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Subject: Money, Money, Money

Jane Teresa Anderson

15:53 06/08/2002 

Here's a short, sweet synchronicity in every sense of the word:

Every Saturday we play a small number of lotto games ($9 Australian). Often we win a small amount ($20 - $130). When we win, we play the Wednesday game in celebration. This year we've probably won about once a month.

After buying last Saturday's ticket I walked away from the newsagent and then noticed the "Have you won $130 on 30th June?" notice on the ticket. This means that we did win it but I overlooked it. In celebration and according to our 'rules' we decided to buy the Wednesday game - and did so this afternoon on the way to a meeting.

Apart from the meeting we had one small thing to buy: chocolate money. You know, chocolates covered in gold-coloured foil to look like coins - the kind you used to get in Christmas stockings.

It's part of a fun marketing idea we have for our candid photos business. Anyway, we walked into this huge confectionery warehouse place, loaded the shopping basket up with chocolate money and hastily made our exit to the checkout.

We were in the place for less than ten minutes. The shop radio was blaring and, as we approached the checkout Abba came on singing ... "Money, money, money ... it's a rich man's world ..."

Ah, well. Pretend money or the real stuff: either way, gold is in.

Jane Teresa 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