In many if my books I talk about symbols as I also do in this blog. But we are one step away of becoming paranoiac about the signs interpreting absolutely everything we stumble upon. So readers often ask me what is a sign and what isn’t. And I say that I cannot answer since my signs are not other peoples signs. It is an individual alphabet to talk to God.
So, instead of explaining the signs, I normally try to share my signs. So why don’t you try to share your signs?
I’m not saying it is an universal language that your signs can be imposed to others but you can give us examples of signs when these changed your life.
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I have something to share from my life. When I turned about 23-24, I believe I had developed an ability. When I meet new people at work or elsewhere, I know who among them are going to end up as my good friends. I would see a kind of light in them which made them stand out from the rest. It was not literally like ‘light’ but something like light. I think this was that point in my life when I was completely in tune to my personal legend and God.
Later when I went to grad school, I met this girl who was sitting on my left. We were the only two who were dressed in the wrong attire on both days of orientation, that’s why we laughed about it. But one thing I would never forget is the ‘light’ I saw in her. We kept in touch even though we were in different sections.
Now I was living in a comfortable place then and had no intention to move for a year or two. Months later I had gone to a party with my friends in this building, and when I looked out of my friend’s bedroom window that night I had a premonition that I would live in that very building. I just shook my head cause I knew there was no way that would happen.
Three months later due to some unfortunate circumstance I had to move out of my place and look for a new one. I searched for roommates and apartments but because it was not the season when new students came in, I was out of luck, no roommate to find and I was running out of time. So I finally went and saw this teeny dinghy apartment (all I could afford) and told the landlord I would come the next day and pay him. The next day, I got late due to work and when going to meet the landlord – I run into my friend whom I met at the orientation. She chatted with me for a bit and when she realized I was looking to move she told me her landlady had unexpectedly asked her to leave, so she was looking for a place too!!! We both looked for apartments and finally moved to the one I had a premonition of living at (even though that was not my first choice). But I am glad I moved there because I spent some of my best years of my life there with the most amazing roommate.
Signs do exist, if you clear your conscience & be honest with yourself. They are the most wonderful things. Don’t lose faith, hope. Cause they really are everything!
I was just going through your blog today, and I was surprised you wrote about 11:11 being a sign for you. And you wrote about it on Jan 6, 2011. Jan 6 which happens to be my birthday.
Three years ago, I kept seeing 11:11 am everywhere, and then many things in my life changed. Few months ago, I again started seeing 11:11 am everywhere, and I can see some major changes in my life already. I cannot say if all the changes were good or for bad, but I think they were meant to happen.
signs are guidance from higher realm…we see them or feel them when we ask almighty to guide us with complete faith
ONE HAS TO KEEP MIND AND EYE OPEN…..U SEE SIGNS
ARE VERY EXISTENCE IS SIGN OF HIGHER SPIRITUAL WORLD
Mis señales estan donde sea todos los dias y puede ser un sueño, una frase, una cancion, una imagen, un paisaje, etc… pero en el Alma se puede sentir cuando es una señal :D
I wish to share my nimbus and my beetle with everybody.
Oh yeah they exist,just like angels do..and no theory nor mastery will ever destroy this.It took centuries to build a false image of what heaven is,it will take a finger slap to reverse it.Just with an heart beat.See what men have done!Now watch what women can do.. ;)
So far, the signs that i encountered had something to do with time coupled with my impulse.No matter what time or date it is,if my heart suddenly gets filled with an unexpected force,i can just stop and give up everthing that i’m doing at that moment and just look at the calendar and think.I can usually decide instantly without thinking of the consequences and surprisingly,eventhough the results are not as good as I expected,,I end up learning and experiencing a lot of things which make me feel great,wiser, and more confident.Another sign is,when I’m in danger and I knew that at that time,I could die,suddenly something unexpected happens-and I end up being saved, not by people, but by the flow of events.So I always think,God is always on my side no matter how sinful I am and at the end of the day when I come to reflect upon what could have happened,I usually tell myself-it’s strange, but I can’t explain how grateful I am.In addition, sometimes, I consider the ideas of my family members, my dreams,the rainbows,the stars,the colorful sunsets,waterfalls,and other beautiful scenery as signs of the love of God for me.I feel happy and at peace beyond compare when I see these signs.
