Serendipity, synchronicity and synergy are three of my favorite words in the English language. This is partly because I like the "s" sound in general, and partly because the poetry of these words and philosophical concepts, as well as their materializations into reality, are beautiful. What I like most about these words, however, is that they illustrate the profoundly energetic, invisible, interconnected web of life and the workings of the collective unconscious / creativity. When I have the pleasure of witnessing serendipity, synchronicity and/or synergy in action, it is thrilling to me indeed! Wow!For they are indicators of the Universe's unseen, magical workings and flow and an affirmation of my belief/value system. It is an encouragement from Spirit to continue in the work/play of opening my whole being to energetic connections and love, both of which move far beyond the limits of space and time. This also serves as a clear indicator that I can use to tell me whether or not my visions and projects are moving beyond my inner, local reality and manifesting into a much larger, universal realm of energetic flow.
Today all three of these word-actions manifested in a magical way that is exceedingly lovely for me to behold. It is also quite exciting to write about and elaborate upon, which helps me fully integrate the experience. This happening that I'm about to share with you is wonderful, and auspicious for the recent birth of Femme Fire Productions.
TubunMuzu, creator of The Omo People YouTube video (which I shared in my first blog post), sent me a nice letter reaching out in friendship. As you may remember, his video was part of the original inspiration for Femme Fire/Celebrate Your Light! He found my blog post last night in a completely unrelated google search. When he did, he felt happy and validated, viewed this as fortunate, and chose to share his story with me; hence, serendipity in action. Since his video and Femme Fire are not causally related, yet they occur together in a meaningful manner, this is an example of synchronicity in action.
After responding to Tubun that it now seems more important to show The Omo People video during our Celebrate! Retreat to our retreatants (we will be focusing for one day on collaborative art, self-adornment, a "Marry Your Self" ritual and Goddess Dance, JOY celebration), he quickly responded with generosity. Tubun desires to support women by creating and sending me a special, high quality DVD of this YouTube video! His DVD and my retreat will have an impact on many women, whether attending or not; this is already true. We are now in cooperation for an outcome that will not only be (and is) advantageous for each of us, but to many others as well; thus, the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts and a clear example of synergy in action.
It also happens to be that Tubun lives in the desert in Arizona, and our retreat will be held in the Mojave desert in the majesty of its spring blooming. There will be tropical birds in migration, and many goddesses in flight.
Universe / Goddess / God is so magical and abundant. The human heart is full of goodness; we are essentially good and worthy of all love. Can you see and feel that this true? Just ask the Dalai Lama, if you don't believe me. I love tapping into the web of interconnected energy and love. And I also love the internet, the worldwide web and all of you, too!
Below are definitions of these favorite words from Wikipedia for your use and illumination. I've also included a link for "emergence" or "emergent behavior," another related and fascinating topic. I hope you've enjoyed this exploration and sharing. Please consider becoming a follower of my blog and support me in my efforts to make a difference.
In gratitude and community,
Lotus
Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely unrelated. The word has been voted as one of the ten English words that were hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has been imported into many other languages.
Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner. To count as synchronicity, the events should be unlikely to occur together by chance.
Synergy (from the Greek syn-ergos, συνεργός meaning working together) is the term used to describe a situation where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. Although the whole will be greater than each individual part, this is not the concept of synergy. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result than if each person was working toward the same goal individually.
(Photo courtesy of Gerri Davis)
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