What Is Synchronicity? Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but which are causally un-related. In order to be synchronous, the events must be related to one another conceptually, and the chance that they would occur together by random chance must be very small. Synchronicity as a term was originally coined by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. Jung believed the phenomena of synchronicity gave evidence of his theories on the archetypes and the collective consciousness. While I will share many sources for further reading on the topic of synchronicity and related subjects throughout this course, our focus will be less on the theories of synchronicity and much more so on how it affects our lives and how you can integrate a more direct experience of it to transform your life. As I stated before Jung felt that synchronicity proved his theory on archetypes and the collective consciousness. I would agree with his assessment with the caveat that it has been my experience over 30 years that synchronicity ties directly into the recognition and fulfillment of your life purpose or destiny. Once you ve learned to recognize synchronicity in your daily life, you will find it happening more frequently and it is likely that you, like myself will begin to believe that synchronicity is a metaphorical means of communication with the higher intelligence, Universe or God. Because not everyone holds the same particular doctrine to be true that I do, I ll ease your mind to tell you that these principles will work for you no matter what your religious background is, or if you believe in God or not. I will warn you however that when you begin to have these experiences your belief system may be undergoing some changes as mine certainly has over the last three decades. With that explained, my definition of synchronicity is meaningful coincidences that communicate information about your purpose and its fulfillment that occur in a seemingly spontaneous fashion. It has been my experience and that of many people I ve spoken with or studied, that the inherent power of synchronicity is that it assists you in understanding your life mission over a period time and assists you in making decisions that are in alignment with that purpose.
My Experiences With Synchronicity What initially led me to study the phenomena of synchronicity was not synchronicity itself, but, rather the need to find answers to the universal questions. These are the questions like, Why am I here? or What s the use? or What is the meaning of life? I was forced by circumstances I could not reconcile at a young age to grapple with these questions at an age when most kids are riding their bicyles and playing ball. After having studied most of the world religions, philosophies, metaphysics and mythology I began to notice common elements in all of them. Engaging in very serious spiritual practices, whether vision questing and sweat lodge ceremonies, meditation or other rituals, I finally began establishing a connection with a very real and living intelligence. I ll refer to this intelligence as God, because after quite alot of drifting I returned to my Christian roots, however, as a Christian, bound by honesty I will tell you that whenever I reached out, no matter what my doctrine of the day (pick an -ism) this intelligence reached back. A couple of the most significant and incredible experiences I ve had: I was told by a shaman when I was 15 that my Indian name should be White Crow. It felt good, so I adopted it. A week later, a murder (flock) of crows gathered in a tree in my back yard. In the center was an albino crow. My mother witnessed this event right next to me. In my twenties, I had a dream where a man approached me and told me to get to a Dr., that I had cancer. A month later I discovered a tumor. I had no benefits and worked only part-time. A job with benefits showed up from a resume I supposedly submitted 14 months earlier. (I don t recall submitting it) Just prior to my surgery, I was laid off and qualified for unemployment and was offered free fully loaded cable for 3 months. The resulting financial devestation of the medical expenses qualified me to return to college on a grant and my career changed.
My Model of Destiny/Free Will If we look at destiny as a straight line that runs in a linear fashion through time, this would be the path we follow if every single decision we made was in perfect alignment with our purpose. Imagine yourself on this straight line moving from your birth through life, and ultimately to death. Now imagine your are like a fish being reeled in on a hook. You cannot break free however you don t necessarily move straight towards the fishing pole. I represent free will by the sine wave weaving back and forth across the straight line. When we make choices that are out of alignment with our destiny, we experiences a higher amount of resistance. Things tend to fall apart. We get frustrated and don t feel like we have meaning in our lives. By contrast when we follow our purpose we find that we are lucky and that things work out in ways we could never have planned any better.
Write down a bad experience you had that dramatically affe ed you in your life. Write it inside of the flask. Now write down a list of positive things that came about b ause of the bad experience. Write it here by the gold nu.
Assignments This Week 1. Spend some time this week thinking about the idea of synchronicity how I ve presented it. Try to remember any unusual coincidences that may have occured in your own life. 2. Write down the significant experiences in your life (pivotal moments or big turning points) on the Arch exercise. Think about the time periods just before, during, and just after these events and see if you remember any unusual dreams, coincidences or anything else you think may be of note. 3. Print out a copy of the Turning Lead Into Gold exercise and take a bad experience you ve had and work it through the process. Next Week: Next week we ll be studying the following, Learning the fundamentals of the Universal language. 11:11 the beacon system Dream and Synchronicity Journal. Critical to implement, you can t measure what you don t track. Personal symbology. Worksheet. Clearing away the old vibrations. Lessons in purification. Media abstinence and getting grounded.