67 Not Out

Coincidence Of A Message From Heaven

2013-05-20T06:30:00.000+01:00

A touching story today from Jess, which covers coincidences combined with a message from Heaven.

When I was a young girl, my father used to go on long business trips. He would write a letter to me every day while he was away. My mother would make sure these letters were out for me to read each morning. They all contained a greeting, a Bible verse with something to learn from it, and where he was and how much he loved me.

As I grew up, I forgot about these letters.

My father passed away when I was 18, many years after he wrote those precious little notes to me.

For Christmas that year, my mother gave me a scrapbook with all of the notes she had found, in date order. I resolved to read them on the same dates, of the coming year.

The encouragement in each seemed to be exactly what I needed to hear, each day. This strange (but cool) coincidence continued until I reached my birthday. It seems that, all those years ago, he was away on my birthday. The tears rolled down my face (and are now, even as I write this) as I read:

"I miss you so much, my precious little daughter! I wish I could be there with you now, but God had another plan for my life. Know that I love you, am proud of you, and will always be watching out for you ..."

Somehow my father had managed to get the message to me that I wanted to hear, even from Heaven.

~ Jess.

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Which Religion Cares Most About the Homeless

2013-05-19T06:30:00.000+01:00

An interesting question posed: Which religion cares most about the homeless? It's also quite a clever 'sales' pitch!

I wonder, though, what each of us does when someone asks for money or help ...

Coincidence Between The Osama bin Laden Compound And Israel

2013-05-18T06:30:00.000+01:00

This post takes us back to May 2011 and Osama bin Laden - remember him? At that time he was shot and killed inside a private residential compound called Abbottabad in Pakistan. That's an aerial photo above, which is in the public domain, of Abbottabad.

The JSS News website - which calls itself a 'webzine of Israeli opinion' came up with a theory about the shape of bin Laden's compound.

The website got out their maps and discovered that there was a resemblance between the aerial photo of Abbottabad and Israel.

If we look at the main house, where bin Laden was killed and captured, this is located where Jerusalem is found on a map of Israel. The compound's gate parallels the location Tel Aviv, its dumping ground matches the location of Tiberias and another building matched the location of Haifa.

A coincidence or something more?

Here's the two comparison pictures below.

So, what do you make of this? I hadn't come across it before.

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The Chile UFO Squadron

2013-05-17T06:30:00.000+01:00

I was looking at some foreign language websites and came across these recent 'UFO' sightings. The above photo was taken in Temuco, southern Chile and has been described dramatically as a UFO Squadron or maybe it's simply something entering the earth's atmosphere and burning up.

The Chile reference made me remember when I was a student and worked in a television and radio shop.

The 'super smooth salesman' was trying to sell a radio to a pretty young woman and told her how it would receive hundreds of radio stations and - if she sat by an open window - she would even get Chile. No idea why I thought of that!

There's also a short YouTube video of the 'UFO Squadron' (53 seconds)

And on a Romanian website Gandul I found a photo someone spotted on NASA's website. This is a photo of a UFO above the Earth, taken by NASA. It can be seen on their website here. The photo is in the public domain so here's a copy:

And a slightly bigger, but not so clear image, with a tiny red dot and line to the left of the photo.

Okay, that's it for today.

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The 20 Year Old Postcard Coincidence Story

2013-05-16T06:30:00.000+01:00

Peter Dodds and his brother Ian with book and postcard

Another book coincidence or synchronicity story today but with a twist. I read this first in the Derbyshire Times.

Peter Dodds, 70, lives in Chesterfield, England, and when passing a charity shop he popped in and bought a biography of Winston Churchill for 50p - a bargain! But there was more to this book than meets the eye.

As he was glancing through the pages a postcard of Washington DC fell out. You'd most likely think that the previous reader was using the postcard as a book mark or something. But Mr Dodds turned the card over and immediately recognised the address. It belonged to his mother and incredibly the postcard was actually sent by his brother to his mother over 20 years ago - in 1988 to be precise!

