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Post by Jenny on Sept 30, 2019 15:02:11 GMT -5
Forrest Fenn's poem line:
If you’ve been wise and found the blaze,
Look quickly down, your quest to cease,
What does it mean to you to 'look quickly down?
Straight down, with no distractions?
Immediate.... as it right underneath?
or something else?
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Post by Jenny on Sept 30, 2019 15:53:55 GMT -5
Quickly could also suggest 'cleverly'... as you were 'quick'/smart/clever'....
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Post by davebakedpotato on Sept 30, 2019 16:48:39 GMT -5
Quickly could also suggest 'cleverly'... as you were 'quick'/smart/clever'.... Cleverly's good, I also like 'look down at some rapids'. |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Sept 30, 2019 23:20:49 GMT -5
Hi Jenny: "directly below" is my connotation. The sneaky part is directly below what? :-)
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Post by CJ on Oct 1, 2019 18:18:24 GMT -5
This one has always baffled me. Looking down is one thing - but why quickly? Quite long ago, folks had speculated that it was in a river and you had to take a boat, and if you didn't look down in the right place (quickly), that you'd pass by the treasure....I don't think anyone thinks that anymore - but what are other reasons why you'd have to look quickly? From where? A train was a good thought - but I'd be interested to hear other ideas as to why "quickly" might matter.
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Post by npsbuilder on Oct 1, 2019 18:52:24 GMT -5
This one has always baffled me. Looking down is one thing - but why quickly? Quite long ago, folks had speculated that it was in a river and you had to take a boat, and if you didn't look down in the right place (quickly), that you'd pass by the treasure....I don't think anyone thinks that anymore - but what are other reasons why you'd have to look quickly? From where? A train was a good thought - but I'd be interested to hear other ideas as to why "quickly" might matter. At the risk of better judgement in what I'm going to say. With ff talking about his Father lighting candles and some from both ends, this could possibly mean that the words used in the poem represents words that have been translated from ancient Hebrew or a similar language that uses only consonants and has no vowels or the words that don't seem to fit are words that has no direct translation. This was the case for earlier translations of the Bible. This could also explain the capital B that seems to be out of place and the use of commas and such. Ancient Hebrew was written in all caps and had no punctuation. Then the riches new and old may come into play here as well. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew and the New Testament was in Greek which creates possibly another problem with understanding how to use the poem as a map. Hebrew was read right top to bottom and then to the left. Greek is the same as we read English and translation of New Testament was no problem. Maybe the Stanzas has has lines that makes no good sense could possibly be the riches old and Stanzas that make good sense are the new. Up till the last week or so, I had no idea about any of this. I have been studying the Bible I received Sept 25 1977 when I was Baptized the Southern Baptist way by full immersion by the Reverend that was by far the best one I ever heard. Sadly he died at a young age not long after I was Baptized and ever since our church has struggled to get a top notch replacement. Finally after 30 odd years we have one that most everyone links. |
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Post by goldenchild on Oct 1, 2019 19:25:07 GMT -5
I’ve always took this as look right down beneath the blaze. If you were on a side of a hill let’s say and found the blaze and it just said look down your quest to cease....it would leave the entire lower side of the hill beneath the blaze to then find a small little box hidden. You could spend a week canvassing a hill for a little box. I would imagine the treasure is right by and below the blaze. I don’t personally think this is a tricky clue but a straight forward instruction.
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Post by davebakedpotato on Oct 2, 2019 1:48:35 GMT -5
This one has always baffled me. Looking down is one thing - but why quickly? Quite long ago, folks had speculated that it was in a river and you had to take a boat, and if you didn't look down in the right place (quickly), that you'd pass by the treasure....I don't think anyone thinks that anymore - but what are other reasons why you'd have to look quickly? From where? A train was a good thought - but I'd be interested to hear other ideas as to why "quickly" might matter. Me too. There's no apparent reason to be quick, unless you're moving. In another post there is a strong possibility that tarry scant just means don't hang around, so we're told to be fast twice. Why? |
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Post by Jenny on Oct 3, 2019 7:08:11 GMT -5
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Post by astree on Oct 7, 2019 4:45:20 GMT -5
Hi Jenny: "directly below" is my connotation. The sneaky part is directly below what? :-) … directly below what? maybe directly below that poem line … down is the third word in that line; the third word in the line "directly below" is scant. There may be something to that. But I don't think that interpretation, in itself, helps us much regarding location. Zaphod, look quickly..scan |
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Post by van on Oct 7, 2019 5:26:52 GMT -5
scan for the chest stand, lol
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Post by zaphod73491 on Oct 7, 2019 15:26:04 GMT -5
Drifter's proposed interpretation is closest to mine. The instruction is a poem instruction, not a field instruction.
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Post by davebakedpotato on Oct 7, 2019 15:41:02 GMT -5
Drifter's proposed interpretation is closest to mine. The instruction is a poem instruction, not a field instruction. The audio suggests it is at least 'also' a field instruction imo. |
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Post by zaphod73491 on Oct 7, 2019 16:43:39 GMT -5
Forrest has spent a life looking down at the ground since that first arrowhead find at age 9. Therefore, stands to reason the chest won't be at eye-level. I vote for double-duty on that poem line: important literal instruction for the poem, but also somewhat obvious field activity.
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Post by Jenny on Oct 16, 2019 7:49:27 GMT -5
Forrest said years ago that if you look quickly down from the Blaze, the chest is found- MW Q from 2016: mysteriouswritings.com/forrests-surprise-words-find-the-blaze/Mr. Forest,
I was just wondering. If I can find the blase, why should I worry about where warm waters halt? All I need to do is look “quickly down” like the poem says, and there is the treasure, right? ~ Philadelphia Franklin
That’s correct Philly, but that’s not a plausible scenario. If you can find a fish already on your hook you needn’t go fishing, right?
Don’t force those kinds of aberrational thoughts on yourself or you’ll likely walk back to your car with a very light back pack. fWith the latest audio, it seems the last clue is then confirmed as the Blaze.... What do you think? |
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