Synchronicity

 Joe Biden falls up the stairs three times

This morning I was listening to Steve Bannon's War Room Pandemic on Rumble while driving in my car. He was interviewing Sean Parnell, a decorated-ex-captain in the US army in Afghanistan who expressed concerns about the optics of Joe Biden falling up the stairs as he ascended to Airforce One earlier this week. He expressed horror as to what he saw as a humiliating incident that sends a clear message that America is weak. Media commentators are also reiterating that what we are witnessing is nothing less than a metaphor of the degradation of the US under the present administration. Sean alluded to a meme circulating the internet of late which shows Trump playing golf: after hitting the ball from the tee the golf ball flies into the air and the frame switches directly to the above mentioned video  as if Trump's ball knocked Biden over. 

Sean said that it was not a laughing matter because the Commander-in-Chief needs to show that he is strong in the face of his enemies. Of course one should be mindful of the fact that Biden is 78 years old and that is what you could expect from someone in that age group. However, he ascended the stairs unassisted - possibly for the sake of optics. This would be consistent with the careful media concealment of Biden's feebleness before and after the election: basement video interviews, crafted questions, etc. This particular incident is important as there are many US troops overseas and their safety depends upon the appearance of strength. This comment is particularly relevant this weekend as the a top diplomat representing the CCP in discussions in Alaska gave the US Secretary of State an embarrassing rebuke, "The US does not have the qualification to talk to China from a position of strength." This does not seem to be coincidental.

While Biden's fall was alarming it is significant that his fall happened three times (I will explain the significance of this number in a future blog) while going up the steps. Normally people fall while going down stairs, the fact that it happened this way is noteworthy. Also noteworthy is the fact that it happened three times in a row. Most media pundits downplayed this by explaining that the wind blew him over even though there was only a slight breeze (see the two Rumble videos below). This situation reminds me of  a New York Times article entitled "Trump's haunting walk down the ramp raises new health questions" by Maggie Haberman published on 14th June, 2020 (see link below). In this article she affirms:

"President Trump faced new questions about his health on Sunday, after videos emerged of him gingerly walking down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and having trouble bringing a glass of water to his mouth during a speech there. Mr. Trump — who turned 74 on Sunday, the oldest a U.S. president has been in his first term — was recorded hesitantly descending the ramp one step at a time after he delivered an address to graduating cadets at the New York-based academy on Saturday. The academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, walked alongside him. Mr. Trump sped up slightly for the final three steps, as he got to the bottom."

It is interesting to note the biased "reporting" reflected in Haberman's false assumptions but also by most of the legacy mainstream media. People normally do not walk quickly down a slippery ramp wearing leather soled shoes. And avoiding water splashing onto your expensive silk tie while drinking is a given. As far as Trump's health was concerned he showed that even Covid 19 could not keep him out of action for more than a few days. When the reporting does not match the facts one begins to wonder what reality actually is!

Jung's Synchronicity 

What really caught my attention was the synchronicity that has presented itself, particularly, since posting "Biblical symbolism of shapes and numbers: Trump and symbolism" in a recent blog.  In that blog I talked about the mystical language of symbolism, or rather, Donald Trump's apparent intentional use of Biblical symbolism and its significance. I also made the analogy of traversing stairs and escalators by travelling up or down (and sometimes the wrong way). The  example of Biden's fall was obviously accidental but it would appear, at times, that even seemingly random occurrences may not be merely coincidental.

This latest presidential incident is a segway into a book that I had intended reviewing next: "Synchronicity" by Carl Jung.  Rather than reflecting or reviewing his work I will share with you some very pertinent quotes (and hopefully you can see the synchronicity for yourself).

"The philosophical principle that underlies our conception of natural law is causality. ... However, ..."the connection of events may in certain circumstances be other than causal, and requires another principal of explanation. "... He goes on to question our very understanding of space and time as it relates to causality. "... space and time have a very precarious existence. They become 'fixed' concepts only in course of his mental development, thanks largely to the introduction of measurement. In themselves, space and time consist of 'nothing'. They are hypostatized concepts born of the discriminating activity of the conscious mind, and they form the indispensable co-ordinates for describing the behaviour of bodies in motion. They are, therefore, essentially psychic in origin, which is probably the reason that impelled Kant to regard them as a priori categories. But if space and time are only apparently properties of bodies in motion and are created by the intellectual needs of the observer, then their relativization by psychic conditions is no longer a matter for astonishment but is brought within the bounds of possibility. This possibility presents itself when the psyche observes, not external bodies but itself."

