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Subject: A Life-Long Theme

Isobel

10:22 02/09/2001 

Mine story is about a life-long theme that has been running through my life.

I now believe my theme has been trying to help me find my true place in this world. There have been several big defining moments in my life. Moments where I was so extremely sad,lost and in pain. To everyone else these moments may seem minor, but for the person I am, they were huge.

I am a quiet person with very few friends. The few people I call friends I am extremely close to, they are everything to me. And all my life, these people have been leaving me.

My sister was first, when I was about 12, she left to live far away. My only two friends were next, both leaving at the same time when I was 15. My first serious boyfriend left me to join the Navy when I was 18. My only friend left me to move to New Zealand when I was 20. And my current husband and I have been together for four years but have never lived in the same city.

I decided there must be a message in this for me. I thought maybe it was trying to teach me to be strong, or to depend only on myself.

Then I thought about what got me through it each time I was left alone. And each time it was the letter writing that saved me. I sat down and wrote letter after letter. And I found so much happiness in doing that. And I believe that was the whole point.

The theme was trying to show me that writing was a part of me.

I am now chasing a career as a full-time writer. I have never, ever done anything that gave me such fulfilment. I feel like I am a balanced person now, for the first time ever.

And a few days after I made me life-changing decision my husband decided his career was not worth being apart from me for. And finally we are together.

I believe the world no longer needed to teach me a lesson so finally I am allowed to be with the ones I love.

Maybe everything painful in our lives is there trying to tell us something. And if we can figure out what it is and make the changes, then we can stop the painful things from happening. And we can live better, happier lives.

Sometimes it takes something painful to get you to notice what is happening. But if we can make the effort to search for the meaning, we won't need those painful moments.

Donna

21:59 02/09/2001 

Thanks for your story. You have made me think.

I also have a recurring theme - of being stuck in a rutt and alone. These rutts take up years of my life at a time and each time I try to figure out why it happens. I also thought it was to make me strong and independant, but in actual fact has made me weaker and needy. I will have to think what got me through each time.

WHAT IS
SYNCHRONICITY?

Jane Teresa's Explanation

Jane Teresa Anderson

WHAT IS SYNCHRONICITY?

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Synchronicity occurs when you experience a coincidence, or several coincidences, that seem so bizarre that you feel they must be meaningful in some way.

Some people believe that synchronicities are signs to follow, to lead you to where you are 'meant' to be. My understanding, however, is that not all synchronicities are to be followed, because ...

Synchronicities are SYMBOLS of where you're at, not signs to follow.

Synchronicities speak the same symbolic language as dreams.

When you experience a synchronicity, you are witnessing a change within yourself, an insight, a birth of something that has been unconscious bubbling up into consciousness.

At such times of change we see, all around us, symbols that reflect our shift in perception and self-understanding. This is synchronicity.

To understand this fully, and to see why it is not always appropriate to follow synchronicity, you can read my book, THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME. This way you can also discover how to read the synchronicities in your life and how to act on them in positive, life-enhancing ways.

Reality may never feel the same again!

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P.S.

In Jungian terms all synchronicities begin with a dream.

The dream comes first, then the symbol from the dream appears in waking life in ways that seem incredibly meaningful - though, classically, it is hard to understand, consciously, what that meaning is.

This is because the dream is painted by your unconscious mind in advance of your conscious mind 'catching up'. When the insight (unconscious shift) is big, synchronicities follow.

What happens is that your incredibly powerful unconscious mind (far more powerful than your conscious mind) manifests its insight physically into your waking life. (You have changed - the world, as you experience it, changes in accordance.)

It usually takes up to a couple of weeks before your conscious mind understands the symbolic dream manifesting in your waking life as synchronicity.

Being human, as we all are, we often forget the original dream but still experience the synchronicities.

There are many excellent reference sources on Jungian synchronicity.

My approach is largely Jungian, but slightly shifted.

Again, if you are seriously in-depth interested, I suggest you read my book "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME" to understand where I am coming from.

Quite simply, synchronicity is a waking dream and interpreting it as such is immensely enriching.

Jane Teresa Anderson