Do you believe in 'Synchronicity'? If so...please share!

[bliss_eternal]

The first time I became aware of synchronicity was in The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. I've since read about it in a few other books, articles, etc. Does anyone here believe in it...?

If so, how has it manifested in your life? When it occurs and you become aware of it in your life, do you feel as though it is a 'validation' of taking a certain path in life?

I've recently had a couple of cases of it in my life--but prior to sharing these examples and getting feedback on them, I'd love to hear from others about their experience with this.

:hi:

[crikkett]

1. as in 'meaningful coincidence', yes!

And it's in my own life!

1: I met my mate on a business trip.
2: Whenever I have a couple extra $$ my car dies. (It's good to me that way.)

tee hee
;)

[bliss_eternal]

6. Hi crikket--

I laughed aloud about your couple of extra dollars and your car dies. I hate when I take my car in for that 'mystery noise' and of course it doesn't make it for the mechanics. :headbang: LOL!

That's so cool--meeting your mate on a business trip! Funny how that works isn't it?

The day I was re-aquainted with the man that is now my husband--I had an overwhelming desire to go to a specific place on a specific day, despite it being rather challenging for me to get there. Once there, there he was! I said hello and left--as I came out of the other bldg. he was standing there waiting for me. When I asked what he was doing there, he said he wanted to offer me a ride home, as he overheard me saying I had to catch a bus. He drove me home, the asked me out for the evening (it was Valentines Day), and we were almost inseperable not long after.

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

27. That's so nice and romantic

Back in 2002 I was out of high school and started having romantic feelings for this guy friend of mine. We were friends in junior high and high school and he was always like a brother to me. One day in 2002 my brother came home (at the time he was still in high school) and said he saw this friend and he said to say hi to me through my brother and I did the same. My brother told me this guy at the time was dating a girl who had the same name as me. I had a feeling to Email him and I did and we communicated for a good while and I fell in love with him. I never told him how I loved him and we don't talk anymore. :shrug:

[crikkett]

63. what a pity, but

don't lose hope, FreedomAngel82. If I had a nickel for every person I fell in love with who I didn't tell, I'd have a handful of nickels and my wonderful soul-mate (who chased ME, by the way.)

This thread is full of stories of people who met their mates 'accidentally' and whose mates chased them, too.

So, have courage and smile! You'll have your moment in the sun, and you'll know when it's right for you. It will probably happen the very minute you decide to stop yearning and just be happy. (And if it doesn't happen that minute, you're still happy, so it's a win-win!)

Take care!
Crikkett

PS: Thanks again, bliss_eternal, for a great thread. I'm really enjoying it.

[FreedomAngel82]

72. Hopefully

I have my doubts though. Sometimes it's like the Universe keeps telling me "no" with romance. *sigh* :(

[Behind the Aegis]

79. When you least expect it...

...I always thought that was a load of crap, but that is what happened with me. I had been very sick and was miserable where I was. Then, he came into my life. Not long after, I all but lost my job and have been without one since. However, that has not been a problem. If I hadn't had him, I would be living at home (ewwww). I am several years older than you, so be patient (it can suck at times). Learn to live with yourself and love yourself by yourself, it makes the sharing of your life and love that much more special and makes you more willing to accept and appreciative of it when it is offered to you!

:)

[FreedomAngel82]

25. Oh I see

I believe everything happens for a purpose. What purpose? Sometimes you don't know till later. I do believe that. I don't believe in coincidences. I've had dejavu feelings a lot too and seem to just "know" stuff.

[Pathwalker]

2. My cat, Stormy was missing for twelve days.

We were crushed, expecting the worst. But, whenever I prayed for his safe return, the song "Don't give up on us babe" kept going round and round in my head, followed by a DEEP sense of peace that engulfed me. So, I put up reward posters all around the neighborhood, even though I was the only one in my family who thought there was a chance he was still alive. Last Tuesday night, as we were returning home from dinner with relatives, that song came on the radio!!! My husband, whom I'd told about the song, asked - "You don't think that's a sign, do you?"

Sure enough, as we pulled into the driveway, there sat our beloved Stormy. He'd lost half his weight, but otherwise he was fine!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

What makes this so wonderful is that this cat came to us in a storm at Christmas time; maybe he wanted to be our Christmas gift AGAIN! Anyway, we're thrilled at his safe return!

[Quakerfriend]

5. That is such a sweet story!

And, I'm so glad you found your pussycat:hug:

I have these wonderful 'happening' quite a lot! My favorite one is this:

Awhile ago I was archiving some family pictures and came across one of my great grandfather standing at his parent's gravesite. So, I told my older sister, "We should see if we can find out if the family plot is still there." Then I happened to meet a stranger on the train who knew just where the site was. Several days later my sister happened to meet an older lady at a party who knew the man who now owned the land where the gravesite was. So, my sister passed the name onto my father who happened to be in a restaurant when he looked at some advertizing on the placemat and noticed the man's name and business phone # on the placemat.

My dad called this fellow and he invited us to come anytime and visit the gravesite. It was still there, and had been preserved as a historical site!! Wait it gets better.

So, my whole family went up to the family plot and spent several hours clearing the brush and spiffing the place up. There we found the headstones of our great, great, great grandparents! The most amazing thing was to see my 82-year-old father standing in awe as he looked at the headstone from 1777 with his name on it. He never knew that he had been named after his great, great grandfather!

Here's where it gets really good- The very next day, when we returned home my sister happened to find, in an old box of family stuff, a poem written by our great grandfather about how he loved to sit and watch the sun set over the family plot!