Mr Dodds, who lives with his wife Lorna told the Derbyshire Times that he, "Half expected Mulder and Scully to turn up. It’s just one of those stories you wouldn’t believe."

He phoned his brother, Ian and told him, "I’ve had a postcard from you." Needless to say his brother was somewhat surprised.

Mr Dodds added, "It’s so strange because I walk past the charity shop daily and often have a browse at the books. I’d not seen this one before so it must have only just been dropped off. It was as if it was meant to be. I’m not the sort of person who believes in ghostly goings on or anything like that, but it certainly is a strange coincidence."

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The Ghost Or Spirit That Changed Fern Britton's Life

2013-05-15T06:30:00.000+01:00

It's interesting how we can often recall a time when something completely changed the course of our lives. Some would call this fate, destiny or maybe even just a lucky break. But what if this change came about because of something we had seen such as a ghost or spirit? This is what the UK television presenter, Fern Britton, says changed her life.

Fern was diagnosed with depression in her early 20s and was in a bad place but something came to rescue her and put her on a career path. In her own words:

"I was desperate and, I don't exaggerate, I even started wondering whether I had enough paracetamol in the cupboard because I was seriously contemplating whether that might be the way to go. I had the weight of the world on my shoulders. I'd come to a dead end.

"All of a sudden, by the side of the bed, I saw a white, glowing shape. That's the only way I can describe it. I couldn't see his features although I sensed it was a man. he then leant forward and put his hand on my forehead and I instantly fell asleep.

"In the morning, I woke and felt different. I knew what to do. I handed in my notice and, within a month, I was on a train to Plymouth to start work at Westward Television. I can't explain what had happened but it was as though there had been some sort of twist of the kaleidoscope.

"I found a house a short walk from the River Tamar, the salmon leaping on a summer's afternoon. I remember thinking, 'Thank you, God, for bringing me this.'"

Something or someone appears to have stepped in to help Fern when it was needed most. I like to believe that this is available to us all.

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Synchronicity Of Being Alone Again Naturally

2013-05-14T06:30:00.000+01:00

Gilbert O'Sullivan with words from Alone Again Naturally

An emotional story today from Margaret which follows on from a recent 67 Not Out post. My thanks to Margaret for sharing.

"Your post about symbols and synchronicity hit the mark with me and brought back memories from a long time ago. [see Synchronicity Appears When A Symbol Proves Its Significance]

At the time in the early 1970s I had my first real boyfriend, Ian, who I believed was the love of my life. During our time of going out together he bought me an LP by Gilbert O'Sullivan. This was back when records were plastic discs.

Gilbert was my favourite pop star at the time and I played the LP over and over again. It was also special because Ian had bought it for me and had written a sweet message on the sleeve.

To keep it short our romance broke up. He found another girl, much more attractive and out going than me. I was shattered on the night he told me that we were over. I remember I cried a lot in my bedroom and then went to play the Gilbert O'Sullivan record Ian had given me. As I took it out of the sleeve, I don't know how, but it dropped to the floor and broke.

Though I didn't realise at the time it was the symbol that said our romance was over, completely broken.

Since all those years ago I married and had children. My husband died in January last year.

The evening after I read your post, and some other regular web sites I look at, I turned on the radio to Gold, where they play hits from the past. The record they were playing was one of Gilbert O'Sullivan's hits, 'Alone Again Naturally.'

In my reflective moments while on my own I sometimes wonder what happened to Ian."

Did He Summon His Three Wives From Beyond The Grave?

2013-05-13T06:30:00.000+01:00

Here's an almost creepy coincidence I came across in the Reading Eagle newspaper dated January 5, 1979. It might be 'old' news but it's nevertheless a very strange story.

Within a 24 hour period three women in the same area, all with the surname of Banks, died. It was only noticed that there was something odd about this following their death notices appearing in print.

Two of the women were taken to the same funeral home and all three were buried within a 24 hour period - and here's the creepy bit - they were buried in reverse order of their marriages to the same man: Samuel Banks.

There was nothing suspicious about the three deaths but their legal death notices appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on the same day - and in consecutive order. By 'chance' a relative noticed the coincidence.

