Well.....Merriam-Webster defines synchronicity as being the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
I will give you yet another demonstration:
The other day I was invited to join a men's group on parenting I had never participated in at a friend of a friends' house. Having some serious dietary restrictions I find it difficult most of the time to rush out of the house and just grab something to eat on my way out, and being pressed for time, I simply figured I wouldn't starve to death over the course of 3 hours so I left the house without eating. I arrived at a complete strangers apartment for this group very hungry, but to my upmost delight the host just happened to have a pot of fresh lentil vegan soup that he'd been cooking for anyone who was hungry. I was so excited and grateful! This was only the beginning of our synchronistic experience. I followed him into the kitchen and noticed a quote about music had been painted above his stove, so I asked him if he was 'a music guy'. He began to tell me he'd been a composer for film and television the same amount of time I had (6 years), had almost the identical level of success I had in the profession, and currently was waiting for funding to clear to begin his next project. This man, my height and age, wearing the same style glasses as me who's initials are the same as mine (J.C.) was telling my story! He'd also recently lost a bunch of weight (20 lbs. vs. my 40 lbs.) due to adapting a healthier diet and lifestyle, happened to be following the identical spiritual path and system of thinking I do, and (here's where it gets wild) is happily married with 2 children the same age as both of mine- a three year old boy (who shares my birthday!) and an 8 month old baby girl. Here was a man who was basically my doppelganger living 10 miles away from my front door; someone I may never have had the opportunity to meet had it not been for this men's group; if I'd merely eaten something before I left the house I most likely would not have followed him into the kitchen while he prepared me soup (vegan soup, no less!) and we most certainly would not have had that moment carved out for us to discover all these wonderful similarities. This was proven when our time was cut short as the meeting began.
After exchanging each others information that night before we parted ways, the next day J.C. contacted me by email. He had visited my website and recognized the studio I primarily work out of from the documented footage of some of my sessions. 2 years prior, he'd sold the owner of this studio a pair of speakers that I had actually used on some of my projects while working there in the last year. Can you believe it?
Sync In The City is a place for strangers to share synchronistic experiences with each other. If you would like to participate, please forward stories to to: jc@jaymeecarpenter.com
Here's an experience I had along the lines of synchronicity...
ReplyDeleteWhile driving to work a few years back, I got behind a car in traffic who's license plate said "JEDI87" and was thinking to myself "now there’s a major Star Wars fan!” and was frustrated because they were going so slow, so I changed lanes and got a little further down the road and was slowed down again, this time, I couldn't help but notice the license plate of the car in front of me this time said "I♥AJEDI". I guess "The Force" was with me, and trying to tell me something?