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Subject: Carnations

Audrey

11:27 15/02/2000 

I've never really had a synchronicity before, and, if I have, I don't think I picked up on it. Is this really one?

I had just finished my class and was walking outside, and there was this girl selling oridinary carnations, for Valentine's, for $3 a flower, which I thought was overpriced(they weren't all the nice looking, either!). A few minutes later, while I was waiting for my ride, some birds, in a large group, flew over the parking lot in a vertical column. Then they moved around and formed the unmistakable shape of a carnation, with stem, leaf, everything. I don't know if that would mean anything, but I just thought it was interesting!

Jane Anderson

14:32 17/02/2000 

Yes Audrey: if the shape was unmistakable then it was a synchronicity. Start watching now and see them bloom ;)

I noticed that your recent dream posted to the Dream Forum (same Audrey I guess!) focuses on snakes, which tend to appear in dreams at times when you are on the verge of massive change and breakthrough in some area of your life. These are also the conditions ripe for synchronicity: especially for waking up to your first synchronicities.

I'm looking forward to seeing how people reply to your snakes dream.

The meaning behind your carnation synchronicity may lay in your reaction to the quality of the carnations and their price .. and some connection between this and the significiance of Valentines Day to you ... I sense some of this theme in your dream too.

Jane Anderson

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