Tiny Love's aunt, Esther, was Mrs.Banks No.3. Mrs. Love said she didn't even know that Banks had been married previously. Esther's body was taken to the same funeral home where the body of Nellie Banks - Mrs Banks No.2 - lay in state.

Also somewhat puzzled was Marilyn Choate whose grandmother was the first Mrs Banks - again she was unaware of the other marriages.

It was eventually discovered that Samuel Banks married three times. He married Myrtle in the 1920s but the marriage failed. He then married Nellie in 1943 and they were divorced in 1960 and. he finally married Esther in 1966.

Samuel died in July of 1978 and the three wives he married died in reverse order of their marriages within 24 hours in the December.

Perhaps he gave them a call to join him from beyond the grave ...

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Everything In The Past Or Future Is Unreal

2013-05-12T06:30:00.000+01:00

"Everything past is unreal, everything future is unreal, everything imagined, absent, mental ... is unreal ... ultimately real is only the present moment of physical efficiency."

~ Fyodor Shcherbatskoy

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Grumpy Mike And A Happy Blonde Called Tina

2013-05-11T06:30:00.000+01:00

With my name being Mike I'm supposed to be unhappy, but if I was named Steve and was a teacher living in Edinburgh I'd be full of happiness.

Yes, it's yet another study or survey. This time by Cadbury Heroes, and it's all about discovering who are the happiest people in Britain.

Let's start with names. The Happiest Men are called Steve, Norman, Tom, Alan and Ken and the Unhappiest Men are Gary, Chris, Mike, Mark and Ian - huh!

With women it might be an idea to avoid Tina, Rebecca, Alison, Caroline and Emma. They're an unhappy bunch but Wendy, Lesley, Sandra, Anne and Mary are bubbling over with happiness.

As for major towns they found those living in Southampton, Cardiff and Edinburgh were the most cheerful, while residents in Newcastle, Liverpool and Norwich were a bit glum.

A spokesperson from Cadbury said, "We also found men were happier than women, while singletons - who may be footloose and fancy free - were not as happy as those who were married."

And the happiest age to be? Those approaching retirement or in their 70s are happier than people in their 20s.

The survey claims to have found evidence for the old adage that blondes have more fun, finding that the lighter someone’s hair colour is the more it impacts on their happiness levels.

Blue-eyed people see things through rose-tinted glasses, and people who wear glasses are cheerier than those who don't, it is claimed.

Does anyone really believe this stuff? It's enough to make any Mike living in the south-west of Britain quite grumpy, if he wasn't already of course.

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The Library Angel And The Game Of Life

2013-05-10T06:30:00.000+01:00

I've recently got into the habit of picking a book at random from my office shelves, opening it up and seeing if there is anything relevant for me on the page I've chosen. It's surprising how often there is. Perhaps this is the 'library angel' at work - which Trish & Rob, from Synchrosecrets, have mentioned on their blog several times.

My books cover a range of subjects but there are lots on spiritual, mind and occult themes. So it would be easy to argue that there is a good chance of finding something meaningful. I think, however, it is more than this.

For example, today I chose - with eyes shut - The Game of Life and How to Play it. On page 61 I immediately saw the words 'sixty-seven'. As regular readers may remember these are 'special' numbers in my life - thus one of the reasons for the title of my blog.

This is what I read:

"... God is supply, follow the path of selfishness and greed, and the supply vanishes, or man is separated from it.

For example: I knew the case of a very rich woman, who hoarded her income. She rarely gave anything away, but bought and bought things for herself.

She was very fond of necklaces, and a friend once asked her how many she possessed. She replied, 'Sixty-seven.' She bought them and put them away, carefully wrapped in tissue paper. Had she used the necklaces it would have been quite legitimate, but she was violating 'the law of use'.

Her closets were filled with clothes she never wore, and jewels which never saw the light.

The woman's arms were gradually becoming paralysed from holding on to things, and eventually she was considered incapable of looking after her affairs and her wealth was handed over to others to manage.

So man in his ignorance of the law, brings about his own destruction."

