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Subject: Weekly "themes"

Janelle

16:29 01/11/1999 

I've just been reading Jane's explanation about Synchronicity and realised that this is what i've been experiencing (like many others) for years. I've just always silently called it my "weekly themes" because for me these things happen around a theme which usually last in concentrated form, for about a week. Last week I had two running at the same time. One was focussed on meteorites hitting Earth. I experienced the issue over and over in the weirdest forums. I felt like I just kept stumbling into the topic to the point of sheer amusement! The second one centred on the expression "God Speed" which I had never heard before. I heard it in a movie, on the news, a child I didn't know said it as I was passing and then my neighbour said it whilst talking about something to do with gardening. These things "themes" always come in big doses then just pan out. I guess everyone experiences this, I've yet to fully understand its implications for me beyond simply being amusing.

regards,

Janelle

Jane Anderson

17:10 01/11/1999 

Hi Janelle,

Great story. Start by looking for possible symbolism in your 'weekly theme' synchronicities.

With two concurrent themes you might expect some shared symbolism. Well - you might like to start with the thought that meteorites are very speedy and come from the heavens - therefore, perhaps, linking with "God Speed". Didn't meteorites used to be known as "God's thunderbolts"? Thunder and lightning ... enlightening .. I'll leave this to you and to everyone else to continue ..!

Happy Inspirations! Jane Anderson

Lynn

21:25 02/11/1999 

Hi Janelle,

As the regulars can attest, I have also been baffled by synchronicity in the past. I was looking for something similar to what the others had experienced, repeating numbers and such. Then, like you, I realised I'd been having them all along and just calling them something different. Mine often involve animals, and I'd always called them spirit-guides, as in the Native American tradition.

I think synchronicities probably come to you first in the way you can most relate to them, or the place they'll seem most obvious.

Of course, we've both been "enlightened" about our synchronicities by this site. Hmmm, the synchronicity forum as a synchronicity...

Whew, I'm getting too deep now for 1am. *S*

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