“The reciprocal truth of the observer changing what is observed is that what is observed changes the observer” Iain McGilchrist
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in my garden with my wife and we were chatting about how much we enjoy living where we are now. Our garden is surrounded on all sides by tall trees, but it’s a big garden so there’s a sense of space along with this sense of being enclosed. It provides privacy and protection and it also means we are surrounded by birdsong. One thing we don’t have, however, is a long view. In our previous house, for several years, we looked out onto vineyards and my recollection is that there were frequent incredibly impressive sunsets. We still get to see some lovely sunsets here, but I no longer see a sunset where the whole sky turns red, something I saw pretty frequently before.
Well, some storm clouds suddenly emerged and we had to go indoors. There were a couple of rumbles of thunder, a single flash of lightning and then a short downpour. It was all over in minutes. By then it was almost time for the sun to set and we noticed that the light in the sky was unusual. So, off out into the garden again, and up to the back fence which borders a field to the east of us. I took the first two of these three photos. Then I turned and looked west and took the third photo.
Aren’t these beautiful?
Sometimes synchronicity surprises me in ways which makes me think my phone is listening to me (it probably is, and, it’s certainly tracking what I do with it!), but, this was one of those occasions where I felt that the universe was listening……listening and delivering.
What we observe changes us, and we change what we observe. We are the co-creators of our reality.
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