You would put the book down after careful study and say,
“Profound indeed!” But we are not there yet, at least I am not. So, as a
writer , I find myself writing about that which cannot be described, here in
this territory of synchronicity , the dimension of thought.If memory (thoughts) cannot be stored in our brain, then we have to be
open to the possibility that they are outside the brain in some way. The
mysterious happenings that seem so inexplicable may somehow come under
the heading of thoughts meeting thoughts. If there are invisible connections
between thought s and form, then why not between thoughts and thoughts as
well? And if thoughts do indeed meet with other thoughts, and we are the
source of thoughts, then it seems possible that we create synchronistic
situations. Consider though t as something that we create all the time. We are the
source of this creative process through our connection to the divine and the
infinite. With this awareness we can dismiss “coincidence” and believe in
the divine intelligence operating in our universe. Of course, once you
believe it, you will truly see it working every day. Synchronic ity is not a
passive speculative principle. It is here, it works, and you are a part of it. Believe it or not. See it or not. WHA T ARE THESE CONNECT ORS MADE OF? When we examine the connecto rs between form and form, we can clearly
delineate precisely what makes up these bonds. But once we move to the
area of formlessness, we must stop relying on our senses and use intuition
to tell us how connections link thoughts to form, and thoughts to thoughts. Three possibilities for what constitutes thought are (1) energy that resonates
in the universe; (2) invisible waves, vibrating so fast that we cannot
perceive or measure them; (3) part of morphogenetic magnetic-like fields
that surround members of a species. But in spite of a great deal of speculation and research and many books
devoted to analyzing these subjects, there is still no agreeme nt on what
constitutes thought and how thoughts are transmitted. And so I suggest that
we shift from analysis to synthesis. Analysis is a form of intellectual
violence wherein we break up an object of study , look for patterns, try to
put it into a scientific mode, and come up with a formula. Synthesis is a
way of bringing  everything together , by starting from what is obvious. Thoughts are formless. They exist in our universe. We partici pate in this
process. We do not need a formula to tell us that there is a connection
between thought and everything that we do. We know that we cannot storethoughts in a container . Thoughts are in some way a part of the invisible
world that exists, though hidden from us. Reshad Feild, writing in his thought-provoking novel The Invisible Way,
presented this brief dialogue:
“I understand what you are saying, John,” Nur replied. “There was a time when I could see that other world. Each idea was a shape that could be understood, rather than seen
with the eyes.”
Reshad Feild’ s words suggest a world that we have been impervious to
because of our experience of living almost exclusively in form: the world of
ideas, of thought; this amorphou s formless stuff called thought, which both
originates with a person and simultaneously is that person. Thought is out
there and in there  at the same time. It is everywhere. Energy? Perhaps. A
resonance? Perhaps. A chain link of morphogenetic fields? Perhaps. Invisible? Definitely! Something from which we can never escape? Definitely! Just try not thinking for even a few moments and you will see
that thought is something that you are inextricably tied in to. Once you accept that thought could possibly exist outside of you, then
you are on your way to understanding synchronicity . The hookup between
seemingly unconnected events is really the hookup of thoughts, the essence
of our universe , this vibrating energy that we cannot see or define. Similarly , the hookup between your thoughts and those of someone else is
easier to consider with the idea that thought is energy flowing unimpeded in
the universe, not just in one individual. Those seeming coincid ences seem
elegantly appropriate when we are tuned in to the dimension of thought. The answ er for me to the question “What are these connectors made of?” is
simply: “They are thoughts.”
Thoughts contemplated as energy are hooking up not out of coincidence,
but because we are both the source of thought and a part of universal
thought. The ability to be thoug ht and create thought gives us the ability to
make virtually any connection to thought that we choose. As we awaken to
this probability , coincidences no longer are surprising. Before long we
come to expect them. And then, trans-form-ation, as we are able to create
them at will. Acknowledgment of synchronicity in our lives nurtures our
divine connection to the invisible, formless world. It allows us to begin theawakening process and to see that we can use our ability to think and be
thought, to reshape and redirect our entire lives. THE AWAKENING PROCESS
 
Stage One: Your beginnings on the path. Remember when your
heart was broken and you felt that you would never get over the
trauma? Your mind probably seemed to be working against you
because of your endlessly painf ul thoughts of how miserable you
were right then and how awful the future seemed. Perhaps it was
a roman tic crisis, a divorce, a financial disaster , an illness or
accident of some kind. You were unable to view it with hindsight. The experience of a crisis immo bilizes us for a long period of
time. Our mind is focused on the disaster aspects of the situation,
and we are unab le to function effectively . We are unable to sleep
or eat, and do not know how we are going to get past the terrible
set of circumst ances. We use our minds to focus on what is
wrong, how painful it is, and how terrible it is going to be in the
future. Advice from friends and relatives seems unrelated to our
problem and usually results in anger and frustration. We cannot
see any way out of our misery . This is a typical response for all of us who are traveling our life
paths in the belief that the extern al signposts are all there is to our
reality . We cannot imagine that there is a valuable lesson in the
trauma. We reject any suggesti ons that someday we will recall
this experience as a necessary  step in our development. We
simply want to wallow in our hurt, believing that someone or
something outsi de of us is creating this pain, and wishing that
those externals would change. I acknowledge having been in this place for a part of my life. I
can recall being immobilized over romantic and family crises, and
being so sad and weepy that I functioned ineffectively . My mind
seemed to be stuck in place on a particular problem and I was
unable to go more than a few minutes without having those
thoughts in my head. I felt possessed by the problem, and couldnot imag ine why this was happening to me, nor could I visuali ze
anything positive ever resulting from these dif ficulties. All of us at this point on our personal journey of awakening are
possessed by our traumas. We truly believe that the events are
making us unhappy , and have not yet learned that we are strande d
in the misery by the way that we are processing the events. J. Krish namurti, in his Commentaries on Living , writes of a
man who is reacting to the loss of his wife:
“I used to paint , but now I can’t touch the brushes, or
look at the things I have done. For the last six months I
also have seemed to be dead…. The other day I picked
up the brushes, and they were strangers to me. Before, I
didn’ t even know  I held a brush in my hand; but now it
has weig ht, it is cumbersome. I have often walked to
the river, wanting never to come  back; but I always did. I couldn ’t see people, as her face was always there. I
sleep, dream and eat with her, but I know it can never
be the same again…. I have tried to forget, but do what
I will, it can never be the same again. I used to listen to
the birds , but now I want to destroy everything. I can’t
go on like this, I haven’ t seen any of our friends since
then, and without her they mean nothing to me. What
am I to do?”
