I met Joe Lineweaver at one of Sister Lucy Bruskiewicz’s spirituality meetings. He had a gentle spirit, and I remember his constant sense of wonder. I have two favorite memories of Joe. One was when he helped me make a deer-hide drum at one of Sister Lucy’s retreats. The other was when Joe, Sister Lucy, Trina Smith, and I went to Sedona, Arizona, on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Over the years, Joe and I became good friends. Every time I visited, he’d say, “I knew you were coming today, but I’m not prepared.” Joe always wanted to teach me something- mainly from the books he was reading. Joe was a librarian for most of his life. Therefore, he was an avid reader.
One of Joe’s last teachings, before he passed away, was about synchronicity. He was so excited to talk about synchronicity. Synchronicity is sometimes called “coincidence.” Synchronicity bridges our inner world with the outer world. It means everything is connected. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, said, “Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see it.”
Joe wanted me to know that synchronicity was an act of God. God is the “ONE” and is part of non-local consciousness. Joe wrote (he might not be the original author) a Prayer of Unification that emphasizes “oneness.”
Prayer of Unification
In the name of the ONE God
Mother-Father of us all and of everything
We are ONE mind in the light of holy wisdom
We are ONE heart in the radiance of pure love
We are ONE body in the resonance of divine power
All of humanity is ONE in light and love and power
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Amen.
On Thursday evening (the night before Joe passed), I felt I should visit Joe. I told myself I would visit him in the morning. So, around 9:15, I arrived at his assisted living facility.
When I walked into his room, the hospice nurse was there. He said Joe passed early in the morning, around 6:15. I felt a little sad that I didn’t get to say “goodbye.” But I did see him two days earlier when he was at the hospital.
Well, I learned that the hospice nurse was named “Joe.” I thought that was a coincidence and a little “wink” from Joe. And then when the funeral home came to pick up Joe’s body, the mortuary transporter was also named “Joe.” I just smiled—three Joes. And then, in the past month, I’ve come across several other people named “Joe.”
I think if we have the eyes “to see” synchronicity, we will notice the patterns in our lives. We have invisible connections, we just need to notice them.
Namaste.
