Synchronicity
log for 2013
6/5/13
A minor one, after a virtual drought. Yesterday, I had to look
in the HAARP book in regards to a concept I'd read in there,
what I thought would apply to my book. I didn't find the
concept, but while flipping through it, I did see two things:
first, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," which has been a recurring
theme for me lately, starting when I felt Compelled to watch
Fantasia, and in maybe 3-4 different places since. Then,
second, "cyclotron," which I Noticed, then it turned up in
'The Cuckoo's Egg' today, when I felt Compelled to start
reading it. Mildly notable, considering how I Just Happened to
look in the HAARP book and Notice "cyclotron," then felt so
Compelled to start reading the other book today.
Also, a pretty notable recurrence. This afternoon, I thought
very distinctly of how, in 'Operators and Things,' the author
wrote about how abandonment is a woman's primary fear. This
then migrated to me thinking, randomly, if [my friend] feared
abandonment, just as a matter of course since she's a woman.
Then, in her latest email which I read tonight, she expressly
said that: that she fears abandonment. I don't believe she's
ever mentioned that before. And, also cool, is that she sent
the email yesterday but I haven't had time to read it until
tonight, just hours after I had the thought about her fear of
abandonment.
[6/9 update on the second: as it turned out, [my friend] *had*
mentioned to me a fear of abandonment previously, on 1/13/13,
approximately 5 months before I had this thought. So, it's
quite possible that my thinking of the woman's comment in
'Operators and Things' subconsciously touched on this memory
(though, at the time, I had zero conscious awareness of it if
it did). But, the synchronicity would still remain, now just
as a simple, but notable, recurrence.]
6/6/13
Very minor recurrence: Oakland, CA. This featured in the first
part of 'Cuckoo's Egg' that I read yesterday, and then, today,
when tracking the battery I ordered a couple days ago, I saw
that it passed through Oakland, CA on its last stop. I
wouldn't note this except that I can't remember the last I've
seen Oakland, CA reference (if ever?), and then I see it twice
in 24 hours, like so many of these.
6/9/13
Cool recurrence: another "sorcerer's apprentice," now at the
very end of 'The Cuckoo's Egg.' Doubly notable since it was in
the HAARP book I Just Happened to look through just before
starting 'Cuckoo's Egg,' in which the two had cyclotron, and
the HAARP book had the next-to-last "sorcerer's apprentice."
Sort of a delayed recurrence.
6/10/13
A cool little recurrence involving Goodwill. I went there this
morning for a new chair, which I got. Before leaving I Noticed
a shelf of cleaning bottles for sale, which turned out to be
"Adhesive Remover." Then, about 30 minutes later, upon getting
home, I went to take the tape off my new chair. As it turned
out, the tape left adhesive goo on the chair, that which
would've been taken off with adhesive remover. It was the
first I've seen adhesive remover for years, since maybe before
the sign shop moved; but, it was the first I've ever *needed*
adhesive remover myself.
6/13/13
A cool recurrence, occurring within the space of minutes.
While writing an email to [my friend] this evening, I somehow
mentioned the movie character Clark Griswald, with triggered a
thought of the "Brief Grislys" anthology I have a story in
(Griswald, Grislys, straight-up memory association). Well, a
few minutes later, I noticed I had another email come in, so I
checked it -- and it was the announcement that Brief Grislys
has been published. Cool.
6/17/13
Cool thought synchros this morning. Both were while listening
to music and driving. First was hearing "I got nasty habits,"
coinciding perfectly with my thinking, in a totally
unconnected chain of thought, about nasty mental habits of
certain people. Then, when I got home and parked, I parked in
one place, then figured I should move up to the next space, as
to make it easier for my dad to park behind me when I got
home. Immediately as I was thought this, the song said "a
space in my parking lot."