The widower describes dramatically how his mind is stuck in
suffering. All of us have exper ienced or will experience similar
painful emotion s. We are unable to consider that there may be a
gift in the unfolding drama that is our life in the moment. Stage Two: The middle ground . As we become more awakened,
we use our power to create our world through thought in a much
more transcende nt way. Looking back, we almost always see the
benefit to us. The divorce that we thought we would never getover now seems to be the best thing that ever happened. Youthful
crises which felt life-threatening  at the time now seem a natural
part of our devel opment. The bout with alcohol addiction that was
ruining a life is now viewed as the most important thing ever
experienced—it taught how much strength was really deep down
inside, even though days of drunkenness seemed to destroy all
that was important at the time. The bankruptcy is seen as the
necessary catalyst that caused the shift to a more rewarding way
of life. The severe illness is recognized as the message to
reexamine priorities and slow down. Hindsight provides new eyes
to see the oppor tunity in what was happening at earlier stages of
life. Stage Two is the middle ground  of enlightenment because it is
the place where we no longer need hindsight to see the
opportunity . As we approach this stage we are becoming aware of
the benefit right now, as it is happening. We stop focusing on
thoughts of what is missing and stop catastrophizing about the
future. Instead we shift to “Wha t is in this for me right now? How
can I turn this into an opportunity without having to go throug h
years of sufferin g before I see how necessary this all is?” This is
an impo rtant step in the enligh tenment process, and helps us to
see how synchronized the onesong really is. Certainly we still
experience the pain and suffering, but we simultaneously know
that there is something magnificent in this as well. We are able to
be gentle and accepting with ourselves, and to honor and love
even the part that is creating this crisis. We probably will not
cognitively unde rstand why this pain is occurring right now, but
we will have an underlying knowingness and belief in the value
of it. I heard Ram Dass describe his feelings during the death of his
beloved stepmother . He wondered why she was required to suffer
so, in the advanc ed stages of melanoma. He knew in his heart that
suffering was a part of the journey , and that it always led to
something grander , but this, this horrible pain, this beautiful
woman whom he loved so dearly—why? As she passed through
the final stages before her death, he noticed that she was
becoming more peaceful, and he saw a look of exquisite serenityand joy overtak e her, and she seemed to enter a new realm, a
blissful state, as she left her form. The suffering was over, since
pain is experienced by the senses in form. She was free, and Ram
Dass, watching this scene unfold, said to himself, “Yes, and even
this too leads to a higher state.” He saw that the suffering was
leading to something grander for her, and he did not need to wait
several years to realize it. As she left, he was at peace with her
departure, for he knew that death is a reward, not a punishment. He had that peace within himself too, knowing that the sufferin g
had within it a blessing. Stage Two, then, involves being in the present moment with
everything that we are experiencing, rather than having to spend
long periods of time suffering  before we realize the blessing
inherent in the struggle. I became aware that I was past Stage One
on October 15, 1982, in the city of Athens, Greece. I had decided
to run the original Greek Marathon, and after a training program,
had made the trip to Greece. The distance of twenty-six-pl us
miles was not threatening to me, since I had already completed
four marathons. But I had no idea what I was going to encount er
when fifteen hundred of us lined up at the starting line in
Marathon, a tiny fishing village twenty-six and a fraction miles
from the finish line at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. The race was delayed by about an hour because of some
technical snafus. It was 10:20 A.M. when we finally began, and the
temperature was eighty-eight degrees, heading upward into the
hottest part of the day. The terrain was a gradual uphill run for
almost seventee n of the twenty -six miles. After fifteen miles I
knew that I was in serious trouble. The heat and uphill runnin g
were beginning to take their toll. Runners were dropping out. Some were on the side of the road, vomiting, and many , victims
of heat exhaustion, were being placed in Red Cross ambulances. I could feel myself getting queasy , and for the first time in my
running career , I stopped in the middle of a race and had to lie
down and give in to nausea and vomiting. I would stay on the
ground, drink a quart or so of water , and then get back up and run
a few more miles, and then be back on the ground. By the twenty-
one-mile mark I was at a point of physical exhaustion that I hadnever experienced before. I was shaking and vomiting green bile,
but unab le to fathom that I had flown all the way to Greece to
accomplish something that I had dreamed about for years and was
not able to finish the race. I simply  could not let that thought into my consciousness. I
contemplated what it would be like to fly back to the Unite d
States and then look back at this moment and see what bene fit
there was in it for me. I could not get that picture as I lay on the
street five miles outside the city of Athens, with people coming to
my aid, telling me to get into the ambulance for the ride back to
the Olympic Stadium. So I stayed in the moment, and asked
myself what blessing or opportunity there was in this. I put my
suffering aside and genuinely asked myself if I really wanted to
go back home without having completed what I had set out to do. Could I somehow reach down inside myself and find the will
(through thought) to run for five more miles? Something came over me at that moment that I can only
describe as a miracle. I felt that I was lying there in the heat and
vomit to see if I had the inner courage to do what seeme d
impossible at that moment. Five more miles at that mome nt
seemed like five hundred. Yet I saw with my thoughts that I could
use that situation as a blessing and truly grow as a human being
by transcending my physical condition. My physical insides
literally changed. I went from weakness to strength in a moment,
the mom ent when I gave myself  permission to see the opportunity
to discover how much strength I could draw on. I righted myse lf,
told the ambulance attendants  to help someone else, and I
proceeded toward the finish line five miles ahead. As I entered Athens, I realized that my troubles were not over. The streets had not been blocked off, and so we were required to
run down the highway on the lane markers with cars drivin g
alongside us, and policemen trying to keep the automobiles away
from the runners. The fume s were the worst I had ever
experienced in my life. Cars were changing lanes right in front of
runners, the drivers ignoring the pleadings of the policemen
attempting to direct traffic. It was growing hotter by the momen t.
