SINCRONICITY AND ENGRAMS

Since I was a child, I had a dream: going to Niagara Falls. It became a dream by reading the Prince Valiant cartoon comic by the cartoonist Harold Foster and last week my dream came true. Contemplating the waterfalls, I had a moment of awareness.

First of all, this year my dream became a goal. Two friends of mine and I booked an intensive weekend on a bus trip. It got us more than eight hours on a bus to get there. However, two seconds in front of the Niagara Falls on a boat ride, the Maid of the Mist, fulfilled all my expectations. For a brief moment, I felt completely connected with the immensity of Mother Nature.

Second, I understood much better what engrams are. 
Last year, I had planned this trip with a friend of mine. At that time, I felt very attached to him. Unfortunately, we couldn't go and I felt very upset. Walking with my girlfriends around Niagara, I thought of him and feelings of sadness and pleasant memories came to my mind. Walking around Niagara Falls, I strongly felt his presence with me. May be I could say his absence. It doesn’t matter, somehow it is the same; it is just two sides of the coin. 

I always thought that my friend had a powerful connexion with Nature. Being with him anywhere outdoors, I perceived something wild on him. Looking at him at the beach, forest, or countryside, I felt that he was part of the landscape. Looking at him surrounded by Nature, I had moments of ecstasy. I felt freedom, I felt connected to the trees, waves, or sky. Contemplating the waterfalls on the boat, I had the same feeling and his memory came to my mind. What happened? The external stimuli was linked to his memory; his presence came to my mind. It is neurological. Memories are stored in the brain in this way; it is call engram. 

I told about him to one of my friends.

Finally, we are somehow all connected. 
Next morning, I saw a missed call of that man on my cell phone and I told it to my friend.

• “He heard you”, my friend said. “You're somehow connected”, she added with tears in her eyes. My eyes became wet, too.

Carl G. Jung called this fact synchronicity. Someone may believe that it is only a coincidence. I believe that it's more than that. It transcends the physics. Facts like that have happened several times in my life and I am aware of them.

Nowadays, after the Niagara Falls experience, I realized that it was not because of him that I felt this strong connection with Nature, but being with him.

This moment of awareness made a shift on my perception.