The Anatomy of Synchronicity

[SelfAwareWorld]

The term "synchronicity" is defined as "the coincidental occurrence of events that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality". It is a word that is widely used by many people today in the New Thought movement.

For me, synchronicity is more than just a strange coincidence, it is evidence to show us how we bring things into our personal life experience.

For those of you who are not familiar with synchronicity, I have a simple example of an occurrence that happen to me just last week. I was trying to help my son with his new German class, without knowing any German at all. We tried to make sense of his school textbook but didn't get anywhere with it.

Instead we downloaded some free software off the internet that taught German by listening to spoken translations from English, and then tested you by having you type the German words into the program. Needless to say, we both learned a lot that night.

Around 10 pm, is was time for my son to go to bed and for me to have my own private time with the TV remote. I started watching a show about how your body ages over time and how there isn't much you can do about. Eventually time catches up with you and you croak. It explained, on a cellular level, exactly what happens to your body. I ended up going to bed around midnight, because I just couldn't stop watching that show.

The next morning, after I got out of the shower, my wife yelled at me to come over watch a special news report on aging in America. While I was standing (and dripping) next to her, I noticed that she was reading an article in the newspaper called "Auf Wiedersehen". This article was about how public schools were having problems getting kids to sign up for German classes.

I can understand a single synchronicity or coincidence, but this was a double whammy. I have had countless experiences like this.

I think that synchronicities are like reports that are sent to us, showing what's going on in our heads.

Another term that is thrown around a lot in New Age circles is "Manifestation" and "The Law of Attraction". In my opinion, there is very little difference these terms and the phenomena of synchronicity.

Let's look back at my example and break it down into it's primary elements.

First, there was "interest". I was preoccupied mentally with both scenarios. I wanted to help my son and learn German myself. I was also fascinated by the subject of aging and how it worked.

Secondly, there was "emotion". My son was upset that he was going to fail his German and I felt empathetic, having been there myself. Also, the show on aging really caught my attention and was spooking me to the point of wanting to join a health club the next day.

Interest and emotion seem to be primary components in bringing stuff into anyone’s life. Yet, like some New Ager's, we "visualize" what we want and don't seem to receive it, or it takes a long time.

I think it's time to examine our own synchronicities when they do occur. When one happens, we should sit down and write out everything that we can think of that led to the synchronicity, and try to repeat those scenarios. This "cause and effect" method of analyzing really works.

When we are trying to "manifest" something into our lives and don't receive the thing we want, we need to go back and examine our previously fulfilled synchronicities to see where they differ from our manifesting efforts.

Every day synchronicities are simple, they just happen. We need to start making conscious synchronicities occur.

[themaster]

Originally Posted by SelfAwareWorld

Every day synchronicities are simple, they just happen. We need to start making conscious synchronicities occur.

Yes, this is what my teacher said in his conference.. He suggested we start creating in our lives more.. and watching for synchronicities less..

I'm not sure where you’re really going with this.. cause you seem to say the law of attraction is not involved.. here are the two schools of thought as I understand it (technically so were clear.. we don't have to call the you get what you think about.. the law of attraction.. it is just a label for us the society who has to communicate via brains and words or it's the only way we know how or have been trained to communicate as )

The norm.
1. A scientist viewpoint.. that which you think about is just a *coincidence* and you activated it in your brain therefore your just getting the result of what you put your attention too..

2. The specific viewpoint of not invalidating, of understanding there is more to it.. you get what you think about.. you notice it and you realize your creating it.. it's not random.. it's not coincidence..

[SelfAwareWorld]

I think my point is that if one studies a synchronistic occurence and understands historically why it happened and what was involved in making it happen, then or she can get a better understanding of how and why the Law of Attraction works.

My experience with the German class and the TV program on aging taught me that if I concentrate on a certain thing and accompany that interest with emotion, I have a better chance of creating that thing.

[themaster]

Originally Posted by SelfAwareWorld

I think my point is that if one studies a synchronistic occurence and understands historically why it happened and what was involved in making it happen, then or she can get a better understanding of how and why the Law of Attraction works.

I would agree with you sure.. but let's flip the coin.. one doesn't even have to know the "Law of Attraction" to be a good manifester..

What one really has to when attracting something and not seeing it.. is work out the issue in place that keep that away.. that's the hard work if you will (my fortune cookie said hard work in it )

[iDreamCatcher]

I was trading on the markets and was studying how to use intuition to predict movements of stock markets. And suddenly saw an image of an angry bear painted by the lights from my table lamp.