Yet, with each new obstacle, my resolve seemed to intensify , andmy legs stopped cramping and quivering. I was getting stronger ,
not weaker . I finished that race. I finished despite having spent almost thirty
minutes on the ground. I finished in the top third overall, whic h
was my highest finish ever, even though it was my slowest time. But the time was insignificant. So too were the cheers and the
medals we received. I had learn ed something very valuable about
myself, and I did not have to wait several years to know what the
blessing was in the suf fering. This short verse  from raymond ng’s reflections from the soul
sums up my thoughts nicely:
Out of mud the lovely lotus blossoms,
Out of trials something higher vies
When we can seize that higher something in the moment, we are
advancing along  the path towa rd that third and ultimate stage
wherein pure synchronicity lies, and where we take a much more
active role in co-creating our world. Stage Three: Pure synchr onicity . If Stage One of enlightenment is
to notice with the benefit of hindsight that every obstacle is an
opportunity , and Stage Two is to catch ourselves as the obstacle
appears, noticing the blessing as it is happening, you are probably
wondering, “What else is there?” The answer is difficult to
comprehend for those who cannot see anything beyond their
form. For the third and highest  stage of enlightenment gives us
the choice of thought at its purest. It offers the possibility of
thought experienced without intermediary , material, so-calle d
causes. It is synchronicity in context with the notion that we are
thought, and that thoughts reside both within and outside us. In this stage of enlightenment we are able to see the obstacles
on the horizon as simply “events” which we have a choice about. At this stage we do not need to create or become caught up in theobstacles to have the learning experience. The negative-sounding
“obstacle” is replaced by the more neutral term “event.” I believe
that today , at this point of my development, I do not need to get
so sick running a marathon to experience my Self in thought as I
did in the Greek Marathon. I can be with that strength or essence
or Self in though t if I so choose. I can know that aspect of myse lf
without having to go through an obstacle or event. And, yes, in
this third stage, the lotus blossom can bloom in thought without
needing the mud to create it. The divine part of ourselves which I have labeled thought and
God is a force in the universe which we are capable of tuning in
to if we believe  in it and if we are willing. In the purest stage of
synchronicity we have a choice about experiencing thought in
form or in pure thought. We get an intuitive sense that to act or
continue acting in a certain way is creating a forthcoming event. Inner intuition tells us that we are heading toward this situation
and we sense we have a choice  about whether or not we need to
go down this road again. In pure synchronicity we are able to
bypass the experience in form by having the thought without the
need to play it out in form. It is literally getting out in front of it
rather than learning from it through hindsight or in the prese nt
moment. When we permit thought its synchronized flow, its
passage as part of the perfectio n, without resistance or denial, it
flows through naturally without need to manifest externally . Recently my wife and I were considering purchasing a new home which
was under construction. We liked everything about it and planned to sign a
contract. Then both of us had an intuitive feeling that there were  difficulties
down the road if we made such a commitment. We have come to trust those
inner signals, and so we decided, simply on the basis of our intuition, not to
enter into an agreement with the builder . At previous times  in our life
together we have made some decisions that turned out to be costly. Here we
were at least at Stage Two, knowing that we had lessons to learn. The
blessing in those obstacles turne d out to be that we learned to trust our inner
signals and avoid unpleasant outcomes in the future.That third stage of enlightenmen t, in which my wife and I are able to get
out in front of ourselves and have choice about an impending event, occurs
regularly when we are in disagreement. We can both see such events
coming, and we are willing to look ahead and live out, in our thoughts, the
consequences of acting in certain ways. A great deal of suffering is
eliminated by contacting the obstacle in thought only and then removing the
need to translate it into form. Utilizing though t to write the script for ourselves in form is a marvelous
stage to get to in life. Here, in partnership with our inner selves, we can
write the script for our outer selves in the most loving way imaginable. We
can live in that graceful dimens ion of formless thought almost exclusively ,
programming for the form all that it needs to experience in its self-
actualizing process. At the same time, having learned some lessons through
traumas, we do not need to keep repeating them. In Stage One we find the Krishnamurti dialogue with the man who was
experiencing painful suffering over the loss of his wife. Let us look now at
the next segment of that conversation:
There must be suffering as long as there is no understanding of
the ways of the self; and the ways of the self are to be discovere d
only in the action of relationship. “But my relationship has come to an end.”
There is no end to relationship. There may be the end of a
particular relatio nship; but relationship can never end. To be is to
be relate d, and nothing can live in isolation. Though we try to
isolate ourselves through a particular relationship, such isolatio n
will inevitably breed sorrow . Sorrow is the process of isolation. “Can life ever be what it has been?”
Can the joy of yesterday ever be repeated today? The desire for
repetition arises  only when there is no joy today; when today is
empty , we look to the past or to the future. We have the power to use our minds to make the present joyful , with our
ability to use thought. Loss of a particular relationship is unbearable when
there is no relationship to Self. This is the magic of synchronicity . The
traumas and obstacles are truly  the events to enable us to understand, to
know the Self.Thoughts meet thoughts, and you decide whether to transfer them into
form or not. As you more and more tune in to the exquisite force that is
your mind, trusting in yoursel f as the source of thoughts, the mystery
slowly but surel y begins to fade and it makes more and more sense to you. Events that seem ed so impossible to figure out now become nothing more
than thoughts meeting thoughts  in a universe that is all vibrating thought. Where you once  said, “Wow, I simply can’t believe the remarka ble string of
coincidences that led up to this,” you start saying, “I trust it all.”
Let me share with you more of how this has worked for me. MIRACLES? I have experienc ed many synchronistic events that seem to be miracles to
those who cann ot comprehend how it all fits together . For me, they are
simply the result of believing in the universal intelligence that supports all
form and allowing it to work in perfect harmony . So when someone says to
me, “Come on, Wayne, be more realistic,” my instant respons e is: “I am
realistic—I expect miracles.” I genuinely do. When I began to see thought and form as one, and to see that I am
somehow divinely connected to all thought, I saw that thought was
something I could use. This became increasingly clear as I began to
meditate and seemingly leave my body for extended periods  of time. I
experienced the world of thought unencumbered by form. At this point, I
started to experience the tremendous power inherent in our thinking
capacity . Soon I knew that thoughts were something more than mysterious
amorphous items in our heads. I realized that thought is the very stuff of the
universe. It is energy, as is everything else in our universe. It has unique
vibrating characteristics, as does other energy, but is unavailable to me
through my five senses. That sixth sense became a new awareness for me. Let me give you an example. Several months ago I received a letter from
a church in Monterey , California, asking me to speak to its congregation. I
photocopied the letter and gave it to my secretary , telling her to call for the
details. The following day she told me, “I called them and there was no
answer . In fact, I called several times.” I was surprised that a church would
not answer , and so I uncharacteristically decided to call. A pleasant-soun ding female voice said, “Hello, Wayne. Why are you
calling me personally? I talked with your secretary only yesterd ay.” Now Iwas more than confused. In the course of our conversation she related that
she worked in the church bookstore. She said they would love to have me
speak at a future seminar . I told her that “coincidentally” I was going to be
in Monte rey on Monday (two days later) and that I would be speaking at the
Hyatt Regency , and then spending five days in isolation, writin g an article
that was overdue. I informed her that no one knew that I would be staying
in Mont erey, but that I would contact her during the week. I emphasized
that I did not want any media coverage, since I would be there  strictly for
writing and researching. I immed iately called my secretary and asked her why she had told me
that no one had answered at this church, when in fact she had talked to
someone there just yesterday . She then realized that she had mistaken that
church for one she had called in Southern California. I arrived in Monterey on Monday , gave my speech, and was settling into
my writing on Tuesday afternoo n when I received a telephone  call from a
woman who had a radio show that aired from 3:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon
on weekdays before the baseball broadcasts. It was now 2:15 P.M. and she
wanted me to be her guest in less than one hour . I asked her how she could possibly have known that I was in Monterey . She told me that I had sent her, as part of a large mailing, some nine months
earlier , a complimentary copy of Gifts from Eykis , and she had been
carrying it when she visited the church bookstore earlier in the day. She
said, “While I was having my purchases rung up, the cashier noticed my
book and menti oned that you were here in town at the Hyatt Regency for
the week to complete some writing and research. My heart started racing at
the idea of having you as a surprise guest on my radio show . Would you
consider letting me pick you up to do the show at three o’clock?”
