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anagnorisis Roseburg,OR
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Tuesday, July 27 2010 at 22:32 (10:32 PM) Pacific Time
From a SyncTXT Message Set:From the Quotations message set
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. Ruth
” anagnorisis wrote this story on July 28 2010 at 03:04 (3:04 AM) ET: This is my tenth SyncTxt message and my first SyncTxt synchronicity. Several interesting ideas show up in this message. My initial reaction on trying the Quotations set was to switch to a different set easier to interpret such as the Iching. I find Iching statements easily correlate to almost any event where as the Quotations set seemed completely unrelated to anything happening around me. But I stayed with the choice on the theory that statements difficult to correlate would generate more intense synchronicities. I think this message is a promising indicator the theory may be correct.

The message arrived while I watched the documentary "Dangerous Knowledge" I was delighted to discover the documentary told of Georg Cantor's work and personal life. This same topic had been my choice for a high school mathematics project. I've admired the brilliance and pioneering spirit of his work. The message arrived just as the narrator was telling of Georg Cantor's nervous breakdown from intense criticism and isolation he experienced from his work on the mathematics of infinities. I can see two fears in this story; fear of failing his father and fear of rejection, I suspect other personal fears also contributed to his breakdown. The idea of fear shaping outcomes resonates with my own struggles to find meaning and purpose in my life. From personal introspection I have recognized many of my fears; fear of failure and rejection are among a seemly dense and infinite expanse of many fears. My need to move forward is inexorable but I've been delayed by looking for ways around rather than through the fears.

The message phrase "striking out" has a baseball meaning which implies failing but also means "set out on a course of action," so failing and action contained in a single phrase.

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