Synchronicity

Links are formed between apparently unrelated events in the phenomenal world, so that a need is fulfilled by some agency outside the individual's conscious control. This relationship is exploited in the throw of the die in [Lila]

, the game of knowledge, and in looking for advice to the I Ching. Carl Jung related the phenomenon to that of the [Tao]

and also to the physical principle demonstrated by Wolfgang Pauli of non-local causality - so that events not related in time and space, and the material and the psychic, can nevertheless have meaningful interaction. A mind that is sensitive to change can be very aware of the interaction of the brain with its environment and leads to an understanding of reality that does not consider body and spirit as separate entities in watertight compartments. This awareness leads to a holistic approach typified by the current interest in eastern religions and philosophies. The individual is aware of and in tune with the harmony of the universe. Complementarity is seen where no relationship was thought to exist and this openness to a wider reality is seen as a possible basis to develop a new philosophy, more tolerant to others, which would break down enmity and mistrust.