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guest

11:05 10/11/2000 

I've been having a bad synchronicity. It really upsets me and I wish it would stop. I guess it's something I'm not facing, but I can't understand what that thing is. I had 2 dreams about calling on the power of Satan. If you knew me,you would know that I wouldn't do that. So I don't understand why I'm doing it in my dreams. The synchronicity part is that people around me seem to be talking about Satan. One guy told me that he didn't vote because Satan told him not to. He was kidding. He got it because his friends father told her that she didn't vote because Satan told her not to. And three other people talked about Satan.

It really upsets me and I don't understand why this is happening.

Peta

15:59 14/11/2000 

We are multi-faceted beings and perhaps there is a part of you that you are invalidating. Don't get me wrong. I am not in anyway inferring that you are an evil person. We live in a world of duality - for every positive there is a negative, and whatever we invalidate will grow stronger and be manifested in our waking lives. You could start by looking at the events in your life around the time of the dream and synchronicities - perhaps an issue to which you have had a strong emotional response.

Peta

guest

04:46 15/11/2000 

Well, I'm not an evil person, I know that. I think it might have something to do with anger and frustration and perhaps the need to be noticed. In a dream prior to this one, I was in a psychologists office I guess and she said that I had to do something about my temper (which most people don't know I have). Then she said that my temper was caused by some syndrome and she wanted to give me some sort of pill called number 6. I woke up kind of irritatedly thinking why does everyone believe that just because someone gets angry a lot they have a syndrome? I get angry at unfairness. Then I had this dream about Satan. I think that perhaps I have a fear of Satan, because I was brought up to believe he is evil. And I fear perhaps he might get me. But really I should have nothing to fear, because I am with God and Jesus (being Christian) and they would not let that happen. That is why I don't understand the why I did what I did in the dream. But I'm not a religious person.

I've been trying to study the bible lately. I was writing down every thing that God said in the bible. Just his words, not his actions. And it one point I tried to pretend that perhaps it was like a dream and I tried to write as if I were God talking, thinking of course that I was not God talking. Perhaps that may have spurred the dream a bit too because they say that that's what Satan wanted, was to be God or take over God. I didn't want that, I just wanted to understand God better. And I still do. Perhaps to understand God better, you have to know the darkside as well? I don't know.

Well, I hope that other people will reply to my message and give suggestions. I'm a good person. I know I am and perhaps this dream was just something to get my attention.

I thank you for you response Peta. :-)

JuliA

02:16 16/11/2000 

Hi there

Peta your response was great!

Guest, you say that you want to know God better and I agree with your thoughts that you have to know the darkside as well. If we didn't get sick we wouldn't know what it is to be well. Connecting or understanding your darkside is irreverant, perhaps religon judges however pyschologically we all have good and bad.

There is a great book written called the Road less Travelled, it talks somewhat about being a good person but still having a dark side. My thoughts are what we fear we create. My boyfriend is a great person, very giving, kind, generous blah blah blah, his friends see him as a model but because I live with him I get to see all aspects of him and that includes selfishness, anger and other aspects. It doesn't make him less of a person, it makes him human.

We're all spiritual beings having a human experience, not human beings having a spiritual experience.

Don't be afraid. Jesus had to face the devil too!

JuliA

JuliA

02:18 16/11/2000 

mmmm sorry typo - Connecting or understanding your darkside is NOT irreverant, perhaps religon judges!

JuliA

Shalie21

06:33 16/11/2000 

I was upset when I had my dream about the devil. That's why I didn't own up to it. But, I think I kind of understand it now. The dream was not saying that I am an evil person. I'm definately not that. I think it was about a fear I had about being noticed or not conforming with what other people thought. I wanted everyone to like me, so I did what I thought they would like, or I kept quiet. But in doing so, I felt invisible. People ignored me and did not respect me. And that's something that I'm tired of. I think that the dream is representing maybe a fear of being in control of my emotions and my life. The fear that, if I go against what other people want, then perhaps I'm hurting them in someway. But if I don't show myself or make my mark on the world, then I'm not really living. I think the dream was showing me the negative way that I could go about being noticed or showing my anger or dealing with relationships which was with anger and not a care for their feelings. But it was also saying there was a positive way to do things; to do things with love and help other people, and yet to be myself.

I think I need to communicate what I'm feeling, but not stomp on other people's feelings in the process. :-)

guest

11:48 21/11/2000 

Hi Shalie - Just had a thought you might like to consider. For me, the scariest dreams come when I've been tough on myself. I remember a particular incident when I felt I didn't perform as well as I could. I came away mentally reliving the whole thing - every word kept playing and replaying itself and each time I berated myself for not responding spontaneously, in a manner that with hindsight now seemed so obvious.

This self-criticism is a downward spiral, and only leads to more of the undesired scenarios. I've since found that the only way to stop the huge energy loss is to go easy on myself. Firstly by accepting that I'm not perfect, but, I'm ok. Then I straight away follow up by custom designing an affirmation to specifically describe the way I'd prefer to be, or act in the particular circumstnace. I fill my conscious mind with this - to the exclusion of any self-criticism. Of course they're always in the present tense, and gradually, I feel my energy balance return. If I see what I'm doing to myself quickly, the whole process can take less than 30 minutes.

So, is the devil some part of you that you don't like, and "don't own up to". The more you push it away, the stronger it will become. If you have a fear of not being liked, then think of a situation when you have perhaps done something in company, that brings up this feeling - maybe a time when you may have "stomped on other people's feelings". Think about your internal dialogue following the event. I suggest you turn around and hug the devil (the stomper). He is only a part of you that has grown so powerful by your denial.

It works for me.

Peta

Peta

11:53 21/11/2000 

Forgot to type in my "user name", but as you've gathered its me - Peta. I wondered why people kept calling themselves Guest!, but guess what, I'm not going to be though on my self for not realizing - its OK, we all make mistakes.

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