Comments on: Coming back to earth

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 20:09:48 +0000

Frank,
Methinks there was a time we humans didn’t have a word for everything, so during personally meaningful events, didn’t fixate on the specific for which there was a word, in the way ‘civilised’ people do.

And because of your life’s experience you were closer to that, and you took it all in, including that for which there are no labels. Yet!!!! Your awareness was wider in field. (That’s a little closer to what I’m trying to say).

By: frank

frank — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 19:31:19 +0000

Arps,
True enough.

Jung`s “synchronicity” was an attempt at some kind of scientific appellation on his part.
He was trying to slot it in for the white coat brotherhood.

Whereas in reality it seems to be more to do with something like an artistic, poetic, existential, ‘right-brained’, ‘wyrd’ attitude towards life.

By: Nutan

Nutan — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:32:50 +0000

Hi, Parmatha and all…nice to see you all under green leaves, celebrating the scattering of your dust…sorry I was not there. Nobody told me…

I would have come and brought a beteen of you back to Ireland…to scatter in my garden. I look at you every day, I placed your pic next to my toothbrush…so I see you morning and evening….

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:12:20 +0000

Frank, part of the experience of your mum’s death involved the owls and what followed.
That said something to you, touched something in you, that doesn’t have to be rationalised by calling what happened synchronicity.

Enough that you were touched and the owls are part of that, part of how you dealt with the experience. (Owls always seems really wise and mysterious to me, or symbolise that to me).

Human beings have spent most of their existence on this planet closer to nature than we are, unless we make an effort.

At such times in our lives we become more aware of the ineffable; and the loss of other people, for whatever reason, takes us beyond words, and experiences like yours help. (I’m struggling to get this out. I’m at the limits of my capacity to articulate).

By: frank

frank — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:55:09 +0000

I more or less go along with Jung`s own findings which were that he found that synchronicity is more likely to happen in a variety of special circumstances.

Among his patients Jung observed that synchronicity often happens during circumstances of emotional intensity and upheaval, and often peaks right before a psychological breakthrough.
These situations of an “aroused psyche” include such life-changing major events as:
Births
Deaths
Falling in and out of love
Turning points or personal crises
Rescues from danger
Travel.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:57:55 +0000

@SD 9 June, 2019 at 11:46 am

I’ve never come across anyone who is so rational, yet so open to the ‘irrational’ – and that is not a criticism. Really interesting juxtaposition.

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:46:32 +0000

Your rational explanation of Frank’s owl incident was a good one, Anubodh, but Jung’s concept of synchronicity, of which there are so many instances, in almost everyone’s life, is worth bearing in mind as well.

Here’s a good article, including the writer’s personal experience:

https://tomkenyon.com/synchronicities

By: Kavita

Kavita — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:30:03 +0000

I would never try and convince anyone in a white coat about such a thing!!

Wondering if these white coaters can ever see other colour coaters!?

By: sw. veet (francesco)

sw. veet (francesco) — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 03:45:09 +0000

This is my people, my family,
The place to tune my heart to recognize myself.
Every time I die with each of them.
Here I am not afraid.
Compassion is the basis of an endless ecstasy,
While Osho never denied me a smile.

By: swami anand anubodh

swami anand anubodh — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:06:39 +0000

Maybe the next time you’re woken in the night by a bird “screeching loudly” outside your bedroom window, it will be a ‘swan’ and not an owl.