[bliss_eternal]

8. Quakerfriend--that is incredible!

Everything just lined up so perfectly--as if just waiting for all of you to focus on it, so it could tell you where it was!

While reading it, I kept saying'wow' aloud to myself. That story should be published or printed in some sort of journal that specializes in sharing such stories--that is such an amazing example of synchronicity.

Thank you SO much for sharing that!! :hi: The poem must be such a treasure to all of you!

[NMDemDist2]

10. yup that's how it works isn't it? a series of coincidences lead you

where you want to go

wonderful story!

[japple]

52. What a beautiful story, Quakerfriend

Thanks so much for sharing it with us. This is a marvelous thread.

[bliss_eternal]

7. Notorious Bohemian--

(I love your name, btw) That was SUCH a wonderful story--and a perfect example of synchronicity! Thanks so much for sharing it!

I hope Stormy is back to her old self very soon--so glad she was your Christmas present all over again, I'm sure it would have been a blue holiday without her.

Thanks again--great story!

[Pathwalker]

23. Stormy is doing much better, thank you!

He only goes outside now to "do his duty", and has taken ownership of youngest son's Papasan chair, where he mostly hibernates. At night, he snuggles up to us, and is content to be a homebody now.
It is a great relief to have him back, and we are now enjoying the Holidays ever so much more!
:hi:
Like Blue Iris, my life has enjoyed a great deal of synchrosity - I think it comes from believing that if you seek something; an answer, a need fulfilled, a "hyacinth for the soul", whatever - it comes to you. One of my favorite books is an old novel titled: Kindred Spirits, and it is a perfect example of synchrosity in my life. I had seen it three different times at book stores, and almost bought it, but didn't. Then, one day, as I was standing in line at the bookstore, it fell off the rack and HIT ME on the foot!!! The shocked sales person said : "Someone wants you to buy that book - I'd listen if I was you." I bought it, and it is one of my favorite novels - ever. It shows up in my life from time to time, whenever I need the message it sent me the first time.
I usually call this synchrosity "Angel Tracks", but that's just me!

[japple]

53. Yay!! Stories with happy endings make me misty

and I got misty reading about Stormy's safe return. I hope he will stick close to home in the future. Thanks for sharing this.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. That's so sweet!

I love stories like that. I don't have any to share.

[BlueIris]

3. Normally, I hate posts like this, but: yes, and I'll get to it later. :-)

GREAT topic, though. And let me just ask, is it weird that it happens to me all the freaking time?! Just, all the time? The big instances of it are rarer, although not by much.

[bliss_eternal]

18. Excuse me, but...

is this necessary?

Quote:
Normally, I hate posts like this, but: yes, and I'll get to it later. :-)

Without labeling my personal perception of this statement, I do have to wonder why you would say such a thing to me in this manner. I don't like it and felt the best way to deal with it was to say so in the most respectful way I could. I hope that I accomplished this.

[BlueIris]

20. Oh, no, no! I meant I hated my OWN post "like this."

I hate it when people post, "I have something important to share about this subject...I'll do it later." Your posts are fine, this topic is great, I was criticizing my OWN post in it. Very sorry. Now I realize how that looked. That was my very bad.

[bliss_eternal]

30. I'm sorry Blue Iris--I'm just seeing this--

not sure what's up with 'my posts'--at least mine. Anyway, thank you! I'm sorry that I misunderstood you. No hard feelings...

:hug:

[NMDemDist2]

4. i'm a firm believer in the abundance of the universe and as such

it never fails me.

whenever I need information or money or whatever I release the request and look for the "coincidences"

with in 72 hours I always get my answer! sometimes it's an overheard conversation, an unexpected phone call or whatever but it has never failed me.

edit to check spelling, "no errors found" LOL

[bliss_eternal]

9. Don't you just love that?

It sounds like you've been in touch with this universal truth for a long time. That's wonderful. I wish I had been more open to this concept sooner...it's so freeing!

Always good to see you, AZDem--thanks so much for responding!

[NMDemDist2]

11. it's my new year's resolution

to support this forum more actively

:bounce:

thanks for the kind words and the wonderful topic!

[BlueIris]

12. Aw. Thanks, AZDem. We love your support.

:-)

[bliss_eternal]

15. Thank you, AZDem--

for being so kind and supportive! :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Nice

Whenever I seem to doubt my faith and various things like that with my personal life something happens to help me with my belief in myself. It hasn't happened lately though. Maybe I'm just looking to hard.

[bliss_eternal]

13. Ok, now my turn--

apologies for being cryptic before. I had every intention of sharing examples when I started this thread--but suddenly felt some of my signs of a pending headache. Being in this state all of a sudden impacts and diminishes my concentration, so I'm sorry that I had to be brief. I do appreciate all of your wonderful examples.

It's funny, after signing off, laying down and kind of hovering in that moment of falling to sleep I was thinking about this post and suddenly heard, "Fortune favors the bold" in my head.

A few weeks ago, I couldn't sleep. I got up (very early for me)and turned on the television. Turned to a show I never watch, and got caught up in it, as they were reporting on something that caught my attention. While watching, they did a small piece on a business endeavor I've thought a LOT about. My question to the Universe was whether it was viable, in demand,etc. Suddenly there it is--featured on a national show. Maybe not all that amazing--but to me it was. This was about 6:45 am--trust me, I am NEVER up at that hour--so I really felt that happened to answer my question!

