Synchronicity
Sin-kro-NIS-uh-tee. The word rolls off the tongue with a flair, doesn’t it. Just what is a synchronicity anyway. Let’s go to the writings of Carl Jung for a little clarification. He actually provided two good definitions for the word. The first is ” circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack any causal connection“. The second is ” a meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved“. I will add my own humble definition to the mix – a sign, signal, person, or event, either requested or unrequested, representing communication to you from the dimension of the Unseen. Even an a-theist will confess that things do occur in the realm of “physical reality” that cannot be explained via our current knowledge of the physical laws of science. The spiritual-based person will agree but will state that the unexplainable circumstances are an intertwining of the physical world and the spiritual world. Thus, a synchronicity can be described as a “long distance phone call” from a totally different dimension – a dimension of spirit rather than our physical world constructed of atoms and molecules.
A True Life Example…..251
I will present to you a true real life example of a synchronicity. There was a person that I know well who was grieving the death of his mother. He and his mother were very close. At the end of her life his mother spent ten days under twenty-four hour hospice care before she passed on to the next realm. This man was also at that time experiencing several very trying and challenging problems that had to be solved, not the least of which was a lack of sufficient funds. As the many challenges were pressing in on him at a time of profound grief over the end of the life of his beloved mother, he felt overwhelmed one day and just dropped to his knees to pray. He asked his Creator with all his heart and soul for some type of sign or signal, anything, that would let him know that he was not all alone. When he finished praying nothing different happened except he felt better by voicing his concerns to Divine Presence. He went about his business of everyday activities. A few days later, he was stopped in traffic at a red light. On the license plate of the vehicle in front of him were the numbers “251”. He took notice of it because that was the room number of his mother’s hospice care room. About an hour later, he drove by a large billboard advertising a business and noticed the telephone number xxx-xxx-x251. Still later he stopped in a convenience store and made a purchase. His change came to $ 2.51. He felt it was more than a coincidence and that his prayer had been answered. He was not alone. Pursuant to an inner urge, he decided to purchase a lottery ticket for that evening for the number 251. He had fifteen dollars in his wallet and purchased the ticket in the amount of ten dollars. The odds of winning were one thousand to one but sure enough the ticket was a winner that evening, paying off a total of over four thousand dollars on an investment of ten dollars. If he had had more faith in the synchronicity, he would have gotten more money and purchased a ticket for a higher amount. Nevertheless, he used the faith he did have, and received the sign that he had prayed for. If you have not already guessed, that man was me.
Stop. Look. Listen. Act. Thank. Receive.
Ignore synchronicities at your own risk. There were many aspects to the above happenstance. Taking the time and effort to be aware of my surroundings. Acting on what I observed and perceived. Being thankful, even before learning of the winning ticket, that somehow just continually seeing the number 251 meant to me somehow that I was not alone. Receiving the windfall with humble gratitude. You do not need to walk around like Sherlock Holmes with a large magnifying glass closely inspecting everything around you. You do however, need to pay attention to what is going on around you. You may be in the middle of a synchronicity that you need to act on but the window of opportunity may be short.
Use Your Connection
You have your own personal wifi “hot spot” to synchronicities. It is called true prayer. An earnest and unrelenting indwelling on Divine Intelligence, Original Source, the Almighty, God, Jehovah, whatever name you choose to ascribe. It is yours…..free of charge. You are invited to use this connection. You are expected to use this connection. You were created to use this connection. If you do so, your lifetime here on this earth plane of existence can manifest all manner of good things for you. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.