Synchronicity is a concept in psychology that describes circumstances which appear meaningfully related but lack a casual connection. Of course, this concept has a load of fictional potential-join the crew to f the mothership to explore its science...
June's come a-knocking and we are ready for some rocking. Some synchronization here and there and viola! we are ready for this month's theme. Guesses would be off, as it's something me and you would never have thunk! So, let's get this article on the road, kicking off the sub-genre "Synchronicity" for all to behold.
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A concept introduced and coined by analytical psychologist Carl Jung in the late 1920's "to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection", Synchronicity encounters refer to one's subjective experience whereby coincidences between events in a mind and the outside world might be unrelated and yet they might be unknowingly connected. He felt it was possible for seemingly unrelated events to come together in "meaningful coincidences."
Even though this term originated in the late 1920's by Jung, it was developed through correspondence with physicist Wolfgang Pauli in their 1952 work The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche, which culminated in the Pauli–Jung theory. According to Jung and Pauli, just as causal connections can provide a meaningful understanding of the psyche and the world, so too may acausal connections.
Synchronicity is known by many names and phrases. Called serendipity, coincidence, answered prayers, stars aligning, the law of attraction, pre-destiny, law of manifestation. Feel free to share any more phrases that you know in the inline comments here-->
Julia Cameron in The Artist's Way writes, "whatever you choose to call it, once you begin your creative recovery you may be startled to find it cropping up everywhere."
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In Mandarin Chinese, 緣分 pronounced "yuan-fen" are the two characters that hold the meaning that most resemble synchronicity. They encapsulate the occasions, where we meet people never known before--who connect and resonate with us on a profound level.
Synchronicity is also characterised by those out-of-the-blue, unique moments of coincidence in our life where a person, image, sound, smell, feeling crosses our life suddenly, surprisingly, with no reasonable context or logic. It's these instances that connect with us in a teeny-weeny way, and strikes a chord to the core--unexplainable though it seems.
While synchronicity seems trivial and probably inconsequential at times, simple things like a "thank you" email, a warm handshake, a hug or the courage to ask for something we want, but have no expectations of getting and we get it, do have a significant impact on our lives.