Recently I was thinking about photography classes. Couldn't really get clear on whether to take a course or not--jr. college or a workshop with a pro. I called for information about the workshop and the person that answered the phone was so helpful--out of the blue (I didn't ask) she gave me suggestions on cameras to consider getting. I jotted them down.

Looking them up on-line, I found they were PRICEY.

On the workshop website, I noticed that a camera store in our area offers discounts to workshop students.

Yesterday, I told my husband I wanted to stop by that camera shop, to see what sort of discount they actually offered to workshop students. While there, we found they had one of the cameras that I previously jotted down. The camera store guy told me THEY NEVER get that particular camera in anymore and he was very surprised when they got this one! The price was more than half off the price I had found for it in my research--it's an ideal camera to learn on and to grow with.

A class I wasn't sure would be feasible for me to take due to lacking the necessary equipment--has now become possible. :) I feel like it's my 'green light.'

Why would I be awake on a day,to turn on and watch a show (I NEVER WATCH)to see a business I've thought a lot about?

Why did I go to a store for one thing, and come out with something other than what I went for--that fulfills a need?

Wow--sorry this is so long...Anyone with other examples, please feel free to share!

[NMDemDist2]

14. i'm flying out tomorrow for christmas, but will share some stories

next week

Happy Winter Solstice/Christmas/Mithras/Hannuka/Kwanzaa/Festivus or just happy weekend to all and to all a good night!

[bliss_eternal]

16. That would be great--

I'll look forward to that! :bounce:

Have a safe trip and a wonderful time! Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, Mithras, Festivus, Kwanza and Brightest Blessings for a prosperous New Year!

:hug:

[I Have A Dream]

17. I've only had one really good example of this is my life, but...

it's a big one.

Background: In October of 1997, my relationship ended with a man that I had been dating for over 9 years.

In January, I had been going to a spiritual group for several years, and there were sessions where we had to commit 10 or so weeks at a time. It was time to commit to another 10 week session, and I was really, really tired of the commute and, therefore, decided that I wasn't going to go anymore. I very soon began to get extremely clear signals that I absolutely HAD to continue going. I fought it and fought it, but I kept getting that I must go. I told the Universe that it better be worth my while, and I surrendered. This session was a little different from previous sessions. We had to put our names in a hat, and two people were pulled out of the hat. These two people had to communicate via the telephone once a week during this 10-week session. There was a man in the group that I just knew was going to be connected with me. (The group had about 30-40 people in it.) Our names were pulled, and we were partners. After the fact, he told me that he felt that we'd be partners also because I was always across the circle that we formed at the end of the evening. (Being opposite in the circle meant nothing to me, but it was extremely important and symbolic to him.)

Mid-March, I finally decided that I was ready to date again. I said nothing to him, but within a day, he asked me on a date, and our first date was on the Vernal Equinox. We got engaged exactly a year later. We got married exactly 2 years after that. We've now been married exactly 4-3/4 years today, which is the Winter Solstice.

I figure that the Universe had been working really, really hard to get my husband and me together, and it was not going to let me screw up the plan! :) By the way, I often just "know" things like the fact that reincarnation is real, etc., but I've never had so clear a message either before or since.

[bliss_eternal]

19. Wow! I LOVE this!

What a beautiful story and demonstration of synchronicity. It also cracked me up when you said this:

Quote:
I figure that the Universe had been working really, really hard to get my husband and me together, and it was not going to let me screw up the plan!

Isn't this the truth? We have such a way, of getting in our own way! LOL! I'm so glad that you followed your urge. Isn't it interesting that you were tired of the commute, but it sounds like you didn't have to commute as much as they shifted to a 'phone format' at least for part of the session?

Just amazing--Thanks so much for sharing!

[FreedomAngel82]

29. That's so sweet and romantic

*Sigh* I love stories like that. I seem to "know" things too. I remember about two/three years ago I was in a writing course and I had this teacher who was elderly and she was out sick here and there. One day I was getting ready to leave for this class and I had this really huge feeling of a message through my feelings to tell my Mom to not leave the school (she used to just drop me off since parking is a bitch at the school). The feeling was really strong and through my emotions which I trust so I told my Mom. I got to class and it turned out that the teacher fell and hurt herself so we didn't have class that day and I didn't have to wait for my Mom to come back and get me. :)

[crikkett]

55. right on the money - and congratulations!

I figure that the Universe had been working really, really hard to get my husband and me together, and it was not going to let me screw up the plan!

I feel the same way about my guy. One day he asked me if I ever felt lucky about how certain improbable plot twists in our lives brought us together... and I said naw, we were destined to meet. It's true, and the best feeling in the world.
:)
big sigh

[NJCher]

21. synchronicities

Notorious Bohemian, what did you do when you saw Stormy sitting there? Did you hug on him and give him a million kisses? Has he fattened himself up yet? I loved your story.

Do you have any idea of where he'd gone? How did he show his happiness about being home?

So many stories about missing pets have an unhappy ending. That is one reason I love this story so much. Hearing the song must have been very comforting to you.

Quakerfriend, I am sure you know this but many people, when doing genealogic research, feel that there is something (someone) guiding them. Nevertheless, that is a perfectly amazing series of events. I'll bet there are no "doubters" in your family after that!

I had to send your story to my friend, who is doing genealogy research. This friend has a propensity for synchronicity herself. When she was researching, she went to a board and posed a question about a relative. Within only a few minutes, a relative that she didn't even know she had posted a response back to her.

She continues to have these experiences. She wanted a pciture of a certain relative and while she was shopping on eBay, turned up a high school yearbook from the town in which her relatives lived. She bid on the yearbook and won the auction. Needless to say, the photo she was seeking was in this yearbook.