I debated with myself for several minutes, trying to come up with some
excuse to avoid this interruption. I knew that if I agreed to her request, my
afternoon of writing would be over. First I said, “I can’t believe how short
notice this is.” Then, “I deliberately told no one other than one lady at a
church bookstore, and here you are calling me.” Finally I just gave in and
said, “Okay , pick me up in front of the hotel in twenty minutes.”
I did the show on this very small radio station. On the way back to the
hotel, I suddenly blurted out, “Where is that church bookstore? I would
really love to stop in and say hello to that cashier .” We were within a few
blocks of the store. As I walked in, the cashier said, “I knew  you wouldcome into the store. The show went beautifully . Would you please
autograph the few copies of Gifts from Eykis  that we have in stock? We
have had several phone calls.”
While I stood in a corner of the bookstore autographing their stock, a
huge man, at least six feet ten, entered the store with tears streaming down
his face and asked the cashier , “Where can I get a copy of Gifts from Eykis? I must read it.”
She replied, “The author is right over there. Why don’t you go over and
say hello?”
He came over to me and hugged me intensely . He was crying almost
uncontrollably , and related this story to me. “I’ve been deeply depressed for months, and this morning I had decided
that I was going to end my life today . I made all the necessary
arrangements, and then I took my radio to the park to listen  to my last
baseball game. “As I tuned in to the station I heard you beginning to talk, and I listened
as I’ve never listened before. I heard you talking about living life to the
fullest and always choosing life. I heard you mention Eykis and the
miracles that she brings to us all, and I decided that I would read this book
that you seemed so in love with, and that I was going to begin to choose to
think about all that I have to be grateful for. I want to thank you for saving
my life.”
I walked out to the car, filled with the awe that I always feel in such
moments. So many events had to have taken place in order to set in motion
what had just happened. My secretary had to have made a mistake. I had to
make a phone call myself. I had to reach the one person who would inform
a stranger whom I’d sent a book to, some nine months previously , that I was
in Monterey . I had to do a show I did not want to do. I had to decide to go
to a bookstore on the spur of the moment. Another stranger had to decide to
listen to his last ballgame and tune me in on that radio station at precisely
that moment. What is this all about? A huge series of coincidences? Or a universe that
is working perfectly and giving us the opportunity to make choices within a
perfectly formed, already completed universe? It brought home Jung’ s
paradoxical comment that we are at once the protagonists in our own lives
and the extras in a lar ger drama.I choose to believe that series of events like these are part of this
universal princip le called synchronicity . A collaboration with fate, in which
each of us makes choices withi n a larger context in which it is all perfect. No principle of science curre ntly available to man can explain such
happenings. Yet there is not a person reading this right now who cannot
relate a similar “mysterious” story . It happens all the time. This is truly
thought meeting  thought and being played out in form. All of my hemming
and hawing about whether to do the radio show can be seen from hindsight
as mean ingless. It was already done, and the evidence is that it occurred. A
free will within a completed universe. Of course it is a huge paradox, but
what isn’ t when you start considering such things? Several years ago I was driving home when suddenly the skies opened and
it was raining harder than I had ever seen in my entire life. I could barely
see out of the car windows. As I drove, I saw a woman standing next to her
stalled car, hitch hiking in the drenching rain. I obeyed a very strong impulse
to stop and give her a ride. As she got into the car, she explained that her car
had stalled in the rain, and she needed a ride to a telephone so that she could
call for assistance. I decided to drive her home instead. As we introduced ourselves, Shirley exclaimed in stunned surprise that
she had been told by two frien ds that she should contact me about some
personal matters in her life. As a matter of fact, she had been told that day
that she would meet me soon. I dropped her off at her apartment, gave her a
copy of Gifts from Eykis , and encouraged her to contact my wife about
some concerns that she had told me she had about childbearing. My wife is
an expert in this area, and I felt that they would become friends. Several weeks later, Shirley came to our home with a videotape which
was to become the impetus for my exploration into some of the
metaphysical principles which are a part of my life today . All because of a
“chance” meeting in a rainstorm. Shirley had several long talks with my wife about the value of using her
creative powers to visualize herself giving birth to a baby . She affirmed her
ability to create such a situation, though she was unmarried and uninvolved,
and thirty-eight years old. Two years later, the following letter arrived from
Shirley .Dear Marcie and Wayne:
Remember me? The wet hitchh iker, befriended by a blue auto
whose driver ’s tapes echoed the theme of my health clinic? Shirley Lorenzini—here I am, almost two years in Los
Angeles. Marcie, you will beam at hearing that I am blissfully
married. My husband just had his vasectomy reversed, and
parenthood is looming. Life is wonderful. I’m enclosing a little
snapshot of us one hour after the wedding festivities. Thus the
relaxed look. Joe is everything I had on my list. Thanks for your
belief and encouragement that he would show up. Wayne, I love seeing you in my Nightingale-Conant literature
and I quote you often in my health discussions. Just last week I
told the story of your stopping on Federal Highway to rescue me
from three miles of torrential hiking. That incident was
providential. I think of it so often to remind myself of the
miraculous nature of life. Did I create that incident out of just
having listened to your tapes and needing to meet you? Did God
know that I needed a morale booster? And then, Marcie, you appear , so genuinely loving and
listening. Listening to all my dreams and fantasies. Assuring me
that I’ll be a happy wife and mother . You two are really angels. So on your next magical appearance in California, please call. Hugs to all of you,
Shirley
So many truly wonderful things have come about as a direct result of my
following an impulse to give a woman a ride. Shirley became a catalyst for
me, and we became catalysts for her on her own journey . My life took a
sharp turn, and some of the material that she felt compelled to bring to me
altered my own spiritual journey in a way that I could not have predicted. Moreover , Shirle y became a great friend to us, and we helped her to believe
in her own power of co-creation and visualization, truly helped  her to beat
all of the odds,  including having a vasectomy reversed, and becoming a
mother to a beautiful little soul who was absolutely destined  to be with
Shirley and Joe.How can we possibly know what seemingly insignificant event is waiting
to change the course of our life? And what role do we play in it all? Synchronicity is the basis for allowing these forces to meet and work for us
in our life, but we must say “Yes” to life. One “No” response anywhere
along the path stops the flow of energy. This is why I believe so strongly in
the notion of positiveness. Every single positive response in life allows the
next one to flow, not as a cause and effect, but as a continuation of the
energy that is in each of us and in everything else in the universe. You, with
your own mind as the source of thought, which is the source  of energy,
which is really the source of life, can make all the difference in the world. A
“No” response to that intuitive  knowingness within you, stops it all, and
you stay stagnant. But one positive “Yes,” one internal acknowledgment
that you choose to go with that flow of energy, and it continue s in its own
perfectly miraculous way . As human beings we are the very source of thought, that eternal
connection to the divine intellig ence that is in and in front of and behind all
form. Our willingness to say yes, to be positive, unafraid to take the next
