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sunny wrote:I love synchronicity threads. Just last night I wondered aloud to my husband if Teddy Pendergrass was still alive.
Luposapien wrote:Ok. Here's mine. I've thought of posting this here before and not worked up the motivation, but it's a slow day at work, the supervisor is out, and it's almost exactly 3 years after it occurred, so I figure "What the hell?".
Sometime in the early morning (not sure exactly what time, but pre-dawn), I woke out of a dream. In the dream, I was sitting in an apartment on a couch, having a conversation with Robert Anton Wilson. I know he's not a favorite of everyone here, but he was pretty influential for me when I first started really breaking free of my early childhood conditioning from growing up in the LDS church (Mormon's, for those that don't recognize the official name), and I've always found myself to be very much in sync with his take on things. We were sitting there, passing a bong back and forth, and having what I knew was a very interesting and important conversation (though I can't for the life of me remember what about). As an aside, there was also a heavy undertone of paranoia, where I realized, in the way you do in dreams, that we were being watched and recorded from the other side of a one-way mirror by some spooky individuals.
In any case, when I woke out of this dream, it really stuck with me. Most mornings, my dreams fade fairly quickly, but this one didn't. Also, I almost NEVER dream about artists or celebrities of any kind, regardless of how much I enjoy their work, and I just couldn't stop trying to remember what it was we were talking about with each other.
That afternoon I ended up going by a bookstore that’s down the street from where I work, and decided to see if they had any RAW that I hadn’t read before. They did, but money was a little tight, so I decided to let it go.
Later that day I heard from a friend of mine (whom I have not spoken with in quite some time, but who lurks here pretty regularly, or at least used to), who happens to share my same first name- not an incredibly rare name, but rare enough that he is the only friend I’ve ever had that shared it- and who is one of the few people I know personally that shares an interest in RAW, that Robert had passed away early that morning, Jan. 11th, at 4:50 a.m. Roughly the time I was having that dream. At this point, I decided that I should go back and pick up that book after all, which ended up dealing quite a bit with the topic of synchronicity, and which, in the process of reading, I experienced several synchronous moments.
So, there you have it. Perhaps not the most mind-bogglingly insane sync ever, but definitely my favorite personal one.
[Edited, out of hyper-obsessiveness, to limit uses of the phrase "In any case" to one, and on further edit, to remove a transitional phrase that made absolutely no sense.]
Nordic wrote:sunny wrote:I love synchronicity threads. Just last night I wondered aloud to my husband if Teddy Pendergrass was still alive.
I don't think that's synchronicity, I think that's, uh, for lack of a better term, being somewhat clairvoyant.
You picked up on it, somehow, somewhere.
BTW your avatar is absolutely beautiful. I love looking at it.
Yesterday I had a little day job, a commercial shoot, a political spot (yes, they're already starting to make those). I was working with people I had never worked with before. We had two of everybody. Two Johns, two Phil's, two of a bunch of other names. It was kind of weird. THEN, one of the guys it turned out was Haitian American. I've been working in this business since the mid 80's and I don't think I've ever worked with anyone remotely associated with Haiti. He has family there, said they'd gotten ahold of everyone and they were okay.
Just weird.
These kinds of things happen in Los Angeles all the time. If you go out and run errands, you'll see several of everything. There's always a theme for the day, even in traffic. If someone suddenly makes a U-turn right in front of you, causing you to slam on your brakes, it will happen probably two more times while you're out. If you see a one armed guy in a wheelchair, you're likely to see two more. If you see a hot blond plugging a parking meter, you'll see two more a few minutes later.
It's really strange.
Cordelia wrote:Allegro wrote:I’ll be back later with one of my stories, and some questions, too.
I look forward to this. (I love your avatar.)
Allegro wrote:In June, 2003 ... I was curious about Derek’s enterprise, and went to surf his site, Smile At You.*
*Before putting this piece into RI, I visited the Smile At You dot com url, and it’s presently a web site the kind of which we would’ve seen when years ago we first began building our own sites. The esthetic of the site is minimal, clearly an archive for something I don't understand because most of the text is written in perhaps a western European language unfamiliar to me. The site is now peculiar.
