Some people believe that coincidences happen for a metaphysical reason, while others have a more scientific approach to life and use science to explain them. But what nobody can deny is how exciting it is to coincide with someone on something and how coincidences can be super interesting and exciting.
Coincidences can also happen when we see the same thing many times in a short period of time, for example the same number or letter in many different places. Another example is when we think about someone and the person suddenly calls or messages us. It’s said that synchronicities are both a psychological and a philosophical phenomenon.
Coincidences can also happen when we see the same thing many times in a short period of time, for example the same number or letter in many different places. Another example is when we think about someone and the person suddenly calls or messages us. It’s said that synchronicities are both a psychological and a philosophical phenomenon.
Magical Signs or Reality?
Even though coincidences have an explanation, many people see them as magical moments through which we may intuit a path to the extraordinary. People or circumstances that arise at the precise moment we need them, as if they were signs of the path we must take.
It's All in the Context
Psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung had a more down to earth explanation for them. He believed that coincidences happen when something interior and an exterior event happen and we give them both a specific meaning.
Anthony Hopkins’ Story
One of the most interesting coincidences is attributed to the famous Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins, who years ago wanted to start preparing to star in the film version of the novel The Girl from Petrovka, by the writer George Feifer. Since he had not read the book, Hopkins left his London home one day and took the tube to go book shopping. A task that was impossible for him, as the book was sold out in all the Charing Cross bookstores he visited. Frustrated, the actor decided to return to his house, and for this he took the tube again at Leicester Square station. Going to sit down, he found that someone had abandoned a book on his seat, an old copy full of annotations. He took it and when he read the title he was speechless. It was The Girl from Petrovka. Two years later, during the filming of the film, Hopkins met the author of the novel, who told him that two years earlier he had lent a friend his copy, which was full of annotations, but that he had lost it. in the subway. When Hopkins showed him the book he had found, they were both very surprised. Hopkins had not only found the book he was looking for, but it was also the same copy that Feifer had lost.
How to Detect Coincidences
Paying attention to synchronicities can make our lives much more interesting and full of opportunities and creativity. Learn how to start playing with these subtle messages.
1. Always carry a notebook with you: Write down everything that comes to your mind.
2. Train your ability to observe: To do this, settle on a bench, in the park, or in a public place that you like
3. Review your day: Before you go to sleep, stop for a moment, review everything that happened that day and write them down in your notebook. Close the notebook and turn off the light. Chances are good that your dreams and your notes will find a way to communicate.
4. Pay attention to slips and mistakes: The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, devoted many pages to the study of these phenomena. Slips and mistakes can become a fun game.
5. Play bibliomancy, that is, to practice the art of "divination" through books.
6. Play and have fun, but don't be literal in your interpretations and detach yourself from the results.
1. Always carry a notebook with you: Write down everything that comes to your mind.
2. Train your ability to observe: To do this, settle on a bench, in the park, or in a public place that you like
3. Review your day: Before you go to sleep, stop for a moment, review everything that happened that day and write them down in your notebook. Close the notebook and turn off the light. Chances are good that your dreams and your notes will find a way to communicate.
4. Pay attention to slips and mistakes: The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, devoted many pages to the study of these phenomena. Slips and mistakes can become a fun game.
5. Play bibliomancy, that is, to practice the art of "divination" through books.
6. Play and have fun, but don't be literal in your interpretations and detach yourself from the results.