So for me it's now declutter time for my office, and I know my wife will be pleased!

I see choosing a book at random and then a page as a form of intuition. I remember years ago always trying to 'guess' who a letter was from, before it was opened or who was calling when the phone started to ring. I'm sure we can develop intuition if we bother to use it regularly. But, as I mentioned in my post A Power To Give Direct Access To A Superior Knowledge it's also a case - with intuition - of 'use it or lose it.'

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Coincidence Of The Express Way To Give Birth

2013-05-09T06:30:00.000+01:00

Kushinagar Express, India

Today's coincidence story is set in India.

Zubin Nisha and her husband Habibullah were aboard the Kushinagar Express travelling from Mumbai to Gonda where they live. The train chugged along, as they tend to do, and Zubin went into labour - yes, she knew she was pregnant so maybe not completely unexpected.

A space was cleared in the carriage and women passengers came to Zubin's aid. Meanwhile railway staff alerted a medical team stationed at Lucknow. But things didn't go exactly to plan and Zubin gave birth on the train to twin boys.

Fortunately all was well with the babies and the couple were able to get off the train at Lucknow from where they were transported to the local Queen Mary Hospital.

So a happy result for all concerned. proud father Habibullah said, "I am very thankful to Allah and my fellow passengers who helped me a lot."

So what's the coincidence, you may be wondering. Well, Zubin's previous children, another set of twins, were also born on a moving train.

Habibullah told Zee News, "Well, indeed this is some sort of a record, but what can I say. I can call this a rare blessing of God almighty that my kids come into this world in such a manner."

But, it seems births on trains aren't a rarity. I read on the Mirror website of how:

"Stunned passengers helped a young mum give birth on a packed commuter train last night.

Sonia Banks, 22, went into labour a week early on the 6.18pm from London to Ashford, Kent [England].

Driver Rob Friend, alerted that she was having contractions, halted the train at 7.15 and appealed for medical staff over the Tannoy.

A midwife and an off-duty nurse helped delivered 6lb 13oz Phoebe at around 7.30 amid cheers from fellow passengers.

Sonia – on the train with partner Allan Stanley, 22, and his mum Mari-Anne – said today: "It’s all a blur."

And there's more! The following is from the China Daily News :

"Mrs. Li lies next to her newborn baby, as the mother and baby girl are under intensive medical care and observation in the obstetrics and gynaecology department of the People's Hospital of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province. The pregnant passenger Mrs. Li who travelled on the K186 train suddenly came up with vehement symptoms of parturition in early 7 am as the train passed by Handan Railway Station. The railway and medical staffs responded in time to help her give birth to a girl infant on the platform of the station safe and sound"

I suppose people often describe life as being a journey, don't they!

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Synchronicity Appears When A Symbol Proves Its Significance

2013-05-08T06:30:00.000+01:00

There are many facets to Synchronicity and David Richo gives numerous examples of this in his book The Power of Coincidence - How Life Shows Us What We Need To Know.

Here is just one example. David writes:

"Synchronicity appears when a symbol that has been personally meaningful suddenly proves - or acts in accord with - it's significance."

He backs this up with a story about Rosalind who got engaged to be married. She and her fiancé chose an engagement ring with a large diamond symbolising the indestructible brightness of the couples love and their commitment to a life long bond.

On the day of their wedding they confirmed the very same vows the ring symbolised. After a while the marriage sadly faltered and they headed towards divorce.

Finally the divorce was finalised and on that day Rosalind was walking back to her new apartment along a sandy road near the beach. She was still wearing her ring.

To quote Richo's words: "From the corner of her eye, she saw something fall to the ground. Rosalind knew instantly it was the diamond. It had suddenly fallen from its setting and sunk deep into the thick, fine sand. Rosalind looked carefully for it. Though she searched for a long time, it was nowhere or ever to be found."

The diamond that symbolised their love and commitment was lost on the very day of their divorce - that's synchronicity.

