Synchronicity rates will continue to increase

[Mellow Yellow]

I recently saw this video of... I think it was Terrence McKenna, who was saying that as things wind down to a singular point in time (2012) things from history will repeat, symbolically, more and more the closer we get. So, for example, (and I hope I'm remembering this correctly) the past 4000 years would be repeated symbolically in the past 60 odd years, and then those 4000 plus the repeated 60 will repeat during the last 3 years leading up to 2012, and so on until "the big day" at the end.

I personally have been seeing so much synchronicity in my own life lately that I don't even notice anymore. I guess that's a bad thing.

[Also, I'm pretty bored here in Japan. However, to be perfectly honest, the US looks kind of scary from over here, I'm not sure I want to go back

I kind of feel sorry for the people here though. They are currently trying to phase out regular cokes completely at convenience stores it seems. I can't even FIND regular Pepsi anymore without it being loaded with aspartame.

I'm reluctant to keep a blog, and I'm too lazy and pessimistic to write in this journal my brother gave me before I left.]

[B]

"They are currently trying to phase out regular cokes completely at convenience stores it seems."

Is it because it is unpopular, or what? Is there a Japanese equivalent? I don't understand.

[Mellow Yellow]

No, it's just that they're replacing it with Coke Zero. The Japanese seem to like keeping calories in things low (even the McDonald's here has lower calorie foods), but in this case I'd take the extra 120 calories and avoid the brain cancer.

[JoJo]

Hmm, I thought in Japan they used stevia as an artificial sweetener in Coke. Could you check into that? Just curious.

[Mellow Yellow]

I thought so too, Jojo. But apparently Coke and Pepsi still aren't using Stevia in their products yet. I bought a bottle of Coke Zero and drank it, assuming that all brands in Japan used Stevia instead.

Then I read the label and found aspartame in it. I'm sure there are brands that use Stevia, but every store that I've been in so far just carries Coke and maybe Pepsi if you're lucky. Now stores are eliminating regular Coke and Pepsi altogether and opting for "Zero" and "Diet." I managed to find some Dr. Pepper... In a liquor store ^_^

[puzzled]

Pepsi and Coke are probably large enough companies that they lobby their way out of it somehow. Legal loopholes with international companies keep the rich getting richer, and let them do whatever the hell they want.

Is everybody here old enough to remember Nestle convincing mothers in third world countries that they must use their sugar-laden formula instead of nursing their babies? I'm sure they did it with their babies' best interest at heart.

[puzzled]

Oops - I forgot the original topic of the thread....synchronicity


I always wonder if you are aware and watching for it, do you still become an unwitting pawn of The Story?

I highly recommend Terry Pratchett's "Witches Abroad" for a fun fantasy look at the phenomena of History and Stories having a life of their own.

[B]

I always wonder if you are aware and watching for it, do you still become an unwitting pawn of The Story?

"And though she feels as if she's in a play, she is anyway..."