SYNCHRONIZATION

Synchronization is defined as the coordination of two or more things so they happen at the same time or rate. There are lots of illustrations of this, for example, an orchestra uses a conductor to keep individual musicians playing in the same time signature. You and your friend both set matching timers on your phone. Systems that operate with all parts in synchrony are said to be synchronous and those that are not are asynchronous.

At first you might think that synchronization is dependent upon a conscious agreement amongst all parties involved. In the case of the orchestra, all the musicians desire to be in sync, and agree to follow the conductor’s instructions. But there are many examples of objects with rhythms that naturally tend to synchronize: crickets sing together, fireflies blink on and off together, and when placed side by side, pendulums swing in unison. Neither crickets, fireflies nor pendulums make agreements or have conductors.

Synchronization of rhythmic things is self-organizing and self-reinforcing. Once things are synchronized, there is very little reason for them to deviate, so synchronized objects are very stable and reliable. The influence that seems to initiate the synchronization can be anything, and systems of things that have rhythms most often synchronize naturally and spontaneously.

In computer simulations of sync science, often there is a mix of synchrony and asynchrony that appears. A state containing many exotic forms of synchronization, with regions of randomness and asynchrony has been called the chimera state. Consciousness can be understood as a complicated and delicate balance of synchrony and asynchrony, and from our perspective will always be a chimera—incongruous parts seeming to make a congruous whole.
When you look within, and dive deep, you will likely uncover ideas and feelings which seem to be in sync with your world and just as many ideas and feelings which seem to be out of sync with your world. In the human world of duality, even synchrony is an understanding that cannot exist without the presence of its partner, asynchrony. You find that neurons fire in patterns, heartbeats align in sync with other heartbeats. Yet total synchronization of all aspects of the self is impossible, and is always unachievable.

Synchronization requires distinct and separate aspects of a system to be defined as such. You need two to tango—duality to synchronize. The point we wish to make is that synchronization with All That Is is not One Life Awareness. It is not an indication of movement towards One Life Awareness either. Consciousness is often in sync with All That Is, but just as likely may be “out of sync” at some junctures in the time and space of everyday life. That is the chimeric nature of consciousness. That is the mystery of All That Is.

​Synchronicities occur when synchrony is acknowledged, and recognized as present everywhere, and when asynchrony is recognized as necessary for synchrony to exist. Synchrony and asynchrony are mutually dependent. One Life Awareness is not dependent on your finding synchrony or asynchrony. One Life Awareness simply is. Non-duality is the recognition that underlying the multiplicity and diversity of life experience there is an infinite and indivisible reality, or One Life Awareness. Being present, being who you are, or just being, can allow you to sense that ultimately, synchrony is nothing to try to achieve, nor is asynchrony something to avoid. All That Is simply is, and all is One Life.