6/18/13
some really got recurrences today. Both involved completely
random, yet distinct, thoughts I had this morning, as has
happened many times with this phenomenon. The first thought
was how hard it is to program a VCR (or, rather how hard
people used to think it, as was popular), and how I once put
black tape over a readout to cover the blinking 12:00; I can't
remember what train of thought led to this, or if there even
was one. Then, similarly, I thought distinctly of Andy Warhol,
and the song of this title by David Bowie. I'm not sure what,
but something about the latter made me think, distinctly, "I
am going to see this again sometime soon, somehow." I have no
logical reason why I thought this; it was just some quality
about the Andy Warhol thought that reminded me of past such
intuitive predictions, much like that time I predicted seeing
young men with red beards. Well, approximately an hour after
the Andy Warhol thought and my thinking so strongly that I
would see it again, Andy Warhol was mentioned in the 'Motley
Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers' book I'm reading, which is
highly notable in itself, considering how I identified that
"recurrence" feeling and predicted this, and that the
recurrenced happened so soon after, but there's also the fact
that this is a *stock investing* book, and would be about the
last place you'd expect to read about Andy Warhol. Yet, there
it was, and not just a passing mention either, but several
pages concerning how he made a brand of himself in the
business sense. And, soon after that, it mentioned how
difficult it is to program a VCR, also, when I don't remember
the last I'd heard of that old idea, not surprising
considering that VCRs have about died off (though, I didn't
get that distinct "recurrence" feeling about the VCR thought).
Also, there were two other somewhat notable word synchros,
both in this book: "conference room," which I wrote about in
the book this morning, when I needed an example for something
(I came up with the stuff involving the conference room
completely randomly and unplanned, and, also, I wasn't even
sure if there was such a thing as a "conference room," and I
remember distinctly thinking this after I'd written it); and
then, "gravitational pull," which I also wrote of this
morning, then read it several hours later. The "gravitational
pull" one was doubly interesting because I felt Compelled to
put it in the book in regards to how crowds and groups can
"suck you in"; it first occurred to me yesterday but I forgot
it, and then it occurred to me last night, and then finally it
occurred to me again while writing the group influence part of
the book this morning. Overall, some damn cool ones.
6/20/13
A couple thought synchros. The first was minor: thinking of a
cellphone immediately prior to [my friend]'s cellphone
ringing. Another was bit more notable, however: my thinking of
a dyed, neon-blue beard, immediately before [my friend]
mentioned exactly that, with nothing that would suggest that
-- it was completely random, both on my thinking it and [my
friend] saying it. And no, I didn't voice this to her (not
that I had time). Pretty cool.
6/22/13
A couple word synchros today: "lost in the shuffle" and
"masochism," both written in the book this morning and then in
the 'Rule Makers, Rule Breakers' book at lunchtime, maybe
three hours later. Not too notable except that 1) they aren't
the most common of words, especially masochism (can't remember
the last I thought or read of masochism), 2) they recurred
pretty quickly, and 3) I've been seeing a higher than average
number of these lately, many of them abiding by this same
formula of being in the book I'm writing this morning, then
the book I'm reading at lunch or evening.
6/23/13
Another word synchro like those I've been having lately: "back
office." I thought of this, entirely randomly, last night, in
the form of the Microsoft Back Office software, I can't even
remember what from. I distinctly remember it because afterward
I had the thought, "What exactly is a back office? Is that an
actual thing, or just some arbitrary software name?" Then,
today, when starting the 'Big Secret for the Small Investor'
book (which I was Compelled to read, in favor of the other
book I'd planned on, out of nowhere), it mentioned a
business's back office in the first few pages. Notable
considering the circumstances and timing, but also because it
seemed to answer that question I'd had of whether a back
office actually existed. Also, equally notable, was that this
book mentioned Shakespeare and Hamlet, when, just last night,
the end of the 'Rule Breakers, Rule Makers' book mentioned
Shakespeare and Hamlet. Not only is this a word
synchro/recurrence, but is additionally notable considering
that it involves two stock/business books mentioning
Shakespeare and Hamlet in particular -- very unlikely, I would
think.
6/24/13
Cool thought synchro. While working out, just as I hit the
10th rep of an exercise, someone on the radio said "ten,
eleven," just as I counted "ten" in my head, and then went on
the 11th rep, as to coincide perfectly, in that distinctly
synchronistic way. Also of note is that the only reason I
heard the radio was because my MP3 player's battery died a few
minutes earlier.
[6/29 update: [my friend] sent me this email, in regards to
the tweet of this synchro: "[Saw] your tweet a minute ago, got
up to take a glass to the kitchen, looked at the clock.
10:11 I had to laugh."]
6/25/13
Oh, so many today. First, I had tons of minor, random synchros
all through the day, more than I can list -- another one of
"these days." But there were also several pretty notable and
coherent ones. First, a thought synchro: I thought distinctly
of pulling into a driveway and parking, immediately before the
song I was listening to said "pulling into your driveway." I'd
listened to this CD before, so I could foreseeably have
subconsciously predicted this lyric; however, I can distinctly
retrace the chain of thought which led to my thinking of
pulling in the driveway (it was about feeding the pig at the
Vilas house), ruling this out. Also of note, the song I was
listening to was called "Read Your Mind." I laughed my ass
off. Then, later on, I thought of the numbers 9 and 11 a split
second before I came up upon a sign reading "9" below "11."
