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Subject: love

tbrown

12:43 14/05/2000 

I had a pretty cool experience recently that I wanted to tell someone without sounding like a flake. It looks like this is the place, so here goes.

I've been dating this girl for a year, and I haven't told her that I love her because I haven't been absolutely sure that I do. Sometimes I think I do, and other times I think I don't. We went on this short road trip from Dallas to OKC to see a concert (Red Hot Chili Peppers). On the way back we stop at this garden/restaurant, have a great meal, and walk through the garden. I start thinking about whether or not I love her, and basically ask God to give me a sign if I do. This is the first time I've ever prayed about anything, and I'm not sure that I believe in God. But I thought I'd give it a shot. On the way home we hit the most horrific thunderstorm ever. Then the most perfect song plays on the radio. Its about love and driving through the rain...can't remember the song. I immediately feel like "someone" is giving me a sign. Then I look up, and see a sign. We are entering Love County.

That's it. Coincidence?

Oh yeah, when we got back to Dallas, lightning struck a light pole not 50 feet from us. We were both looking right at it when it happened. It was awesome.

tbrown

12:52 14/05/2000 

Also, check out the dream titled "wierd" in the dreams forum. It also involved my girlfriend.

sd

05:28 15/05/2000 

True synchs, true signs to enjoy..there's nothing flaky about love, go for IT.

Jane Anderson

11:48 15/05/2000 

Wonderful tbrown!

Truly love struck and awestruck, hey?

So has your heart caught up yet?

Jane Anderson

Rick B

09:08 16/05/2000 

T,

I hope you stick around. You remind me that not all this dream and synchronicity stuff is such "hard work," as I usually make it.

Rick

tbrown

23:44 17/05/2000 

Thanks everyone for your comments and feedback. I've come out of this experience with a notion that God and Love are somehow connected, almost like if you find one you find the other, or they depend on one another or something. Anyway, I plan on sticking around, this is a pretty interesting site!

t

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