Cher

[bliss_eternal]

22. Your friend sounds so intuitive--

and very in touch with her inner voice, thus allowing synchronicity to guide her even closer to her 'truth' and goals. That's so COOL!

When I read these stories, it makes me want to just let go--to start walking toward my goals (as I did in a small way by going to the camera store) and watch how the Universe manifests itself.

Thanks for posting, NJCher! :hi:

[crikkett]

56. Go for it, bliss_e!

it makes me want to just let go--to start walking toward my goals

crikkett say:
the scariest step is one you don't take.

Now, off to follow my own advice....

[Quakerfriend]

33. Hey girl!

:hi:

Nice to see you, as always!

Yes, I am convinced many times that I am being led with this genealogy stuff. And, yes ebay seems to be 'their' way of getting the info to me!!

You would not believe the things I have found- songs that my g,g,g grandfather composed on piano in early 1800's, books written by my g,g grandmother and g uncles.

Last week I found a photo of a real old dutch windmill that my great uncle walter had on his property! It had been made into a postcard and was for sale on ebay!! Of course, I won the auction.

[bliss_eternal]

35. Hey YOU!

That's incredible! It sounds like such an amazing journey of discovery--and everything just falls into place. That's wonderful that you found another item--on EBAY of all places!

Congratulations on winning that auction (but of course you would--it is the way of synchronicity isn't it?);)

[crikkett]

62. what a really good idea, EBay for genealogy research.

Do you search on your family members' names?

[Pathwalker]

37. I love ALL these stories! Cheri, I had no idea how much *

resembles the Grinch! Love it - LOL!
Stormy JUMPED into my arms, he was so happy to be home! Our guess is that he was stuck in someone's garage, without food, but otherwise safe from the frigid weather. He's gained back some of the weight he lost, but he's enjoying his slimness when he and Bo (one of our new kitties) chase each other around the house!

These stories convince me that the universe is very happy to provide us what we seek, and need. It will do whatever it takes to answer our request, if we just listen to it's still, quiet voice. It's clear, that many of us here do listen and heed it. Our lives are clearly richer for that, too.

PS: Quakerfriend,I wanted to find my birth father's Social Security # so I could find out about his war medal, and I found it at a geneology website! Cool, but at least two of them say I'm dead - that worries me. I'm not, at least not yet...

Happy Winter Solstice, everyone!

[FreedomAngel82]

24. I'm not even sure what it is

[ebayfool]

31. Definitely - the universe always provides what is most needed!

Happens just @ every time we/I am most in need ... I've learned to be ready for it!

Example:

My grandson (I've been raising him since he was a baby) had a colostomy when he was 4 days old, an iliostomy at 6 months. He had a terrible period around the age of @ 1 1/2 yrs old when he began to notice that no one else in his world had to wear an ostomy bag. He began taking it off & hiding it- in the laundry, toybox, anywhere he could think of, buried it in a little hole in the backyard once! A very creative boy, my laddie! He began to be withdrawn & very introverted, no matter what we tried. I'm telling you, there is nothing in this world as sad & scary as a deeply depressed baby. I didn't even know that babies that little could get depressed! All the docs could recommend was atavan (more assholes!).

I searched for an adult or anyone else that had an ostomy who would be willing to let him see that others had one to try to help him not feel so very different. I tried the local ostomy society (mostly old guys - shitheads acted like I was crazy to even ask!). This went on for several weeks, no luck. In the meantime, someone offered me a job driving a yellow cab. I had no burning ambition to drive a hack, but like half the things I've done in my years I just had to try it out - I (in my younger days!) loved to 'collect' new experiences. Well, after less than a month, one of the dispatchers that I had gotten to know told me that his wife had recently undergone surgery for colon cancer. And she had an ostomy. He asked her to meet Gabe, even though she had absolutely no intention of raising her shirt for anyone to see her bag. She was going through her own stages of grief, denial, etc & was very depressed.

Long story a little bit shorter, after Gabe climbed up on her lap & she fell in love w/him - she pulled up her shirt & showed him her ostomy bag. My god, the instant reaction from the boy had us all bawling! He stared, gingerly touched it as though to make sure it was real, yanked up his shirt & pointed to it, & went on a 10 minute (very) animated tirade in his baby talk!

She made a major leap in her combating her depression after that, as did my Gabe. He never again, not once, hid his ostomy bag! He became his own sweet outgoing little self again, like he had finally made his peace w/the ostomy. All it took was that one act of love from a woman that needed to see a child living her own personal pain.

I left the job not long after, I had been given (& blessed) w/what I was meant to gain from it. We kept sporadic contact w/the couple that helped Gabe so much. She fought on for several years (the cancer), & when she felt the need for another touch from Gabe - they would come see him.

The universe does provide- not always what we want, but always what we need. I have had these kinds of 'chance encounters' over & over through the years, sometimes in astoundingly startling & humbling ways.

Synchronicity ... I've always called it providence, but they both fit.

[Quakerfriend]

32. Oh, Dj that is just an incredible story!

Having worked in health care for many years, I understand some of the extraordinary circumstances that some people live with. Your grand babies are so very blessed to have you!

[ebayfool]

42. I'm blessed to have him - he's my teacher, my friend ...

& deep down, I suspect my salvation in some way. Who knows, without his 'windmill' to tilt at like a woman obsessed, I probably wouldn't have as much heart or 'oomph' for life now!

