Synchronicity
© Gene Brockopp
Definition: A meaningful coincidence that is valuable
or has an impact on one's life. It is the concurrent
or simultaneous occurrence of two events that appear
to be unrelated. While it is personally meaningful, the
coincidence does not appear to be casually connected
to the actual events. Rather, it appears, on the surface,
to be accidental. Usually it is symbolic in nature and
has an emotional quality.
These events usually happen at a point in one's life
when one is in transition or in crisis (and this may
not be conscious), or at a time when change is likely
to occur or when there is a difficulty to manage. It
often results in a transformation or radical change in
one's life or the way that one lives life.
It allows us to see life in a different way, not as
a series of casually connected events nor as a series
of random events, or as the mere play of fate. It helps
us to see that there are connections in life that go
beyond causality, and that maybe the most important ones
are not based on what we know or can predict.
Through this alternative view of reality, we are able
to recognize that our lives are structured and organized
on many different levels. While we normally recognize
and accept the conscious, causal connections, we need
to acknowledge that the unconscious and/or spiritual
level also connects all humans and moves in mysterious
and undefined ways in our lives. We begin to see that
our life may have a life of its own, that it has cohesiveness
and a direction, as it unfolds which may not be predicted
by us. We may discover or recognize this underlying structure,
reason, beauty and wholeness of our lives only after
it has unfolded and expressed itself.
How to respond to these events: Be open to the potential
deeper meaning of what you did not consciously want,
or expect, to happen. Be open to setting aside the conscious
agenda you had for your life. What may be seen as bad
luck or as a change in direction, or as upsetting to
your expectations of your life, may be, on another level
of awareness, what is desired or needed by you for your
personal or spiritual growth….. or by your life for it's
fullest expression.