step, to go with our internal intuition (thoughts), gives us the power to co-
create with that divine intelligence that is our universal essen ce. We can
make choices in a completed universe, and our willingness to say yes to life
allows it to flow . The stories of my experience in Monterey and our “chance” encounter
with Shirley are but two in a list that could go on for a hundred more pages. They are simply a part of the tapestry of my life today . I see them because I
believe, and the more I know this within, the more evidence I have for it
every day . A few months ago I was reading  a fascinating novel called Winter ’s Tale
by Mark Helprin. Toward the end of the book, the author included a short
chapter that was completely separate from the story he was telling. I must
have read this chapter , “Nothing Is Random,” fifty times, and I still had
great difficulty in accepting it as I read it. Today , I know it is true for me,
and it is how I now see this entire onesong. With the permission of the
author and the publisher , I reproduce it here. Nothing is random, nor will anything ever be, whether a long
string of perfectly blue days that begin and end in golden
dimness, the most seemingly chaotic political acts, the rise of agreat city, the crystalline structure of a gem that has never seen
the light, the distributions of fortune, what time the milkman gets
up, the position of the electron, or the occurrence of one
astonishingly frigid winter after another . Even electron s,
supposedly the paragons of unpredictability , are tame and
obsequious little creatures that rush around at the speed of light,
going precisely where they are supposed to go. They make faint
whistling sound s that when apprehended in varying combinations
are as pleasant as the wind flying through a forest, and they do
exactly as they are told. Of this, one can be certain. And yet there is a wonderful anarchy , in that the milkman
chooses when to arise, the rat picks the tunnel into which he will
dive when the subway comes rushing down the track from
Borough Hall, and the snowflak e will fall as it will. How can this
be? If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how
can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is
predetermined; it is determined, or was determined, or will be
determined. No matter , it all happened at once, in less than an
instant, and time was invented because we cannot comprehend in
one glance the enormous and detailed canvas that we have been
given—so we track it, in linea r fashion, piece by piece. Time,
however , can be easily overcom e; not by chasing the light, but by
standing back far enough to see it all at once. The universe is still
and complete. Everything that ever was, is; everything that ever
will be, is—and  so on, in all possible combinations. Though in
perceiving it we imagine that it is in motion, and unfinished, it is
quite finished and quite astoni shingly beautiful. In the end, or
rather , as things really are, any event, no matter how small, is
intimately and sensibly tied to all others. All rivers run full to the
sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are
redeemed; the dead come back to life; the perfectly blue days that
have begun and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and
accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate
time, justice becomes apparent not as something that will be, but
as something that is.How radically different this point of view may be from that which you
likely have assumed over a lifeti me. How could everything be synchronized
when it appears  to the naked eye that everything is happening in a random
fashion? If you want to begin to see how this all might be possible, I
suggest that you initiate a fascinating study of quantum reality  by reading
Gary Zukav’s The Dancing Wu Li Masters  and Fritjof Capra’ s The Tao of
Physics . Both of these books give an overview of the new physics and how
“hard scientific evidence” fits in with the metaphysics I have been
postulating. Here is a brief taste of The Dancing W u Li Masters :
The astounding discovery awaiting newcomers to physics is that
the evidence gathered in the development of quantum mechanics
indicates that subatomic “particles” constantly appear to be
making decisions! More than that, the decisions they seem to
make are based on decisions made elsewhere. Subatomic particles
seem to know instantaneously what decisions are made
elsewhere, and elsewhere can be as far away as another galaxy…. the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics is that all of
the things in our universe (including us) that appear to exist
independently are actually parts of one all-encompassing organic
pattern, and that no parts of that pattern are ever really separate
from it or from each other . To me, this simply is the scientific world beginning to catch up with all
that spiritual masters have been relating for centuries. Subatomic particles
are so small that they defy our rational understanding. They (you included)
are the very essence of the universe, and they do not behave in ways that
Newton and other early scientis ts formulated. They do not need time as a
variable betwee n one point and another . They are instantaneously both
particles at the very same time. As The Dancing W u Li Masters  points out:
A particle over here can communicate with a particle over there
(by shou ting at it, sending it a TV picture, waving, etc. ), but that
takes time even if only milliseconds. If the two particles are in
different galaxies it could take centuries. For a particle here to
know what is going on over there while it is happening, it must be
over there. But if it is over there, it cannot be here. If it is bothplaces at once, then it is no longer a particle. This means that
particles are related with other particles in a systematic and
intimate way that coincides with our definition of or ganic. Yikes! Subatom ic particles that are two places at the same time, defying
everything that we have come to believe about the nature of our existence
and that of the universe. After we read about the new discoverie s in physics
and the new questions being asked, it is evident that our old views are no
longer valid. Just because we cannot see how it is all connected does not
mean that it is not. All that we think we know abou t how life hangs together is really some
kind of illusion  that we have perpetrated on ourselves because of our
limited vision. What appear to be inanimate objects such as stones turn out
not only to be alive in the same way that we are, but also in many
infinitesimal ways to be affected by stimuli just as humans are. The
distinction between animate and inanimate simply cannot be made when
you enter the world of quantum mechanics and try to determine how those
apparent subatomic particles, of which you and everything else in our
universe is composed, are all tied together . The point is that physics and
metaphysics show there is a pattern to the universe that goes beyond our
capacity to grasp it with our brains. Just the fact that we observe something
with our thoughts affects what we are examining, even though we may
think we are at a distance. That is how inextricably it all hangs together . In this tiny little excursion into the world of the new physics, we find
those apparent subatomic particles are so small that one of them in an
empty fourteen-story building representing one atom would be the size of a
grain of salt. And don’t forget that a peek into our most powerful
microscope reveals millions upon millions of fourteen-story buildings, in
the tiniest object  we can observe. Armed with this, can you begin to believe
in the concept of synchronicity ? How can you not? The essence of our
universe from the perspective of the tiniest particles at the subatomic level
outward to the endlessness of the void seem composed of a systematic,
synchronized pattern that we too are very much a part of. We are each a
subatomic particle, both here and someplace else at the very same time, all
connected in the inspiring patte rn of it all, behaving as unique beings and
yet at the very same moment connected to all other beings, just like those
subatomic partic les within an atom, within a molecule, within a cell, withina being, within a universe. It is synchronized and perfect, and so are we. There are no accidents. The study of quantum physics reveals that the
tiniest particles all work with some mysterious perfection individually , and
in conce rt with all other particle s anyplace in the universe at the exact same
