Author

Subject: Impact

Angela

18:56 08/07/2000 

Alright.

Those of you who know me, know that I was hit by a train when I was 17 years old. I have slid on by the anniversary of this accident for the last 6 or 7 years now -- without remembering. I'm thinking this is a good thing, that maybe the impact of it has, at last, left me.

Well, July 7 did not pass me by this time without leaving its memory print. I surprised myself and remembered in the afternoon, then headed out for work. The traffic was particularly bad because it is the first day of the almighty annoying Calgary Stampede. I thought I was being so smart as I zipped down a back road and turned onto a one-way street landing smack into, what I thought, was the end of a HUGE line of traffic, that appeared even worse than the line I was originally in. (You know, the grocery store check-out change lines gig that we all do...wrong!)

I reversed (key word, I know) and crumple-crumple went the brand new fender on the brand new Mazda that had secretly got in behind me. Damn. Hate that.

It's been a very, very long time since I've had any kind of bump like that. And here it happened on the anniversary, on a one-way street full of traffic that I was trying to reverse from.

I got to work for one more bit of impact. On one of the tables was a left-over newspaper. It had an insert magazine laying right on top. It was called 'IMPACT'...

Am I getting the impact of this?

Angela.

Favonius

21:35 08/07/2000 

Do not reverse your path from that one way street you have chosen of late even if things seem stalled, no?

Liam

Angela

15:38 09/07/2000 

So I have to wait too......

Angela

13:38 12/07/2000 

Oh man, can you believe this?

The guy's car that I hit, his last name is 'Thompson'...!!

Favonius

17:14 12/07/2000 

Do not know what the bees names were...!!

Just reading - a minor character in Recipe for bees is Tom Thompson

sd

15:46 13/07/2000 

you guys are so funny - thanks for making me laugh as I watch you again, applaud you again. love, sd

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