We humans, in our search for knowledge, have been primarily guided by the scientific method for the last 500 years. We test theories by performing experiments, and then we adjust our experiments and theories based on the results in order to improve understanding.
Yet, in spite of the scientific method, we are always fascinated by various phenomena that fall outside of scientific, repeatable verification such as synchronicities, pure mysteries, anomalies, hoaxes, and the so-called paranormal and extrasensory. Our “reality” is forever on shaky ground as one momentous discovery of a gaping mystery within a body of “proven” scientific knowledge can shake the foundations of our entire worldview.
Synchronicities are often spontaneous, meaningful coincidences of such high a degree of improbability that they appear almost unbelievable.
In his famous book Synchronicity, psychiatrist Carl Jung wrote, “The experimental method of inquiry aims at establishing regular events which can be repeated. Consequently, unique or rare events are ruled out of account.” This is one of the biggest gaps in scientific and statistical thinking.
Jung goes on to note that natural laws are only statistical truths. Essentially, they are habits of nature. Jung was known to cite two (now famous) examples of synchronicity:
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Synchronicity and Meaning
A synchronicity is a correlation between events and meaning. When one believes that a synchronicity carries meaning or power, then it somehow does. When one follows synchronicities, magical things begin to happen. That is how we know that we are on the right track.
The essential element in a synchronicity is the meaning involved. Each synchronicity has a message to convey — often a spiritual message we can understand and follow.
To empower oneself after a synchronicity, be constantly on the lookout for more signs or omens. While looking, employ randomness. If randomness is practiced systematically, it can open up new doors and dimensions one could not have accessed otherwise. The next step is to then follow more signs and synchronicities out to their proper conclusion—find the meaning and then follow it all the way through to wherever it leads. And where does it lead? In surprising ways, often to more signs and synchronicities, yet also and always inevitable breakthroughs. This process is navigation into The Holy Flow — what we might consider the road less traveled.
The Holy Flow
There are constant examples of synchronicity and the search for meaning. In Supernature, Lyall Watson's ground-breaking book on the supernatural, Watson said, “His results, which cover several years of operation with the same equipment at the same station, show that people did, in fact, avoid accident-bound trains. There were always fewer passengers in the damaged and derailed coaches than would have been expected on that train at that time. The difference between expected and an actual number of passengers was so great that the odds against its occurring by chance were over a hundred to one.”
It appears that the goal is to continuously navigate into and within The Holy Flow. It is about remembering the magical elements and sacred moments of life. This is what I believe we really want—a reconnection to the sacred. A reconnection to the mystery. A return to The Holy Flow.


