Synchronicity is an explanatory principle, according to its creator, Carl Jung. Synchronicity explains "meaningful coincidences," such as a beetle flying into his room while a patient was describing a dream about a scarab. The scarab is an Egyptian symbol of rebirth, he noted. Therefore, the propitious moment of the flying beetle indicated that the transcendental meaning of both the scarab in the dream and the insect in the room was that the patient needed to be liberated from her excessive rationalism. His notion of synchronicity is that there is an acausal principle that links events having a similar meaning by their coincidence in time rather than sequentially. He claimed that there is a synchrony between the mind and the phenomenal world of perception.

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I find myself facinated with this word and the effect it has on people.
I personally feel a religious connection..that things are "meant to be"...not accidents.

any thoughts?

oh my Ms Alffe...you have touched on a subject that sure resonates with me.

I have noticed this "synchronicity" throughout my life, sometimes in very dramatic and profound ways that could never be attributed to just co-incidence........ and am actually experiencing it right now with someone that I feel God has specifically brought into my life

I'll blame my older sister for stirring up my pot! I used the phrase "it was meant to be" when describing something truly stunning that happened to Mr.Alffe and she, being the true athiest that she is, said, no, it's synchronisity. I said, define the word as you understand it and she said...it's a coincidence.

That began my search via internet and I'm hooked. She's wrong...LOL.

Here is a portion I took from something called the Minordi Seminar.

"Remember to be careful what you wish for. You may get it. You may see good times and happiness, but conversely, you may see something that you really don't want. Like a car wreck or a worse disaster, or even a death of someone close. Nature takes care of us by shielding us from the future. I think it was built into the design of human being as a protection. There is a way to tap into this future order that is coming into your life. Joseph Joworski has given this a name and defined it with the work "Synchronisity."


It is the perfect order by which the whole universe runs.

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Well, they had me from hello. It's too long an article to post it all here...of course I've printed it, along with several others to give to her.

Sisters are wonderful....

I tend to see it like the poem
I once heard an insightful presentation on that poem, with vivid imagery on just how we look at the tapestry of life from below and see nothing but ragged threads and knots and dull colors and no real pattern or picture ....
BUT

from above, and where God sees it, is the whole perfect picture in vivid color and without any flaws

To me that is how "synchronicity" works...it is all part of God's weaving

you have an atheist sister too alffe?

i have gotten those same words my whole life. even my folks haven't gone to any type of church since they were teens. everything is a coinsedence or luck...karma...good or bad. no divine anything.

lol...chemar has a weaving...i have a paint by number kit..just keep adding the colors accordning to god's plan...with a bit of my free will and colorfulness tossed in.

That's a lovely poem Chemar...reminds of an old, years ago thread about the fabric of life and how all our lives experiences are woven into it....
dang memory...dang lost archives.

Curious..you cannot hide your light...don't even try!

I believe the synchronisity happens to us all the time...we just call it something else.

Thank you, Chemar, for sharing this beautiful poem.

I am so glad you appreciated the poem, Calm

I memorized it as a young girl. because my mom had hung a sampler with the poem stitched on a tapestry piece in my room.

Remembering it has brought me tremendous comfort, hope and inspiration many a time during the upheavals and sorrows of Life
It 's always good for me to be reminded that God is in control of that "synchronicity" and working it all together for our good