I would wonder the same thing about it all being acausal. I remember when my mother in law died my wife, a life long devote catholic, mentioned something about a sign, a butterfly that would appear. I always thought that to be coincidence but at the cemetery, there it was, a large white butterfly that landed and stay for several minutes then casually flew off. I guess there is some synchronicity there, in the death, the mention of and appearance of the butterfly.
On Aug 22, 12:33 am, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Great question. As a believer I wonder why Jung calls synchronicity > 'acausal' in that essay "Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting > Principle". Does he embrace a Humean notion of causality as constant > conjunction in which causes precede effects temporally? > > Yet I do find myself reluctant to jump in with both feet and call > something a meaningful coincidence. This is no doubt my inner atheist > whispering. As a believer I know synchronicity under a different name: > providence. God always meets our real needs. Sometimes I see the > pattern and call it providence. Usually I do not, perhaps because it > is to bright for my minds eye. > > On Aug 21, 5:08 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Synchronicity is a word that has come up now and then in these > > discussions and is, I think, becoming more a part of our scientific > > and philosophic paradigms. Webster defines it as: the quality or > > state of being synchronous or simultaneous : concurrence of acts, > > events, or developments in time : coincident movement or existence; > > chronological arrangement of historical events and personages so as to > > indicate coincidence or coexistence; a representation in the same > > picture of two or more events which occurred at different times. > > > Jung required a larger framework for his idea of synchronicity, a > > framework that reveals an underlying pattern for what he called > > "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events." > > > What does synchronicity mean to you? What role does it play in your > > life? What do YOU think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
