Synchronicity. Meaningful coincidences. Are you paying attention?

Life unfolds every single moment of every day… just as it should, on its own timeline…whether the individual is ready or not. Choose to fight it and watch chaos abound. Choose to accept it as a “meant to be” and watch life fall into place.

Will it be instant, one might ask? No, usually not. It may be years later before the relevance is clear. As life rolls along, the past will have clarity. It will be evident that exactly what needed to happen…did happen — at the right time, in the right place.

Quantum physics is a wonderful baseline for synchronicity. The premise is that subatomic particle activity appears wherever attention is placed. For example, if one looks to the right, the particle is there. If one looks to the left, the same particle is now over there. One might look very quickly back to the right only to find the particle is somehow miraculously still in its original location. Wherever one’s attention is placed, the molecule is already there — almost as if it is in two places at the same time! Of course, rational thinking suggests this is impossible. But is it?

Can one go a step further with the hypothesis that wherever one directs attention, results will manifest?

Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Jung is given credit for coining the word “synchronicity” in the early 1950s. Jung suggests paying attention to one’s experiences, both waking and non-waking, and delving deeper into the hidden meaning behind each.

The “I Ching, ” known as the “Book of Changes” dates back to 168 BC and is founded purely on the principle of synchronicity. It can be a tool for unlocking and directing one’s attention to hidden meanings. In this way, the “I Ching” acts as a guide, respectfully shedding light on experiences that need attention and additional reflection.

There is a rich love affair taking place between our inner spirit and synchronicity. When the two connect and honor one another, offspring result. If one can entertain the possibilities of spirit, one can create the potentiality. The only handicap is lack of awareness. There is no snooze button or reminder notification for these moments that need awareness and attention. Yet, synchronicity is ever present. If one isn’t paying attention, one may very well miss a life-changing “wake-up” moment.

Where are you placing your attention right now? Share your “aha moment” in which synchronicity has stepped forward and claimed a moment in your life.

Contentment

Don't you find it hard not to fill every minute of every day? When I find I have a window of free time, I gravitate towards filling it with something — not out of sheer pleasure or joy, but simply out of all the tasks and activities still left to do.

Today I finished a meeting, and instead of going to back to the office or visiting someone because I was in close proximity, I returned home. Having arrived earlier than usual, I pondered diving into any one of the many tasks waiting for my attention.

As I wandered through my home assessing the needs of the environment, I heard the windchimes and nature's endless broadcast calling for my attention. I followed the sounds out onto the back deck and was immediately greeted with the sensation of a gentle breeze wafting all around me — begging me to enjoy the late afternoon.

I yielded to the temptation and found myself walking through the neighborhood to the nearby river. How utterly delightful. The sounds of nature, the colors of spring, and the energy of the impending rain combined to create joy and tranquility within my spirit.

By the time I returned home, I had stepped outside of time as we know it. I had the sense of creating time... creating moments within time... while living outside of time. It was a moment of pure contentment.