For some weeks, a question has been bugging me: do the brain and the Universe (also) compare with respect to sleep? The (surprising) answer is - actually - a Yes because both the brain and the Universe do not sleep. Only our body sleeps while our mind - and soul - do not sleep (eg, dreaming). Nevertheless, the notion of a sleeping universal body is not weird at all...
Last week, someone mentioned the term synchronicity to me. She gave an example. I rebutted that her example feels like serendipity to me. She was unfamiliar with my term, while I was unaware of the meaning that Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung had given to hers. The similarity and difference between serendipity and synchronicity are shown in...
A recent Financial Times article (see below) by Simon Kuper gives his perspective on a subject that was covered in my recent blog: Serendipity of the mind. Please also "my" related August 2019 blog: The Difference Between Open-Minded and Closed-Minded People (FS), including the 7 Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio "that he’s...
Since several days, the word serendipity has suddenly entered my mind. Initially, I was puzzled as I did not see a blog article in that word at all. The word serendipity is mostly known as the title of a 2001 romantic comedy (IMDb). After a day or so, my mind came up with a clue: serendipity of the mind. Actually, that clue made sense. Since late 2017, I...
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