SPIRITUAL: SYNCHRONICITY THAT FROM DESTINY

If we observe very carefully we sometimes in our life come across coincidences that can't be explained logically. Broadly speaking, coincidences means incidents happening together that would not happen
together; these are some sort of occurrences of improbable events. We generally treat such coincidences as merely accidental or random events. However, a famous Swedish psychologist/physicist Carl Jung (1875-1961) for the first time coined the term 'synchronicity' to explain such incidences as 'meaningful coincidences' that are not related by any casual events. His concept of synchronicity came through many surprising coincidences his patients shared with him during his practice time, especially as he began to realize that the
occurrences went beyond what could be attributed to mere chances. Since then this subject has been widely deliberated and researched even by the modern physicists especially in the field of quantum physics.

According to Wikipedia, synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner. To count as synchronicity, the events should be
unlikely to occur together by chance. Deepak Chopra in his book entitled Power, Freedom and Grace explained this phenomenon as "though a coincidence may seem to be an accident, in truth there is no such
thing as accident or random event. What we call an accident or a random event, is the nonlocal correlation of the universal mind. Every event is being orchestrated by infinite consciousness, and every event is a conspiracy of infinity of events. Though we may not understand it, the essential truth of the universe is that it's synchronistic and coincidental. Everything is connected with everything else, and if we are in sync with the universe, then we experience synchronicity. The more connected we are the more we experience coincident or simultaneous events".

James Redfield, a famous American author who is notable for one of the most successful books for all times titled 'The Celestine Prophecy' on the New Age Movement. He describes the first insight about following meaningful coincidences in the 'Celestine Prophecy'. He explains that "coincidences, if followed through, are
seen as a way of evolving, to a higher level of vibration. When we are in the flow we experience more synchronous events, more pleasure and less pain. The flow of coincidences is our path to higher ground".

It's true that if we start noticing carefully then such coincidences in our life are not very rare and we can certainly find out the hidden meaning behind those meaningful events. Moreover if study how life has been created on this universe then we find that there are great numbers of incredible and improbable coincidences through which life has originated. In fact, the entire universe is built on an almost infinite number of incredible improbabilities. Perhaps the greatest of all these improbabilities is our own existence as human beings. It can
be clearly established that synchronicity arises from a chain of causality that originates outside physical reality. Since we cannot see where the chain of those events begins and when and where the initial cause arises, the phenomenon is considered acausal. Synchronicities are whole packets of cause and effect spanning past,
present, and future from an alternate timeline that are instantly inserted into the original timeline as a result of intention (Deepak Chopra).

There is now a widely accepted views that synchronicity happens to everyone in their lifetime but very few people are able to comprehend and appreciate those incidents, which otherwise or superficially look random and ill-logical. Such events have for a bigger and meaningful purpose for their life as they are supposed to be turning points of their destiny. The full appreciation of synchronicity is nothing less than our personal connection with the higher intelligence (or we may call God). Synchronicity can be seen as mini miracles through which an infinite consciousness which is the ground of every being manifests itself into our lives. Hence one should accept such kind of coincidences as important guidance from the higher Consciousness or
God. They lead us to a pathway/direction, most appropriate on the long run for our life hence, those incidents should be carefully interpreted and we should derive their profound meaning. We should also keep this in mind that the meaning is not evident in that incident/event itself, but is based solely on the one that interpret or give the meaning. It is our participation in the event that makes it meaningful.

If we look at coincidences as opportunities, then they become meaningful. Once they become meaningful they allow us a heightened form of creativity through a deeper awareness of a greater reality that holds the key to our destiny. So we can think of them as direct clues designed to move along a distinct pathway that will reveal to us the secrets of our own soul's purpose as an evolutionary process that exists in a state of cooperation with a greater more encompassing process ( Meaningful Coincidences – "Synchronicity that forms Destiny" by Linda Gadbois). Modern physicists specially the quantum physicists have offered an explanation for such coincidences which otherwise can't be explained by normal laws of classical physics.

In physics, nonlocality is a direct influence of one object on another distant object, in violation of the principle of locality. Non-locality means an instantaneous communication (or influence) without any exchange of signal through space-time. According to Amit Goswami in 'Self Aware Universe', Carl Jung had a term for the
transcendent domain of consciousness wherein lies the common cause of synchronous events - collective conscious. It is called unconscious because we are unaware of the nonlocal nature of these events. Jung
discovered empirically that in addition to the Freudian personal unconscious, there is trans personal collective aspect of our unconscious that must operate outside space-time, that must benonlocal since it seems to be independent of geographical origin, culture or time.