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Subject: e-mail synch

sd

06:15 05/04/2000 

thinking of a couple I know who are about to split -think he's arrogant in the same way my brother is. No sooner do the thoughts formulate - an e-mail comes whipping in from my brother (haven't heard from him since January) writing to me from his holiday in Venezuela. Just an hour ago thought that I haven't had any major synchs for a couple days.. this has happened before, like calling them up. Do you think there is such a thing as synch addiction? It's like you really need this excitement especially when you get used to very frequent occurences.

Jane Anderson

12:18 05/04/2000 

Hi SD

This is where synchronicities become confused with precognition - where definitions blur and labels become comfusing. Much of the thrust of "The Shape of Things to Come" concerns such over-lapping phenomena - or how we view and experience them - and draws conclusions as to what is happening from there. Once you take the ruler of linear time away, the picture shifts dramatically, and precognitions become synchronicities ...

By the way, for me, a sure sign of a precognitive thought is a little mind whisper that starts, "such-and-such hasn't happened for a while .." or "Haven't heard from so-and-so for a while.." . At least I can prepare myself!

Remember though, above all, synchronicities are outer world events which symbolically reflect back to you the breakthroughs/insights which are breaking through into consciousness for you. They are loud ways of seeing for the first time, something which has been misty for you before. The trick is, to be able to interpret the symbolism ... all in "The Shape of Thinsg to Come".

Love to hear people's comments on your question of Synch addiction ...

Jane Anderson

Angela

13:52 05/04/2000 

Hi SD, Jane and others.

Man, if there isn't synch. addition then I'm way worse off than I thought! What do you think SD? Is it like a ride on the manic-depressive roller coaster for you? Do you feel a bit let down by the outer world when it has ignored you for a few days?

I think that's how I feel. Having just reached a point of understanding to some dreams and synchronicities of many months, I find myself calmer than normal and not quite so in need to be bashed on the head by the next message. But when I'm really close to an understanding, I'm practically begging for synchs. Definitely looking for my next hit!

And they are incredibly spirit elevating! An indescribable 'high'. Your allusion to addiction couldn't be more bang on, SD!

Angela.

sd

16:53 05/04/2000 

The feeling I used to have when there weren't synchs was like a loneliness more than depression. Now I take this "silence" from the universe as a sign to look at those synchs that have happened, examine things more. Slow down. These days when I speculate about a couple of hours or days without major synchs it is mainly just like a taking notice of the absence. I also used to depend on those major synchs because my life was so empty on an intellectual thinking level - i.e. I had no one to think with aloud, the synchs were like my partner, weird, no? Now I have you and the forums to talk about all this wonderful "madness" with and I find alot of relief and revelation in Jane's books - each time I reread a portion I "feel" some kind of understanding that gives me the high the synchs usually had to supply. I have noticed that when I go out looking for a synch in my head, that something will show up. I read somewhere that angels" have respect for your needs i.e. they will go away if you want them to or prove themselves is you ask them too. This is how I see the synch thing.. your psyche - its blueprint knowledge of the past/future non linear time are the angels indeed, you have to talk to them/ i.e. talk to your psyche and then you receive your replies, symbollically or not. I can explain the success of the incubation of dreams like this as well although Jane would perhaps formulate this differently.. what a pleasure to have a place to discuss these things, an "accidental" trip on the web..what a new world, eh? with affection, sd

Geotangent

01:09 12/04/2000 

Re: 'synchronicity addiction'

Yes, well, been there, done that (about 6-8 years ago)...and maybe still doing it a bit...

From my own experience of being 'addicted' (& spending a fair bit pursuing the pursuit if you like), I have found considering the following helpful (and obviously I can only speak for myself in sharing my experience, this is not a prescription):

1) Synchronicities are unique events in themselves, a manifestation of a nonlocal symbolic connection perceived in local spacetime. Because they're one-offs you cannot seek to recreate or replicate them. (The most you can validly seek to do is if they're in a cluster, you can look for the extent of it but even then the cluster will eventually tail off noticeably, like a wave.)

2) Synchronicities are rendered in symbols - the 'acausal connection' is symbolic. The interpretation of a symbol is never completely closed, it's always open to more. In that sense then, it's inappropriate to be proud of your own interpretation of what's happened in a synchronicity because it goes beyond 'this is meaningful - definitely right/wrong', they're more like a wave function. Better to admire them as if from a distance, for their almost mathematical beauty.

3) They've got nothing to do with coincidence (& that's an intuitive statement not an intellectual one, I can't prove it, it's just what I feel). You can't say 'wow, this was a one-in-a-million/billion!' Or of course you can, just say it and then let it go - probability's got nothing to do with synchronicity.

4) Having an ego kickback when you hit a synchronicity is commonplace - and that's a good thing if you can just perceive and reflect on it first and not compulsively act on it, because it can point you to where your psyche is balancing out. 'As above, so below', synchronicities manifest more during psyche's transition phases.

5) I don't like the word 'synchronicity' (despite being one of the best sounding five-syllable words you can get). I think it's misleading in implying synchronization (time) too much. Better to think of synchronicity as just a perception event - what's the phenomenon that causes the seemingly coincidental perception to come about? I myself like to nominate nonlocality, a word used in quantum physics to describe sub-atomic particles separated in space/time being spin-correlated beyond speed-of-light transmission (and I'm not a physicist so that definition's not to be relied on). If "the map is not the territory", then synchronicity is just a 'map' and (for me) nonlocality is the 'territory' (humans often tend to think that the map is the territory in lots of situations, it's a very forgiveable perceptual habit). Every synchronicity is a nonlocal (ie. in nonlinear no-space, in nonlinear no-time) connection appearing in a local subjectively-perceived linear space&time. I am here and I am now and I am nowhere and I am nowhen. The union of 'be here now' and 'eternity in an hour'.

and that's my five cents worth, my bedtime story. So I better go to bed. Bye for now, Geo.

sd

06:42 23/04/2000 

Thank you for that - I begin to realize the non linear method of "measurement" as you were as far more acceptable that the linear. Pain of seconds, well - it lasts "forever" as does joy. I see several paralell worlds living at once, as holograms as myself and my apparently (and all of our) several realities. I see people here and now as well as things, events and even animals as replicas of other things in another world of the conscious (this is as existent as the one we "see" wtih regular eyes. The more "desire" we have to see these other worlds simultaneously, the clearer it becomes (oh oh, now I sound schizo..) in any case, just adding thoughts to you. Night. 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