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Coincidence or Fate? Meaningful coincidences or Divine/ inner guidence?

Posted December 4th, 2011 by Tayha Anderson in Integral Life officail web site

Or a combination of them?  As that would be an Integral perspective I presume.. 

Wondering and curious  what Integral theory Men and Women have to say about the title subject from both a pre-rational, rational and post rational perspective...??
or:
Pre modern,

modern and

post modern


Concerning :  meaningful coincidences or the notion, 'things happen for a reason'
and all that can fit within that context.

Thanks

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synchronicity

Posted December 6th, 2011 by Corey deVos

Hi Tayha,

I am not sure if you've already seen this, but if not, you might enjoy this discussion I had with Ken Wilber about a possible integral interpretation of synchronicity:

http://integrallife.com/node/87622

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an inquiring mind is a wondrous thing…

Posted December 5th, 2011 by Charles Bowling

Hi Tayha,
 
Here’s a link to a thread that discusses synchronicity and other matters; much of it refers to things close to my heart and experience. fyi
 
I have a longtime interest in divination. On one of the few occasions when I had opportunity to ask the Tibetan Tulku Chogyam Trungpa about his use of divination as described in his autobiographical, Born in Tibet. My impression from reading his text was that he was reluctant to employ divination techniques, although what the time of his exit from Tibet he was a young man and felt responsible for the lives of many people who had chosen to follow his lead on their very dangerous trek out of Tibet into India. So I simply asked if my impression was correct. His reply was terse and direct and simply saying, “Yes!”
 
I mulled over this answer for a long time. And the only explanation that really resonated with me deeply was the notion that somehow an act of divination implies or imposes a certain sort of barrier or boundary between the diviner and the divine. My further assumption is that at the highest stages of realization -sometimes called Ati, this supposed barrier or boundary is transcended.
 
In addition to the discussion of pre-rational, rational, and post rational referred to in the link above, it's also possible to consider the interpretation of synchronicity as a form of divination that includes God in third-person, God in second-person, and God in first-person.
 
The third-person aspect is easy enough to understand in that it may well refer to the artifacts employed in act of divination, like the three coins I often use, as well as text that I consult. Second-person shows up as a relationship of sorts, between a seasoned diviner and the answers provided, which from a certain viewpoint appear to emanate from a highly experienced sage or awakened mentor, who always has the diviner's long-term interests at heart, and who is always available. First-person make sense in that the diviner -at least in some aspect- is as much a divine creature as any other form of sentient being.
 
-Charles