Synchronicity

Jinx

I have just started reading the book "Synchronicity" by Allan Combs and Mark Holland. So far it is facinating, and I was wondering if anyone here has had any experiences with meaningful coincidence?
For example, and this is an anecdote the authors use at the beginning of the book, Carl Jung was in a therapy session with a woman who was decribing a dream about a scarab beetle when a beetle that was very similar flew through the window. The scarab beetle is a symbol of rebirth, and the coincedence helped the woman to make a breakthrough in her therapy.

In another example, several years ago, when I was working as a pizza delivery driver, one of my co-workers had a number (I don't recall the number, but I'll use 624 as a handy example) pop up three different ways (she got back $6.24 in change, her first delivery that day was to house number 624, and she saw it one other place). So she played them that night in the pick 3 lotto and won $150, which was just enough to pay her power bill and keep her electricity on.

Basicaly, the premise is that all things are interconnected, and that events that seem coincedental can actually have meaning.

Have you ever noticed anything like this in your life?

Soulfire

I notice this all the time in my life. I firmly believe that there is meaning behind everything, and that pure coincidence doesn't exist (though I may describe things as coincidental). I'll try to come up with some specific examples.

That, along with Deja Vu.

Yantaal

my best one was aboyut three years ago:

i dreamt that i was in some factory which at the time meant tnohing to me and some guy came out witha wierd face, i said, hey? whats with thte wierd face? he answerd it was his normal face. so then i said sorry and that was it.

about a month ago now i went on a factory visit with my company, so sopmewherei had never been before. half way through the tour this guy comes out with a wierd face and in my head i went, god, whats with the funny face?

it was my dream.

coincidence?

mike1reynolds

I always know that when I keep looking at the clock right at 12:34 and 1:23 for several days in a row that something is going to change. If I also notice 1:11 and 11:11 then I am relieved because that seems to mean being on track. If not, the 12:34 change may well be something negative rather than positive. The prominent the 1234 the more ominous the change. On 12/03/04 I knew something terrible was going to happen when I saw the date, and within the week my mother died, completely out of the blue. My aunt had talked to her two days before and without knowing that she was about to die.

I’ve been seeing 12:34 a lot the last few days, AND 11:11 and 1:11, so *phew*! That means something good is about to happen! I'll keep you posted.

Jinx

I actually had a moment of syncronicity yesterday. My favorite tv show is Supernatural, wherein the two main characters have the last name Winchester. Yesterday as I was walking, I happened to glance down at a random peice of litter and saw the word Winchester, and moments later I heard the song "Carry on my Wayward Son" playing on someone's car radio as I waited to cross the street, which happens to be a song used in the show Supernatural, and happens to be the working title of the novel I am working on. I don't know what it means, if it means anything, but it certainly seemed more than random chance. (also, coincidentaly, I live in Kansas, and that song is by the group Kansas).

Or, it could just be that because I like that show, and I am working on a novel with that particular working title, I am simply more apt to notice things in my environment that tie in with the things that are already on my mind.

indeedwrestling

It's human nature to try and find patterns in nature. It's how our brain is able to comprehend things. However, it's also human nature to over-react and come up will silly connections between things based on an arbitary numerical system. Why does Base 10 numbers mean anything - just because we have ten fingers? It's all random folks.

ocalhoun

Only yesterday, I served table number 15, Their bill was $15.15, They paid with $15.30 (why?), and got $0.15 change.

HoboPelican