God/ Universe talk to me commonly trrouhg other people
Alwways I have a need,always I need an answer someboddy appears in muy life to show me the way o give me an answer.
God has talked to me sometimes through Paulo Cohelo books.
Some day I wiil shake his hand because it´s one of my dreams.
Best regards to everyone.
I have a lot of signs but one of them is a Bob Marley’s song. It is called Three Little Birds. When I’m very worried about a thing and God wants to say me that my care is useless because everything will be ok this song start to play on the radio, the TV or somebody start to sing it suddenly. It doesn’t matter where I’m. God always find a way.
That is the music:
“Don’t worry about a thing,
‘Cause every little thing is gonna be alright.
Singing: “Don’t worry about a thing,
‘Cause every little thing is gonna be alright!”
Rise up this morning,
Smiled with the rising’ sun,
Three little birds
Sit by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Saying’, this is my message to you-ou-ou.
I love this! Actually I have just realised that Bob Marley’s song “three little birds” is one of my signs too from God that tells me to not worry
a close friend of mine usually sang it to me when my mind went into overdrive into worrying about something
another sign is white feathers or feathers generally, coins…my daughter’s laughs is another great sign of not worrying! and generally I have realised that when I need, I just have to ask for help and I’ll find it
x Thank you to you all
When you notice something you make it happen. Having realised that I stopped noticing or I try not to. It’s better to be deaf, mute and blind sometimes!
Hello world
I like to share my signs. One of my favorite sign is the number 11. Since 4 years I “meet” this number in several situations: Clocks, Alarms, Housenumbers, Stickers, E-Mail and SMS Times, Seat Numbers, Park Numbers and the book Eleven Minutes from you Paulo Coelho. Every moment I met the number it was unexpectedly and suddenly. One situation was very special: Once I baked a pizza in the oven, I set the alarm on 5 minutes….I did something during my pizza was in the oven….after a while I felt thirsty and I went to the kitchen…took a glass from the cabinet, filled it with water and drank it while I looked at the pizza through the oven window…then I pressed the button to watch how much time is left for the Alarm….the second counter moved at that very moment from 12 to 11 seconds!! I was very excited and shocked a little bit….and the curious thing is that it happened twice to me. :-) … since I experienced many situations like these with the number 11, I believe that this is a sign for me who shows me that I’m in a good mood, in a flow and in a good connection to everything of my environment….I don’t think a lot about it, it just happens….I’m looking forward to read from similar experiences from you and wish you all the best and the most and above all good health at the start of this new decade, Paolo
feeling a bit down, alone and uninspired – I was led to clicking to your blog and to the ‘signs’ link – where I find the first entry about you and the number 11. It started when I was young – a glance at the clock 11:11, my seats at the game row 11, seat 11, my table at wedding reception – table 11, best day in a long time 1.1.11.. the list goes on for many, many years of 11 being a sign for me.. it always brings a tear to eye, an intense feeling of gratitude and faith.. faith that everything is as should be and I’m being taken care of. I just grabbed my angel cards and the cards that popped out.. Signs and Abundance. Signs? Yes! I’ll be picking myself back up now and will smile.. life is beautiful.
Hi, I was just curious…
Does the 11:11 phenomenon also happen to you?
Like if the 11:11 time prompt always appear to you on the clock, on receipts, address, books, etc?
After having a really bad phase in my life I am in a workplace where most persons are born with number 3, 6 or 9 in their date of births and my own date of birth is 27. This is a sign for me that I am working in the right place.
Charu
dear all,
there may be signs all around but my mind is too logical to see them. but sometimes i receive warnings or rather signs in my dreams. and sometimes these dreams have helped me save life of my loved ones. once i dreamed of my dad being killed by terrorists and i called him to know how he he was and asked him not to travel in the bus at night. but he had no choice so he did travel by bus but was alert.
in this way he was able to save himself and several other passengers from a fatal accident that could have happened as the driver dozed off to sleep while driving.
this is just one example, there are several others that help me or warn me of the future.
love to all
megha
My giant butterfly: a gift from heaven.