You know, this DU group is also another one those synchronicity things. Just when I hit a low point @ my grandkiddies & the physical problems they had, I came here looking for a shoulder. Of all places, this group had another grandmother w/a boy w/the exact same birth defect. Talking to her buoyed me up like nothing else, her boy had a much more severe case - I was able to shake that depression ... fast! She made me feel so grateful that mine was in such good shape, there was no more need for crying! DU synchronicity! (Bigs hugs to vanboggie, wherever you are!:hug: )

This is the best group on DU - & I've made it a point to telling it to Skinner, et al!

[Tsiyu]

70. That story is so beautiful

The fact that you took the time to understand the view of that Grandbaby is phenomenal. And the woman who overcame her own pain for a few moments to help a baby just shows how adversity doesn't have to win.

:hug:

[NJCher]

34. aw, djmaddox

O8)

I got misty-eyed reading your story.


Quakerfriend, that is just amazing!

It is when these things happen over and over that we "just know."




Cher

[DemExpat]

36. We do, don't we......we just know!

Incredible story and so wonderful it hurts.

DemEx

[bliss_eternal]

38. djmaddox--

OMG! I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my cheeks--your story really moved me! Thank you so much for sharing it! :hi:

They really needed one another--and were helped so much by one another! Amazing. Providence, synchronicity whatever we call it,it's wonderful!!

On edit--how is little Gabe? Is he excited about the holiday?

[ebayfool]

40. He's doing wonderfully well, & totally gassed @ Xmas ...

In a big boy, grown-up, manly way of course! Except for the odd moment when he forgets that he's so mature & lets the excited little boy slip through, LOL! I love those moments! He's now 14 & going through the rigors of puberty (now that's a tough one! LOL).

This is a great, thought-provoking thread. After I got off-line last night, & all during the day, I've thought @ it. This thread comes at an appropriate time of the year, remembering all the good souls that have come through & touched our lives ... there have been so many that have helped in so many different ways! From the lady I talked about above to the old GM employee that missed his first (& only) day at the factory in 25 years so he'd be there to give CPR to my oldest daughter after she fell in a pool at the sitters (he was the only tenant in the complex that knew how to give CPR - synchronicity!) - solutions ready at the right place, at the right time, for the right problem! I haven't been a church-goer for most of my life, but I do know that life, the universe, the guardians, someone!- always seems to provide. Who or whatever ... I'm always aware, humbled & grateful for the providence - the protection, that appears at the moment in time when it's most needed. The synchronicity!

What a nice thread to come to when the rest of the world seems to be going insane!

Synchronicity - I even like the flavor of the word on the lips!

[bliss_eternal]

41. oh wow--they grow up so fast

don't they?

The man taking his ony day off from work, and saved your daughter's life--I'm blown away! THAT is exactly what I mean.

It just seems to make worry so silly. If you believe in this, that the Universe is abundant I don't see why I or anyone should ever worry... know what I mean?

[ebayfool]

43. I still worry, LOL - it's part of my nature! But, & this is the biggie ...

at the same time I'm doing the human nature thing & worrying - I also am asking, & expecting, an answer or solution. Someone hit me between the eyes long ago w/the statement 'How can you expect answers or help, if you don't ask for it?'. Changed some of my inner workings, she did! Although I'm not too sure @ the part where she said 'the world can't read your mind'!

One of these days I'm gonna have to sit down & put on paper a list of the 'miracles' like the 2 I've told you about - there are too many for chance alone to account. There is something (feels like many energies) that work together to focus people to the places they need to be ... & those forces are probably another big list!

Thank you for opening the door to this feast, this thread is just wonderful! Sometimes we get too busy & distracted to stop & remember, to sample those good & protected feelings.

Just remember to ask & expect! Then, be prepared to accept & let it come.

[bliss_eternal]

44. I'm still shocked I don't have an ulcer--

I worried so much as a child, I would get physically ill. I'm not quite as bad now, but I do still worry, unfortunately. Just a really bad habit I would be happy to break. It's hard...

I think putting all the synchronicities or 'miracles' down to paper is a great idea! Then one could always refer to it as a reminder of how things can work out when we let them and don't get in our own way...if that makes sense. I know I do too much of that, getting in my own way. LOL!

[I Have A Dream]

54. What I especially like about this story is that both your grandson and...

the woman got what they needed. It benefited both of them. I think that this is often the case -- much more often than we think.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

[FreedomAngel82]

73. That's such a wonderful story

Made me cry. :( Sounds like the Universe put the baby and woman together to help them overcome what they were going through. :hug: I hope I'm lucky like that someday with my life struggles. How is the little guy doing now days? What exactly is an ostomy??

[u4ic]

39. Thanks, everyone, for sharing your stories

some incredible ones here! :hi:

[Quakerfriend]

45. NO JOKE- This happened @ DU

Love this thread! I can't believe that I almost forgot to tell you all about this one:

Several months ago in a GD thread I met a fellow DUer who was from my part of southeast PA.
She pm'd me and asked what quaker meeting I attended. It turns out that she belongs to the same meeting that many of my cousins have attended for years. She knows my aunts, uncles and cousins quite well. One of my cousins, who has been like a brother to me, is a good friend of hers. She also knows a third family of cousins of mine as she is a member of an amateur acting group along with them. So, thru a series of emails we come to find out that she and I have actually been to many of the same parties, social gatherings, and weddings! She has been to all of my cousins homes at different times.

She tells me she is from the Spring Mill area and I reply that I used to live on Buena Vista Farm in Spring Mill. This a private estate where there are just a handful of apts. It is tucked away on the hill and they do not advertise- Just rent a couple of apts by word of mouth.

