[The Random Factor] Oh Synchronicity

[The Random Factor]

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 Riddles & Facts & Quotes, Oh My!
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Two weeks ago, after sharing the quote, "God is love... love is real...
therefore God is real" I *stumbled* upon a scientific  experiment the Dalai
Lama helped facilitate ...

"Eight Buddhist adepts and 10 volunteers who had had a crash course in
meditation engaged in the form of meditation called nonreferential
compassion. In this state, the meditator focuses on unlimited compassion and
loving kindness toward all living beings.

As the volunteers began meditating, one kind of brain wave grew
exceptionally strong: gamma waves. These, scientists believe, are a
signature of neuronal activity that knits together far-flung circuits --
consciousness, in a sense. Gamma waves appear when the brain brings together
different features of an object, such as look, feel, sound and other
attributes that lead the brain to its aha moment of, yup, that's an
armadillo." - http://www.dalailama-hamburg.de/index.php?id=8&L=1

The article goes much more in depth, but essentially indicates that thoughts
of loving kindness improve the very mechanism for understanding.  It almost
sounds like they are exercising intuition!

Anyways, last Friday morning I talked to a wonderful friend in Holland who
had previously, of his own volition, reserved a ticket for me to attend a
week of events with the Dalai Lama in Germany. I told him last Friday I
probably wouldn't be able to make it because of 3 individually significant
problems. I have a lot of work to do, several events already planned for the
summer, and as of now, no extra funds to visit Germany of all places, one of
the more expensive countries in Europe.

I did share with him that I had reconnected with a former personal assistant
to the Dalai Lama and that she said she would make a call and try to make
his experience there a bit more memorable.

So, later that day, not an hour after sending out The Random Factor with the
words "talking about synchronicity increases synchronicity" I ran into this
assistant at the neighborhood store. Of course, I have never her seen her
there or anywhere else *randomly* before.

Is this coincidence? Or will I be in Germany this summer?

Well, following the natural progression. This is clearly an opportunity to
experiment in manifestation.  And a test of the phenomenon known as
synchronicity. Can *it* really help me get to Europe?

I for one am excited to find out,


Some Guy


p.s. Read this story of synchronicity: Saving Valentino
http://www.some-guy.com/synchronicity-story.html.

p.p.s. Which one of you is flying your private plane from Portland Oregon to
Germany in July? Just kidding, sort of.

p.p.p.s. Find out what *stumble* is [ http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ]  (highly
recommmended, not a paid ad)


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