Wake up, Neo.

Do you ever experience moments of coincidence that make you feel like something deeper is going on beneath the surface of your experience? You think of someone, they call two seconds later. Someone on the radio says the exact words you were thinking in your head as you were thinking them. Something random you dreamt about appears in front of you later that day.

My life is FULL of such coincidences and synchronicities. They occur pretty much every day, to varying amounts and degrees (those mentioned above are examples of the most minor). If I didn’t have a solid spiritual framework in place, I’d probably go insane. At the very least, I’d be convinced that I’m living in a computer-based simulation. While this does technically remain a possibility that I cannot disprove, there is another, more likely explanation.

Before we get into that, let’s consider why these “coincidences” matter, and shouldn’t just be shrugged off.

Frequent coincidence - why it is important

What consistent coincidence suggests is that there is more to reality than meets the eye. To us, reality appears as a world of separate physical objects, with no apparent link to each other unless they are physically attached. If this is in fact the case, then these “coincidences” are the result of nothing but pure chance/probability. Maybe chance/probability could reasonably account for one “coincidence” - two or three at a stretch - but when you experience them with the frequency (and occasional inconceivably unlikely degree) that I do, then you will know that chance simply does not suffice to explain what’s happening.

Once this point of realisation is reached, it’s clear there is something deeper going on that we don’t understand. So why does that matter? Well if reality is not what it appears to be, and we meet it through a false or at least limited perception, then perhaps we are not engaging with it as truly or as fully as we could be.

Synchronicity

Now seems a fitting time to introduce Carl Jung’s term synchronicity. While similar to coincidence, there is a key difference: coincidence suggests chance as the cause of unlikely events, with no deeper meaning. Synchronicity, however, is rooted in the idea that everything in reality is invisibly connected. It implies that unseen forces link events—mental and physical alike—giving rise to meaningful synchronistic moments.

Coincidence aligns with a materialist worldview, while synchronicity reflects a more spiritual one. It suggests that mind and matter are not separate—that our thoughts influence the external world, and that our subconscious mind is deeply attuned to reality in ways we barely comprehend. This has both an introverted aspect (unconsciously receiving information beyond the senses) and an extraverted aspect (exerting influence through thought). Quantum physics supports this through the observer effect—the phenomenon where mere observation of an object alters its subatomic particles. In fact, Jung’s theory of synchronicity was developed with insights from Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli.

These two aspects of synchronicity would serve to explain these apparent coincidences by means beyond chance. Let’s take the example of a friend calling us moments after thinking of them. If the subconscious mind is deeply attuned with reality, it may detect that a friend is about to call, and manifest as a thought of that friend in your mind moments before the call. Or alternatively, you thinking of your friend may send out energetic ripples that your friend receives through their subconscious, leading them to think of and then call you.

If reality is not what it seems, what is it?

So, if reality isn’t what we thought - and mind and matter truly interact in these invisible ways - then what the frick is going on? (Yeah, I just said frick.) To address this question, let’s refer back to the idea of reality as a simulation. Without a spiritual framework of reality, sometimes life is going to feel like a simulation. These synchronistic events occur and we have no framework of understanding how or why. For all we know, we’re in a simulation.

With a spiritual perspective you understand that everything is connected in invisible ways. But more importantly, you understand that material reality is just a surface level expression of a deeper, spiritual reality. In that sense, material reality isn’t actually real, not in the absolute sense at least. In Hinduism there is a term - maya - which basically means illusion. It is the name given to the outside, material world of five-sense-perception which we mistake for true reality. True reality - Brahman - is the unified, spiritual Source which underlies the illusory world of multiplicity (maya).

So, if true reality is a Divine Spiritual Oneness, and that one, unified Consciousness is temporarily taking on the form of a human (you) to experience maya, then in a sense reality as we experience it is a simulation. It’s just not a computer-based simulation that a materialist worldview necessitates. It is Cosmic Consciousness, the Source of all things, the One beneath the many, simulating a human experience and a human reality. At the deepest level, we are one with Brahman - the creative Consciousness of the material world - and so, our own consciousness is inextricably entwined with the world we experience. That is why it is capable of receiving information beyond our senses and exerting influence through thought and intention.

Why does any of this matter?

This matters because it means you are a lot more powerful than you’ve been conditioned to believe. Consciousness is the Source of reality, so your personal reality is a reflection of your state of consciousness (as within, so without). By raising your consciousness and aligning with higher principles which reflect the True Reality - Truth, love, kindness, freedom - your outer reality will begin to reflect that. You are no longer a passive observer of the world, or a victim of your circumstances, you are the conscious creator of your own reality. You can learn to enter onto the vibrational frequencies which resonate with your dreams and goals, and intentionally enter into those realities. The same principle that causes apparently random and accidental coincidences/synchronicities can be tapped into consciously. The world can start working with you, not against you. The bottom line is, you are more powerful than you know.

Want to go deeper?

This is the blue pill or red pill moment. You can either choose the blue pill to disregard everything you’ve read so far and go back to a life of ignorance and familiarity; or you can choose the red pill, to continue your investigation into these matters and, as Morpheus said, “see just how deep the rabbit hole goes”.

As far as this newsletter goes there’s not much more I can do to help you to wake up. So, I’m going to direct you to some further resources that might help:

1. Study Plato’s ‘Allegory of The Cave’ - After Skool have a brilliant video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHj3gL_JN0

2. Watch The Matrix and reflect on it as a metaphor

3. Read spiritual texts - especially:

   • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

   • The Kybalion by the Three Initiates

   • The Upanishads

   • The Bhagavad Gita

4. Explore ancient mystical traditions such as Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Sufism and Kabbalah

Final note

If you’ve read this far, thank you, it means a lot. It is so cool to see Alchemical Awakening grow and reach/resonate with more awakening souls. Thank you for your attention and support, I look forward to continuing in our journeys together.

Peace, love and unity,

AA