I was attached to material things for 34 years, always working hard, saving, buying, always wanting more and more. I had the “perfect life”. But I wasn´t happy. I decided to leave everything to do the Camino de Santiago this holy year.
It took me many months to build up the courage to quit my job, sell my car, give out clothes, close bank accounts, cancel my cellphone, and lend my appartment.
The day I was leaving Buenos Aires I found inside my bedroom the largest butterfly I saw in my entire life, more than 15 cm wide and tall. I never see butterflies in Buenos Aires, much less of that size.
I understood that as a sign, a symbol of my own internal transformation, and a reward from heaven for my courage and determination. Mission accomplished…but then, this is just the beginning.
I salute your courage.
And wish for you to find YOU in your endeavors.
It takes a tremendous amount of courage to let go of anything, whether it is a car, clothing, jewelry.. Purely because we have been taught to define ourselves by the things we own, not the essence of who we are. Therefore, letting go of such dogma is I deem one of the hardest things, especially in the western world. A world of abundance and a world that teaches us that more is better.
I believe in this journey, victory is when one can sit somewhere surrounded with mother earths beauties and feel LOVE with nothing and EVERYTHING.
Salute be with you friend.
God bless
ohhh signs signs….of course i c and feel them everywhere ,all the time.the first time i c it it was in my dreams night before my mum past way….dream of big black horse running after me, in some kind of labyrinth,i could not escape and the moment it jump on me i wake up..
i usually get signs like a warning,like something i need to open my eyes about, or that something i dont need to do,or something bad/usually/or good,is going to happen..Like when i lost my child just few weeks before it was time to give birth to,i c my mum in a dream,taking it from my hands,and i scream give it back to me, she said/i will take care of him,u cant now…so after few days i had miscarriage.but it was very hard period of time for me with lots of problems with my husband and….i meen looooots.
Anyway before i married i lots of signs…like my wedding dress was not ready till the last day, i was late on my wedding,i so my husband with women from his past the day , i went shopping 4 gifts..etc..etc..i know now , i knew back than those were all signs,but i dident listen..
another time i had bad twist again it was night before my sister had car accident,everything i so 666,playing card with my kid,on tv nb. of the chanel was 66,i went playing farm on fb,my money were 666..,in newspaper..just everywhere almost all afternoon and nigh.next day my sister called me and tell me that she had a very bad car accident,car is all crashed but and thay fall in to the deep stream ..she was ok and her boyfriend 2 ..
And so on ,so on,i have signs in my dreams almost every time,i c my self in white before i get sick,or once i cut my hair so short and i was crying loud,and i usually know what that means, but sometimes i just cant tell what that sign want to tell me at the moment or that dream,but at the end of the day or in one or 2 days latter i find out.
So i absolutely have and believe in signs,i only would love to be wise to read them on time,and maybe i can react and turn things in another direction,cose those signs r with that purpose.
sincerely your faithfull, loyal reader
Senka
I dream, at least three dreams per night. I remember one very well and one vividly. I feel God, i talk to God, i meet with him. But it happens once in a while. In this lifetime we met 3 to 4 times. Its a woderful moment, i cannot describe it.
One day i was upset with some guy who played angel when he was a devil, and i asked God to reveal him, and the following day i caught him, i told the pastors of the church and he was asked to be released from serving in church, he left the church.
I see visions, right now i know that i am going to be the worlds best remembered person. But i dont know how. Everyday i meet with the best people in the world, but i am in at the bottom of the pyramid.
