Miraculous Coincidences: The Origins and Meaning of Synchronicity

by Aletheia Luna

Synchronicity reveals the meaningful connection between the subjective and objective world.  ~ Carl Jung

Manifesting itself in names, numbers, words, objects, symbols and events, synchronicity is essentially the occurrence of a meaningful (or even miraculous) coincidence in your life.  This experience seems far too significant to be a mere day-to-day serendipitous encounter.

Most of us have experienced various synchronicities in our lives before, and if you have ever been curious to learn more about them, read on!

Magic in the Air

Hindu’s believe synchronicity is a manifestation of Brahman, or the fundamental connection of all living things within the universe, quantum physicists attribute it to the “non-local” mind (or universal consciousness), and skeptics call it Apophenia, or the practice of seeing connections and patterns in random and/or meaningless data.

Whatever it is, synchronicity is far too common and too intriguing an experience to overlook or quickly dismiss and forget about.  As author of You Are Not So Smart, David McRaney concludes:

Just remember that meaning comes only from within.

Therefore, the only person who can understand why a synchronious experience occurs and what it means is you.

Origins

Common explanations for the origins of synchronicity include the following:

• Unconscious mind.  Just like your dreams, elements of your waking life could also be subtle manifestations of your unconscious mind which is trying to warn you, guide you or teach you about something.
• Harmony of energy.  As everything consists of tiny vibrating atoms, or energy (which is a fact), synchronicity could also be a manifestation of inter-global or environmental harmony, where the frequencies and vibrations of the moment sync together in perfect equilibrium, or Oneness, producing such experiences.
• Law of attraction.  This theory essentially states that whatever good or bad events in life happen are caused by your thoughts and feelings.  Thus “like attracts like”, which possibly explains the origins of synchronicity.
• Psychic abilities.  Synchronicity is also thought to be a small manifestation of psychic abilities where, for example, we intuit that a certain person will call us or significant event will befall us, and it does.

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