Synchronicity and Emergence

Cambray, Joe

doi:10.1353/aim.2002.0023

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“…This kind of cognitive and behavioral alignment involves cooperative functioning that is not merely imitation or mimicry typical of synchrony. It involves complementarily aligned and matched behavior that is coherent in time but not identical, and may involve intervening periods of time and the "emergence" of a complementary state (Cambray, 2002).…”

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Mindful Attraction and Synchronization: Mindfulness and Regulation of Interpersonal Synchronicity

Haas¹,

Langer²

2014

Neuroquantology

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We sought to test whether mindfulness can increase interpersonal synchronicity. To achieve this, a novel method was developed to measure complementary cognition and behavior in dyads. Pairs of individuals in a mindful treatment and control group were asked to converse in pairs, separate and complete another task, and return to talk again when they felt ready. Control group pairs returned in a relatively uniform amount of time, while mindful pairs displayed a higher level of differentiation. Mindfully primed partners enjoyed the second conversation more, were rated as being more comfortable with each other, and often returned closely together. Individuals and pairs high in trait mindfulness also had increased enjoyment. Additionally, the mindful group showed a physiological matching in the closeness of their heart rate. These results suggest that mindfulness, when present, can regulate coordination dynamics and increase interpersonal synchronicity.

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Mindful Attraction and Synchronization: Mindfulness and Regulation of Interpersonal Synchronicity

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2014

Neuroquantology

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“…The synchronization is not caused by the matching of specific movements as in identical mimicry, although it is possible a small amount of following of the other returning partner occurred. The study was designed to measure an effect that most closely resembles the emergence (Cambray, 2002) of an efficient state of mutual interaction after an interval of time, much like a classical synchronicity (Jung, 1955). The alignment of a productive meeting at a "moment of time" (Hogenson, 2009) is defined as a form of cooperative interpersonal synchronicity that is mutually beneficial (Haas & Langer, 2014).…”

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Modeling and Measurement of Interpersonal Attraction and Coordination in Charged Social Space-Time

Haas¹

2015

Neuroquantology

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A new interpretation of consciousness proposes that states of the mind and behavior may be treated as containing a net electrochemical charge. In the electrodynamic model, interpersonal interactions would exhibit attraction due to complementarily charged states. While this hypothesis remains to be verified with neuroimaging and other techniques, it is important to consider how psychology would in principle be described using charges in social space-time. Extended analysis of data from a recently developed method is used to demonstrate how this would occur during optimally coordinated cognitive-behavioral activity, or interpersonal "synchronicity." In an earlier study, pairs of individuals were asked to converse for an initial period, separate, and return to talk again after making a decision about when they were ready to meet for a second conversation with their partner. In addition to the beneficial effects of mindfulness that optimized subsequent interactions, participants with similar personality traits also appeared to be aligned and returned with greater simultaneous coordination. The interaction of pairs in the study may be considered to resemble coupled particles in an EPR experiment, and is used to show how complementary simultaneous coordination can be understood within the context of "charged social space-time." Synchronistic moments of meeting are treated as coherent charge states that converge under effective conditions after an interval of time. The implication is that interpersonal attraction and bonding may create social structures that are uniquely described by fundamental electrodynamic principles. The nature of consciousness and social behavior may require a model using charge-like reactions that progress as a function of biophysical energy, space, and time. Here, a method and principles for the development of a practical model of electrodynamic consciousness is detailed.

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“…Glimpsing the transcendent realm partially described by the study of emergence can serve as a powerful source of motivation. Practically, in my clinical work this has led to the study of synchronistic experiences, itself a form of exploration of the dark realms, as forms of emergence (e.g., Cambray, 2002).…”

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Darkness in the Contemporary Scientific Imagination and its Implications

Cambray¹

2016

IJTS

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Synchronicity and Emergence

Cited by 59 publications

References 25 publications

Mindful Attraction and Synchronization: Mindfulness and Regulation of Interpersonal Synchronicity

Mindful Attraction and Synchronization: Mindfulness and Regulation of Interpersonal Synchronicity

Modeling and Measurement of Interpersonal Attraction and Coordination in Charged Social Space-Time

Darkness in the Contemporary Scientific Imagination and its Implications

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