She writes back, incredulously, and says, "I LIVE ON BUENA VISTA FARM!" She and I used to live in the same house!! And, I also found out that she has been to my mother's house, as well, for a Barn Sale!

:yoiks:

[bliss_eternal]

47. What are the odds--

of finding someone that knows your family and lived in the same exact house that you lived in, on DU?
That one is mindblowing! Amazing!

Thanks so much for sharing! :hi:

[Behind the Aegis]

46. HI!!

There have been some incredible stories here! However, I would expect nothing less from you to start a thread such as this...one that brings out openness; the sign of an artist. ;)

Could "synchronicity" also be described as irony or luck? I feel that could be true. Or...maybe it is what we call "luck" and "irony" that are simply synchronicity.

I have a few examples, but I will brief, as I tend to be verbose. The first example came just the other day. After a week of crippling depression, I was in a really great mood. I happen to see a post that struck my interest. I communicated my thoughts about that person's situation. She, in turn, said that I was a blessing because I delivered a message she could not hear. That was nice to see. But, it got better. She sent me a PM that made me feel like a million bucks! I was trying to help her, and she in turn helped me...just when I needed it.

The best example is from a few years ago. I had a nervous breakdown. I was just a hair-shy of being committed (I am sure this will be used against me elsewhere...but, who cares). I was out of work for almost three months. I became acutely agoraphobic, which was very much not like who I was. I tried to rush myself into thinking I was better, and went out too early and caused more damage. When, I finally decided to listen to my doctor, I ventured out at the appropriate time with some friends. It was that night that a man approached me and said he really wanted to get to know me. He is the same man who is currently sleeping in the master bedroom (4 years later). It was that night that I met the person who has treated me with love and compassion; whom I protect, as he protects me. The man who values my "craziness" and my devotion. So, what does this have to do with synchronicity? Did I mention that I was plotting my own demise? I had the insurance papers signed and planned to make it look like an accident (more money for my folks). I hated myself! I felt I was unworthy of anyone's love. Then, when I accepted I wasn't the incarnation of evil and deserved to die and actually began to love myself....BOOM...the gods gave me someone to love me, for me. They gave me a man who loved me and expected me to love myself! So, I got someone to love who loved me and wanted that love to include us both!

The final example (I told you I was verbose), is that when I am feeling down and I think of a particular TV show episode or movie I like, it appears on TV! When I am on late in the night/early AM in DU, I have the TV playing, so it is not a matter of me popping in a DVD. :)

[bliss_eternal]

48. Hey YOU! SO good to SEE you here!

How are you? Total synchronicity, I was just thinking about you while making some fudge for my husband. I was thinking I may pm you to see if you were ok. I've missed seeing you around--I'm so sorry to hear that you've been feeling down. :hug: Hoping you are feeling better.

THAT was an AMAZING story! To think the one night you got out, you met your soulmate. How wonderful is that?!? Look what the Universe did when you got out of your own way(we were talking about this above).

I can't even begin to tell you how sorry I am to hear of what you've been through--the breakdown, the agoraphobia, suicidal--omg.

BehindtheAegis-- I've been on this board at least a year now. In the time that I've been here I've seen many of your posts on threads. You always have an inciteful and interesting perspective to contribute in political discussions.You always have a word of support when people are going through a tough time. You are a major part of this community, don't you dare ever think otherwise! Seriously! You matter, you count and the world of DU (and the world at large) would be dimmer without you. :grouphug:

[Behind the Aegis]

49. LOL! Now "fudge" makes sense!

I was reading another post and the person made a comment about his wife making fudge and I was laughing and the next post I opened (on another thread) was yours! LMAO!

I am feeling better. I apologize for not PM'img more. I am not really good at it. I do it at leisure, but when I am in a "funk," I really can't "see" anything, so I don't try. Today, I got a happy surprise because my partner came home early and has tomorrow (today...Friday) off! When he comes home, the cat goes to the kitchen and sits on the floor waiting for him to come in...I did the same! I can be really silly sometimes. I got to spend the day with him! I talked his ear off! LOL! Bless his heart (and ears), when I am in a good mood, I can babble! Thankfully, he just smiles and nods.

I appreciate your sympathy (actually, your empathy), but you know, as do I, our pains help form us. Fortunately, I survived. It is good for us to share our pain, so that others realize they are not alone. In our pain, others can see their's and realize they are not alone. This forum has become a place that those of different paths can express those fears and concerns and not be mocked and ridiculed.

Your kind words have reached my heart. You, as an artist, still bubbling with expression, open the eyes and hearts of those who are reading these exchanges. Even better, you have opened minds of those who peek in on this room and think something very different about me, and see my posts here and realize there is more to me than mere politics.

So, you deserve a big :hug:, too! You have made me feel very good about myself.

[bliss_eternal]

59. I'm glad you are feeling better--

and I was able to help some...

I agree that sharing IS good. You never know when what you say will help someone else going through something similar will see it and be helped.

I'm going to pm you now--so if and when you see this, check. :hug: again.

Take care!

[FreedomAngel82]

74. I've had your last example before

Once I was at my grandparents on my mom's side and for whatever reason (I think a fight had happened or something like that) I was feeling really down in the dumps. In my head played the theme song of this cartoon that I think is really cute and enjoy watching sometime. Than I had this feeling to turn on the tv and it was that cartoon that was in my head. It was already on the network and everything. Apparently one of my guides was trying to cheer me up. This was back when they used to talk to me. Now days they don't ever talk to me anymore or send messages or anything. :shrug: I don't know what's wrong. It's like they don't even care. But with your question you'll know when it's just luck or if it's something more. You can feel it when it happens.

