If Synchronicity is Batsh*t Crazy, Then So Am I

‘She’s batsh*t crazy,’ I thought, the first time she explained synchronicity to me. “They’re divine signs I get from the universe and I get them in my meditations too.” She was cute, and I was desperate, still, I never called her out on her craziness. From then on, whenever someone mentioned synchronicity, I judged them. I wonder how I would have judged me now because I don’t just believe it, I think it’s necessary to stay sane and healthy.

Synchronicity isn’t mystical, it’s practical. At its core, it refers to bringing two movements into alignment, like the blinking kitchen clock after the power gets knocked out. As it refers to people, it’s only a tad more complex, because you know, we’re people and all. If you compare a person to a clock, our movements through space and time are like the moving hands of a clock. The question is, which clock are you synchronized to? If you synchronize yourself to city andy society then you’ll have serious problems if that clocks out of sync with the master clock — nature. Instead, we sync ourselves to city regimens, with artificial routines in an artificial environment things like changing seasons are gonna mess with your psyche.

Synchronicity is relevant because the consequence of synchronizing ourselves to our artificial clock has its fingers in all things your average Joe would consider “bad.” Can’t sleep, depressed, or often anxious? Yeah, I was too when I worked a 9-to-7 job at a rich startup that filled all my caveman desires, enough to neglect the outdoors for a cozy workspace and unlimited coffee. In Winter, I’d see daylight in the morning once or twice. Yup, I used to think that was normal and synchronicity was batsh*t crazy…

It’s no surprise people feel the need to be in nature. It’s inherent in us. It’s only a question of how covered up it is with artificial programs wired into us since the moment we realized we were sentient. If you want to get in sync you don’t do or think anything in particular, you simply put yourself in a more natural environment than you’re currently in, and you listen to the part of you beneath those programs that reacts to the nature there. You rediscover intuition. That’s easier said than done of course but it starts with a choice of whether to accept synchronicity or not. It’s a process, like dipping your toes into the river before you wade in. The water might be cold but when you stick with it, you find you no longer need to walk or run when you can just go with the flow.