Something is t r a n s p i r i n g t h a t d e fi e s o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f
s p a c e a n d time. E i t h e r p a r t o f o u r b e i n g e x i s t s o u t s i d e t h o s e
c o n s t r a i n t s , o r some a s p e c t o f ourselves is able to manipulate
t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e s p a c e - t i m e c o n t i n u u m .
Carl J u n g c o i n e d t h e t e r m " s y n c h r o n i c i t y " t o d e s c r i b e a n
"acausal c o n n e c t i n g principle." From a young age, he noticed
e v e n t s m y s t e r i o u s l y l i n k e d by i n c r e d i b l e c o i n c i d e n c e s t h a t
seemed imbued with meaning and followed p a t t e r n s . Many a n c i e n t
c u l t u r e s l o o k e d f o r s i g n s i n e v e n t s t o p r e d i c t t h e f u t u r e o r
guide decision-making. J u n g r e a l i z e d these s y n c h r o n i s t i c
e v e n t s w e r e n ' t mere s u p e r s t i t i o n o r m i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n - t h e
c o i n c i d e n c e s were o b j e c t i v e l y r e a l a n d p r o f o u n d l y c o n n e c t e d to
t h e o b s e r v e r .
S y n c h r o n i c i t y r e f e r s t o t h o s e r a n d o m y e t d e e p l y m e a n i n g f u l
coincidences t h a t p r o f o u n d l y impact o u r l i v e s - sometimes
a s t o n i s h i n g , sometimes d i s t r e s s i n g , sometimes d e l i g h t f u l . In
t h o s e moments, i t f e e l s l i k e t h e cosmos h a s o r c h e s t r a t e d t h e
event s p e c i fi c a l l y f o r o u r personal experience. Tr i v i a l o r
sublime, in t h a t i n s t a n t we're i n e x t r i c a b l y embraced by a
universe v a s t l y l a r g e r t h a n ourselves, e n i g m a t i c a l l y imbued
w i t h p e r s o n a l s i g n i fi c a n c e .
I t ' s p e r h a p s u n s u r p r i s i n g t h a t u n d e r s t a n d t h e i r r e l a t i o n s h i p to h u m a n s t h e have world s o u g h t a r o u n d to
them s i n c e
t h e dawn o f consciousness.
As long as we c o n s t r a i n o u r consciousness to the physical atom
and view l i f e solely from t h i s e a r t h l y vantage, we'll never
t r u l y g r a s p what's u n f o l d i n g in the world. But i f we elevate o u r
consciousness t o t h e soul's perspective, r e c o g n i z i n g the b o d i l y
l i f e a s m e r e l y a s m a l l t e m p o r a r y e x p r e s s i o n o f a f a r v a s t e r
essence, then the seeming complexity resolves into a profound
simplicity - a u n i t y u n d e r l y i n g a l l d i v e r s i t y. The complexity
a n d s e p a r a t i o n a r e i l l u s i o n s b o r n o f o u r l i m i t e d p e r c e p t i o n ;
t h e s i m p l i c i t y a n d u n i t y a r e r e a l .
Our j o u r n e y t h r o u g h Oz is a guided meditative j o u r n e y.
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