I think i am a prophet, really, i think so.
you are not prophet, but yes god has given you some strong intutions and talents and they are uniqiue…:) and i am glad u are using them to help urself and others.
but u seem to be a very spirtual person:) god be with and keep u on track:) wat ever makes u happy, dont claim anything until u r `100% sure…
HELLO
i am going through a confusing phase of my life…i am away from my husband for the past one year. we got married and were together for just 2months.many misunderstandings cropped up and we decided to part ways..many things have happnd which has made the chance of reconciliation a very remote chance.but i keep seeing his name now and then when i dont think abt him.sometimes its a conincidence that i see his name on the sign boards,shop names etc.i really am confused as to what the nature wants me to understand.is he still there in my life? will he get back to me? plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz soemone can answer my question?//////////
if you loved him well and he loved u… then ur parting with him was not destined by god but it was negative forces which came in ur life and ruined the beauty of it.
its devils doing to make ppl stop beleiving in wat they chose to be a good thing and part ways and stop beleiving god is guiding u back to him… and there is nothing to lose… but for it to work u both have to beleive or atleast one of u has to beleive and make the other beleive somehow.
misunderstandings are part of every relationship… relationships that are borken on their basis is a weakness on part of the players. love has to stand in the test of time…and not give in to misundertsanding… true love beats everything.
good luck and keep love flowing… may be he needs u and so do u… dont let egos and misuyndertsanding stand in way to beautiful love, which can give u both ur needed joys and peace and fulfillment…
Hi All,
somethings r beyond our control , i did experience signs in my life . whenever i am
gng to receive any bads news (death news especially) , i get dreams …. i cannot do anything abt it as per my realizations , but i do get signs ….. something bigger controls us…
Regards
Mukti
“If you believe in miracles, miracles start to happen”
If you believe that a certain thing is a sign, this thing starts to appear… no matter how simple or ordinary that thing is…
the universe is not complicated… it is very easy to understand… it speaks YOUR language… pick a sign… and it will become… it will become the way the universe talks to you…
one thing i learnt about sings is you should never share your signs with others… because it’s this little secret precious thing your share with the universe… the 2 of you.. only…
the moment you start telling people about these signs.. they lose their magic…
maybe you just have to choose the people you share it with. sometimes telling people of the good things that happened to you make them believe too that miracles can really happen. and nothing feels more rewarding than being able to give hope esp. to people who needs it.
I beleve on this ..and thank you to make me understand the obvious……
SIGNS are the indications of your connectivity to the universe and with all the galaxys,signs in your daily life reminds you ,your connectivity with the universal life force energy .whenever God gives me indications or make my mind to see through my eyes the messages from God i really gey gobsmaked; because you donot find words to tell God that how amazing it is for you.
My dreams are my best indicators,my dreams shows me signs,through my dreams i get the sign the whether i am going to the right path or the wrong one. sometimes my dreams show me the signs of future happenings,which i can not share here but yes i fully agree that every human being has their own alphabates along with the vocabulay of sings designed by God just to have a link between the creatore and creator and creature.
huma arshad
I had acustic hallozinations. Wrote many letters to friends to recover from it. To tell somebody about it. Sometimes I had felt them as signs. I had felt even insects, little flies, as a sign. They were talking to my thoughts. Somebody told me: For me you are a normal human, and in the insidest point of my soul I know, that´s right.
I´m very complicated, because of question.
I read Veronika Decides to Die when I was around 15 years old. My best friend Libya said I should read The Alchemist but the library copy wasn’t available so I checked out VDTD. It is my favorite book to date. I read The Alchemist a couple of years later and decided that Paulo Coehlo is my favorite author. When I turned 28 I felt like I was going through a crisis. I wasn’t quite sure of who I was or if the things I learned growing up still applied to the person I had become. I began to research different religions and disciplines trying to find out where I fit in, if anyone else had the same views about life that I had. At 29 I chose to accept the Goddess into my life. It has made all the difference. I’ve waited patiently for the teacher, that was sure to enter my life as long as I continued to show love and respect for the Goddess (as well as The Lord).
Signs:
My birthday 6/24
Best friend’s birthday 9/24
My God-son’s birthday 8/24
My favorite author’s birthday 8/24
Previous consort who’s last name is Coello 9/24
I’m now reading The Zahir. Again, suggested by Libya. Your words speak to me. I can feel them. You are who I’ve been waiting for. And you’ve been there (here) all along. Your books are my bibles. I look forward to reading more (all) of them.