moment. No time lapse needed. It does not seem difficult then to see that we are subject to the same
system—that we are part of the seemingly impossible synchronized dance,
and that while we appear to be making many decisions in the running of our
daily life, at the same time, and I mean the exact same time, we are also part
of the largest picture of all, which is already complete and perfect. Accidents and random occurrences are simply out of the question. EVER YTHING THA T HAS HAPPENED HAD TO HAPPEN;
EVER YTHING THA T MUST  HAPPEN CANNOT  BE ST OPPED
 
Think back to those examples I gave regarding Shirley Lorenzini and the
man in the Monterey bookstore . Every single event of my life before then
was necessary in order for me to be driving along Federal High way at that
moment, or to walk into the bookstore when I did. Had anything been
different, I would have been different, and something else would have had
to take place. But you know that nothing else could have taken place except
that which did. So whether I believe that I could have altered it or not, the
fact is that it came out exactly as it did, and nothing can change that. The belief that we have a choice as things are happening is enough of a
reason to make it true for me. I see both contexts very clearly now, and one
does not preclude the other . As paradoxical as it may sound, “We are all
doomed to make choices.” Just as those subatomic particles can literally be
in two places at the same time, instantaneously connected in different
places, so too can I. It is simply in the way of things. I know  that I am
always making choices, and that each choice leads me to the next, and that
as long as I am not interfering with the flow of the energy that is the
universe, I am going in the appropriate direction. I know that when I say
yes to life, trust my intuition (which I cannot define), and keep moving in a
direction of harmony and love for myself and others, everything is balanced
and perfect. I also know that I have the power to interfere with the harmony
by acting in discordant and aggressive ways. My ability to think aligns me
in the universe much as the subatomic particles are aligned, even thougheverything that we observe with our senses tells us that it is all random. I
know that a closer , more thoug htful view reveals that nothing is random,
including myself and all of my choices. You can use this alarming realization to benefit your life each day. Once
you know that everything that you encounter , everything that you think and
feel, everything that you do, is all part of the synchronicity of this universe,
and at the precise same instant  that you are directing it as well, you will
have removed the shackles from your life. You will begin to see that all of
your life steps are synchronized . You can stand in back of yourself, in your
mind, and see where your form  is heading. You can be detached from any
need to interfere  in an aggressiv e way with anyone, and be more receptive
to all that is surrounding you, as well as all that you are surrounding. You
can stop the endless analysis of everything and instead flow more
peacefully , knowing that the divine intelligence that supports your form is
working perfectly , and that it always will. How could it not? How could
anything so immense, so balanced, so perfect, not be trusted to continue that
way for you into infinity? Trust in this. Know that it all hangs together in perfect harmony . Know
that you too are a part of that perfection, and that your every act, thought,
intuition, and placement anyplace is also part of that perfection . Once you
accept this synchronization of the universe, the seemingly impossible
coincidences are met with a nod and an inner knowing, rather than an
incredulous shock wave of disbelief about a series of happenstances. But before you can begin to get this principle working at all times, you
need to let go of some old beliefs. Here are a few of the reasons you may
find it difficult to start applying the principle of synchronicity in your life. Examine them carefully to test your willingness for allowing these
“miracles” into your life. WHY  YOU MA Y FIND IT  DIFFICUL T TO EMBRACE
SYNCHRONICITY
 
 
We have  been taught not to believe something until we see it with our
own eyes. Since we cannot see synchronicity or experience it directlywith our own senses, we become skeptical of it. Our Western culture
teaches that all of the mysterious connections are really only random
happenstance, and it is easier to believe in these coincidences than in
something which eludes our senses. We belie ve very strongly in our separation from the rest of humanity ,
as well as in our individuality . We see synchronicity as a conflict with
our need  to be our own unique individual, separated out from the rest
of humanity . If everything is synchronized and perfect, then somehow
fate is playing a very large role in our lives. If it is all in the hands of
fate, then we do not have the ability to make individual decisions and
exercise a free will. Many people find it exceedingly difficult to
embrace both the concept of free will and that of a larger intelligence
in the universe that is total and complete. If we believe that one
principle precludes the other , we will find the universal principle of
synchronicity dif ficult to embrace. Form rather than thought is the guiding principle of our lives . If we
identify solely with our form and are unable to imagine a dimen sion of
being beyond our form, we will have tremendous difficulty with the
entire business of synchronicity . The world of formlessness may make
us unco mfortable, since it all seems to center on our faith, and very
little else. For those who work in the business world where facts and
profits are the true bottom line, skepticism about universal
synchronicity is not only understandable but expected. (Although the
evidence for synchronicity is becoming more and more clear each day,
even to the most hardened linear scientists of our academic and
business communities.) We may find this universal principle of synchronicity in conflict with
our traditional religious upbring ing. If we have been trained to believe
that God watches over everyth ing, keeping track of our sins, and is
ready to punish those who have  disobeyed the rules of our particular
church, then a belief in a unive rsal intelligence which is a part of us
will be trouble some. Furtherm ore, the idea that all is perfectly
synchronized may not fit in with beliefs that man is imperfect and that
he must spend a lifetime suffering to atone for his imperfection . Whenwe know we are in a perfect universe, and that God is not only outside
but also very much a divine part of us, and that it all hangs together
perfectly , there is very little need to be dictated to by anyone who has
an interest in keeping us and our lives controlled. If our traditional
religious practices teach somet hing else, then we are bound to find
ourselves in conflict over synchronization. Finally , it is difficult to begin to comprehend the enormousness of this
universe, and how it could all be perfectly synchronized. Trying to
imagine the behavior of subat omic particles so tiny that there are
trillions of them in the tiniest speck imaginable, and then seeing that
they all behave  in ways which indicate that they are each making
decisions, and that those decisions are made based upon decisions
made elsewhere, can be quite beyond our capacities. Then to imagine
that each of us as a human being is nothing more than an energy
system, made up of these infini te subatomic particles, and that if they
are capable of such “magic” by behaving based upon decisions made
elsewhere, then why not us as well, is similarly difficult. And that is
only a look inward to the smallest imaginable, and we stop looking
further inward because of the limitations of our measuring devices. It
is conce ivable, I suppose, that a subatomic particle has zillions of sub-
subatomic particles, and inwar d to infinity . Then to look outward,
through the telescope, knowing that the universe is endless, which
makes us sub-su b-sub-subatomic particles in a context of forev er, and
then trying to imagine us behaving just like those particles, is all quite
overwhelming indeed. Yet it is all possible, rather quite probab le, rather definite, if you give
yourself permission to get this fabulous perspective. Your resistance
may come from the need to stay with what is familiar to you and leave
all this speculating to others! SOME IDEAS FOR PUTTING SYNCHRONICITY  TO WORK
 