Jung's argument is that the very notion of causality and even our notions of time and space cannot always explain the sometimes unexplainable, so called coincidences. What Jung calls Synchronicity makes psychic connections to other entities beyond the individual psyche.

The Book: C. G. Jung (1960) Synchronicity. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Associated Videos: 

Rumble: Joe Biden falls up the steps 3 times

Rumble: Biden falls three times while boarding airforce one

Rumble Commentary: Sean Parnell Questions Biden's Fitness: "Who is running the country."

New York Times Article: Trump's halting walk down ramp raises new health questions

The Fool Flips Reality

 

The extraordinary events of January 6th this year (2021) will probably live in our minds for a long time to come. The so called storming of the Capitol building in Washington DC was an event likened by the mainstream media and some congressmen as an insurrection that will go down in history as a day of infamy. 

Was it a 'storming', an 'insurrection', an 'affront' to  the American Republic, or was it a false reality enacted on mass media and FaceBook? Was it a circus that would up-stage all other performances to become the greatest show on earth? If there were no human tragedies leading to tragic deaths, would it seem like just some fantastic theatrical event staged in one of the most iconic venues on the planet.

In the picture above we see Jake Angeli on the mezzanine level of the congressional chamber wearing a buffalo/Viking hat complete with horns and animal fur. This is a Man (Oops! - not supposed to say gendered pronouns in the congressional chamber) who looks like he is a refugee from "Burning Man" (Oop, did it again). Jake proudly displayed a conglomeration of tattoos emblazoned across his half naked body. In his hands he clasped the Stars and Stripes on one side and a megaphone in the other. 

He is a not so successful actor often frequenting Stop The Steal rallies and ANTIFA riots. It would seem that he is someone full of contradictions; he is sometimes called 'Antifa Jake' and sometimes a 'QAnon Shaman'. What is certain is that he does not fit the typical profile of either identity. It would seem that he is the proverbial fool or the jester in the King's (Oops) court who, like the modern political cartoonist, ironically depicts the antics of the powers-that-be. The jester uses the ridiculous in such a way that it breaks through the serious reality of the moment with laughter and bewilderment. 

Normally, I would review a book in this blog but this time I will be using some of the ideas that I have gleaned from two Johnathan Pageau videos (follow the hyperlinks below) on YouTube. In each of the videos he discusses the symbolism and role of the jester, joker, fool and comedian in modern and historical contexts.

When the world seems to be upside-down and nothing seems to make sense the joker, jester, fool, or even the comedian can flip reality in such a way that our contradictory, post-modern world can be flipped over. Consequently, there is a possibility that a new reality can break through the masks that we often wear (so to speak - LOL) and real change can be realised. Thus, the role of the fool can be for better (or for the worse). 

For example, Ricky Gervais, at the 2020 Golden Globe awards gave the opening epic monologue that stunned the celebrity audience with jests like "So if you do win an award tonight don't use it as a platform make a political speech. You're in no position to lecture the public about anything." And then, "You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time at school than Gretha Thunburg." While many of the  celebrities in the audience looked like they had been struck by a frozen mullet many viewers applauded his honesty and bravado by uncovering the hypocrisy and false virtue.

In the card illustration above there is a typical joker prancing around in clownish apparel. You can imagine the King watching and laughing with the audience while taking their cue from the king as to whether or not is is safe to laugh along with the monarch. Again, notice that the double image of the king can be flipped so that it can be viewed top-down or bottom-up. Is this like the story of the 'Emporer's new clothes' - no one would dare to disagree with the king. Only the jester could do this with laughter and when the emperor realises the truth he can go along with the joke and save face. But, what is certain is that his reality will have been changed.

In many card games the joker actually becomes the 'trump' card. The question at this time is (12th Jan, 2021), is Donald Trump the joker card that flips the great game. Is he the one that begins to flip the up-side down world that we inhabit. Certainly, he was made to look the fool by the biased media but, like Ricky Gervais, will he in essence, turn things around and enable us all to see reality differently.

Johnathan Pageau demonstrates how the symbology of the story of Christ on the cross. Jesus is whipped and stripped of his clothes and nailed to the wooden cross. A crown made of thorns is placed on his head and he is mocked and his clothes are divided by lot amongst the soldiers. In a strange way he becomes the fool that flips the world view of that time in such a way that his death and resurrection becomes the source of eternal life for believers and empowers the change needed to create a new world order.