considering that the planet's natural magnetic field is constantly in a state of flux, as well.  I'm wondering if one of those "latent" abilities in humans might be an ability to influence intensities and rates of change of magnetic fields, also.   
That's a fascinating experiment that I'm going to have to think on for a while (especially after reading the whole text later). Thank you for the link. I'll have to print it the whole thing out for later reading.

One other thing that may or may not be related is an individual's natural ability to conduct electricity.  Something that may have an effect on my visual anomolies is the fact that I'm always getting "zapped" with static electricity (much more so than is normal).  When at the grocery store, any time I reach for a metal can off the shelf, I get zapped, and often you can see the visual blue/white arc when my hand's about 3 inches away from the object I'm reaching for, accompanied by the loud 'crack' sound (it's earned me more than a few frightened stares while shopping).  I've even gotten "zapped" off of running water, under the faucet before (scared the hell out of me).  I've been struck in the eardrum countless times when answering a phone that has the old-fashioned metal plates in the earpiece (that really f-ing hurts, but oddly enough, it hasn't damaged my hearing)  Doesn't matter if I'm wearing thich rubber soled shoes or not (just arc right through the material of the top of the shoe!).  Of course, in dryer weather, it's more intense, but still happens sometimes in humidity, too.  My friends actually started calling me Powder at one point.

On a more juvenile note, the experiment, as described, left me with a humorous "visual".  I wonder if they conducted these tests on unwitting "volunteers", as is usually the case.  Just trying to imagine if any of the vounteers just up and freaks out when they realize what's in store for them.

I'm still trying to figure out if it's all from negative sources, or if part of it is a reaction to the changing of the planet, or if some other 'higher' realm(s) is/are trying to establish communications and we're not all quite "synched-up" yet... or "D: All of the Above".

It's hard to tell sometimes "down here" so best to start with "all of the Above" and keep track of observations, intuitions, and insight until some possibilities are eliminated while others grow.

( Like with ear ringing / ear tone - I figured they could be anything at first. First I thought it was normal, then learned it wasn't and was a sign of hearing damage but I had them since a toddler and wasn't exposed to loud noises. Then I thought they might be "information downloads" but not anymore new ideas came to mind in the weeks afterward as before. Then maybe they were government harassment, but they didn't happen frequently or long enough to do a good job of harassing. Finally I gave up and thought they were just random, until a pattern emerged that they only happened (for me) when I was thinking something, or about to undergo something, that was of special interest to "them" - maybe I was reading something that would open a new path they found threatening (like when I started reading my quantum mechanics textbook again in 2002) or maybe within three days I was about to undergo an emotionally disturbing experience they either engineered, saw in advance and sought to capitalize from, or wanted observe for study. That's the one explanation that grew while the others shrank, and (for me - 'cause this may not be true for everyone) it's held up ever since. Then I came across the Ra Material suggesting similar, and the C's material too...it's the only question I asked them, what were ear ringings and they said it was a coded signal from the brain to you, often signifying you're being monitored. So over time, while things might get more confusing with increasing possibilities, I do think that eventually they shrink back down into a more coherent picture)

Maybe this is what you looked up, but there is another Wikipedia article on phosphenes here.

Also there are magneto-phosphenes and electro-phosphenes - same thing but artificially stimulated through magnetic fields or electric currents injected through electrodes on the skin or implants.

The above talks about huge currents put through magnetic coils to induce electric currents within the retina. There are other methods to do this remotely, more effectively, with less current, and undetectable to magnetic field meters. Weird stuff...

Lono wrote:

The only thing I can relate it to is once when I was taking Wellbutrin in order to stop smoking.  It caused a feeling similar to that in my brain, and it was because it was adversely affecting my dopamine levels.  But the feeling you're describing (and what i've experienced naturally) is more of an energetic thing, I think.

THAT's where I remember that feeling from!!  I "had" to take Wellbutrin about 9 years ago (my employer to me to that I had to see a psychiatrist after my mother passed away, or get fired... so I gave in, thinking "what could it hurt?")

Now that I think about it, when I was nineteen and had my first disorientation experience, I was probably on the antidepressant Serzone (which I just discovered was removed from the market in 2004 due to safety concerns, although the manufacturer claimed poor sales was the reason) or Effexor.