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Subject: Spanning Time

Jane Anderson

19:16 16/03/2000 

Here's a little series of synchronicities for those of you who have read my book, "The Shape of Things to Come" (or who have a copy to hand):

Recently someone sent me the following quote. If you have read "Shape", ask yourself if it sounds familiar:

"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered all before me."

Sound familiar? Check the epilogue to 'Shape', titled 'Deja, Deja Vu', which describes a dream I had ... and count the synchronicities between the dream and this quote.

Ah, but there's more:

The quote is attributed to Isaac Newton, and I have mentioned much about Isaac Newton in the same book. I referred to his scientific work but also to his mystery work ... and also to the fact that my birth surname was Newton and that I used to get teased at school about apples and gravity.

If you've got the book - check it all out ... it will leave you with some interesting and mysterious questions and thoughts concerning these synchronicities...

Leaving you in mystery,

Jane Anderson (nee Newton)

Babel

20:43 16/03/2000 

I grew up in Newton, Massachusetts USA... I wouldn't be surprised if someone totally unexpected were to call or write me from there very soon. I went back to visit after twenty years this last April and again in January... What do you make of this quote your dream and your name - show me..pleaseeeee. geting confusd again, Babel

Angela

03:51 17/03/2000 

Hi Jane and Babel.

That's a wonderful synch. Jane. And the fact that you had made reference to Isaac Newton too!

I've just been reading and responding to Babel's posts on this forum and I could not help but think of her again when you mentioned your birth surname then about the childhood teasing. I just asked Babel that exact question before I read this post!

And then, Babel, here you are linking to Newton, which would connect your childhood to this discovery almost certainly?

More synchs?

Angela

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