Meaningful “Coincidences” for the Lab

Below are a set of photos starting with some family heirlooms I dug up that bore a shocking resemblance to my art and supplies. After that are a series of photos with hexagons which I was drawn to on my “intuition walks”. After that are random pairings of things with a stylistic or content similarity which was striking too.

The reason I capture these is because I have a very active pattern recognition engine developed as a survival mechanism at birth. These things made it fire intensely. I also have come across content from various sources: Nature, TV, YouTube, etc. that was curious as it had significant relevance to me personally in that moment. Sometimes the subjects were things I had never heard of, so I captured those too. Of course for YouTube there is “the algorithm”. Once one thing comes, all related stuff will start showing up.

I am careful about confirmation bias, referential thinking, Apophenia, Baader-Meinhof, frequency illusion, and all the pathologies associated with applying personal meaning to coincidence as if it was “meant for me or meant to be.” I am not detached from reality nor can I be described as “not a well person” by those who should look at their own lives before projecting onto mine.

Read Carl Jung’s work on “Objective Psyche” and his work with Nobel prize physicist Wolfgang Pauli and the number 137. Look at the house number of ancestors below from the 1870 census. #137. Read Terrence McKenna and Compensatory Phenomena. These occurrences have been shared with professionals as well as academics at a University Division of Perceptual Studies conducting research on these types of experiences.

I don’t look for these experiences, ever. These things present to me. I have used various techniques in an attempt to minimize them. It doesn’t work. If I avoid YouTube or TV they appear in nature or as objects on my path. There is much here tied to ancestors who experienced terrible tragedy and trauma in the Mt. Adam’s neighborhood I have been drawn to walk and where my father had his first police beat. Hill and Celestial streets. I uncovered the truth of this tragedy this summer (see death cards below) doing genealogy research.

The coincidences around the Christian Mystics Thomas Merton and Meister Eckhart were very interesting. Until 4/2/26, I had never heard of either. But their content was appearing so much I finally relented. Today, I feel deeply connected to both, especially Merton. Very sad for him too. Read about him and his relationship to his younger brother John Paul Merton, as well as the controversies of his life, his affair with “M”, his trips to India and Thailand and his death.

Like the linked video on the Art of Synchronicity says, I am trying to live in harmony with people and my surroundings and in doing that, trust my choices will be based on my true self and direction, which is a calm, peaceful, and loving individual. Life is a journey and a lesson I continue to observe and learn. The trials and difficulties in life, just like physical pain, are my greatest teachers.

Now when I have these experiences, I notice them, smile at them, then move on. I try to live my life and to be a better person. I Remember my failures and try not to judge others, even when they purposely hurt me, repeatedly. As the Dalai Lama suggests, Forgive but never forget. They just lose access. My goal is just being Jon-Paul each day. I trust myself as I trust the universe. We’ve gotten me this far.

Peace and Love ☮️❤️🙏.

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This Spot. This Moment.

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About me according to search. FYI. Now retired.

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From mymythos.org:

How Hexagon Might Affect Your Personal Mythology

How Hexagon Might Affect Your Mythos

When the Hexagon informs your personal mythos, your life story ceases to be a linear journey and becomes, instead, a work of intricate architecture. Key events are not merely sequential beads on a string; they are interlocking cells, each contributing to the strength and pattern of the whole. A childhood friendship, a professional failure, a sudden insight: these are the geometric units that, when properly understood and placed, form the resilient honeycomb of your identity. The narrative you tell of your life may focus less on a single heroic quest and more on the slow, meticulous, and ultimately beautiful assembly of a complex and meaningful structure.