[hippiegranny]

50. I have tons of these...

One time I heard Deepak Chpra comment that if you see something that seems to be a coincidence, pay attention, the universe is trying to tell you something. Since then, and many examples later, my mantra has been "there are no such things as coincidences!"

Here's a quick one and then I am going to go off line and compose one of the biggest and best ones - which I have been meaning to document for a long time - but due to this thread, decided today is the day. (Talk about synchronicity!) I will be back later with that. Meanwhile...

My partner, our best friend, and said best friend's sister-in-law had just attended a Sarah MacLachlan concert and were heading home. From the backseat and out of the blue, our friend asked her sister in law if she remembered the car fire they saw one time while driving. S-i-l said no she didn't remember, friend replied, "how could you not remember? The car was completely engulfed in flames!" Friend continues that the only other time she saw such a thing was in London when they drove past a bus in flames. Friend and s-i-l continued the conversation until finally something friend said triggered the memory and s-i-l exclaimed, "oh I remember now!" Not even 5 minutes later we see ahead of us flashing lights and a huge orange glow on the other side of the divided highway. As we passed by the car that was COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES we could actually feel the heat through the closed car windows. We all just sat in silence as I continued to drive home. When we arrived we decided that we were supposed to do an angel card reading. What came out of that reading was a major revelation personally and professionally for our friend's s-i-l, and affirmation that our lives with our best friend was many lifetimes interconnected.

[bliss_eternal]

60. Hi hippiegranny!

Wow--that must have been surreal--having her say that out of the blue, then to drive just past one. Gives me chills.

The Deepak Chopra comment is making me think...hard!

Coincidences mean The Universe is trying to tell you something... Hmmmm...

I'm going to be meditating on this today/tonight.

I'm hoping I'll be back later to respond to more of these and to post some of my 'coincidences'(synchronicities). I've thought of others since I posted mine a day or so ago. Since I've started this thread, it seems a lot of stuff is just flowing and I'm becoming aware of more.

Id like to post some of the others I've recalled, It may be fun to allow some of the other posters to this thread to comment on what the Universe may be trying to tell me, on some of the ones I hadn't given as much thought to as I probably should have.

Sorry all, that I'm leaving so soon today--I awoke with a hideous headache today. Going to just relax and allow my body to do what it needs to so this will pass.

:hug:

See you all later!

[Quakerfriend]

51. This has been a great thread to lead up to the holidays with!

Hey everybody, don't forget that we are ALL connected in this universe!

Peace and love to each of you, my friends. And, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!



O8)

[crikkett]

57. I'm sure I summoned a hunk once!

Oh, one last story from me...

Once upon a time, back in the days when I lived alone, when I was much cuter and thinner than I thought I was, I was also eternally late for appointments. This particular morning I had just missed a bus so I thought wtf, call a cab. So I'm waiting the half-hour or so for the cab and I throw in a Jean-Claude Van Damme videotape and set into the task of picking my acrylic fingernails off, stupid worthless things that they are. I went into a sort of meditative state, lost in my task and barely noticing the karate-chops, but I remember thinking to myself, very clearly, that it'd be so nice to meet a pretty, hunky guy with a Belgian accent.

Well, to my amazement and delight, that guy was my cab driver. woof. It was such a sexy ride. I love Belgian accents.

:toast:

[DemExpat]

58. LOL...enjoyed that little story, crikkett....

thanks for sharing....:D

:toast:

DemEx

[bliss_eternal]

61. Yes, crikkett--

Yowza! Sounds like a 'hot' cab ride!

:evilgrin: Thanks for the story--very cool! :hi:

[bliss_eternal]

64. I hope someone is still reading this thread--

because it just happened again, and it's kind of freaking me out! :wow:

Get this, I was just reading on a site--Richard Gere was mentioned on the site. I'm reading about him and then all of a sudden, I heard his voice!! He was on my television at that very moment, in a film I had not predetermined goal of watching.

I decided to look up a photographer I admired--there was an interview on his site and was reading it. He photographed Gere.

[Behind the Aegis]

65. LOL!

Wouldn't it have been better had you heard his voice as he was whispering in your ear? :evilgrin:

[hippiechick]

66. Not sure if this is synchronicity, but ...

... this morning I put on my blue trench coat like I've done almost daily since last winter.
When I got to work and took it off, I noticed something stuck to the front of my sweater. It was
the little peel off memorial Eye of Horus sticker that Bloom made for all of us who attended Kef's funeral last January.

I've worn that coat probably a hundred times since then, and this is the first time the sticker has reappeared. I didn't even remember having it anymore.

And today is Kef's birthday.

O8) Synchronicity, or a hello from 'over there' ? :shrug:

[DemExpat]

67. Oh, hippiechick....

Synchronicity, or a hello from 'over there' ?

I tend to see this type of thing as one in the same anyway - stuff coming from another dimension that we just aren't very aware of so much of the time!

Love it!

DemEx

[Quakerfriend]

68. That's so great! I have often wondered whether he and Andy

were both meant to 'cross over' ahead of what might be 'the perfect storm' (ie, the perfect political storm), so that they would be able to help those here on DU who will be fighting the good fight.O8)

[hippiechick]

69. Exactly. Kef's 'thing' was digging up information ...

... and 2005 has been the year of leaks & bad news for Bush, et al.

