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Subject: 25 years of shared synchroncity with Jane?

Andrea

21:18 21/10/2000 

Hi all. Most of you won't remember me – although I'm a lifetime member of Jane's Dream Site – and I guess you could say that I was present at the birth of the Synchronicity Forum.

Sorry this is a bit long – but Jane and I have a habit of generating creepy stories together!

Four times in the last twenty five years the threads of the tapestry of my life and Jane's have intertwined in a strange way, at the same time our 'outer realities' reflecting, just like any good synchronicity - our inner cycles of personal change. For Jane and I our inner changes have been remarkably parallel themes. These synchronistic unfolding seems to go deeper every time we explore.

Our story begins more than 25 years ago – when Jane's best friend Isabel and I become sort of 'related through marriage'. Isobel's brother married my sister. At that time Jane, Isobel, my sister, Jim (her husband) and I were all students in Glasgow, Scotland. They were all studying at the science faculty of Glasgow University –whilst I was attending the nearby teacher training college. (Jane, Isobel and my sister followed me there on the completion of their science degree) Back then Jane and I were doing what most of Glasgow's 20 year old students in Glasgow did. Socialising in the student union facilities, and eating late at night in cheap delicious Indian restaurants in the heart of the student precinct. On another level we were fulfilling our destiny – as laid out in childhood – encouraged and directed by the messages, both subtle and overt, we received from teachers and parents.

If Jane or I knew back then of other skills and interests and stirrings – they were at that time deeply held in our subconscious – of little value in the task of developing and extending our studies and hopefully, shaping a sustainable career.

A few years later, our story moves to London .....

(Jane Anderson adding in here:

This is a long and amazing account which appears in full in the Members' Community Forum. The introduction is included here as this Synchronicity Forum was established in June 1999 mostly as a result of Andrea and Jane's 1999 experiences which evolved on the original web site Dream Forum and which unfolded for all to see. Parts of the original story were also encapsulated in one of my Dream Sight newsletters around that time. The whole story is best read in its entirety (members!) but those of you who remember Andrea and who are not members might like to have a look at her new web site at:

http://www.skyboom.com/intuition/home.html

Jane Anderson)

Andrea

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