What is Synchronicity?:
...Why Synchronicities Occur and What Is Their Purpose?

(You may wish to read through this article more than once to gain full value of its meaning.)

The word 'synchronicity' was first coined by Dr. Carl Jung, one of the most well known psychologists in history.

Dr. Jung was unique in his day as he was a both a student of traditional psychology and researcher of esoteric and metaphysic studies - including alchemy, astrology, etc.

He realized the value of strict unbiased testing AND was open to the possibilities offered by eastern cultures, religions, and philosophies. Even the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was largely developed from his theories and main work from the concept of archetypes and the masks that we wear mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

According to Jung, synchronicity was defined as a 'meaningful coincidence'. For example, you think of something and then all-of-a-sudden, you see that person in front of you or hear from that person in the exact moment or within moments of thinking of him/her.

Two common examples include people who are thinking of buying a specific kind of car, who then begin to see that car everywhere. The other example would be if you go to a mall or go to take public transportation and the exact seat or parking space you were wanting 'opens' up.

Left-brain thinkers and the like would argue that these 'synchronicities' are just luck or chance. But in quantum physics, and according to many ancient masters, teachers, and sifus who are not just bound by the left-brain, synchronicity is a part of creation itself.

The more that we learn about the law of attraction, laws of creation, law of opposites, law of cause and effect, and the law of gender, the more we begin to see that Dr. Jung was far ahead of his time and in truth is far more revered now than he ever was in his own lifetime.

That is the basic history of how the concept of synchronicity came to be.

The understanding of synchronicity however, continues much more deeply.

All Beings perceive life according to a scale of awareness and consciousness. At the lower end there are those who have little to no awareness of what is going on around them or within themselves, while those at the higher end are in a heightened state of awareness both outside of and within themselves.

All humans, regardless of where we might be on that scale at any given moment have the capacity to move up or down the scale and as such experience very different types of lives.

Those at the higher levels tend to experience more peace, calm, security, and clear mindedness. Those at the lower levels tend to experience more worry, anxiety, frustration, and depression. Those at the higher levels may at times fall down the scale, those at the lower levels may at times move up the scale.

Either way, no matter where you are in the moment there is a strong likelihood that you will move up and down the scale for most of your lifetime.

The interesting piece here and how this scale relates to the idea of synchronicity is that as you experience life at higher and higher levels on the scale and therefore higher levels of awareness and consciousness you begin to see the interconnectedness of all things, the perfection/ perfectness/oneness of all the elements that we would normally perceive as separate if we were lower on the scale. Therefore, the higher you move up the scale, the more synchronicity you experience.