Coincidence ?

COINCIDENCE: Concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection .



Everyone of us , I would imagine , has experienced strange events from time to time when a coincidence occurs and you have a ' What are the chances of that ' moment. A recent coincidence happened to me , whilst reading Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I had left the television on and after five minutes perusal of the book , I glanced up to see that there was a programme discussing ' Just a Minute ' , a radio series , which concentrated on the subject of time . If you have read DGHDA you will know that the main subject is time . The following programme after that had an interview with the author Douglas Adams again talking about time . The very next morning I looked in the newspaper and the first item I saw was that a new radio series of DGHDA was to start the following day !



Another coincidence happened to a friend and work colleague when I worked for a company who sold semi precious stones mainly to the new age market . One day she was approached by a customer who told her that an angel was standing by her - a bit weird you may think . About half an hour later she mentioned this to another customer who told her it was pink . Another customer then came in and said it wasn't just one angel , but there were two ! After all this Kathy was a bit frazzled but imagine her surprise when the song ' There's an Angel playing with my Heart ' by the Eurythmics came on the radio - she freaked out .



I could probably give you another hundred examples but what is behind these coincidences ? To be honest I don't really know and am not going to argue with those who say they are just quirks . They may be correct .



When one of these strange events happen to a new age friend of mine they normally remark ' I wonder what it means ' . But what if it doesn't mean anything . I wonder sometimes whether our minds are similar to the Google Search Engine . If our minds do create our reality , maybe this explains this phenomenon . When I was reading my book maybe this started the Search Engine and produced the TV programme and radio series .Maybe Kathy's concentration on angels at the time somehow made the radio play her song .



If this hypothesis is true , what would this mean on a worldwide scale . Could it be that many of our myths and legends are produced by ourselves ? Once the first person has seen a UFO , whether real or not , the concentration on this subject in the media could then start the Search Engine which produces UFOs all over the world . The same for The Loch Ness Monster , Bigfoot or Vampires !



But if this theory is genuine , those who control the media outlets would have enormous power over our lives .The obsession of the media for bad news sinks into our psyches , leaving the world depressed and fearful . It can be no coincidence that the preponderance of violent films and computer games have left the youths of the world desensitised and that there has been a spike in major crime everywhere . Or is it that our focus on these matters actually causes these events to happen , in a freaky metaphysical way , and the upshot of this is the world we see . Is the current obsession with climate change actually going to help to cause it ? If we fear something , does our fixation bring this to happen ?



As I said earlier , I am not sure and am sorry that I cannot give a definitive answer. But maybe the world is stranger than it seems at first glance .

Lilith

LILITH by John Collier

Following on from my last post , here is another famous female character who appears to have been ignored by mainstream religions . I quote a few paragraphs from a website called The Mystica.com . To read the full article go to

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/l/lilith.html

'A female demon of the night who supposedly flies around searching for newborn children either to kidnap or strangle them . Also she sleeps with men to seduce them into propagating demon sons . Legends told about Lilith are ancient . The rabbinical myths of Lilith being Adam's first wife seem to relate to the Sumero-Babylonian Goddess Belit-ili or Belili . To the Canaanites , Lilith was Baalat , the ' Divine Lady ' . On a tablet from Ur , c . 2000 BC , she was addressed as Lillake.

It is from Hebraic , rabbinical tradition that the substantial myths of Lilith really come . One story is God created Adam and Lilith as twins joined together at the back . She demanded equality with Adam , failing to achieve it , she left him in anger . This is sometimes accompanied by a Muslim legend that after leaving Adam , Lilith slept with Satan , thus creating the demonic Djinn .

In another version of the myth of Lilith , she was Adam' s first wife before Eve . Adam married her because he became tired coupling with animals , a common Middle Eastern herdsmen practice , though the Old Testament declared it a sin ( Deuteronomy 27: 21 ) . Adam tried to make Lilith lie beneath him during sexual intercourse . Lilith would not meet this demand of male dominance . She cursed Adam and hurried to her home by the Red Sea .

Adam complained to God who then sent three angels Sansi , Sansanvi and Semangelaf to bring Lilith back to Eden . Lilith rebuffed the angels by cursing them . While by the Red Sea Lilith became a lover to demons and producing 100 babies a day . The angels said that God would take these demon children away from her unless she returned to Adam . When she did not return , she was punished accordingly . And God gave Adam the docile Eve .'

Please note the ' sleeping with Satan ' and ' murder of newborn children ' bit . I thought propaganda and smearing your enemies was a recent invention. I was obviously wrong .

The Mummy Returns

Mary Magdalene in the Cave

Tutenkhamen's Death Mask

Two recent events have captured my attention and have drawn my thoughts towards a happening prophesied by my more spiritually minded friends . Some of them have been obsessed by the re-emergence of ' The Divine Female Energy ' for want of a better phrase.The first event was the public showing of Tutenkhamen's mummified body in Egypt. The phrase ' The Mummy Returns ' kept swirling around my mind ( hence the title ) and as one thought can lead to another I started thinking about my friends belief . For those who are symbolically minded the Mummy refers to this female energy as a maternal reference rather than that of a ghoulish figure from the ancient past !

The second event does not have the same humerous overtones , unfortunately . I refer to the brutal , horrendous murder in Perugia , Italy of Meredith Kercher . This beautiful young girl , at first glance , would appear to be the victim of a random act by unhinged minds . By all accounts , Meredith was an intelligent , fun loving girl looking to have an interesting time whilst she was in Italy . At present , the details of her murder are rather hazy , but I can take a good guess that the unconcious motive for the assault was hatred of her innocence and beauty . For some reason the male psyche , which is present in both men and women , hates this female energy and tries to control and suppress it and in Meredith's Kercher case kill her .

