Wise men are instructed in reason; Men of less understanding by experience; The most unknowing learn by necessity. Wise men do in the beginning what fools do in the end. – Source Unknown
The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels. – Rupert Sheldrake