Tongoenabiago
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Does life give us signs? Does life itself force us to grow? Or are the gods trying to "force" us onto the path of growth?
I recently learned about the concept of "synchronicity", I believe it was most widely disseminated by Carl Jung, but I'm not sure of the history behind the concept. But in the most concise way, I'll take an excerpt from Wikipedia because I don't know how to explain it without writing a long text hahaha:
"In simple terms, synchronicity is the experience of two (or more) events occurring that coincide in a way that is meaningful to the person(s) experiencing this "meaningful coincidence", where this meaning suggests an underlying pattern, a synchronicity"
After learning about this term, I realized that I was closed off to the world, both in trying to understand the signs of the gods and in life itself.
After a moment of reflection, I tried to observe the events around me and I noticed great opportunities for growth and at the same time for facing pain. What I am saying is, just as an example, I was obsessed with something that came into my life to the point of feeling a lot of desire and jealousy for it... after I changed my perspective to understand, for example, "man, why did this come into my life? Why can't I get it and it's only hurting me?" Then I understood that maybe it was a sign from life or from the gods themselves that I should improve or heal this aspect of jealousy and desire/possession in me in order to either grow spiritually or to obtain what I would like.
My question is: is this how the gods or life give us signs? (when we can't talk to them directly)
Is this a right or wrong way to also try to see life and our pain?
Or is this really just crazy and makes no sense at all? hahaha
I recently learned about the concept of "synchronicity", I believe it was most widely disseminated by Carl Jung, but I'm not sure of the history behind the concept. But in the most concise way, I'll take an excerpt from Wikipedia because I don't know how to explain it without writing a long text hahaha:
"In simple terms, synchronicity is the experience of two (or more) events occurring that coincide in a way that is meaningful to the person(s) experiencing this "meaningful coincidence", where this meaning suggests an underlying pattern, a synchronicity"
After learning about this term, I realized that I was closed off to the world, both in trying to understand the signs of the gods and in life itself.
After a moment of reflection, I tried to observe the events around me and I noticed great opportunities for growth and at the same time for facing pain. What I am saying is, just as an example, I was obsessed with something that came into my life to the point of feeling a lot of desire and jealousy for it... after I changed my perspective to understand, for example, "man, why did this come into my life? Why can't I get it and it's only hurting me?" Then I understood that maybe it was a sign from life or from the gods themselves that I should improve or heal this aspect of jealousy and desire/possession in me in order to either grow spiritually or to obtain what I would like.
My question is: is this how the gods or life give us signs? (when we can't talk to them directly)
Is this a right or wrong way to also try to see life and our pain?
Or is this really just crazy and makes no sense at all? hahaha