S**t, I love it when you talk dirty.
Andrew Fildes
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On 22/11/2013, at 3:10 PM, Moose wrote:
> Some people read Jung's theory of Synchronicity as though it's some sort of
> attractor between events that are
> meaningfully connected. Whether that's how the Universe works or not, it's
> not Jung's idea. He is specific in defining
> it as acasual.
>
> When viewed as 'meaningful coincidence', it's also easy to assume the meaning
> comes first, with coincidence somehow
> coming out of meaning, which falls into causality again.
>
> Another view is that the Universe is chock full of coincidence, and we only
> tend to notice those that are consonant with
> inner material. We notice them because the symbolic similarity to inner
> material leads us to project it onto the events.
> We then have a chance to notice both the event and the meaning consciously,
> thus bringing inner, previously unconscious
> or misunderstood material into consciousness. The quality of meaning comes
> from within, not from without, although it
> tends to look the opposite to the ego.
>
> My guess, with your coincidence, is that the synchronicity is already in the
> event that happened, not in what it might
> lead to. The psychic event has already occurred. The ego tends to look toward
> future outcomes as its effect, but
> whatever comes of it is another event or series of events.
>
>> I'm checking it out ... Not expecting any miracle.
>
> To the extent that a miracle is a occurrence of synchronicity, it may not be
> an expected event.
>
> Swimming In Synchronicity Moose
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