Exploring the Realm of Synchronicity with Sky Nelson-Isaacs

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Even though classical science has not produced a good explanation for synchronicity, we all have had a direct experience of it at various moments in our lives. Our guest today tells us that synchronicity is defined as a meaningful coincidence that is personal and that it is nature’s language for communicating directly with us. He writes: “As you develop your personal sense of the meaning of events in your life, you enter into a cosmic dance with the divine that is totally unique to you.” He illustrates the idea that life knows what we are seeking so there’s an affinity, an attracting force that is happening. This intriguing dialogue explores how we can cultivate the capacity to invite more synchronicity into our everyday lives and how that can help us to make better choices as we develop our personal sense of the meaning of our life events. He says, “I think that the universe responds to the choices we make by bringing new events into our lives that match those choices. Therefore, each of our daily actions becomes important, making each action purposeful is a habit we can develop. Every action is meaningful, but a purposeful action involves direction on our part.” He gives us the key to looking outside ourselves for advice, such as searching for a sign from the cosmos. He talks about synchronicity not as some external conscious being telling us the right thing, rather as a process that reflects to us what we feel that we don’t have conscious access to. He describes the LORRAX process which helps us tap into this conscious access: Listen, Open, Reflect, Release, Act, Repeat the process. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

Bio

Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physicist, musician, teacher, parent, and activist. He has many years of experience as a physics and math instructor and has also worked in the software industry. His current work involves research in the field of quantum foundations and he has published a growing body of peer-reviewed work developing the foundation of a theory of synchronicity. He has also earned recognition as a singer, songwriter, and performer.

He’s the author of:

• Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World (North Atlantic Books 2019)

To learn more about the work of Sky Nelson-Isaacs go to www.skynelson.com. 

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Nelson-Isaacs’ early experience with an unexplainable synchronistic event
• What is the difference between finding our purpose and finding a sense of purpose
• How synchronicity is more than a psychological phenomenon and our choices appear as a reflection of the process that is going on inside us
• What is the difference between a meaningful and a purposeful action
• What is the LORRAX process: Listen, Open, Reflect, Release, Act, Repeat the process
• How fear can stop us from being willing to step into meaningful flow
• How are flow and synchronicity connected
• Why we must live purposefully, choose a direction, and keep contributing to that cause
• Why the universe is neither friendly or unfriendly: It is responsive
• What does he mean about the conspiracy of silence
• In order to truly feel joy we have to feel grief
• How disempowerment can lead to acts of violence

 Host: Justine Willis Toms   Interview Date: 5/10/2019   Program Number: 3676

Music Playlist

From Album: Chapters
Artist: Stephen Wallack
2019 Stephen Wallack B07PYS7MXM

Opening Essay: Track 01 Virginia
Music Break 1: Track 02 Cooper’s Song
Music Break 2: Track 03 Chicago
Music Break 3: Track 04 Holiday