The Muses. Artist Unknown.

Synchronicities. Lessons From the Muses.

An exploration of the Balinese concept of Taksu, our ability to shine.

Joshua Burkhart
10 min readJan 11, 2019

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I thought I’d be publishing a different article today.

I have it all written out but over the course of the day I stumbled on to a different experience, a different lesson.

It was strewn through my drifting thoughts, some conversations of the last week, daydreams, and research.

It was the breadcrumb trail of the muses, the lessons of synchronicities.

Carl Jung’s term for events that have no causal explanation but demonstrate the ability of consciousness to go beyond our understanding of the four dimensions.

Today’s lesson was on Taksu, a word that’s more of a symbol than a nod to any definition.

Research it and people will say it can’t be explained. Words can’t describe it but rather it must be felt. Today I felt it through the bread crumb trail of synchronicity.

When the inner world teaches you.

I’m no longer a stranger to these days of education but I’m still held in awe of the way the inner world teaches.

These lessons started nearly a decade ago when I had my mental down and discovered medication wasn’t…

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Joshua Burkhart

Transformation coach specializing in mental health, spirituality & relationships — the way we connect to self, society & cosmos. link.snipfeed.co/joshuaburkhart