The Album: Synchronicity by the Police
The Story: I could have put this at a lot of places on this list, but I think this pause between the dark years of elementary and what came after are the best place.
Synchronicity is the idea that two seemingly random events can have an unseen (but valid) connection, the kind of connection that reveals deeper truths to you.
As an example, you turn on your music player that is connected to nothing you can see. You turn on a Bluetooth speaker that is connected to nothing that you can see. And yet, the speaker picks up the sound from the music device. Now, this seems common to us, because we understand the science behind it, but if we didn't, the fact that one can play what is on the other one would seem magical.
If we are lucky, we will meet people who are synchronic with us. Even though we are individuals without any obvious connections, we will find a connecting energy. These people will reveal things to us about ourselves and help us to find who we really are. They bring us the books, the movies, the artists, and, of course, the music that make us more of ourselves.
These are the people you build businesses with, build worlds with, win independence for nations with. Synchronic people amplify each other's spirits and push each other.
Finding synchronic people can be the best thing that happens to you, but it can also be destructive if you don't understand what it is. The first time you find someone like this, you may assume you're in love. You're not. This is more intense than love and serves a different purpose. Well, it's not the kissy kind of love, anyway, though it probably feels like it. This can be confusing if the person is of the kind you are attracted to and really confusing if they're not. Instead of pushing each other forward, the fear and confusion may have you pushing each other away. You may think it's bad for you because it doesn't fit what people usually talk about. It's too big to just be a friendship and it isn't what you want from 'love' because you find yourself spinning in something that deeper and more profound than a romantic attraction.
This kind of connection isn't usually talked about so when you feel this much for someone (or many someones), you may get confused about A LOT of things. Sometimes being with these people may be too much because it's so BEYOND what it's like with the rest of the people. You have to be careful not to let it drive you mad.
Verlaine and Rimbaud both wounded each other in the hand, knife and then gun if I remember correctly. When Hephaestion died, Alexander massacred the Cossaeans. A bunch of synchronic people started the American Revolution, wrote beautiful documents that still stand today, created a system of philosophy-as-government and then started trying to destroy each other. In some cases, they succeeded (lookin at you, Aaron Burr).
But back to the album. The Police created an album about various moments of synchronicity, revelations of both the best and worst kind. In fact, two of the songs have always spoken to me about the darker moments experienced between synchronic people. "Wrapped around your Finger" and "Every Breath You Take" talk about how messed up and crazy things can get when you're trying to understand these connections. "Wrapped" is my favorite of the two, because it talks about how quickly the emotional power dynamic can switch and suddenly the person who was needing is the one who is needed. The last verse of that song is probably some of my favorite music ever written.
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your flesh to alabaster
When you find your servant is your master . . . . and you'll be wrapped around my finger.
Having said that, my favorite song on the album will always be "Synchronicity II" because it talks about the Loch Ness Monster and I loves me some Nessie.
Thank you to: Lori. We have had a million conversations about Sting and the police. A lot of my ideas about deeper connections between people began in those long ago discussions.
The Lesson Learned:
With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity
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