To me it makes all the difference between the gestalt theorem and the creationist's approach.
On 27 Aug., 20:35, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t know if any of you saw the movie “The Number 23” starring Jim > Carrey? (I don’t imagine many Jim Carrey fans out there) but that is > what the “synchronicity” idea would lead to for me if I were to put > any “faith” into it. I have had weird stuff happen to me, so there > might be something to it, but synchronicity is not for the fragile, > those not with a firm grasp and solid foundation, not for those with > an active imagination….in other words, not that great of a concept for > humans in general to be messing with. > > What is the “use” of this “information” exactly? It seems natural > to me that any person who accepts that synchronicity is real is going > to look for more! And if you seek , you shall find more. Talk about > a runaway train! And what does synchronicity say really? “That > there is a “connection” but the details and meaning are left up to > the receiver to figure out. Instructions are not transmitted with > the mysterious messages. The receiver “makes something” out of these > events. > This seems to have more danger to it than value. To allow the > interpretation of the “event” as well as “if that was an event at > all” seems to me to be the ultimate recipe for disaster. But that > is just the way I see it. > > You may have the wisdom to interpret correctly, to use it and not > abuse it, but I don’t see any checks and balances there. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
