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Subject: Suffocation

Angela

16:15 04/01/2000 

Hi.

This has to do with the 'Three Cats' dream I posted on the dream forum, but it was such a strange occurrance that I thought it might belong over here...

I was just about asleep when a memory flashed into my head. It awoke me completely: At nine or ten years, maybe older, I was at a summer family camp 'exploring' around the perimeter of the grounds. I discovered a huge pit that looked to be dug for a dump. There was a heavy plastic bag (like a fertilizer bag or a 'cat food' bag) at the bottom. I realized there was something in it -- alive and suffocating. I ran for help and found my Uncle. He used a long wood branch (maybe 12 feet long) to try to lift the bag from the pit. He got it to the top when the bag broke open and a terrified grey cat flew out. It scrambled straight back down the pole back into the pit.

That memory was so similar to my dream including the family gathering, the cat returning to the place I was trying to rescue it from, and even the fine detail of 'the cat food bag'.

What kind of dream is that? Because the memory came so swiftly and so obviously from the unconsious, would the dream be trying to revive a lesson from that memory?

...Man, just when I thought I had it figured out.

Angela.

Jane Anderson

20:42 04/01/2000 

Yes! That's how it works. But still look for multi-layering - many levels of insight and reflection.

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