Kay Carlson wrote to me about her encounters with the Master Number 22, which is a powerful reminder of our spiritual roots. "One night early in my second pregnancy, I was startled out of sleep by loud static from our television in the den. I sat up and looked at the digital clock and the time was 2:22 am. When I went into the den I saw that the TV was tuned to Channel 22, a channel we did not have at the time. My husband said the dog most likely jumped up on the couch and hit the remote. Who knows? All I know is that ever since, whenever I just happen to glance at a clock, it is 22 past any given hour. I see 22 on television programs, movies, dates, but mostly on clocks. I glanced down at my vehicle odometer recently, and it had just rolled over to 22, 222 miles! At first I was frightened and confused, but I now feel comforted knowing that there is a higher power and purpose behind all of this."

The Synchronistic Effect

Noticing the repeated presence of special numbers has the effect of turning up the volume on our every day life, lifting us to a higher plane of understanding ourselves and our place in the Universe.

Another stimulating effect is seeing our dreams come true. Rosalie, an outgoing forty-year-old massage therapist, shared several stories which show just how clearly and quickly the Universe can answer our desires. Rosalie said, "I've always been lucky, and I always follow my intuition. Several years ago, I was working as a temp, and I went to interview at a store. The manager was too busy with customers to talk to me. Something told me not to leave, and it just came to me to say, 'I'll work for you one hour without pay to get these customers served. If you don't like me you don't have to pay me.' She let me do it, and by the end of the hour, she said, 'Wow you are great!' and by the end of the month I was the supervisor."

Signals or Triggers

Three years later, as Rosalie was driving to another temp agency, a beautiful office building caught her attention. She thought to herself that she'd like to work there. She asked the interviewer at the agency if there were any jobs in that building. A day later the interviewer called and said, 'You won't believe this, but an administrative job at a newspaper just opened up in that building." Rosalie not only got the temporary job, but when a permanent job came up--even though she didn't have the college degree necessary-she got promoted. Five years later she became a reporter, and was eventually elected editor of the newspaper.

Next, Rosalie got the travel bug from her Finnish boyfriend who talked about seeing the world. The next thing she knew, she was part of a huge lay-off in her company, and received a $6,000 final check, which allowed her to travel to the foreign countries she had always wanted to see. "I had the time and the money, so it was time to go."

Intention, Positive Expectation, and Direct Action

I noticed Rosalie's stories almost always included positive statements about what she wanted (intentions), and that she often took direct action on her intuition. For example, on her travels, Rosalie promised herself that when she returned, she would only take work she really enjoyed. She says, "One day when I got back, I was listening to the radio, and heard about a new aquarium opening up in San Francisco. Ever since I was a child, I've wanted to be a diver in an aquarium. I already had my scuba driver certification, so I decided to call them up. They said the department wasn't quite open yet, and transferred me to a voice mail. I left a long message thinking it was the Human Resource department. I was excited when they called me for an interview, because I've always been offered a job when I go for an interview [italics added]. Amazingly, the woman I met with didn't even interview me. She just shook my hand and said, 'Welcome aboard, how much diving do you want to do? We only have a clerical position open.' I said that I wanted to dive as much as possible, and she said, 'Would two days a week work for you?' Everything worked out great. I set up a whole office for her and trained the staff and then did the scuba diving. I had always wanted to work in the shark tank to get over my fear of sharks, and so now I have over a 1,000 hours of swimming with the sharks.

"This woman told me after I was hired that there had been dozens of resumes from experienced dive masters who were turned down for the job. I couldn't help asking her why it was so easy for me to get hired? She said, 'You know, when I met you, I thought you were a personal friend of the president because you left your message on his voicemail, and he told me to call you!'" Rosalie worked at the aquarium for three years, was interviewed for Sport Diver Magazine and her segment was aired on ESPN. She is now recognized as a professional sport diver.

Rosalie has been able to "fall" into other opportunities, which matched her goals. "In addition to my diving experiences, I worked in yacht sales, which allowed me to earn my skipper's license. I always wanted to be a teacher, and I'm now a certified instructor in a holistic massage school."

Rosalie also remembers major turns of good luck when travelling. Once, she accidentally left her purse on a Swedish ship. Realizing it on the train a half hour later, she mentioned it to the conductor, who said, "Oh, no, that ship's long gone on its way back to Germany! Let me see what I can do." Within an hour the conductor told her the ship had turned around for her, and they had put her purse in a taxi. "When I got off the train, three uniformed men came up to me and said, 'Are these your belongings? Welcome to Sweden.'" Another time in England she missed the last train to Thirsk. A train conductor heard her plight, disappeared for a moment, and came back with a cab driver, who drove her to her cousin's house (an hour trip) at no cost. Compliments of British Rail, he said.

