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The tendency to notice coincidences in one’s life, and to attribute meaning to those coincidences, is stronger in some people than in others.
In making Coincidence Studies into a science, it’s necessary to create a taxonomy like botanists have done for plants.
Gary Schwartz was raised without faith and steeped in science, but emerged a spiritual man.
Grace Lark has strange abilities to intuitively find lost objects and return them to their owners, and to find lost people by tracking them in her dreams.
Strange coincidences may involve a sensory perception we don’t yet understand.
You think of a friend you haven’t heard from in years and she all of a sudden calls. Is your mind mysteriously connected to the outside world?
For some people, God is clearly the force behind strange coincidences. Others say it’s “the universe,” and some say, “It’s all explainable by probability.”
Dr. Bernard Beitman is developing Coincidence Studies, and he uses a metaphor to explain the importance of categorizing the different kinds of coincidences.
Do you believe that people can leave their bodies and float around as disincarnate consciousness? Do you believe that close to the moment of death people see spirits of dead loved ones who come to help them cross over? Do you believe that weird coincidences are profound and meaningful?
When you encounter a strange coincidence, your first thought might be, “What are the chances?”
Have you ever experienced a strange coincidence and thought, “What are the odds of that?”
Coincidences can teach us much if we learn to decipher their meanings.
Once you become aware of coincidences, you realize what a ubiquitous part of life they are. They help with self-improvement, relationships, and more.
If you believe synchronicity is simply coincidence, then you haven’t read any of the top experts in the field. The famous psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung coined the term synchronicity in the 1920s to reference the alignment of universal forces with a person’s experiences.
Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and famed psychiatrist Carl Jung have taken different—but complementary—approaches to synchronicity.
Philosopher and psychologist Dr. Richard Tarnas looks at why synchronicity entered the Western consciousness when it did and why it’s important.
