Fantastic piece Grant. Loved the topic and how you broke it into 2 parts with the in depth analysis of the kinds of mistakes many can make on the path to awakening.
Thanks Greg! Yep, it's not easy being both a mystic and a skeptic. Hopefully I'll get to the bottom of it all one day. Thanks for your ongoing support!
Carl Jung started with serious psychological investigations of synchronicity.
"Acausal connecting (togetherness) principle";
“meaningful coincidence”;
“acausal parallelism”';
or “meaningful coincidence",
he called it a various times.
Later in life, he moved more and more into a spiritual assessment of life experience.
I like the idea that synchronous moments of recognition indicate nothing more than "Hey, that's a pretty coincidence; I'm going to keep investigating this path."
Versus the path which only shows unpleasant streets littered with joyless pain and suffering.
I love how you’ve connected this to Jung’s ideas. It’s interesting how, as he got older, he leaned more into the spiritual side of things. I agree that it’s important to stay curious about these moments while keeping a balanced perspective.
Fantastic piece Grant. Loved the topic and how you broke it into 2 parts with the in depth analysis of the kinds of mistakes many can make on the path to awakening.
Thanks Tim, I spent a lot of time on that one, glad you found it interesting!
...and so, for the time being, Grant remained a devout skeptic!
Another great piece of writing and very much looking forward to the Siddhis finale 🙂
Thanks Greg! Yep, it's not easy being both a mystic and a skeptic. Hopefully I'll get to the bottom of it all one day. Thanks for your ongoing support!
I love what you have looked at here.
Carl Jung started with serious psychological investigations of synchronicity.
"Acausal connecting (togetherness) principle";
“meaningful coincidence”;
“acausal parallelism”';
or “meaningful coincidence",
he called it a various times.
Later in life, he moved more and more into a spiritual assessment of life experience.
I like the idea that synchronous moments of recognition indicate nothing more than "Hey, that's a pretty coincidence; I'm going to keep investigating this path."
Versus the path which only shows unpleasant streets littered with joyless pain and suffering.
I love how you’ve connected this to Jung’s ideas. It’s interesting how, as he got older, he leaned more into the spiritual side of things. I agree that it’s important to stay curious about these moments while keeping a balanced perspective.
fascinating analysis, thank you
Thanks for your support Janet!