Lightening Bug Blink - The Dance of DarkNESS And Light

I was thinking about bugs, not bugs in general, but lightning bugs and in particular the lightning bugs that live in the Great Smoky Mountains. Although I have never been there while it happens, these special bugs light up in perfect synchronicity. It makes me wonder what is happening with the energy that would create such a shared rhythm. As far as I know, it is the only place where this happens. Then my mind drifted to how quickly time is bringing us towards the Fall and the Equinox. The play of light and dark mirroring the lightning bug and my curiosity is sparked anew. So here is the question I pose to you.
     Can individual energies be influenced by the environment around them strongly enough that they begin to respond in a similar way? How does it control the balance of light and dark that reside within us?
Thousands of individual lightning bugs, each one separate, somehow become part of the same rhythm. If individual living things can synchronize, could people do something similar? By changing the environmental conditions can one find synchronicity in mood and action? Would you even be aware that you are in sync with a larger energy?
     I have spent years observing people interact with gems at Charmed in Company. A new shipment arrives and we create a place for it in a display. As people come in, some naturally gravitate towards it, others slowly find their way to balance. It is interesting to see what happens when the energy of the gem meets the person’s energy. What would happen if we combined energy? Are the fireflies responding to a deeper rhythm that is universal in all living things? Although it might be an interesting field trip to harmonize with the fireflies in TN, I think it poses some interesting reflections.
What is the combination that creates the synchronized rhythm? How many aspects are needed? Or perhaps, it isn’t the quantity or even the placement, maybe it depends on the frequency or depth that is in objects to reach particular states of mind or being. Would that create more light or dark? Establish a balance within?
With the fireflies it is on a mass level, so I tend to believe it is a deeper resonance they are responding to or a multi factor one.
     When synchronization happens are individuals connecting with like energy or staying individual and connecting in another way? Now that I have opened the door to so many interesting ideas to explore let’s try an experiment.
​The Lightning Bug Experiment
How deep a rhythm can be created? At what level does each individual experience energy? Let’s find out how you experience energy. Choose one gem or a small combination of gems and one essential oil  scent/incense that you enjoy. Then try the same setup on two different days:

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The Lightning Bug Experiment
How deep a rhythm can be created? At what level does each individual experience energy? Let’s find out how you experience energy. Choose one gem or a small combination of gems and one essential oil  scent/incense that you enjoy. Then try the same setup on two different days:

☀️ A sunny day
Place your gems in the same location. Use the same incense or scent. Sit with them for a few minutes and simply notice. Then, on an
☁️ overcast day, repeat it as closely as possible.
Same gems, Same scent, Same location, Same person, Same time.
Ask yourself:

• Does the space feel the same?
• Does the gem feel the same to you?
• Does the scent seem different?
• Do you feel more energized, quiet, focused, restless, grounded?
• Do you find yourself interacting with the gems differently?
• Did you notice anything you weren't expecting?

     Trust yourself and don’t decide beforehand what you're supposed to feel. The more open you are the more you will experience. You could even take it further later — rainy day, windy day, evening versus morning, music versus silence, one gem versus several gems. And eventually you could ask the intriguing question:
If the environment changes the way we experience the same objects, are we responding to the object itself — or to the combination of the object, ourselves, and everything around us? Are we always as energetically individual as we think we are, or are there circumstances where our surroundings create a kind of collective rhythm?
I don't know if thousands of people can synchronize with a place like these lightning bugs. I don't know if a room can develop a rhythm of its own. But I've spent a lot of years watching people, gems, objects and spaces interact, and I've learned that sometimes the most interesting things aren't the things we can immediately explain. Sometimes it's enough to notice them. And perhaps that's what the lightning bugs are doing for me — giving me another reason to wonder.