Coincidence ? I don't think so. Spirit had a job for him in the home office.


O8)

[Helga Scow Stern]

71. I have a special Christmas synchronicity story....

we were driving in the middle of the night, from Ojai in Southern California to Boise, Idaho, in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve Day, around 2:30am. We had been driving for hours and hours and were finally on that long stretch of hiway with no towns for a hundred miles or more, after Winnemucca, Nevada, into Oregon. Suddenly we had a flat tire. My son was driving and he pulled over and started to change the tire, but his little brother had exchanged the lug wrench for his fancy new rims so he couldn't tighten the nuts onto the spare. He was just about to tell his little brother, who was helping him, "We need to flag down the next car and see if they have a wrench that will work," when just then a car finally came along the empty highway, passed us, then slowed down and backed up, pulling in right behind us.

He had the right wrench and as the tire was being fixed to the wheel, the two young men talked. Not only was the young man who stopped also from Ojai, but he was a student at Thomas Acquinas University there. My son remembered that he had helped a stranger who was stranded a few months back, who was also from that same school, a guy he helped with a name like Elijah, and he asked if the one helping us knew of anyone with a name like that. He did.

Small world or synchronicity? We felt protected the rest of the trip.

By the way, the truck we were in was not from Ojai. It was a big diesel rig from Bakersfield. And Thomas Acquinas University is an obscure little place up in the canyon. These two men are the only people we have ever met from there in all the years we have been in Ojai.

[bliss_eternal]

75. Thank you for sharing, Ojai Person!

That's a great story, I really enjoyed reading it! So amazing how right at that moment the right person came along and he was linked to your son in a way!

:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

76. Just thought of one I'd like to share--

I dropped out of college years ago. I got burned out physically and emotionally. I worked several jobs just to stay in school. I also had a emotional damn within, from years of abuse at the hands of my family that burst from the pressure and I finally collapsed. :crazy:

Being alone from necessity, I had no support (financial or emotional) to make it through school. A counselor that helped get me into that college shared his disappointment with me frequently by comparing me to another student (from my high school) that started at the same time that I did. He expected more from me than her, as he considered me more promising than her for some reason. He thought I was smarter or something. It always bothered me that he did this, partially because he had no understanding of just how difficult it was for me to survive, much less to complete school. :grr::banghead:

Still despite my knowing that he 'didn't get it' it still bothered me. I knew that the young woman he compared me to had parental support to get through school and maybe wasn't what one may think of as 'gifted' but we were different and had different situations. It was unfair of him to compare us in any way. But it still nagged at me--that if she could finish, maybe he was right and I should have been able to, somehow... :silly:

So this from time to time was nagging at me, seeping into my consciousness to kick me in the ass and tell me I wasn't good enough, that my life today somehow was not good enough.

About a month ago, after a haircut, I stopped in a store in the area of the hair salon, to pick up something. When I got in line to pay for my items I noticed the woman in front of me. She was nice to the cashier, had a designer bag, perfectly manicured hands and pedicured feet. She seemed older, like my aunt or cousin's age. For some reason she turned to look at me, and smiled--I smiled back. Suddenly she does a double take and says, "BLISS!" In an instant I realized this woman was the one my college counselor compared me to!! Standing right in front of me in line! I felt badly as I didn't recognize her right away as she did me, it was her voice that clued me in--she said I looked exactly the same, (not entirely true--lol) but I guess enough like I did then to be recognized. The person I thought was my aunt or cousin's age (at least ten years older) was my age!!! :wow:

We exchanged pleasantries and she revealed she was a school counselor, working in the area, she lived in a middle to upper middle class area that I'm familiar with. When her transaction was finished she got out of there FAST! She didn't linger to talk or find out more about me, or to reveal anymore of herself.

I thought of this all the way home and even now as I type this. It wasn't a coincidence that of all the people I could 'run into' I would see her. The Universe wanted me to see her.

Yes, she had the degree, the career, all the credit cards in her designer bag but something was missing. She seemed so different than I remembered. She was MUCH heavier physically, which was part of why I didn't recognize her. I could be off on my assessment, but she didn't seem happy.

Maybe I could have had THAT life and all that went with it--and I KNOW in my heart, I wouldn't be any happier for it. I would hate being chained to a desk 40 hours a week. I NEEDED to SEE her to know this. To know that my counselor's attempt to shame me, was his issue, not mine. I've lived the life I have for a reason, and my path was not hers.

I suddenly remembered that in college, she was the kind of girl that followed others...who hung out with a group of people that treated her badly (that she hated), just to belong. I wouldn't have remembered that had I not seen her again, and seen the look in her eyes when she recognized me. I recalled her telling me (back then)how awful they treated her, but she didn't know what to do. She didn't want to be alone, or try to make other friends. But it was obvious to her that they were cliquish and careless of her feelings. I recall feeling badly for her. More so now than ever, because she spoke of it in terms of not having a choice in the matter--she just hung out with them because she wanted to belong, not because she liked being with them.

Anyway, this got really long. Sorry everyone.:hi:

Just thought it was an interesting synchronicity that the Universe presented me with the very person I was made to feel badly about not measuring up to.

[NMDemDist2]

77. here's a perfect example

I had to turn over a situation to the universe and wait for the "coincidences" as I spoke about up thread

and here's one of the things I got back so far (among others)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=15577&mesg_id=15606

[I Have A Dream]

78. We just had a wonderful example. Someone posted a thread asking...

whether anyone's heard from Nancy Waterman and less than 24 hours later, she shows up! I love it when things like this happen.