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Hitting The Heights With The Stars In Somerset

2013-05-07T06:30:00.000+01:00

Minehead, Somerset, England

I've been away for a short holiday to Minehead, Somerset. As my blogging friend Daz, from Just Watching The Wheels Go Round, often mentions gigs he has seen over in Australia, I thought I'd better show a few of the ones I saw while away.

Yes, it really is Fireman Sam live on stage - but there was much more to follow ...

... Yep, it's Barney the Dinosaur - who seems to have got at least one girl dancing excitedly on stage, and there's more ...

... Thomas the Tank Engine live - how do they manage that! And on the same evening, on another stage, we saw ...

... the Sesame Street characters and - if that wasn't enough - on the next evening there was a pantomime ...

... of Beauty and the Beast. Not too sure why this necessitated cupcakes, teapots and cups as hats but the audience liked it - and so did I.

This was, of course, all really for children and my VIP, small grandson Samuel, had a good time, though his three month old sister perhaps wasn't quite so impressed. Pantomimes seem to be a British thing and they are the first taste of the theatre for many children - and watching something live is always special.

Karin and I enjoyed our week in Minehead, Somerset. The sun shone for us. The sky was blue and we managed a couple of walks along a small part of the West Somerset Coastal Path.

Start of the West Somerset Coastal Path

There were no coincidences or synchronicities while we were away but, being with all of my family, was just perfect. I didn't need anything else. Oh, nearly forgot ...

... Bob the Builder was there too. Life doesn't get much better!

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Place Your Cosmic Order For Whatever You Want

2013-05-06T06:30:00.000+01:00

The newspaper I often read has an astrology column. I'm not much into these sort of predictions as they are too general - unless, of course, it's good news, then I become a believer! Mainly because I think we attract what we believe and visualise.

I looked at my Cancer star sign a couple of days ago - I'm actually on the cusp being born on July 23rd, and some readings put me into Leo. That's not really important because the reading could be applicable to anyone. This is what it reads:

"Cosmic Ordering? It is just what the doctor ordered. The Secret? Everyone should know about it! The Law of Attraction? More reliable than the law of gravity! Another, less fashionable word for all this is 'prayer'. Never mind to whom or to what, just make contact with the power that put you here. Sincerely request help and support. Then don't be too fussy about the particular form this must take. Sometimes the cosmos has a smarter idea of what' needed than we have. This will be a good weekend"

What the writer has said almost sums up what I believe: ask and we get, but put no restrictions on how this should come to us. The Universe does indeed work in mysterious ways, so don't hamper it by laying down limitations.

Give out thoughts and pictures of what you want and be amazed at the way, whatever it is actually arrives - how it does so isn't of concern. Just believe that it will happen to the good to all concerned.

Simplistic? Probably, but who said life has to be difficult?

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Do We Have Time To Stand And Stare

2013-05-05T06:30:00.000+01:00

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars,

like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

~ William H Davies

The photos I snapped the last time I was in Crete. The top two are in a mountain village off the tourist trail and the other is of the cemetery overlooking the sea.

70 Million To 1 Odds Against This Happening

2013-05-04T06:30:00.000+01:00

Joshua reaches out to touch his identical twin James

Sharon Turner recently gave birth to quads, but with an added bonus - they were two sets of identical twins. The chance of this happening are pretty remote, the experts quote the odds of being 70 million to 1.

Sharon and her husband, Julian, from Berkshire in England say, "It's like a dream."

Julian Turner, one of triplets himself, was at the birth and described it as being, "Slightly like an out of body experience. Being there and watching was unreal."

When Sharon first realised she was pregnant they believed they were having just the one baby. It wasn't until the 12-week scan that the nurses told them they were expecting quadruplets. They were stunned but overjoyed. The doctors, however, had a different reaction.

According to a Daily Mail report specialists at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford gave them three options: get rid of all of them, get rid of two of them or keep them.

Mrs Turner said of this, "There was no way we could get rid of them. We were happy to let nature take its course."

Things with the birth didn't go smoothly. The doctors discovered that Sharon - who was not due to give birth until mid June - had pre-eclampsia so on March 30th an emergency caesarean had to be carried out.