Zap wrote:I have been paying attention to synchronicities for the pasty few years and recording them when interesting ones occur; here's one I enjoyed that happened over Christmastime this year:
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Wanting a photo of the old note with the Silly Putty I’d just gotten for Christmas, I looked around the living room for the blob that had been floating around constantly for the past couple of weeks … but it was nowhere to be found.
So instead, I went and found the container that the putty had come in. It was only then, next to my letter to Santa, that the tin’s slogan made any sense to me. “Get what you want,” indeed …
1986 Letter to Santa ("I want Silly Putty") + 2009 Silly Putty Xmas Tin ("Get what you want"):
http://teapotshappen.files.wordpress.co ... putty1.jpg
Allegro wrote:_____________
Thanks to brainpanhandler’s answer to TheDuke’s question wrt developing awarenesses to synchronicities.
I mentioned up thread that I would ask some questions, but I’m a newbie to the board, and this thread belongs to TheDuke. So, if s/he wishes, we may (or not) proceed discussing three assumptions I have in mind about synchronicity and intuition, the subjects of which could take some time and effort to respond to, I think. So, to TheDuke: it’s your choice.
By way of note, I’ve lurked since sometime in 2004 after googling the word intuition, and discovered Jeff Wells and the blog, Rigorous Intuition. I first boggled at Jeff’s mastery of graphic arts, then boggled at his topics and writings and responders’ comments, then finally entered still as a lurker onto this board. I’m out now, if only virtually, to contribute as I am able.
The very best to all.
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http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/learn/meanings/hangedman.shtml wrote:THE HANGED MAN
Basic Card Symbols
A man hanging by one foot from a Tau cross - sometimes from a bar or tree. His free leg is always bent to form a "4," his face is always peaceful, never suffering. Sometimes his hands are bound, sometimes they dangle. Sometimes coins fall out of his pockets or hands.
Basic Tarot Story
The Fool settles beneath a tree, intent on finding his spiritual self. There he stays for nine days, without eating, barely moving. People pass by him, animals, clouds, the wind, the rain, the stars, sun and moon. On the ninth day, with no conscious thought of why, he climbs a branch and dangles upside down like a child, giving up for a moment, all that he is, wants, knows or cares about. Coins fall from his pockets and as he gazes down on them - seeing them not as money but only as round bits of metal - everything suddenly changes perspective. It is as if he's hanging between the mundane world and the spiritual world, able to see both. It is a dazzling moment, dreamlike yet crystal clear. Connections he never understood before are made, mysteries are revealed.
But timeless as this moment of clarity seems, he realizes that it will not last. Very soon, he must right himself, and when he does, things will be different. He will have to act on what he's learned. For now, however, he just hangs, weightless as if underwater, observing, absorbing, seeing.
Angels watching over me with smiles upon their face
Coz I have made it through this far in an unforgiving place
It feels sometimes this is too steep for a girl like me to climb
But I must knock those guards right down I do it in my own time
I don't care (care care)
I'm half way there (nowhere)
On a road that leads me to straight to who knows where
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
Watchin people scurry by rushing to and fro
Oh this world is such a crazy place it's all about the go go go
Sometimes life can taste so sweet When you slow it down
You start to see the world a little differently When you turn it upside down
I don't care (care care)
I'm half way there (nowhere)
And I'm just soaking up the magic in the air
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
(Whoa Whoa Whoa)
You gotta slow it down
(Yeah Yeah Yeah)
But then you pick it up
(Whoa Yeah Whoa)
C'mon and try a little topsy-turvy back-to-front the right way round
Take it slow slow slow (You gotta pick it up)
Yeah Yeah Yeah (See you slow it down)
Yo Yo Yo (Tell me something something)
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
HoL wrote:Popular music replaces the spiritual songs of the Church, Pete Townsend said. I didn't realise it could also be used as a divination device, but you live and learn. I guess that's what Jeff has been doing with the Dylan lyrics all these years. As soon as I heard the album by Paloma Faith, just before Christmas, I was certain the lyrics were meaningful, but I wasn't sure how or why. It's becoming clearer.
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