Synchronicity?

[Diandra25]

my most new recent goal ( which is one of my true passion to do professionaly) came in the form of a Synchronicity.

months ago,i was searching for jobs related to the Fashion,which is not my degree area,and therephore i dont have any diploma on it...

i changed my goals in the professional area cause i dont really feel Passion on what ive studied to become,so after i started to open up myself to my own spirituality,i understood that i would never be happy doing something i dont feel Passioned about.

sO....i was researching,and i found a school that teatches fashion adviser/personnal shopping/personal stylist - that course didnt existed in my country till 2006 when this school opened! and at that time i was finishing my degree in college.

i devour everything concerned to FASHION and i knew it is that - i found my perfect job - but the course costed 4000€...so i started looking at ways to pay it.

weeks after,i receive an email from my brother´s gf about a free consultory on fashion adviser ( for one afternoon only) and guess what...it was from that same School!

i went there and met the girls who were studying,they gave me advices.and showed me some of the things they-ve learned.and i found out that most what i was told,i already knew it!

now i found out that this school has a possibility of accepting students by free scholarship - which i am trying now but i cant apply cause i have debst to finances....

nevertheless,a nice lady here at the forum gave me wonderful business plan to start freelance,step by step and who knows...i can very well gain the ammount i need to take the course.

that was my Synchronicity

[cylon]

Nice practical observance on what happens. Something that took me awhile to make sense of was why where synchronicities like you mentioned happening to me when they really had nothing specifically to do with any intentions I had... they were simply reflections of what was going on in my mind: intense interest coupled with emotions=synchronicity, and it can be about anything.

Previously I thought this only happened with "stuff you wanted" and I think that comes from sort of anthrapamorphising the universe... like there is a God out there with a list of all your wishes, keeping track of what you asked for, like Santa. He'll give you the things you intend, but everything else in your life is just random chance. And when you believe someone is watching over you, everything that happens must have some deeper MEANING, you want to understand what the language this benefactor is using, so you can follow the signs.

I think a lot of people find it confusing that they they are having clear major synchros, but can't find the underlying purpose, or message. Kind of like a dog chasing its tail. There must be a meaning somewhere, right? I doubt it. I think the meaning is what you give to it, after the fact.

So I think it's good advice to pay attention to how your thoughts are reflected in your reality, but letting go of the idea that someone is guiding you to certain things... instead recognize that your human/universe interface is working properly and what happens is entirely up to you.

[joelr]

Originally Posted by cylon

Nice practical observance on what happens. Something that took me awhile to make sense of was why where synchronicities like you mentioned happening to me when they really had nothing specifically to do with any intentions I had... they were simply reflections of what was going on in my mind: intense interest coupled with emotions=synchronicity, and it can be about anything.

Previously I thought this only happened with "stuff you wanted" and I think that comes from sort of anthrapamorphising the universe... like there is a God out there with a list of all your wishes, keeping track of what you asked for, like Santa. He'll give you the things you intend, but everything else in your life is just random chance. And when you believe someone is watching over you, everything that happens must have some deeper MEANING, you want to understand what the language this benefactor is using, so you can follow the signs.

I think a lot of people find it confusing that they they are having clear major synchros, but can't find the underlying purpose, or message. Kind of like a dog chasing its tail. There must be a meaning somewhere, right? I doubt it. I think the meaning is what you give to it, after the fact.

So I think it's good advice to pay attention to how your thoughts are reflected in your reality, but letting go of the idea that someone is guiding you to certain things... instead recognize that your human/universe interface is working properly and what happens is entirely up to you.

I think that was Jung's intention when he came up with it. That the Universe is a reflection of oneself or intense thoughts, emotions, feelings on something will cause that thing to show up in some way outside of oneself.

I don't know how that got switched to "messages from God" for some people?
It could be distracting or worse.

[DerekMB]

This is great advice. I always try to be as logical and rational as possible when it comes to things like this so I don't gain any false belief sysems/structures. Thnx for sharing man

[cylon]

Originally Posted by joelr

I don't know how that got switched to "messages from God" for some people?

Well, our religious heritage just being repackaged in a new way I suppose. And of course the dilemma you know about, that anything that happens that doesn't make immediate sense is automatically considered supernatural or woo-woo.

But yeah, when I started noticing synchronicities it was a bit frustrating because I knew something really cool was happening, but I guess I had just been conditioned that it "means something". Even without meaning, the whole thing is mind-blowing in itself.

I have a great book about Jung and synchronicities, I think I'll dust it off.