Grace of God Meditation and synchronicity

Hello, All,

Over the past 2-3 weeks I've experienced a particular meditation coming my
way from different sources. Here's an example:

I'd been meditating with First Shakti Mantra (from Divine Mother Meditation
in Transitions to a Heart Centered World) for several weeks and seemed to be
having a hard time getting into it. I meditated with the mantra regularly
and felt like something wasn't connecting. One night I attended a class,
and during the rest period the teacher began singing to us. I quickly
realized she was singing the First Shakti Mantra. It went right to my
heart. She taught it to the class and we sang it as the closing meditation.
The melodic version of this mantra was a revelation to me. I didn't want to
stop singing it, either out loud or in my mind. Sometimes it was there when
I woke up in the morning.

I realize it could be a coincidence that the teacher taught this form of the
mantra at just the time I needed it, but I can't help feeling there's more
to it than random coincidence. I like to think of it as synchroniciy, what
Carl Jung described as "meaningful coincidence".

My latest example of this involves the Grace of God meditation. After class
one evening a few weeks ago I was talking with the teacher and she asked if
I'd ever done Grace of God meditation. I told her I wasn't familiar with
it, and she emailed instructions to me a few days later. I began doing the
meditation several times a week.

Last weekend, Gururattan published the preliminary version of NMB #52. I
saw it Monday a.m., but didn't have time to read it fully since I had to get
to work. However, as I scrolled through it, I saw the meditation -- Grace
of God!

I take note when a meditation twice arrives in my Inbox in two weeks. Has
anyone else noticed this type of synchronicity?

(PS... I've found that First Shakti Mantra and Grace of God seem to go
together. For me, they both have heart-opening effects that lead me to feel
less critical of other people and more accepting.)

Sat Nam

Chris B

Chris B wrote:
>
> Hello, All,
>
> Over the past 2-3 weeks I've experienced a particular meditation
> coming my
> way from different sources. Here's an example:
>
> I'd been meditating with First Shakti Mantra (from Divine Mother
> Meditation
> in Transitions to a Heart Centered World) for several weeks and seemed
> to be
> having a hard time getting into it. I meditated with the mantra
> regularly
> and felt like something wasn't connecting. One night I attended a
> class,
> and during the rest period the teacher began singing to us. I quickly
> realized she was singing the First Shakti Mantra. It went right to my
> heart. She taught it to the class and we sang it as the closing
> meditation.
> The melodic version of this mantra was a revelation to me. I didn't
> want to
> stop singing it, either out loud or in my mind. Sometimes it was
> there when
> I woke up in the morning.
>
> I realize it could be a coincidence that the teacher taught this form
> of the
> mantra at just the time I needed it, but I can't help feeling there's
> more
> to it than random coincidence. I like to think of it as synchroniciy,
> what
> Carl Jung described as "meaningful coincidence".
>
> My latest example of this involves the Grace of God meditation. After
> class
> one evening a few weeks ago I was talking with the teacher and she
> asked if
> I'd ever done Grace of God meditation. I told her I wasn't familiar
> with
> it, and she emailed instructions to me a few days later. I began
> doing the
> meditation several times a week.
>
> Last weekend, Gururattan published the preliminary version of NMB
> #52. I
> saw it Monday a.m., but didn't have time to read it fully since I had
> to get
> to work. However, as I scrolled through it, I saw the meditation --
> Grace
> of God!
>
> I take note when a meditation twice arrives in my Inbox in two weeks.
> Has
> anyone else noticed this type of synchronicity?
>
> (PS... I've found that First Shakti Mantra and Grace of God seem to go
> together. For me, they both have heart-opening effects that lead me
> to feel
> less critical of other people and more accepting.)
>
> Sat Nam
>
> Chris B
>
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Sat Nam Cris-
I read your email and was smiling the whole way through! I actually
began studying ky as a result of syncronicity. I had been basically
searching for something, not quite sure what, regarding spirituality.
I was just very thirsty and wasn't feeling satisfied with attending
church. In fact, I usually left church feeling worse. But I felt that
way not because of what attending church did, but rather what it
didn't do. I had gone expecting to feel something or get something
out of it that I didn't get. So the 'worse' feeling was from my
disappointment.

Anyways, I was doing some reading on various spiritual texts and came
across an excerpt that Edgar Cayce had written regarding Jesus. And
as I read it, it made so much sense to me. I could 'feel' what he had
written. And there was a reference to kundalini and chakras but it
wasn't explained further. I was completely surprised because I
recognised his name from grocery store tabloids, but had never read
anything about him (due to my prejudice against the tabloids). So I
immediately went to look for more info on Cayce. On his website he
had another article on kundalini and chakras and what they were. He
also highly recommended kundalini yoga. At this point, I was still
in 'research' mode and wasn't totally committed to following through
with the kundalini or kundalini yoga. And up to this piont, I had
never heard the word chakra or kundalini before in my life. About a
week later I was watching an episode of CSI (a US tv show) and it
involved buddhist monks and the one scene had several comments
regarding chakras. As the word chakras was being said on tv, I just
sat their with my mouth wide open. The next day I went looking for
some videos/books on kundalini yoga and started my practice. And I
found the kundaliniyoga.org website (and this board) a few weeks
after that.

So, long answer to your question, 'yes, I have experienced
syncronicity'. If something happens once, I chalk it up to
coincidence. If it happens twice, I begin to consider it. If it
happens 3 times, I get up off my bottom and move!

Christa

I must have somehow missed #52 of the New Millenium Being which someone said
has the Grace of God Meditation. Can someone forward it to me. On the NMB
site it only has through #46
Thanks
Julia

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