Who believes in synchronicity?

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   moneyfairyposted 12 years ago

   Synchronicity meaning that things happens spontaneously ...like you are thinking of someone you haven't heard from in ages and then for some reason they call out of the blue or you bump into them at an airport or something or you forgot where you put your keys and then all of a sudden you remember and there they are, right in the place you thought about right that moment.

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I really believe it happens. I remember studying Jung in college and it made perfect sense to me that all humans are connected in some way. I'd rather believe that than in some mythical God.
      
      I have definitely had the experience of thinking of something and then seeing it mentioned everywhere.

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you Uninvited Writer for believing and experinencing it happenning to you too. I know there are alot of sceptics till they actually experience it for themselves.

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      A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is merely the "hit and miss" of statistics. In other words, you may very well have thought of lots of people but never bumped into them, and the one time you do bump into somebody, it's remembered and thought of as some sort of miraculous event while all the other times are forgotten.

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   knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

   When one is schizophrenic, synchronicity is every minute of every day. It is fantastic if one can handle it.

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am very sure that schizopherenia has nothing whatsoever to do with synchronicity. It's like compairing apples to logs???doesn't match. Sorry. Schizophrenia is a psychological disease where as synchronicity is unexplained happeneings and events.

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         janesixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I am sure you are wrong moneyfairy

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            moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Do tell janesix ???what is it that I am wrong about? Schizophrenia and synchronicity are two different things? How is that wrong?

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            moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            synchronicity: coincidence of events that seem related but are not obviously caused one by the other.
            schizophrenia: a severe psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detached from reality, withdrawl into self.
            These are the dictionary definitions. Obviously they have 2 very different meanings. So where exactly  am I wrong janesix??? Look forward to your reply.

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      janesixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Why don't you actually read what knolyourself wrote, moneyfairy. He didn't say they were the SAME THING. It appears you have a reading comprehension problem.

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes I guess I do because I don't get it??? How is synchroncity an every day event for a schizophrenic? I guess they could be construed as radom events that occur often in the mind of a schizophrenic in that case...thank god for medication for them. And yes Knolyourself it is fantastic if one can deal with that.

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            moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you knolyourself for explaining below You are very wise and patient , much appreciated!!!

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   WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

   Well, Carl Gustav Jung is one of my greatest heroes. How can I not believe?

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   Reality Bytesposted 12 years ago

   Carl Jung is one of my fascinations.

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   moneyfairyposted 12 years ago

   Thank you Write Angled and Reality Bytes

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   knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5L1LnPZJ2g

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   Greekgeekposted 12 years ago

   Another not-so-closeted Jungian reporting in.
   
   Two of my scientist relatives keep calling to tell me about amazing experiences of synchronicity, and I smile about it. Fun to hear people with rigorous scientific training trying to puzzle over a phenomenon that doesn't seem to make logical sense, as it defies the laws of cause and effect.
   
   As a very typical example, I used the internet last month to help a 60-year-old friend find her best friend in middle school.
   
   They haven't been in touch in decades, and both have moved around many times. It turns out they're living less than a mile away on the same street!

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is synchronicity if not for you helping her she may have never been able to meet up with her old friend but because they live so close they might have eventually met each other in passing at the supermarket or post office Great example though Greekgeek, thank you.

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   Happyboomernurseposted 12 years ago

   I definitely believe in synchronicity and think the following quote about it is fun to ponder, especially since we're close to Halloween: "Synchronicities are the jokers in nature's pack of cards for they refuse to play by the rules and offer a hint that, in our quest for certainty about the universe, we have ignored some vital clues." F. David Peat, in "Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind."
   Thanks for getting this cool forum started! I'm enjoying the responses.

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Happyboomernurse. The responses are interesting
      Love your quote, thanks!

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   thirdmilleniumposted 12 years ago

   I certainly do, a fine album. But then the Police are a fine band too.
   Oops, where am I?

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    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    Think or say it and it happens, in a specific time synchronization, usually called coincidence. Clairvoyance explains some of it. After that it is
    the external you.

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       moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I agree and  understood.

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    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    Beyond the probability of even clairvoyance, would be one's spiritual being,
    of which one's material self would be said to be contained.

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    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    Synchronicity may happen to one now and then.I was positing the concept that Schizophrenia is the intensification of it such that it is fairly constant. If this happens to one how does one deal with it? My supposition is that it is the best or worse experience one can have.

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       janesixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I think it is the same for those of us with bipolar disorder. for me anyway. I go through periods of constant synchronicity,sometimes for months at a time. Normally a very fascinating and and good experience,although it can be freaky sometimes.

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       moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       knolyourself: correct you are!!!
       janesix: thanks for sharing sorry about your bipolar disorder.... glad you have some facinating good experiences with synchronicity....sorry they are freaky sometimes for you.

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    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    My theory of bi-polar is between schizo and mundane, heaven and earth,
    where heaven so much greater than depressed earth. Get too far down have to jack-up. Get too far up have the crash down. My solution
    there is no difference stay in the middle. However does require a disciplined life-style of simplicity and security, and creative endeavor to channel one's highs.

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       janesixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's a good theory. Yet I I'm under the impression that synchronicity is just being in the flow of the Universe. Or God. Whatever you like to call it. That's my personal take on it from experience.

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       moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yes knolyourself that seems like a good solution to stay neutral/the middle way,but definitely needs alot of time and discipline .
       janesix: the synchronistic way sounds like it's a bit smoother /easier way.

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