And, just like the last one, I can distinctly retrace my
thought of 9 and 11 to a completely unrelated chain of though
(the spiritual experience thing I read a long time ago). Then,
just when I was about to cut the sign shop, a man came out
from it and started toward a car parked in the lawn I needed
to cut. This was excellent timing to start with, since I would
prefer that the car had been moved, but also, the man, from
out of nowhere, engaged me in conversation on my Honda mower
(I'd never met this man before in my life). This was notable
from the get-go, because he is the third stranger in the last
couple months to out of nowhere engage me on Honda mowers and
praise how great they are (the first was the day manager at
the dump, who usually ignores me completely, and the other was
the real-estate guy about a week ago). However, it gained
notability when the guy mentioned, as randomly, how Hondas can
run on no oil and not suffer damage -- when, just 3 days ago
I'd put oil in this mower, concerned that it might be getting
low (after adding it, the mower seems to run quieter,
suggesting that it did in fact need oil; though, I can't
really be sure if this is just in my head or not). Regardless
of whether my mower actually needed oil or not, there still
remains the archetype of "Honda mower and oil" (and, if you
count my being concerned over whether it needed oil or not,
"Honda's running on little to no oil"). Overall, a really cool
day, with so many synchros it had that magical, living-dream
feel to it.
6/27/13
A bit of recurrence between yesterday and today: a Daihatsu
Rocky car, sighted three times within the last day. It started
yesterday when, randomly and in a very unlikely way, I drove
over by the old jail (in search of a flea market and a new
mower which, when I found it, was closed). Then I saw another
one (or perhaps it was the same one) on the way to cut grass
this morning, then saw another (or the same) parked on the way
home. In any case, reasonably unlikely on all three accounts,
and also somewhat notable because a Daihatsu Rocky of that
approximate year and its exact color was my first car (for all
I know, it *was* my first car, since it was sold locally).
Reminds me of the horoscope I saw upon turning 18 and getting
the car (which may just have coincided with Jupiter arriving
in Cancer).
Also, a damn cool recurrence. Today in the 'Alive' book, it
mentioned how there was a flight manual in which chapter 34
was titled "Communications." I noticed this because I'm just
today finishing up the "Communication" chapter in the book.
This set me to wondering what chapter number mine was, because
the numbering's gotten screwed up since having decided to
split the book into three. So I went and manually counted the
chapter numbers, and damned if my "Communication" chapter is
the 34th, as the book is currently structured. Wow ... just,
wow.
6/28/13
A couple more thought synchros this morning, just like those
I've been experiencing lately where I'm driving around and
some song lyric corresponds with a distinct thought I'm having
at just that same moment, this originating from an entirely
unrelated chain of thought, etc. Today it was "standing alone
on the steps" or something to that effect, perfectly
coinciding with a stray thought of me standing alone on the
steps of that house I'm thinking of buying. The other was "did
the best I could," which wasn't as exact but did apply very
much to what I was thinking at the time.
6/30/13
Some cool thought synchros today. First, this morning I was
thinking, randomly but distinctly, of the veil phenomenon. I
can't remember what led to it, but the important fact is that
I thought of it before church. Then, during church, I all the
sudden thought of it again -- just seconds before the pastor
went into a discourse on the veil (different concepts, but
still). It was one of those perfectly synchronous coincidings,
but it was close enough to be highly notable. Also, the
pastor's mention came out of nowhere; beforehand, he wasn't
saying anything related to a veil -- nothing that would make
me think of it again, in any case.
Then, when going to Aidan's birthday party at the park, a
classic thought synchro, just like those I've been having
lately where I'll hearing a song lyric coinciding with either
a thought or an actual event. This time it was "never parked
in anyone's space" coinciding perfectly with my parking in the
park's parking lot.
Then, while replying to [my friend]'s email tonight, I
mentioned how I've learned to very carefully toe around when
I'm walking in the dark, as not to step on cats. Then, maybe
an hour later, I read in the SAS tracking book about the
"ghost walk," which is a means of walking very quietly, which
requires you to toe around with your feet when taking each
step -- precisely how I'd described it to [my friend].