 Tell yourself you do not have to give up being the protagonist in your
own life drama. You do not have to give up a belief in your ability to
make choices and possess a free will. All you need do is accept the
paradox that we live in both form and formlessness simultaneously at
all times, and the rules for each dimension are quite opposite, even
though they are operating at the same time for us. Once you know that
you have a free will within a perfect universe, you can stop the
stressful thinking that occupies so much of life. As you start to become stressed out about one thing or another ,
gently remind yourself that it is all perfect, that you could not have
changed one iota of it, and that there is a marvelous lesson to learn in
whatever transpires. This attitude of knowing that everything happens
as it is supposed to, that there are no accidents, and that we are
precisely where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to
do, takes a tremendous amount of pressure off, and it eliminates our
need to be judgmental. Just try standin g back in your mind and imagining how stupen dous a
thing it is to be a part of this living pattern of perfection. See it all as a
magnificent tapestry playing out before and through everyone, and
stop second-gu essing any of it. This will not lull you into
complacency . Rather it will vitalize you with the energy of someone
who is at once participating in this enormous drama as an extra in
God’ s dream, while simultaneously creating whatever you choose
within that dream. Your awe will allow you to flow with it, rather than
to judge or question any of it. Take responsibility for your role within the larger drama at all times. Do not view that apparent accident as being in the wrong place at the
wrong time. See it as something  that you can learn from and something
that you created. When you know that you create your own reality
within a perfectly synchronized universe, and you refuse to blame
anyone or anything for your experiences, and when you know that
what you put out there into the world is what is flowing back to you in
a perfec t energy pattern, then you will see a shift in your “luck .” You
will not endless ly encounter the same negative happenings when you
are willing to absorb the lesson s inherent in the happening. And once
you are willing to learn from your “misfortune,” you will not need tokeep repeating it. When you receive that traffic ticket and you know in
your heart that this is a message for you to slow down and drive more
cautiously , you will have learne d the lesson. If you simply gripe about
it endlessly , you may have to participate in something more drastic. That is, you will continue to drive carelessly until you create that
accident, or lose your driving privileges, or whatever . By knowing
within that there can be no accidents, that even the tiniest subatomic
particles are working on purpos e, and so are you, you can genuinely
turn your life around. Try it! Give it a few months’  tryout. If you would like to see
something different, even if it is only a change in your “luck,” try
believing something new, and I can assure you that you will start
manifesting in your life what you believe. I know this to be true for
me, and I am absolutely certain that you can make it true for yourself. Stop worrying! What do you have to worry about in this perfectly
synchronized universe? It make s no sense to worry about those things
over which you believe you have no control. And it makes no sense to
worry about the things over which you have control, because if you
have control over them, there is no reason to worry . Moral of the story:
there is nothing  to worry about. It is all handled for you already . So
just flow with it, rather than fighting anything. Quiet your mind to experience  the perfect rhythm of the universe. When you go within and allow yourself the freedom to be at peace
without judgment, simply meditating and experiencing the oneness of
it all, you soon start to connect to that energy that I have been alluding
to throu ghout this book. That quiet mind state, if practiced enough,
will convince you of the perfection of it all. I have  created  what others would call miracles in moments of quiet
meditation. I have gone into the incredible light that is part of my
meditation, and felt myself become pure thought, though still
conscious of having a body . When I return to this form it is as if I am
rechar ged with an incredible energy. I know what the dimension
beyond form is like, because I am able to experience it at will, and I
urge you to put aside your resistance to this notion and just give it a
try. If you are patient with yourself and are willing to stay with it, Iassure you of positive results. It is not an accident that the most
enlightened spiritual people who have ever walked among us all
practice some sort of daily excursion into trans-form-ation, or
meditation. Surely you can see that you too are divine enough to
partake of this magnificent practice, if you are willing to stop
identifying yourself exclusively as form for a few minutes each day . Review the three stages of enlightenment and ask yourself in which
you currently reside. If you are in Stage One, and still having to wait
for time to elaps e before you see the lesson in your traumas, then work
at being  there with the problem and trying to glean something positive
from it while it is happening. This means suspending for a few
moments your anger and frustra tion at the situation, and shifti ng to a
different attitude: “All right, I created this mess for myself somehow ,
even though I don’t quite understand how. What can I learn from it
now?” This exercise takes you off what is missing or what is wrong,
and puts you back on purpose. If you are in Stage Two, and you are looking for the lesson in it as it is
unfolding, then see if you can play the entire thing out in your mind,
actually seeing the consequenc es in thought, and then working at
eliminating the need to play them out in form, where suffering is
bound to take place. Simply stop the trauma in its tracks with your
powerful mind, and then follow your instincts as to how to let it go,
since you have already seen what the results are going to be if you
continue, and you know within your heart that you do not need  to go
there anymore. If you are in Stage Three, and you are able to bypass those traumas, or
at least minimiz e them by actua lly getting out in front of them in your
mind, then by all means help those around you to do the same. Share
your gift with others, and let them see the beauty of someone who is
transformed. Work to rid yourself of the idea that invisible connectors are not real. I
have shown you many such connectors that you use every day of your
life. Once you know that thoughts can connect form as well asthoughts, and that everything without exception in our universe is
energy vibrating, then you will be able to grasp how everything is
synchronized and perfect. With this internal insight, you can begin to
work at creating synchronistic events and happenings for yourself. You
can use the great power of your mind to focus on your healing, to
strengthen your relationships to others, and to bring a sense of balance
and harm ony within. It is all accomplished by focusing on what you
want to create, and the belief that you can co-create, along with the
intelligence that supports your form, whatever you want for yourself
without restrictions. But first you must know that your ability  to be
thought is the vehicle for bringi ng about this transformative process in
your life. Through thought and thought alone you accomplish the
miracles that may so far be eluding you. Practice trusting  your intuition or “that feeling” inside yoursel f. That
very intuitive process is your higher consciousness in action,  and if
you ignore it, you are reverting to responding out of habit and to what
you have been told for a lifetime . If you feel it within, and know  this is
the way to go, remember , this is the same process as if you wait it out,
analyze it to death, and then go with the most logical choice. An intuitive inner feeling is a thought. It is divine. It is you and you
are it. Trust it—it is your basic human/divine early-alert system
working. If you are afraid of it, or you want to hear from someo ne else
first, then you are actually inhibiting that system from functioning, and
you are teaching  yourself to ignore it. Before long, out of disuse and
mistrust, that early-alert system of thought or intuition will stop
kicking in, and you will be responding to life according to the wishes
