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The Significance of Coincidence
Adapted from Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2007).
When you put your attention on coincidences it attracts more coincidences, and applying intention reveals their meaning. In this way coincidences become clues to the will of the universe, providing a way for us to see its synchronicity and take advantage of life’s boundless opportunities.
People who are sensitive to events and stimuli around them will be sensitive to coincidences sent from the universe. Clues may be as subtle as the smell of pipe smoke wafting through an open window, which makes you think of your father, which reminds you of a book he loved, which then somehow comes to play an important role in your life at the moment.
Ask the question: What is the significance of this? The answers will emerge.
Another thing you can do to nurture coincidence is to keep a diary or journal of coincidences in your life. After years of note-taking, I classify coincidences as tiny, medium, whoppers and double-whoppers. You can do this in any way that is easy for you. For some people, it is easiest to maintain a daily journal and underline or highlight words or phrases or names of things that show up as coincidences. Other people keep a special coincidence dairy. They start a new page for each significant coincidence, then jot down any other connections to that event.
So remain sensitive, observe coincidences during both your daytime living and your nighttime dreaming, and pay special attention to anything that breaks the probability amplitude—the statistical likelihood of a space-time event.
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add your comment »Deepak ,
I have experienced Synchronicity too, but regarded it as a natural development of my meditation, self- purification including doing social education works free-of-charge.
I think the correct and altruistic motivation is most important for people really want to learn and attain Spirituality, so that they can really make progress and without falling into the abysses of Academic-empty-talk.
I have also kept diary for years, including analysis of 1,000 of my dreams. Please contact me for sharing of ideas and experiences .
For early reply please also e-mail to
patrickwinata@yahoo.com , thanks. 2008 Nov 06.
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Also try listening to your heart when you feel familiar with any situation, the heart keeps a record of coincidences and if you let the heart guide you, without any attachment, yu will lead the right path.
Ana Molina
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I love this comment!!! I think it is insightful and intellectual!!!
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Hello to everybody! I personally have the feeling, and believe me it´s true, that all my life I've been surrounded by very strong coincidences! I think of someone and he/she calls me, I meet people that can help me right in the moment i need help or I think of something and it happens without expecting it.. Sometimes I get the impression that there is a a chain of accions happening only to help me see things clearer or do the things i have to do, even if they only serve as an experience.
Life is much more interesting this way!
(Excuse my mistakes, I´m not english)
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Coincidence is mind tracking. The things we respond to and vibrate with provide pathways for stimuli matching. When we either consciously or unconsciously attune to a certain object or idea, our mind steers us toward similar patterns. This is how ideas and images present themselves to us - it is the creative process. It's the beauty of the irrational mind that so many of us dismiss and distrust. We cogitate through symbology and we respond to patterning. It's right brained creation at work.
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"To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose
under the heaven."
~Ecclesiastes 3:1
I believe that we are being divinely guided, and that coincidences are put before us to find our purpose here as spiritual beings .Many Blessings Medium Darcy Dee
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maybe, I am at a loss for definition of the word coincidence. I don't believe in it. I believe everything happens, has purpose beyond what is immediately perceived. For example, the sudden thought of an old acquaintance, shortly afterwards, the person contacts me. When it comes to an air, of smell is communicated by a spirit, for me. The idea of journaling is wonderful. However, I believe all things take place first, in the spirit and are later manifested openly through clues, or whatever.
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There are happy coincidences that we remember for a short while and the opposites get imprinted in the mind.I agree we should pause and reflect when these situations occur and continue to wonder at the power of Almighty God and His will that brings about such wonderful moments
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The journal is a wonderful idea! I have somehow drifted away from noticing the synchronicities in my daily life and the journal will be valuable for me. Thank you so much for the reminder!
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what a beautiful piece of reminder! I will try to return to the habit of journal writing, Thank you!
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