Synchronicity
I was surprised when I heard my ex-husband voice
on the phone. Jerry had not called for years, not since our daughter was younger. (He
lived in Memphis and I lived in Spring, Texas.) He didn't sound alarmed, so I
relaxed. We exchanged greetings then he said, "I met Barbara Taylor today." I
flipped, "You mean my childhood friend from Greenville." "Yes." He replied.
Then he told the story. He and his wife attended a neighborhood meeting and
afterwards they went to a nearby restaurant. They spotted a couple who attended
the same meeting and found themselves in line beside them. My ex is very social
so he invited them to join them for dinner. The couple accepted and they were seated.
Jerry began the normal social small talk and asked the woman, where she was
from. She told him Greenville, N.C. He was taken aback given he spent four years
there in college. They began exchanging Greenville stories. Then he told her he married a girl from
Greenville. She asked who and when he said "Anne Sermons," she was visibly
affected. "Anne was one of my best friends growing up. She lived beside me. She
was my friend, mentor and teacher." ...Wow, the odds of them now being neighbors.
Jerry wanted to include her husband, John, in the conversation (he told me he
just asked to be polite; he felt guilty about hogging the conversation) so he
inquired about his hometown. John replied, "I'm from Greenwood, MS." This time
Jerry's wife reacted, "I married a man from Greenwood, MS." "No, way what was
his name?" "I married King Shurtleff." Next comes the kicker. John replied, "He
was one of my best friends. We even went to college together."
So weird huh? John
and Barbara turn out to childhood friends with my ex-husband and his wife's
former spouses. I contacted Barbara and on my next visit to Memphis; we had a
wonderful reunion. It had been 40 years since we'd seen each other.
Carl Jung coined the term, "Synchronicity." He defined
the word as meaningful coincidence. We are connected. Most people can easily
wrap their heads around this, but synchronicity is like a universal expletive -
life is not a random event.
My teleseminar next week is on synchronicity. Join me March
8 at 2 PM CST. Call Number (209) 647-1600 Access Code 539554 #
Appreciate and Take the Stairs Holiday
I have chosen to make everyday a holiday. Instead of a
citizen's arrest, I make a citizen's attest. Today is the "Appreciate and
Take the Stairs" National Holiday. I hereby recognize and declare it
so. Everyone knows that we get more
exercise when we take the stairs. Would more people take the stairs if it were
fun? To honor all the stairs in our lives and what they do
by getting us from one level to the other, take the stairs whenever you can
today. If you have a two story home make an extra nonproductive trip up and
down the stairs to salute all humble and thankless years of service rendered.
I remember the stairs in the home of my youth. My sister and
I used to slide down them on our butts or construct a magic carpet, made by an area
rug; we'd hop on and rush down the stairs. What fun. Even though we sold the
family home in Greenville, NC, I still ride by from time to time when I'm in
the area. I know the stairs are still standing and hope some cute little kid is
getting butt rub on those stairs. Happy National Appreciate and Take the Stairs
Day.
Check out this amazing video on how to get people to exercise more through fun.
News on EZosophy Wednesday Seminars.
Call (209) 647-1600 Conference Call Number Access Code 539554 # You must have the access code to get into the call.
February 29 "Radical Presence: Nonduality"
March 8 "Synchronicity"
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The
Houston Lodge of the
Theosophical Society
Centenary Celebration March 16-17, 2012
Houston, TX.
Join
us as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary
of the founding of
The Houston Lodge of the
Houston Theosophical Society
Fri., Mar. 16th
6:30pm -
8:30pm
Dr. Jill Carroll
will speak on
Theosophy in America -
Facing the Future
with Ancient Wisdom
Rice
University, Sewall Hall, Room #309
Social begins
at 6:30pm
For Map & Parking info contact me
Sat.,
Mar. 17th
10:00am -
4:00pm
Tim Boyd
President of
the
Theosophical
Society
in
America
will lead a Full-Day Workshop on
Desirelessness -
The Difficult Qualification
St. Thomas University,
Crooker Center,
Council of
Clubs Rm.
For
Map & Parking info click Here
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Thoughts to Ponder
"We play a deadly game with ourselves of emotional
terrorism. We shoot with our thoughts. Our minds become unstable. Like an
atomic bomb, the cloud is beautiful, but the fallout is hell." ASG |
"The end of the struggle is always here." Laura Wrenn
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"What you resist persists. By now, everyone's
received the memo. Another way to say the same and give that thought another
name, "Resistance bears fruit. It gives you more of what you don't want.
Resistance is frutile."
Idea sent in by Jo Lenhart
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See video below and join Anne February 29 at 2 PM CST for a free teleseminar on "Radical Presence: Nondualism"
In 1997 my mind jumped from its familiar space, being identified with my
personhood, to a space of being something much more. All my wants,
needs and desires left. There was nothing more to do because I felt
complete satisfaction and peace in my life. Coming back to the day to
day life was strange, because all that I had been doing before the
change, was preparing for the possibility of satisfaction in life. Once
the satisfaction , came, then what. In 1998, I closed my church,
published my first book and moved to Houston, Texas. For 15 years I've
been integrating the vastness of this realization into my life. Today I
share that journey.
Some call this nonduality. I call it Radical Presence.
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