lentinman ,...you undoubtedly are influenced by what appears as distance, and gravity and laymans views of how things operate.
bottom line is there is only one substance that comprises the universe. it looks different and takes on different manifestations and shapes and content. but,...it is the same material. a.k.a. ,..energy. everything can be broken down to this most simple of conponents.
don't be fooled by its different manifestations. and if you do that becomes your limitations and not others. you might say thats b/s,...well lets look at it this way. if i show you a chart you and i will see something different based on our level of experience in the technical ananysis and our application of that experience to the markets. now because one has a grasp of a chart does not mean that the markets will pay attention to your view. the markets will do what they do will entertaining the views of millions as the trading day goes on. well the same is true with astrology, and any other universal phenomena that you might not understand,...it has its own set, yet perpetually changing 'now moments' constantly occurring. and if you are not in the 'now moments' you will only be able to view history.
because everything is made from the same substance, energy, everything does have an influence on everything else. from the humongous to the subtle, the influence is there. energy is in constant flux. we are influenced by invisible forces. the air you breathed yesterday might be part of the force that creates a new leaf on a tree tomorrow. the invisible is taking place in your life all day long, you just don't realize that you are being influenced. but because yo might be in denial of that reality,...that does not mean that the invisible takes a go-around-you-approach when it comes into your presence,...nope it looks at you as part of the whole and cognizes that you'll get it,...you just won't know you got it.
medical science has accepted and now uses phenomena like bio-feedback, once thought of as a wacky perspective, in its analysis of the patient. this once was thought of, if it did have any relivance, to be only an infinitesimal influence on the patient. now it is part of their diagnosis.
as albert einstein once said, " the more i know, the less i know." he was willing admit and accept that it has taken his lifetime to discover what the universe utilizes as practical data very nanosecond.
would you be willing to concede that there are phenomena that you do not yet have in your grasp of experience or knowledge of how things are ?