[comment I made in Lethal OD's facebook 09/08/2010Part of Jung's realization about synchronicity is that (regardless of confirmation bias) the fact that your brain and subconscious have noticed a pattern and it has drifted up to conscious realization is the significant part. In other words, it is an internal, not an external phenomenon. The ( Read more... )

"Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of the fact that we can fully understand a connection though we can only speak of it in images and parables."
- Werner Heisenberg

A rather striking and humorous anecdote from Jung regarding an experience he had with a patient. This was simply too good not to share"My example concerns ( Read more... )

Go to Wikipedia and look up your cat's birthday (excluding the year). List 5+5 neat facts, 5+5 births, 5 deaths and whatever-the-hell else you want to in your journal.

The new kitten was born on January 31st, which makes her an ♒Aquarius♒ by normal human Zodiac standards, but since she is likely a cat by my estimation... her proper sign is obV ( Read more... )

The little cafe down the street from our new place has a sign up that says:

There
ain't
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch.
I almost burst out laughing when I saw that. It is one of the most beloved sayings of of one of my favorite authors, Robert Heinlein. He even went so far as to abbreviate it as TANSTAAFL ( Read more... )