God has given me signs about one girl since I can remember. I can’t say I love her but I feel happy by her side when I meet her. There are things you just know and I know for sure that God wants me to be closer to her. And this is how it’s been going for some years now. We live in different cities and don’t meet too often. We’re friends. I know I should try harder and trust these signs. There have been many of them. They were always straightforward, and God has been persistent but mild in giving them. As if I hadn’t had to rush. These signs are so cleansing, as if I was approaching the Truth, the Essence. But I think I should do a little more. Please pray for the happy ending of this story.
Love,
Kamil
Kamil, i can totally relate to you. Yes, there are those instances when you just know you have to go for something and achieve it. But what if even after listening to your inner voice and faith, you end up parting ways…chaotically you are not togather. Then what were those signs, that strength which drove you to take all the chances, risk it all and yet return empty handed….tried but all in vain…How to explain those signs??
I chose my road few years ago, few years is not long time but it seems that way to me. I’ m following the same road since then. I turn when I have to but I don’t forget to return to the original road when the situation allows me to return. They were times when I truly enjoyed the road, they were times that I wondered why I choose this road and they were times when I really thought to give up. I never gave up. I followed all the signs that I could read while I was travelling and I am happy that I learned how to observe and enjoy with everything around me. My destination changed, even though the road is the same. My dreams are the same.
I learned to live with the signs every single day and I m very happy for that.
I believe that I m in the middle of my road and I know that when this road will finish I‘ll choose another one.
Now I need to make a big decision if I am going to keep at the same road or if I have to stop being a dreamer. I know that no-one else can choose for me.
If someone else would ask me what I would do in this situation I would answer that I would keep travelling. But now I m living it, and the road made me tired, they are times that I forget why I am travelling for and I wish to stop fighting for my dreams.
They are times that I m praying for a sign to show me that I have to stay in this road but this sign never comes because this is my decision.
I don’t know if my fairytale will have a happy end but I would like to ask anyone who will read this to pray for me to take the right decision.
You must never stop fighting for your dream as tomorrow could be the day when you take a big step closer to fulfillment. Anything worth having is hard at times to achieve and you know in your heart what you should do. I will pray for you to take the right decision for you.
I am a 24 year old guy. and during these 24 years of my life had got feelings of infatuation many times but never felt a true love till I met this girl two years back.For the first 6-7 months we just knew each other as colleagues and had some common friends.
I gradually started feeling love for this girl and later when we were close I proposed to this girl but she turned down, I talked to her again but in vain.
But this feeling of LOVE just kept on increasing despite her indifference after i propose to her. With time I got to know some other facets of her and my feelings were only boosted. I never felt this Love before.But during this period her reaction was unpredictible at times she kept herself at a distance from me and at times we were close may be she never wanted to give me a a wrong notion.At times I would get obcessed and would be very upset as things were not going the way I wanted.
Then some events happened which brought us closer but still distance was there and the fits of disappointments shadowed me very frequently.Last December one day when i was very upset and was finding it difficult to stay in Office I left early and suddenly on my way back felt the urge to go to a nearby bookstore.I sat in a bookstore whwere I got this sign and Sir I saw your book “Like The Flowing River” ( Though i was alraedy a big fan of yours and had read 5 of your books yet had not read a single book of yours in last 2 years). This book gave me inspiration whenevr i was down and once more got the boost to reamin open to love ( like the flower in your story).
Suddenly things started changing for good and thanks to some serendipitous events ( which were truly miraculous)we came closer and started sharing lots of thing with each other she started building trust on me like never before and our relationship seemd to move forward in better direction. meanwhile I read “Warrior of Light” also and learned a lot.
But Finding “Like the flowing river” was a real sign to me. But again As time would have demandeded some misunderstanding ruined our good friendship and when things were going in the right direction she lost all the trust in me. Now my situation is worse than ever before. I’ve always given supreme values to my relationships ( with friends and family) and never lost trust like this ever before. To attain my LOVE i not just need to be close to her but also need to rebuild that trust.
But I beleive Angels will give me sign once again I m in lookout for.In the last few days there have been some incidents which gave me some signs and I found one person or another( an old friend ,relative or an aquaintencee or some unknown person) taking good care of me and giving sign that things will be good.