Assume the Universe is Conspiring on Your Behalf

The lessons Rosalie has learned? "You have a dream for a reason. Put your dream out to the universe and trust that what you need to accomplish it will be provided. I feel like I can just talk out loud and wish for something to happen and it does. I don't give myself credit for what has happened. I have to say it's a Higher Power behind all this, even though I am not a religious person."

Rosalie confided that she believes these good things happen to her because her dad is watching over her. Rosalie was five when her Dad died. "Two years later, I was sleeping with my Mom, and I woke up suddenly. I saw what looked to me like an Angel. I thought I should be scared but I wasn't. I have never felt so peaceful in my whole life. It was a miraculous feeling that I have never been able to duplicate since then. I remember pinching myself, Am I awake? I couldn't speak. The Angel drifted toward my Mom's side of the bed, and they started talking in whispers. I must have fallen asleep again, because the next day I woke up thinking that the Angel was so real, it couldn't have been a dream. My mom was already in the kitchen cooking breakfast, and she was saying to her boyfriend the same thing: 'It couldn't have been a dream.' I said, 'Mom, are you talking about the Angel that walked into the room last night? Who was that?' Mom said, 'That was your father. It wasn't a dream, it was very real.' Mom said he told her that he came from 'beyond beyond' and pointed to the sky. He wanted to make sure the family was okay and that she was doing all right with me and my eleven brothers and sisters. I do think my Dad is watching over me."

Reverse Synchronicity?

Sometimes synchronicity seems to set in motion big advances in our lives, and then stops for some reason. John Aiken recounted a time when he and a friend came up with a good business idea. Things started falling into place. They made good contacts, found a workspace, bought equipment, but just before they were to open for business, his friend pulled out. "I feel like I can make things happen to a certain point," says John, "but then it seems to stop. I thought about doing the project by myself, but didn't follow through."

I was curious to know if John had any warning intuitions during the synchronistic flow -- ones that he might have disregarded. "I don't remember, but this was not the first time I had had this kind of start and stop experience. Maybe the lesson for me is that I put too much faith in other people. Maybe it's been wishful thinking that they will help me get something going. I have a million ideas, but I think my lesson is to take myself more seriously and connect to my own internal power."

As John was telling me about his pattern of getting embroiled with people who didn't come through as promised, I couldn't help wonder what indications of these problems might show up in his numerology chart. A quick study told us that he has a karmic issue with leadership (the karmic number 19/1 appeared three times in his chart). The number 19 means that he chose a lifetime to learn how to stand up for his ideas, and take responsibility for offering them to as large an audience as possible (as shown by his Nine Destiny, which stands for culture, spirituality, and the masses).

Stalled

Sometimes when it seems that synchronicity has stalled, it gives us a chance to rethink what we are doing that is not working. When you feel stalled, ask yourself:

Trust in the Flow

Vanessa Longul from Canada loves how synchronicity appears in her life and continues to open new doors. A registered nurse with a brand-new baby, Vanessa and her husband, Tom, are both musicians. Her goal is to develop a full-time career in music management. "I feel that if I am open to new opportunities and aware of my intuition, a lot will happen. This spring I decided not to take a part time job, in order to work on my music bookings. Once I started setting my intention for the bookings, they flowed in. I also got emails for flute lessons and bookings for Tom and myself."

To increase her synchronistic flow, Vanessa is also trying to be more loving and less judgmental to herself and others. Yoga helps her stay centered, and she focuses on the idea of meeting good people who can help her go to the next step. "I had a couple of incidents where I met people I was wanting to meet. For example I love Dan Gibson's yoga music. I just met a woman who works for him, and she can get me his CDs wholesale! Tom and I were playing a gig at a remote venue and a musician I had wanted to book happened to be there, and he was looking for management. I was also looking to connect with a certain woman I had met once. I didn't know where to find her, but within a week I ran into her in the supermarket, and she was very receptive to my questions and gave me her contact number. Tom and I had been looking for a violin player for our band. I just knew we would find the right person. Two days later we got the name and number of a violinist, who was looking for the same kind of band as we have. He's working out really well." (NOTE: I italicized Vanessa's belief that she would find the right person as an example of a positive belief that magnetizes results.)

Vanessa continues, "The music is going great, and I wanted to supplement it with a part-time nursing job. One day it popped into my mind to call one particular agency, and it turned out they had a day-time position, which is usually very hard to get. I'm happy to have it, but if it detracts from my music business, I may rethink doing it. I think it's important not to go just for the paycheck, if it limits your flow in the direction you really want to go. It is scary to take that risk, but I am trying to trust the universal energy to match my intentions."

Journal of Synchronicity

Vanessa started writing a journal in May about her coincidences. She feels it increases her awareness of how her day has gone. She looks for little clues she might have overlooked in the moment. "I seem to be able to attract who and what I need. If you don't have any restrictions on where you end up, it could be anywhere!" Vanessa Longul is open to meeting and booking musicians who do original folk music. Please contact her at milnemanagement@cogeco.ca.

Happy August,
Carol Adrienne