One of the most well known psychological archetypes is the Madonna / Whore . Society approves of the Madonna part of this equation but when it comes to the Whore it is a whole different story . Female sexuality has never really been accepted by either men or women - the phrases slut and tart spring to mind . The recent media frenzy surrounding Kate McCann is symbolic to me of this. A sexy , intelligent woman is never accepted for long . The press liked the Mumsy part , but has problems coping with her innate sexuality . The underlying theme is She is Guilty , but I suspect this has more to do with the way she looks than anything else . Another interesting example is Britney Spears . Whilst she played the Virgin role she was approved of and even applauded for her remarks about preserving her virginity , but since it has become obvious she is not whiter than white the knives have been out for her . Even in politics this can be seen . In Pakistan , Benazir Bhutto's return has been welcomed by a suicide bombing and a return to martial law . In the USA Hilary Clinton was ganged up on by her presidential rivals ( all male ) in a televised debate . Again , both good looking women . In the UK , I felt the hatred for Margaret Thatcher has always been because she is a woman . As an aside President Mitterand was smitten by her , but mind you he was French.

This misogony and fear of female sexuality is most obvious in religion . The Madonna / Whore archetype is best represented by the two Marys in Christianity. The first is the Virgin Mary , who is venerated and worshipped , mainly because she was supposedly ' untainted and pure ' and the other , Mary Magdalene has been airbrushed out of history , being denigrated as a prositute . The New Testament gives us few glimpses of this Mary , but points to a larger part in the whole Jesus story than has been acknowledged . I would love to be able to investigate the Vatican archives to view the ' deleted scenes ' . But whatever the truth , the message is plain : Female sex bad and female no sex good . In Islam women are veiled and covered so as not to inflame us poor men - I have been inflamed a few times and nobody seems to have got hurt ! In both religions , as well as Judaism , priests are mainly men ( a notable exception being the Church of England ) . Again , this is an attempt to suppress this female energy , as well as being deeply insulting to women , implying that they are second class citizens in God's eyes and not as spiritually advanced as men.

But what signs are there that change is happening ? The most obvious pointers are the rise of women in the workplace and the sudden materialization of gay men in society - another sure sign of this female force at work . Other indicators are the emergence of women in the top posts in governments eg Margaret Thatcher , Angela Merkel , Hilary Clinton and in popular culture there is a more equitable spread of the rewards - Girl Power etc. The ordination of women in the Anglican Church is another indication.

What does this mean to us , poor unfortunate men . As the archetypal Nazi in the old films used to say Resistance is Useless . Our old patriarchal way of the world is ending . I look upon these religions and male based governments as King Canute floundering in the waves , desperately trying to control what they cannot control. The more resistance there is , the more painful it will be and the waves will get higher . The Mummy is definitely returning .

The Topsy-Turvy Man

The headstone of Major Peter Labelliere

Dorking , in Surrey , was home to a rather eccentric gentleman named Major Peter Labelliere who lived from 1726-1800 . He came to Dorking after a career in the Army and suffering possibly from unrequited love , this ' Walking Dung-Hill ' would often give away his coat or shoes to a poor man . Whilst meditating on Box Hill one day , he tripped and put out one of his eyes . He chose to be buried on Box Hill , upside down , because in his view 'as the world was topsy-turvy , he would be thus be right at last '. A large crowd attended his funeral and on the anniversary of his funeral , large numbers would visit his burial site to make merry .By coincidence , on a school trip to Box Hill my daughter became ill and had the rather unsettling experience of the world appearing to turn upside down . The sky was at the bottom and the ground at the top ! But what caused Major Labelliere to hold this strange world view ? Did his intuition and life experience tell him that the world was not quite right and we view life the wrong way up . That it is literally Topsy-Turvy .

Our instinct tells us to seek pleasure . In my case , I look to alcohol , sports , cigarettes ( not for too much longer as I hope someday I will stop smoking ), television , films, food and , don't tell everyone , sex . But is it actually pleasure that I am feeling when I indulge myself . Am I really enjoying myself or is it another sensation that I am experiencing ? I would suggest the feeling is closer to relief than enjoyment and the relief I feel is to escape the emotions inside me .These emotions include fear , anger , hate , boredom , love , guilt and other sundry feelings .I am sure I am not the only one who does this and would suggest that the whole world is in a state of denial from their emotions . The main characteristic that Adolf Hitler looked for in his lieutenants was a lack of empathy and feeling . But what are we / I attempting to run away from.

A peculiarity of illness is the sensation of being taken over by an outside force , but when patients are asked to describe this , they will often refer to the sickness as IT or just PAIN . Illness , as I understand it , is the body's attempt to heal itself but we see it as a threat to be fought and resisted but many patients describe that they are healed once they stopped fighting and let it do what it needs to do . Our emotions are the same - the more you resist them the stronger they seem to become , but once they are let out they are quickly dealt with . My submission is that we are trying to resist a positive force and what we call pleasure is our attempt to ignore it . Conversely , our efforts to resist the pain are counter - productive and in the long run will cause more problems . In effect , pleasure is pain and pain is pleasure .

Maybe the strange Major Labelliere was right and we do live in a Topsy-Turvy world !