James, Joshua, Lauren and Emily were born safely, weighing in at just over 2lbs each. Fortunately all of the babies have survived and are doing well. Their father said, "We are ecstatic, words can't describe the feeling. It's all good news. They are doing well and getting bigger and stronger which is the main thing."

Now comes the difficult bit, shopping they say is bewildering. Julian said of this, "I suppose it starts to hit home when you go to Mothercare. When you tell the staff you're having four, they just look at you blankly."

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The Perfect Day To Find A White Feather On Her Mother's Grave

2013-05-03T06:30:00.000+01:00

Today's synchronicity or coincidence story is by Barbara J from New Zealand which took place while she was visiting her mother's grave in England.

Both of my parents died before I was 8 years old and I was adopted, along with my younger brother, by a lovely couple. At that time I was living in England but we soon all emigrated as a family to New Zealand.

Over the years I made a life for myself in New Zealand and eventually got married to a wonderful man and was happy for 27 years until he sadly died in April of 2011.

It was a sad time but along with my brother and his wife we decided to take a trip back to England to see where we were brought up as young children, and also to visit my birth mother's grave in North Shields.

I remembered the name of the cemetery but when we visited we were unable to find a headstone bearing my mother's name. There was an information office so we asked the assistant for help. The only thing we could tell her was our mother's full name, we weren't sure of dates or anything else.

After about ten minutes the assistant returned and said she had traced my mother. She asked me if I knew what day it was. I stupidly replied, "Wednesday."

"No," she said, "I mean the date."

I answered that I wasn't sure.

She said, "It is the 15th of May. Does that mean anything to you?"

I told her it didn't.

"Today is the date your mother was buried here at the cemetery." She added, "You must be here for a reason."

I don't know why I chose that particular day to seek out my mother, after travelling all of the way from New Zealand. It must have been meant to be.

~ Barbara J.

P.S. I have to add that there was a large, but straggly, white feather on her grave.

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A Timely Purely By Chance Coincidence

2013-05-02T06:30:00.000+01:00

I rarely wear a watch and try not to be too controlled by time. I also usually sleep well at night.

This is why I make those two statements: Last night I went to bed as usual and nodded off to sleep quite quickly but I woke up and, when I did so, glanced at the digital clock. It was 1:23. I thought it a bit odd but was soon snoring away again - I don't really snore, of course, it's all in my wife's imagination. Anyway, I awoke a second time and again looked at the clock for some reason. This time it was 4:56.

Now I've heard about people seeing several 1s - 111, 11:11 and so on, but never much about 123456.

I tried searching Google for any explanations, but all I could find was on the Faeries and Angels Network. They write:

"Seeing 1:23 or 4:56 (numbers that count upwards like '1,2,3') - Simplify your life. Let go of thoughts related to 'time'. Let go of the old! De-clutter your life. Clean and organize your home or work space. Take a deep breath. Be present in the moment."

This wasn't much help. As I've said I'm not too bothered about time and the clutter I may have in my office isn't real clutter it's, er, important stuff I might need to refer to sometime - possibly.

Oh well, that's it. Message received but not understood! Or it might just have been one of those 'purely by chance coincidences' I've been reading about. Can you believe it - some people claim they have experienced such things. Quite remarkable.

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Gyles Brandreth And The Oscar Wilde Book Coincidence

2013-05-01T08:30:00.000+01:00

Gyles Brandreth is a British writer, broadcaster, actor and former Conservative Member of Parliament. Nowadays he is also an after-dinner speaker - and recently did his bit at a literary lunch.

He told a story about how he presented a copy of his latest Oscar Wilde novel - he has done a series of them - to a friend in Paris, France.

Several days later he found the very same book in the second hand section of a local bookshop - quite a coincidence. Or maybe the book was simply not to his friend's taste - but, whatever, it's a mystery as to how it travelled all the way from Paris.

Gyles said about this, "So I bought it and popped it in the post back to him with a new inscription which read: 'To Gill with even greater admiration and love'"

His wife, Michele, has confirmed that the story is 'totally true'.

The inspiration to write the Oscar Wilde books also came about by coincidence.

