Post by Kim Falconer on Oct 25, 2006 17:46:17 GMT -5
Hi Everyone,
I'd like to begin this discussion with a re-telling of a personal event related on my Home Page-- www.falconastrology.com/syn.html
First, consider F. David Peat --
homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Esai/ISSS_synchr.html
Synchronicities take the form of patterns that emerge by chance out of a general background of chance and contingency and hold a deep meaning for the person who experiences them. Often these coincidences occur at critical points in a person's life and can be interpreted as containing the seeds of future growth. Synchronicities could, therefore, be said to involve the meaningful unfoldment of potential.' (Peat, n.d.)
Here is my specific example that relates strongly to the above view. For years I worked primarily as a shop assistant in a retail store as my ‘day job’ while pursuing creative interests ‘on the side’. I had dreamed of completing a university degree though I was afraid to take the financial risk and quit full time employment. When I heard the owners were selling the shop but that all our shifts would remain, I felt a sense of relief. The job was my bread and butter. I laughed saying, ‘The only reason I would quit this job would be if Ms. X bought it!’ (Ms. X was the one customer in all my years there whom I had clashed with significantly.) ‘If she’s the new owner,' I laughed, 'I’ll resign and go back to school.’ I knew the odds of that being the case were next to impossible.
Three days later I found out that Ms. X had indeed bought the shop.
I made good my promise and resigned, starting my first study period at university two weeks later.
These ‘events’ when viewed from the outside may seem to have little causal connection. One woman buys a business, another enrols at university. For me however, it was an epiphany. The statement I made as a ‘joke’ turned out to foretell a major life change.
Does anyone have a comment about synchronicities arising during times of change?
Your input is welcome.
Warmly,
Kim
I'd like to begin this discussion with a re-telling of a personal event related on my Home Page-- www.falconastrology.com/syn.html
First, consider F. David Peat --
homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Esai/ISSS_synchr.html
Synchronicities take the form of patterns that emerge by chance out of a general background of chance and contingency and hold a deep meaning for the person who experiences them. Often these coincidences occur at critical points in a person's life and can be interpreted as containing the seeds of future growth. Synchronicities could, therefore, be said to involve the meaningful unfoldment of potential.' (Peat, n.d.)
Here is my specific example that relates strongly to the above view. For years I worked primarily as a shop assistant in a retail store as my ‘day job’ while pursuing creative interests ‘on the side’. I had dreamed of completing a university degree though I was afraid to take the financial risk and quit full time employment. When I heard the owners were selling the shop but that all our shifts would remain, I felt a sense of relief. The job was my bread and butter. I laughed saying, ‘The only reason I would quit this job would be if Ms. X bought it!’ (Ms. X was the one customer in all my years there whom I had clashed with significantly.) ‘If she’s the new owner,' I laughed, 'I’ll resign and go back to school.’ I knew the odds of that being the case were next to impossible.
Three days later I found out that Ms. X had indeed bought the shop.
I made good my promise and resigned, starting my first study period at university two weeks later.
These ‘events’ when viewed from the outside may seem to have little causal connection. One woman buys a business, another enrols at university. For me however, it was an epiphany. The statement I made as a ‘joke’ turned out to foretell a major life change.
Does anyone have a comment about synchronicities arising during times of change?
Your input is welcome.
Warmly,
Kim