The word synchronicity
was coined by the psychiatrist and anthropoligist Carl Gustav Jung
to describe “the
acausal
connection of two or more psychic and physical phenomena”
(1) . Jung studied these coincidences,
acasual phenomena together with
the Nobel prize for Physics Wolfgang Pauli, known for the “Pauli
exclusion principle” according to which when two coupled electrons
are separated even at a large distance, and the spin (direction,
verse) of one electron changes also the spin of the other changes
simultanelty and instanstantly. What can this pratically mean?That
indenpendently from space and time everything is interconnected.
Thus
thanks to synchronicities we have a glimpse of Oneness!
Now
let's see better what is this all about and how we can experience
more synchronicities in our lives.
First
of all, it's necessary to distinguish between the meaning of
“coincidences” versus “synchronicities”. Generally when we
think of a coincidence we associate it to something random with no
meaning, it just happens and there's no source to it. While a
synchronicity is connected to something else, that has a meaning; an
other definition of synchronicity is indeed “meaningful
coincidence” or “synchronic event”. Therefore when something is
synchronic it means that it happens while
something else is happening, at the same time.
“A
meaningful coincidence or synchronic event
is
the result of two or more events connected by
a
relation of an an analogous meaningful content” (2)
Although
being a well known physicist, Pauli was also known for ruining any
experiment with his
only presence. Did
this happen by chance?
Everytime he entered in the laboratory something happened. Expensive
machines would break, something would go on fire, and events of this
kind to the point where this phenomenon was called “Pauli
Effect” (2)
Here
we can start to understand more clearly the link with Paul's
principle and the principle of Oneness (known as Advaita in
Hinduism) and how -an other principle of quantum physics- it's the
observer who modifies what is observed, making us understand how the
state and space of the
observer is important to “modify” what is observed, thus said
differently, to manifest our reality.
So
when we start to understand that the observer and the observed are
one and the same, we start to understand that it's not really what is
observed that changes, but us ourselves. And that's the secret!
Some
examples of synchronicities in my life:
- I'm having an English conversation during which I bring a scientific article to talk about. The only thing I knew about the person was that she's a doctor, so I just thought to bring her a scientific article which turned out to be about the specific field she works in. Also she was shocked to notice this!
- Thinking I'd like some hummus but cannot go out, after an hour my friend knocks at my room door asking me if I wanted the hummus his sister made- which never happened before.
- While somebody writes me on FB asking me how many languages I know and thinking “that's an odd question!” immediately from nowhere a video on youtube from Paramahamsa Nithyananda's channel goes on and I hear his voice saying “why do you need to know a language? Language is just for communication. Period!”
- I'm buying a bus ticket, the guy who's selling me it says to a person: “at 11:30!”, not even a second later I turn around and there's a group of youung people, one says “Let's meet at 11:30”!
I can
make many other examples, but the point with people who don't believe
or have experiences with synchronicities is that for them a
coincidence happens rarely. For me they happen pretty
frequently. Why? Because I notice them. And I can say also an other
thing, that syncronicities really do happen to everyone, we just
don't notice/aren't aware of them. Once I saw a synchronicity
happening to a friend of mine who used to live with me, the story is
too long but it went like this. The synchronicity was evident, after
it happened he just went into his room without being surprised so I
knocked at this door and asked him if he noticed anything, he
seemed almost worried and said “no”. After I told him, he
answered, that yes it's true what I said, but he just didn't give
importance to it. I told him that yep, that was the point.
That or 1. we don't notice them or 2. we don't give importance to it
maybe by saying “oh, it's just a coincidence!”
So
one way to bring synchronicities in our lives is to be
aware to
what's happening around us and to just play with the thought and
belief (it doesn't cost anything, if it doesn't work after a few
months you can stop) that there aren't any coincidences. But to be
aware, we also have to be aware of our thoughts that come in the way,
not making us notice
the synchronicities.
'There
are
only two
ways to
live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.'
Albert Einstein
Bibliography
- The Power of the Quantum Brain by Italo Pentimalli and J.L Marshall
Written by Anna Leporace
