Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee.
- Biblical proverb
According to the latest theory (String Theory-is a putative theory of theoretical physics that fully explains and links together all known physical phenomena) in quantum physics, we are all connected by energetic forces. We are individuals inextricably bound together in a breathing, living and organic universal sea.
This interconnectiveness often goes unnoticed. In short, we forget that we are energetically connected. Consequently we become unconscious as to exactly what happens to the energy, psychic and otherwise, that we release into both the physical and non physical universes.
It is important to remember that whatever we energetically concentrate on is what we will get more of. Attention brings Manifestation to a certain degree. This may not however be a direct manifestation as it is the underlying energetic principle which directs the outcome.
If we wish to win the lottery for example, we may find a new source of abundant energy enters our lives - a new career, a new creative project or a baby may arrive. Often we can be so focused on a particular outcome that we don’t hear what the universe is telling us. Also, we may not understand the underlying energy that is directing our attention.
However there is also an element of synchronicty involved. We are concentrating on "x" but did we start the chain event or are we just receptors? Without going into Jung's various definitions of synchronicity for the moment, if you asked most people, and some dictionaries, the simple definition of synchronicity would be: a "meaningful coincidence." These two words raise many questions. First, what is a coincidence, meaningful or otherwise? The most obvious answer is that two (or more) events appear to coincide (in time) but there is no obvious causal connection between them. It might be more accurate to say that it is our experience of two events which somehow seems to coincide. Another way to say this would be to say that we recognize an associative connection or discern a pattern in events, but can see no mechanism to account for the apparent connection between them. To a rational reductionist the term "just a coincidence" is as unitary as "damn Yankee" was in the old South. The rational implication being that any apparent connection is only an illusion brought about by the inherent ability of our minds (brains) to see pattern even where none "actually" exists.
Synchronicity; at least half of the pattern exists "out there" in matter, as opposed to "in here" in our minds. It is easy to see why, if both halves of the association occur on the interior side of perception, the experience is less troubling, at least to an outside observer. For the mind itself may be mysterious and troubling, but it does not call physics into question. Two ideas arising together in the mind is far from unusual, but is instead merely regarded as normal thought. From the psychologized Jungian viewpoint most definitions of synchronicity have built into them the idea that half of the pattern always originates in an entirely interior experience, most often in a dream, which is then confirmed, mirrored or reflected by some event or experience in the exterior material world of consensus reality. It is not surprising that a psychotherapist obsessed with analyzing dreams would first encounter synchronicity in this context, but what is odd is that definitions of the term synchronicity which include this as a necessary condition would continue to be parroted without question over half a century later.
This brings us to the second word in our definition: "meaningful." This word is by far the most difficult and troubling of the two. I will not attempt to define meaning at this point, but will instead review some of the various approaches to it in the context of synchronicity. Those experiences which contribute to one's "individuation" (a Jungian term meaning psycho-spiritual growth) should be called "synchronicity" experiences.
Suggesting, that only those experiences sufficiently contributing to this Jungian individuation process would be "meaningful." All experiences of coincidence which do not fit this narrow definition should be classed as expressions of (Jung's) acausal connectedness. Astrological experiences which contribute (sufficiently) to one's individuation may be correctly classed as synchronicity experiences, while all other astrological coincidences are merely expressions of acausal connectedness.
Are we sending out the energy ? Or are we simply having a synchroncisitc experience? Perhaps there are shades or gray in both? Supposing that neither of these theories take into account the spiritual realm...hm!