I wish these are the signs telling me that the girl for whom I m ready to risk all the disappointments and failures( Like in BRIDA which I’ve been reading these days) and have been disappointed so many times in last one and a half year but still open to it, is my soulmate and will come back to me one fine day dispite all the bad things which have been there currently.Wish God gives me a second chance to build that trust again. Wish the GOD gives me courage to fight this battle for my love with honour and grace.
If any of the readers wants to give suggestions please reply, I shall be highly thankful to you.
May be that would be a sign for me to move forward.
I would like to end this with line of CELINE DION’s song
I understand that you’ve met someone
With a perfect heart
But you’ve been questioned by everyone;
Are you in the dark?
Can you choose to fall,
Should you risk it all?
How’m I gonna stop it if you wanna give it all to love
When I’m on your side
And I understand you’re the only one to know
Whether wrong or right
Let your heart decide (you’re the only one)
Some may tell you don’t take the risk
It’s a waste of time
But if you think you’ll find happiness
Baby take the dive
It’s unusual
But it’s critical
How’m I gonna stop it if you wanna give it all to love
When I’m on your side
And I understand you’re the only one to know
Whether wrong or right
Let your heart decide
V.Ravi estou na mesma situação em que você se encontra e acredito em sinais o tempo todo e sei que o universo vai conspirar ao nosso favor,continue a acreditar. Os anjos já sabem de nós e a qualquer momento o instante mágico acontecerá.Tenha FÉ…
butterfly=metamorphose
Two years ago I dreamt of something and I wrote some notes about the dream, when I woke up, in a piece of paper. I didn’t look at it and I filed it. Now every part of the dream which is very specific is happening and I came accross the piece of paper the other day. I am scared that what I dreamt will happen. I don’t remember the whole dream just some things, and the facts that I wrote, and I don’t remember the end either.
Why? Is there any way to stop it?
Would it be a good end somewhere just I don’t remember it?
I believe that sometimes there are signs for us all who are willing to look at them close enough – this is very difficult to do nowadays. Our ancestors looked closely to what happened around them to know the time to start plant their farm; they depended on stars in setting direction while traveling, knew when the storm would come.
I sometimes analyze my dreams while sleeping and sometimes those dreams really speak up of something. I also sometimes have certain feelings before certain things, which affects me or the people I love, are going to happen.
Signs. I started paying attention to signs in November 2007. I was in bad shape after going through hard times, and that made me fragile enough to notice the signs. Many of them I got in dreams, powerful dreams that continued for some time, always bringing me forward in my personal development. I also experienced a week of signs. One of the most important ones gave me the comfort I needed to get through that week.
I was waiting for a late flight home, concentrating only on keeping my tears inside, it was late in the evening and my tiredness did not make me feel better, on the contrary. I felt overwhelmed by life, not sure whether I’d cope with the situation on hand or not. I just wanted to cry, even in the middle of the airport, because I could not see the love I needed so badly at that moment, feeling very alone.
Just as I was holding back my tears, I suddenly saw a friend of mine walking by with her daughter. I had no idea they were travelling, and therefore I was very surprised to see the two of them. The young daughter, at an age of about 18 months at that time, had hardly ever seen me and was usually very shy about looking at me, the stranger that I was. This late night, though, she ran towards me and wrapped her little arms around me, radiating all the love I needed at that point.
I knew it was a sign for me, I got the love I felt lacking and I knew all would be good in time.
I remarked when i see women are pregnant for example
in the family or the wife of a friend it means for me
a new start, my rebirth
A frog means to me inferioty
A swan means for proudness
The past year it happened a few times to me that after a shower or a bath I found pencil pieces (like pieces from a pencil sharpener) in the bathtub. I love art but unfortanatley I’m not blessed with the talent of drawing so since I’m not in contact with pencils it seamed strange to me. Yesterday it happened again, I never paid a lot of attention to it but since yesterday I’m searching for the meaning of it. Is there someone who know the general meaning of it? or are there people who experienced it themselves? If I found out I will keep an update:-)
Kind regards
ann
There is no general meaning to it. Do not search for a general meaning! This may mean nothing, this may be no sign. But if you feel it is try go the direction pencil pieces show you. Maybe in fact you have a talent for drawing. Just try.
love,
kamil
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