and demands of others. While you are playing a tennis match, you do not stop to think
through and analyze each response. You allow your form to respond
simultaneously with your thoug hts. The more you allow this, the more
it works effectively for you. Respond automatically with your
intuition, trustin g the synchronicity of this perfect universe to flow
through you. Remember that “analysis” is a violent intellectual act, one which
breaks up thought and carves up the universe. When you have to breaksomething up and look ever more closely at each component part, you
are literally using your mind to break up wholes. It is an act of
violence in that it keeps you from seeing the whole, and it keeps you
focused on the breaking-up process. You are doing yourself a large
disservice metap hysically by carving up yourself, your relatio nships,
your very life activities, and trying to find the hidden meaning in each
individual piece of behavior . Remember that “synthesis” is the opposite of “analysis.” You can shift
from analyzing to synthesizing and at the same time shift from
intellectual violence to intellectual harmony . To synthesize means to
bring it all together , to see how it fits with the whole. You can see your
behavior and that of everyone else in terms of how it relates to your
entire universe. You can look for ways to bring yourself into a more
centered whole, and concomitantly , bring yourself into harmony with
all of those who make up the Human Being. It is almost second nature
in our Western culture to analyze, to think only of ourselves and forget
about others, and even to break ourselves up into more and more parts
—into our personality , emotions, thoughts, form, athleticism, cultural
heritage, and so on. To transcend this intellectual violence which
inhibits us from seeing the perfect synchronized whole, we can shift to
the process of synthesizing, seeing ourselves as connected to all and a
connector as well. We can stop thinking of how everything affects only
ourselves. Instead, we can shift the perspective to serving others. I look for how we all fit togethe r in virtually everything that I read, see,
and do. I refuse to see myself as anyone’ s enemy , regardless of what the
current crop of politicians may say. I think globally in all of my intellectual
pursuits. I know that a world which spends $25 million a minute on
weapons and allows forty child ren on our planet to die of starv ation every
minute is one which spends too much intellectual energy on carving up the
planet and focusing on how different we all are. I know that I can resist my
temptation to believe that anyo ne anywhere on our planet is separate and
distinct from me. Every time I see other human beings, of any color or
persuasion, regardless of where they come from, I know I share somethingwith them: my everyday experience of humanness. They know what it is
like to be human, to be hungr y, to love children, to digest food, to feel
stomach cramps, to think. We all share that with each other . The more we
think in synthesizing rather than exclusively analytical ways, the more
likely we are to bring it all together . And the more likely we will be to stop
the terminal emphasis on what separates us. Remember each day as you look out at your world and see milli ons upon
millions of flowers opening up that God does it all without using any force. It is all done with synthesized perfection. And speaking of flowers, I’ve recently been told a story about a bouquet
that turned out to be far more special than its donors knew . A New Jersey couple had a big greenhouse attached to their home, and
they kept it filled with flowers —including nasturtiums, rarely grown in a
greenhouse. One snowy January evening the husband and wife went off to a rehearsal
of an amateur orchestra in a nearby town where they had once  lived. They
decided to take a large bouquet of nasturtiums to give away at the rehearsal,
for they felt that the sunny colors—orange, yellow , red—would warm up
that cold night. As they got to the town, the husband turned off onto a bywa y by the
river. The snow was falling, the area was deserted, but a little old lady was
walking all alone. They recognized her as the mother of their former next-
door neighbor and stopped to ask whether they could give her a ride. She
seemed confused  but finally told them where she was going, and they drove
her there. As they left her , they of fered her the bouquet of flowers. Three days later, they received a note from her, thanking them for the
ride and the flowers and telling them what their gesture had meant to her. She had been a practical nurse her whole working life, but had realized that
day that she was too old and infirm to continue her work. She didn’ t want to
be a burden to her family , and so she had made up her mind to throw herself
in the river—unless God gave her a sign that he didn’ t want her to.
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        You would put the book down after careful study and say,
“Profound indeed. ” But we are not there yet, at least I am not. So, as a
writer, I find myself writing about that which cannot be described, here in
this territory of synchronicity, the dimension of thought. If memory (thoughts) cannot be stored in our brain, then we have to be
open to the possibility that they are outside the brain in some way. The
mysterious happenings that seem so inexplicable may somehow come under
the heading of thoughts meeting thoughts. If there are invisible connections
between thought s and form, then why not between thoughts and thoughts as
well. And if thoughts do indeed meet with other thoughts, and we are the
source of thoughts, then it seems possible that we create synchronistic
situations. Consider though t as something that we create all the time. We are the
source of this creative process through our connection to the divine and the
infinite. With this awareness we can dismiss “coincidence” and believe in
the divine intelligence operating in our universe. Of course, once you
believe it, you will truly see it working every day. Synchronic ity is not a
passive speculative principle. It is here, it works, and you are a part of it. Believe it or not. See it or not. WHA T ARE THESE CONNECT ORS MADE OF. When we examine the connecto rs between form and form, we can clearly
delineate precisely what makes up these bonds. But once we move to the
area of formlessness, we must stop relying on our senses and use intuition
to tell us how connections link thoughts to form, and thoughts to thoughts. Three possibilities for what constitutes thought are (1) energy that resonates
in the universe; (2) invisible waves, vibrating so fast that we cannot
perceive or measure them; (3) part of morphogenetic magnetic-like fields
that surround members of a species. But in spite of a great deal of speculation and research and many books
devoted to analyzing these subjects, there is still no agreeme nt on what
constitutes thought and how thoughts are transmitted. And so I suggest that
we shift from analysis to synthesis. Analysis is a form of intellectual
violence wherein we break up an object of study, look for patterns, try to
put it into a scientific mode, and come up with a formula. Synthesis is a
way of bringing  everything together, by starting from what is obvious. Thoughts are formless. They exist in our universe. We partici pate in this
process. We do not need a formula to tell us that there is a connection
between thought and everything that we do. We know that we cannot storethoughts in a container. Thoughts are in some way a part of the invisible
world that exists, though hidden from us. Reshad Feild, writing in his thought-provoking novel The Invisible Way,
presented this brief dialogue:
“I understand what you are saying, John,” Nur replied. “There was a time when I could see that other world. Each idea was a shape that could be understood, rather than seen
with the eyes. ”
Reshad Feild’ s words suggest a world that we have been impervious to
because of our experience of living almost exclusively in form: the world of
ideas, of thought; this amorphou s formless stuff called thought, which both
originates with a person and simultaneously is that person. Thought is out
there and in there  at the same time. It is everywhere. Energy. Perhaps. A
resonance.
The author believes that thought is not just a product of the brain, but rather a universal energy that exists outside of it, and that we are a part of it.
What is the author's view on the nature of thought?