Oscar Wilde

Gyles explains: "About ten years ago, in the late 1990s, by chance, I picked up a copy of 'Memories and Adventures', the autobiography of Arthur Conan Doyle (the Sherlock Holmes author), and discovered, on page 94, that Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde were friends. I was amazed. It would be hard to imagine an odder couple."

From this came the idea for a series of books. The theme being how:

"Conan Doyle quickly discovers that when it comes to the art and craft of amateur sleuthing Oscar Wilde has very little to learn from Sherlock Holmes. Wilde is overweight and apparently indolent, but his mind is amazing; his intellect is as sharp as his wit. Oscar Wilde, in his own way, is as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes - and just as Holmes had his weakness for cocaine, Wilde has his weaknesses, too."

It seems that inspiration for what we want to do or achieve is all around us.

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The Yellow Oregon Grape Looks For The Positive In Life

2013-04-30T06:30:00.000+01:00

A yellow Oregon Grape in my garden next to red Quince flowers

We've got a yellow flowering shrub, or bush in our garden that is full of colour this time of year. Yesterday someone was looking out into our garden and asked me what the flowers were called. I had no idea - I don't do Latin names and simply enjoy plants, rather than knowing much about them.

So here's the synchronicity or coincidence. I went over to Terri Patrick's Blog and what do I see? What looks to be the very same flowering bush and - being more knowledgeable than I - Terri has given a description: "Oregon Grape flower. Produces tiny blue berries, not for humans."

Photo from Terri Patrick's Blog

So now I know and was able to search Oregon Grape on Google. It's Latin name is Mahonia aquifolium, which I will immediately forget on principle. Interesting though was the plant was designated the USA Oregon state flower in 1899 and it's sometimes known as a holly-leaved barberry.

On the The Ananda Apothecary website I discovered that, "Through Oregon Grape the soul learns to break the basic pattern of mistrust. It realizes that it can look instead for the positive intentions of others, and create situations which generate good will and loving inclusion."

Okay, perhaps that's the message from this synchronicity.

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Beyoncé And The Number 4 Lead To The Illuminati

2013-04-29T06:30:00.000+01:00

There was a sub-headline in a magazine, included with my Sunday newspaper, which read, 'She Thinks Four Is Fantastic'. And the person who supposedly has this belief is Beyoncé. I'm not a numerologist so decided to have a root round on the Internet and ended up far from where I started.

Firstly a few 4s in Beyoncé's life:

# She and Jay-Z, her husband, are quoted as saying that their favourite is 4.

# Beyoncé was born on September 4.

# Jay-Z's birthday is December 4.

# The couple were married on April 4.

All pretty straightforward but then it gets a little deeper.

# Beyoncé's daughter is called Blue Ivy because IV is four in Roman numerals.

# Blue Ivy was born on January 7 2012 and 1+7+2+0+1+2 = 13 and 1+3 = 4.

Then I found out that:

# Her fourth studio album was called 4 and this gave Beyoncé her 4th consecutive number one album in the USA.

And so it went on the number 4 kept cropping up everywhere I looked:

# She did special 4 Intimate Nights With Beyoncé concerts which featured the entire collection of songs on her, yes of course,4 album.

# It said that Beyoncé and Jay-Z raised $4 million at a Jay-Z's 40/40 club in New York to support President Obama's re-election campaign.

It appears therefore that she has friends in high places - including within the Illuminati, well so the rumours say. This is where I stray from where I started with the post.

First though about the number 4: I read that this is the number of foundation and Aleister Crowley wrote a book called Book Four - which is a complete guide to Magic.

Oh, and another side-track about the number 13: 1+3 = 4 and there are supposedly 13 Illuminati Bloodlines. Associated with these bloodlines is McDonalds! And look how 13 pops up when you turn their sign sideways:

Also Arby's looks somewhat like 13 sideways and, of course, M for McDonald's is the 13th letter in the alphabet.

Now where was I? Oh, yes, Beyoncé and the Illuminati. The most popular media coverage of this is while she was performing at the Super Bowl, where she flashed the pyramid symbol with her hands - as per the photo at the top of this post.

