Wikipedia's explanation of Jung's "synchronicity."
Synchronistic events reveal an underlying pattern, a conceptual framework that encompasses, but is larger than, any of the systems that display the synchronicity. The suggestion of a larger framework is essential to satisfy the definition of synchronicity as originally developed by Carl Gustav Jung.
Have you heard the Wood Brothers? Their music, and this song in particular, hit me at a really, really down time earlier this week. Synchronicity? I don't know. A larger framework? I don't know. I do know that at times there seem to be some powerful horses out there pulling against you and some "mysterious forces" pushing you down too. And I know the Wood Brothers are being ironic when they say "luckiest man." But still, this is some good blues.
Lyrics to The Luckiest Man :
My whole saturday and sunday too
I was thinking about ways not to lose
I lay down my weapons is what I've done
Too late to hide, feet too soft to run
But people say I'm the luckiest man
Yeah they say
Running is useless and fighting is foolish
You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against
Too many horses and mysterious forces
What you don't know is you are the luckiest man
You're the luckiest man
I done talked to the devil when he calls my name
But sometimes when I'm losing, it all seems the same
And when I fall I'm back up again
Just to slip on the same mistakes and slide right back in
But people say I'm the luckiest man
Yeah they say
Running is useless and fighting is foolish
You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against
And too many horses and mysterious forces
What you don't know is you are the luckiest man
You're the luckiest man
Try to keep my faith and keep my mind
Hate to lose either one when the whip cracks behind
And I can't help but mourning just a little each night
People say everything is gonna be alright
They say I'm the luckiest man
Yeah they say,
That running is useless and fighting is foolish
You're not gonna win but still you're the luckiest man you're up against
And too many horses and mysterious forces
What you don't know is you are the luckiest man
You're the luckiest man
You're the luckiest man
The Cumberland Post
My Backyard, Six Miles from the Cumberland River
From the Islands Mon......."Ev'ry little ting gonna be awright"
ReplyDeleteI do know that at times there seem to be some powerful horses out there pulling against you and some "mysterious forces" pushing you down too.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know that feeling too. All too well. That said, I hope whatever was gettin' ya down has passed on down the road, Dan.
Good tune. Thanks for that!
Ed, you've been eating too much Jamaican food Mon. Thanks for the encouragement. You know from your own trip down a similar road that it's a downer.
ReplyDeleteBuck, Thanks for the good words; I'm trying to put this (a health thing) in my rear view mirror. I may post about it soon, just to help that acceptance process along.