|
|
Post by GreenWillow on Jun 24, 2003 1:18:07 GMT -5
~Hi all-- I think I've had countless "mini-coincidences" thoughout my life; things like hearing about a new book, or idea from more than one person and then find that very thing coming into my life. It happens so often I don't even log them anymore, but rather accept them as the universe talking to me and offering guidance. Now what's funny is I see this new forum as exactly one of those events itself. Because it occured to me a few weeks ago that I *should* keep track, keep some sort of formal record each time it happens. For me it serves as evidence that we are all connected, all woven together by this great network of consciousness, or The Field, or The Force  or *whatever* we want to call it. I think making a conscious effort to acknowledge these events helps keep us aligned with Spirit. So I'm going to try and keep a commitment to making note of my life synchronicities as they happen, and note them here.  ~GW |
|
|
|
Post by Pip Wilson on Jun 24, 2003 1:38:42 GMT -5
That's a fascinating coincidence ... and this is definitely the place to post them. Thanks for joining in, GreenWillow.
|
|
|
|
Post by Seaswallow on Jun 27, 2003 7:39:11 GMT -5
Green Willow - Yes I couldn't agree more. I think also that thought transferrence is part of it too. My wife and I often pick up thoughts from each other. It has become almost a normal and aily happening.
|
|
|
|
Post by theosolangel on Jun 28, 2003 9:28:26 GMT -5
Coincidence? Chaos? Anti-Christ, even?  I mention the last only because of the increasing adherents to the growing fundamentalist Christian churches here, and those churches' proactive preaching against 'synchronicity', especially as they see it with the many mystical branches of the (Roman) Catholic Church, for example the Ignatius of Loyola philosophy that allows Jesuits to be Buddhist monks and Catholic priests. This, of course, is apart from the Jesuits love of argument by reduction, football, social justice, football, liberation theology, football. and basketball and rowing. Was it coincidence that eddie Mabo was a good footballer in his youth before he had the patronage of Jesuit lawyer Frank Brennan? |
|
|
|
Post by GreenWillow on Jun 28, 2003 12:21:55 GMT -5
~I can very much see the reason for any religious organization which emphasizes control over its members, advocating against anything that encourages following one's own intuition. I had a nasty cult experience many years ago and one of the things they warned against was meditation. My sense of it was they knew that if we tune into our own truth we are a lot less inclined to blindly accept the "truth" as presented by priests, ministers, teachers, gurus-- whatever they choose to call themselves. I'm sorry I don't recognise the people and events in your Jesuit/football comments, theosolangel.  I'm guessing I missed a good punchline..... ~GW... the sports challenged.... |
|
|
|
Post by Pip Wilson on Jun 28, 2003 22:00:07 GMT -5
Or punchdrunk.  |
|
|
|
Post by theosolangel on Jun 29, 2003 11:12:22 GMT -5
Ah, Green Willow, you must be a Mountain girl! Could you not see from your Pantheist alp the social justice of Eddie Mabo in that island home paradise of his?
Still and all, I empathise. You sentiments about the didactic, unyielding religious groups is well shared. I find it suffocating. But not all mainstream religious scholars are mindless and didactic, hence my reference to Ignatius of Loyola who could just as easily fence with a sword as he could explore the most mystical of arguments, meditate through the month of May, and inspire some of the best minds of the ensuing centuries.
And Pip, a conundrum good message board mentor: Would Punch have dared be seen drunk in Tel Aviv? Or would he have sought refuge behind his favourite target, Judea?
|
|
|
|
Post by theosolangel on Jun 29, 2003 11:13:40 GMT -5
Ah, Green Willow, you must be a Mountain girl! Could you not see from your Pantheist alp the social justice of Eddie Mabo in that island home paradise of his?
Still and all, I empathise. Your sentiments about the didactic, unyielding religious groups is well shared. I find it suffocating. But not all mainstream religious scholars are mindless and didactic, hence my reference to Ignatius of Loyola who could just as easily fence with a sword as he could explore the most mystical of arguments, meditate through the month of May, and inspire some of the best minds of the ensuing centuries.
And Pip, a conundrum good message board mentor: Would Punch have dared be seen drunk in Tel Aviv? Or would he have sought refuge behind his favourite target, Judea?
|
|
|
|
Post by GreenWillow on Jun 29, 2003 11:26:09 GMT -5
~Ok, Ok! You needn't say it twice. I just googled "Eddie Mabo" so I can find out what you're talking about. Gimme a few here..... Aye, indeed I be a Mountain Girl. But on a different continent than you, and not quite *that* far-sighted. ~GW
|
|
|
|
Post by geist23 on Sept 15, 2003 3:53:30 GMT -5
Hello,
I agree completely with your view of what synchronicity is. I always tell people it's whatever divine force, higher being, God, Goddess, whichever name you want to give it, speaking to us. I try to keep track of mine and figure out what it's trying to tell me. Once something like that grabs your attention, it's difficult to ignore.
|
|
|
|
Post by havealittlefaith on Jan 14, 2004 23:23:25 GMT -5
I have been having synchronic events for about 6 months and what I can tell you, it's something we can't ignore and it's something we have to figure out for ourselves. I know now it's more than sheer "coincidence".
|
|
Elvee
New Member
Posts: 3
|
Post by Elvee on Jan 26, 2004 10:53:36 GMT -5
I find more and more coincidences happening all the time. The more you think about them, the more they happen. It's something people are talking and writing about more now -Denise Linn, Celestine Prophesy and at least 2 more books that I've seen. All things are connected!
|
|
|
|
Post by GreenWillow on Jan 26, 2004 11:08:21 GMT -5
~I think that thinking about "coincidences", focusing on this sort of thing, opens a channel in our awareness. It's not so much that they happen more often as much as we become *aware* of how often they happen. (Anyone who's been pregnant and suddenly notices how many other pregnant women there are in their neighborhood can attest to this phenomena)
The thing is, there are constant "miracles" and synchronistic events taking place in our lives everyday. *Maybe* our acknowledging them increases the frequency, but I think it has more to do with increased consciousness. I think the Celestine Prophesy addresses that but it's been years since I read it...
~GW
|
|
|
|
Post by havealittlefaith on Jan 27, 2004 17:11:17 GMT -5
I haven't read the Celestine Prophecy, is it very good? I believe that these "coincidences" are not just coincidental, they are sent to use to lead us down a certain path that has been predetermined for us along time ago.
|
|
|
|
Post by GreenWillow on Jan 27, 2004 23:10:07 GMT -5
~Yes, I believe that "coincidences" can serve as guideposts, but I really resist the idea of predestination. At least not without some degree of choice within, say, a set of variables. We probably all have karma, and we all have gifts and a general life path, which *if we follow* will lead to joy and fullfilment. I do not believe that some of us are fated to be miserable. No, I can't explain how or why come people seem to have to endure terrible suffering, but even within that, we have heart choices we can make. We are all given a set of circumstances, but what we choose to do with it, how we respond to it, determines who we become. I guess I'm really attached to the idea of Free Will. ~GW |
|
