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So this is my first time on the spiritual traveler forum and I was so happy I came on today! I was reading Brentus post about traveling after a break up and the What do you Live for post and they were really helpful. So my question was about signs.

I have sort of thrown this trip together for myself to Asia, as I have said on other posts. It was a planned trip a few years ago that got pushed and pushed because...well, life happens (and so does love) but I let go of the relationship because of my unquenched desire to travel. (We did try to get back together but it seemed not to be the right time, though its still heartbreaking!)

So I have this one way ticket to Beijing, where I planned to sort of take an intuition journey. Not really plan anything, just see where the road leads, learn to have faith in my intuition, be centered with myself.

I got anxiety the morning after I bought the ticket. I figured I was just jittery, still shaky from my split with my guy. Then, on the day I went to the Chinese consulate to get my visa, my transmission in my car dropped AS I was parking in front of the building. It struck me as more than a coincidence but I figured I'd let it go. The next week, I did put my application in without complications, and was supposed to pick up my visa yesterday. My transmission dropped AGAIN in the morning so I couldnt get it. I am a believer in paying attention to signs around you and I have to say, I'm questioning it all a little bit. Not to mention my mother (who is my most staunch supporter, and also has a sixth sense of intuition that is NEVER off) cries every time I bring it up and says she has a really bad feeling about this trip and she doesnt know why. When she has bad feelings, they most often mean something.

Do you guys believe in signs? I mean, I have to say, this week of all those things pointing against at least going to China have really made me just wonder....am I on the right path for the right reasons?

I dont believe in fate...but I do believe in manifestion, you know? So I'm just...looking. What do you think? Am I being silly, or trying to talk myself out of it? Do you guys see signs in your own lives? Do you follow them? Are they signs?

Ugh, I hate being indecisive and lost.

I do believe in signs. But perhaps life is just testing you. Maybe it wants to see how BADLY you want to go...

Hey Erin...yes, I believe in signs. But I don't always trust myself to interpret them correctly.

Your sign: sell the damn car and go to China!!

Just kidding. Sort of. I wonder if your interpretation of the Incredible Dying Transmission has more to do with your own fears then it does God using automotive issues to get your attention.

Instead of looking outward, maybe the answers are inside. You're going through a lot right now, a whirlwind of sadness and excitement, anticipation and trepidation. It would be SO NICE if you had a definitive answer, the Universe saying "yes" or "no". But the answer can really only come from you.

And I think you already know it.

Have fun in Asia, honey.

thank you so much!!!

It’s amazing when one has uncertainty about life or a situation we look to a hirer power for an answer. I am spiritual, not religious, and really do not believe in fate but I tend to do the same thing you are doing right now… looking for an answer to justify my actions so I can feel at ease with my decision.

Maybe the sign is that the relationship has taken its path and is now a past chapter in your life. Your car is obviously having trouble but that is what cars do, so maybe its life telling you to leave the car behind along with the other things that give you trouble and set off for an adventure with a backpack, two feet and a free pass from obligations.

Think about why you wanted to go in the first place and how often you have been thinking about this trip…. I think you would be disappointed if you didn’t go!

Have fun!
Scott

Sometimes Life just likes to give you a hard time. Especially when you're on your way somewhere. In such cases, it is best to simply mule kick Life in the nether-regions and go on as planned.

Last December I met a girl, from the first moment we started talking it was unbelievable, we had so much in common and thought along exactly the same lines.
Then I found out she'd be leaving early January for 9 months volunteering in Uganda and was only 18!, me being an enthusiastic traveller got very excited about this.
She said that she didn't like her name, Lucy, so after a long chat I came up with a new name for her, Phoenix Aurosis (Phoenix because I thought this trip would be her rebirth from her old bored self, and Aurosis because she gives off an amazing Aura.
Her favourite thing in the Universe are stars.
The day that she left to Uganda, I remember reading in the news that a new star had been discovered in the Phoenix Galaxy in the centre of constallation Phoenix proving that the Galaxy wasn't dead, but being reborn out of it's own ashes. very fitting.
Coincidence? maybe, but now I do believe in signs.

I arrive in Kenya in less than 4 weeks to go on a tour of East Africa and she will be meeting me there to do the tour with me for a whole 6 weeks
Incidently I arrive on her birthday (I didn't know this at the time I booked) . Luckily I bought her a present a long time ago, I named the very same star after her. Lucy Phoenix Aurosis.

So yeah, I do believe in signs, especially when travels concerned