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Subject: And now for the turkey ...

Jane Anderson

16:18 23/05/2000 

Hello Everyone,

We spent the weekend with some friends at a holiday house and I told them a funny synchronicity story from long ago about a bush turkey. It was one of those incredible stories - unless you're a friend of mine and realise these things happen to me all the time.

An hour later we drove to Hastings Street (the main road, very busy, very trendy, very difficult to park)in Noosa only to find a bush turkey RUNNING towards our car right in the middle of our lane. It was so funny. The turkey couldn't have been more out of place.

We pulled over to the kerb (we had already spotted the vacant parking spot and were headed that way) and the turkey hopped onto the pavement and promptly slipped up in a puddle.

Reverberations of "Who's a silly turkey then?" pounded my head, but I clung to the idea that I had just regaled my friends with the thought that the turkey, according to the Navajo Indians, symbolises abundance, being "the bringer of the corn".

Jane Anderson (Watching my step around puddles)

Angela

04:45 24/05/2000 

Hi Jane.

I'm getting one hilarious image in my head from your story!

On May 16/17 I dreamt of running back and forth on a frozen lake, while carrying a raw turkey (plucked and dead). I dropped it at one end as if it were a game, then started jumping on the ice until it started breaking through. The entire lake became cleared of ice. Turkey in the puddle?

The day following the dream, I read your reference above about 'the bringer of the corn' in The Shape of Things to Come. (Which I am LOVING by the way!!) And we already know I have a connection with corn... The Navajo 'Indians' gave me a little jolt too.

Loving this!

Angela.

Peta

15:26 30/05/2000 

Hi Jane, Just wondering if the turkey meeting took place on Sunday. As it happens we took Ellie to see a sculpture exhibition in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens on Sunday,and along our way we met lots of Turkeys. We had a very relaxed though stimulating afternoon surrounded by art and nature. I guess this fits pretty well with my idea of abundance. By the way, we are going through an amazing time of change. The pressure has lifted and we're looking forward to some exciting times ahead. In the meantime - life is fun!

Jane Anderson

15:46 31/05/2000 

Hi Peta

(It was Saturday 21st.) Fun and change .. wonderful news. Congratulations! Have you got some stories to share for us all here?

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