Omens
and Coincidences
Omen:
Greek origin: “Oiomai” meaning I suppose, I think, I believe.
Latin:
“Audire” meaning to hear.
Porto-Indo-European:
Omen: a sighting, or to believe.
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While
looking for information about synchronicity, I ran across this article titled, “The
Truth About Manifestation and Synchronicity and Omens.” The minute I read the
title I felt a chill go up my spine. Here’s why: we have associated omen with
something bad that’s about to happen. Evil omen, in other words. This
interpretation of the word “omen” was very intentionally supported and heralded
by the church beginning in the 16th century. There were highly
intuitive people who were tuned into such things as “signs” and meaningful coincidences,
even precognition, that the church could not control so it rebranded the word
to mean something evil. And the people who possessed these abilities were also
branded—as witches. And you know the rest.
The
truth is, first, that this is not “Nanoo-Nanoo,” or New-age nonsense. Intuition is simply understanding something
without activating the left hemisphere of the brain—the verbal, fact-based,
reasoning side. It is a right-brain phenomenon and therefore is visual,
auditory, or a non-verbal feeling. It is when you know something without
scientific evidence—something like faith. Omens are sign-posts, sometimes
metaphors or clues pointing to a message. The meaning of any omen is up to the
observer to unravel.
The
ancients equated the unconscious mind with the soul, so messages that came by
way of dreams, for instance, or by less-than-scientific inquiry were messages
from the soul or the universe. An example might be randomly opening a book,
reading whatever is on that page, and finding meaning in it—perhaps the answer
to a question that’s been on your mind. Some of the most ancient means of
divination qualify as omens—like the I Ching, or the Rune stones. When we ask a
question of the gods, or the universe, or God, and receive an answer, that
answer may come in word form, or in the form of meaningful coincidences. But
only we will make the connection.
There is
a quote that has been variously attributed to Paul Coelho, Ralph Waldo Emmerson,
and Joseph Campbell that says, “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires
to make it happen.” So, do we manifest the answers to our questions? Or does
the movement of the universal soul produce the question and then provide the
answer? When we whole-heartedly ask questions do we trust the universe to
answer them? Perhaps the goodness or badness of our omens depend upon whether,
as Einstein suggested, we believe the universe to be a friendly place or not. I’ll
leave you to decide that one for yourself.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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