And this is the point where I got inundated with Beyoncé / Illuminati stuff - so, I decided to take the easy way out. Here's a video which saves me from making this post too long!

I'll finish on a photo of Beyoncé, which has maybe connections to Satan or Bamphomet.

And quickly going back to 4. The Rosicrucian interpretation for this is: "The number 4 is represented by the square. Four is not 4 times 1, but is a complete number in itself - firmness, a good foundation, the law, or ground, upon which to build strongly, permanently and uprightly."

It's so easy in life to end up a very long way from where we started: sidetracks and misinformation abound. But there again so do uncovered truths. The difficulty is deciding which is which.

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What Happens When Dogs Watch Too Much Television

2013-04-28T06:30:00.000+01:00

Too much television isn't good for anyone - including dogs. It can sometimes be so scary it makes you want to nibble your fingernails or even your paws.

There are times when you just can't believe what your are seeing and if you watch too much TV ...

... well, you know what your mother warned you about - getting goggle-box eyes. All things in moderation for a happy, well balanced (and sometimes boring) life.

Have a happy Sunday.

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Coincidence Of The Golden Memories Hidden In The Jumble

2013-04-27T06:30:00.000+01:00

Here's a coincidence story received with thanks from Geoffrey G. Amazing how such things happen, some will say that it must have been meant to be - perhaps to generate memories of days gone by.

I was fund raising for our local church group, something I often do, and was sorting out books taken from bags of jumble. As I'm interested in books I skimmed through some of them as I sorted. Sometimes I see books I'd like for which I make an appropriate donation.

I discovered an old book with a certificate stuck inside. Maybe nothing too peculiar about this as books are often given as prizes in schools.

But this one was different because it had been awarded as a prize to my wife by her Secondary School, under her maiden name, over 20 years ago!

When I got home later that day I showed her the book and it was definitely once hers.

She could remember having the book when she lived in Hertfordshire before we ever met. This was over fifteen years ago. She had no idea what had happened to the book since then. She presumed it had been thrown away.

We now live a long way from where she remembers last seeing the book and none of her relatives live nearby.

How this book turned up in a bag of jumble collected for charity and sorted by me is anyone's guess. But it kindled lots of school day memories for my wife.

~ Geoffrey G.

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The Granite Dinosaur And Turtle Guarding Helman Tor Cornwall

2013-04-26T06:30:00.000+01:00

The granite dinosaur of Cornwall casts his grey eye over Bodmin Moor as he silently watches and observes from his high vantage point on Helman Tor. The views stretch for miles across Cornwall from the south to the north coastlines.

Also looking on patiently is the turtle or maybe it is a tortoise, silent and mysterious.

Okay, maybe a little literary licence but the natural granite boulders on Helman Tor in Cornwall have been viewed my man since Neolithic times, some 4000 years ago. A settlement was created and homes erected from the stones and rocks. Some of the later boundary walls can still be seen - not clearly, but they are there to touch and imagine.

The prominence of the Tor in the landscape may have given the settlement strategic ceremonial and economic functions - and a place to meet for worship and trading.

The boulders and rocks have created strange shapes and patterns on the landscape.

Some of the boulders seem to be balanced precariously.

The photo below shows the Helman Tor Logan Stone, or Men Omborth in the Cornish Language.

Logan Stones are balanced stones - they can sometimes be moved by hand despite their great weight. Some say that the Druids used these for their rites and rituals. Uneducated people would believe priests and the like had magical powers as they were able to move these huge granite boulders.

The weather can change quickly on the moors as can be seen by the photos - from blue to drab skies as the winds change. It's the contrasting weather that creates the strange shapes of the granite over thousands of years. Many have unusual markings.

But then from some angles there seem to be faces looking out to some distant place ...

... perhaps wondering how the scenery has changed over thousands of years, with some of the landscape now becoming cultivated farm land.

Helman Tor is away from Cornwall's normal tourist trail and is reached by driving or walking down narrow roads which are often single tracks - so you need to keep fingers crossed that nothing is coming in the opposite direction.

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