How to Tell the Difference Between a Sign and a Coincidence (Blog)

[Erin Pavlina]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Erin Pavlina's blog:

How to Tell the Difference Between a Sign and a Coincidence

[cacheborn]

Great post, Erin. Thanks for the insights.

I have one question. For someone like me who is not in direct communication with the guides, how to tell your requirement of say, rule of 3 times? Can I hold the intention in my mind?

[Mynder]

That you don't hear your guides, or don't listen when you do, doesn't mean they're not listening to you.

Trust me, they do, even when you're as stubborn as me sometimes. The more you listen, the easier it will be on you, too, because then they won't have to pull out the big guns to get your attention.

P.S.: For me, the communication works usually through synchronicities. Not necessarily repetitions, but several things that somehow mesh together. Like asking for a sign on what a good next step in a certain direction would be, or how you can really take your game to the next level from where you are, and then suddenly meeting one or more new people who mention stuff that resonates with you, then reading random forum posts and getting referred to some guy who happens to offer a free ebook on what could be "that next level" for you, etc.

Yes, it happened to me.

[Erin Pavlina]

cacheborn: the beauty of the signs is that you don't have to be in touch with your guides, you just have to notice and be in touch with things happening in your life. In fact, signs are what guides use when they don't have direct communication with you.

[cacheborn]

Thanks Mynder and Erin.

I have noticed synchronicities but so far they have been in matters of general interest. Like I am reading a book, some else mentions it on the forum, then I read an article about it. Or maybe there is a meaning behind these events, I just did not stop and try to decipher. (Like the meaning of DM in the article.)

Good point to start being more aware of the environment.

[Mynder]

There doesn't have to be deep meaning in these particular ones. It might just be that they're telling you to have a look out for things like this.

As a result you came here and asked about it. You're becoming more aware, will be paying more attention to what seems like coincidences in your life, and may end up noticing a few signals that REALLY MATTER.

To me it appears like you're doing fine.

[cacheborn]

Very true. It's an amazing experience to become little bit more aware everyday. I think that's why it's a journey that never stops.

Yes, as a result of this article and the discussion, I would surely be paying much more attention to what's happening around me.

[momo3bur]

I just had to mention this because I thought it was funny.

I opened this blog and then your article to read it, only to realize that I had already read it (I recognized the picture at the top of the page) yesterday or the day before...can't remember which.

Anyway, I closed the article only to have it re-open about 5 times on it's own for some reason. I thought, "what the HECK!?" So I closed them all, and after closing the last one, the same thing happened again.

Regardless of my apparent density, I decided maybe that meant I should reread your article. LOL. So I did, and good thing too, because there was some info I didn't take note of last time that was really helpful to me today.

A SIGN! LOL! Better yet, after I read it my internet let me close the article no prob. All 5 of them. LOL.

COOL! Thanks!

[Erin Pavlina]

That's awesome, and yep, that's how it works sometimes.