Comments on: When synchronicity works better than Google (or The Year of Nothing, Part 4) http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John A. Johnson http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-14684 John A. Johnson Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:05:42 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-14684 Just wanted to thank you for your blog post and leave a note on how I found it. I have taught psychology for 30 years and used to use Dyer's Erroneous Zones in my course. I still quote a few passages from it. But lately I've become interested in his more recent material, after resisting it for years. Too airy fairy for my skeptical side. I have kind of a dual personality, in which my skeptical self argues constantly with my more mystical self. My Skeptic founded a discussion group in LiveJournal called Transcendentally Tempted Anonymous as a recovery group for those drawn to transcendental stuff. Like synchronicity. I had some major synchronistic experiences in my teens, which included discovering the Tao Te Ching (which I continue to read to this day). Anyhow, after watching The Shift and reading The Power of Intention, I had an urge to show the video to my Positive Psychology class this week instead of two of the classes I usually devote to meaning in life. Scanning the Web for resources, I found your page. So, again, thanks. Just wanted to thank you for your blog post and leave a note on how I found it. I have taught psychology for 30 years and used to use Dyer’s Erroneous Zones in my course. I still quote a few passages from it. But lately I’ve become interested in his more recent material, after resisting it for years. Too airy fairy for my skeptical side. I have kind of a dual personality, in which my skeptical self argues constantly with my more mystical self. My Skeptic founded a discussion group in LiveJournal called Transcendentally Tempted Anonymous as a recovery group for those drawn to transcendental stuff. Like synchronicity. I had some major synchronistic experiences in my teens, which included discovering the Tao Te Ching (which I continue to read to this day). Anyhow, after watching The Shift and reading The Power of Intention, I had an urge to show the video to my Positive Psychology class this week instead of two of the classes I usually devote to meaning in life. Scanning the Web for resources, I found your page. So, again, thanks.

]]> By: Exploring Anarchism | The Alan Furth blog http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-12724 Exploring Anarchism | The Alan Furth blog Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:17:21 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-12724 [...] I am now sure that the most important thing I did during that year was to fully incorporate into my lifestyle the practice of Tai Chi Chuan, Nei Kung and Daoist meditation. [...] [...] I am now sure that the most important thing I did during that year was to fully incorporate into my lifestyle the practice of Tai Chi Chuan, Nei Kung and Daoist meditation. [...]

]]> By: @TheGirlPie http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-11900 @TheGirlPie Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:50:13 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-11900 Wow, one swell email post from Colleen linking to one hella swell post from Alan, and I've got a day's worth of open tabs to scout for a life's worth of growing. I should never read you two when I've got deadlines ~! Many thanks, keep up the good works. ~GirlPie Wow, one swell email post from Colleen linking to one hella swell post from Alan, and I’ve got a day’s worth of open tabs to scout for a life’s worth of growing. I should never read you two when I’ve got deadlines ~!

Many thanks, keep up the good works.
~GirlPie

]]> By: How to become less judgmental in 5 minutes or less (The Year of Nothing, Part 3) http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-11168 How to become less judgmental in 5 minutes or less (The Year of Nothing, Part 3) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:42:15 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-11168 [...] is the third post of the “Year of Nothing” series. For the fourth post of the series, click here. For the second post, click [...] [...] is the third post of the “Year of Nothing” series. For the fourth post of the series, click here. For the second post, click [...]

]]> By: Learning from what is not : Alan Furth — The Blog http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5897 Learning from what is not : Alan Furth — The Blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:18:32 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-5897 [...] — Change Your Life towards the end of my Year of Nothing was remarkably revelatory. Both the chain of events that led me to the book and its content helped me put in perspective what I gained during this year, and made me realize [...] [...] — Change Your Life towards the end of my Year of Nothing was remarkably revelatory. Both the chain of events that led me to the book and its content helped me put in perspective what I gained during this year, and made me realize [...]

]]> By: Damien http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 Damien Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:53:27 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-2984 That's a really great piece, and one of the clearest most measured recountings of someone's synchronistic experience I've ever read. Glad you found my diagram useful. That’s a really great piece, and one of the clearest most measured recountings of someone’s synchronistic experience I’ve ever read.

Glad you found my diagram useful.

]]> By: Alan Furth http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Alan Furth Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:27:43 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-2076 I agree, ultimately what really matters is growth, and a condition for that is to keep an open mind. Saying "yes" to writing the crazy definitely felt like one more step towards that openness... thank for your encouragement in that direction! I think that ultimately your tweet sums it up pretty well -- we need to be careful of being too skeptical as much as we have to avoid gullibility: there is a Middle Way for rationality, as there is for everything. I agree, ultimately what really matters is growth, and a condition for that is to keep an open mind. Saying “yes” to writing the crazy definitely felt like one more step towards that openness… thank for your encouragement in that direction!

I think that ultimately your tweet sums it up pretty well — we need to be careful of being too skeptical as much as we have to avoid gullibility: there is a Middle Way for rationality, as there is for everything.

]]> By: Colleen Wainwright http://www.alanfurth.com/when-synchronicity-works-better-than-google-or-the-year-of-nothing-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 Colleen Wainwright Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:42:49 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=840#comment-2057 Haha. So lovely! I'm glad to be a part of your magical, mystical, Skeptics Sector™ of the woowoo circuit board. I've not read Jung and it's been years since I picked up (and pretty quickly put down, baffled) the Tao Te Ching, so I'm not really prepared to speak about synchronicity, the phenomenon. (Although I'd be lying if I said this whole exchange hasn't piqued my interest.) What I also think about it in my own, semi-skeptical, semi-woo way is this: once you open yourself up, you see more of everything. Maybe *that's* synchronicity (sez the skeptic) or maybe it's Spirit working through the skeptic's issues (sez the child of woo). Ultimately, not sure if it matters. Or maybe I should say, right now, these things are not of concern to me. Growth is it for me, and I will go about it my way, and report back as I can. If I do gather intelligence about synchronicity along the way, I'll relay it, don't worry. Ultimately, I'm just pleased and happy that you said "YES" to writing the crazy. Even if it *is* the most measured, skeptical crazy I've seen in a while. Haha. So lovely! I’m glad to be a part of your magical, mystical, Skeptics Sector™ of the woowoo circuit board.

I’ve not read Jung and it’s been years since I picked up (and pretty quickly put down, baffled) the Tao Te Ching, so I’m not really prepared to speak about synchronicity, the phenomenon. (Although I’d be lying if I said this whole exchange hasn’t piqued my interest.)

What I also think about it in my own, semi-skeptical, semi-woo way is this: once you open yourself up, you see more of everything. Maybe *that’s* synchronicity (sez the skeptic) or maybe it’s Spirit working through the skeptic’s issues (sez the child of woo). Ultimately, not sure if it matters. Or maybe I should say, right now, these things are not of concern to me.

Growth is it for me, and I will go about it my way, and report back as I can. If I do gather intelligence about synchronicity along the way, I’ll relay it, don’t worry.

Ultimately, I’m just pleased and happy that you said “YES” to writing the crazy. Even if it *is* the most measured, skeptical crazy I’ve seen in a while.

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