Re: Synchronicity
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:58 pm
For most of my life, I felt that coincidence is a cop-out. Instead, I am a strong believer in serendipity. My guess from what I read in the first two posts in this thread, how I define serendipity is how Jung defines synchronicity.
For example, when I first started proactively researching astrology, the signs became quite relevant in my life. I started seeing astrological metaphors as I read the bible. The bible made far more sense. Furthermore, astrology has very much helped me remember the birth date of both my niece and nephew.
Any time I start a new project, and focus on the concepts relevant to that project, I am bombarded by new experiences that help me fully digest that concept. Given all this, wouldn't you say that either synchronicity or serendipity does an equally good job of explaining this sort of thing?
For example, when I first started proactively researching astrology, the signs became quite relevant in my life. I started seeing astrological metaphors as I read the bible. The bible made far more sense. Furthermore, astrology has very much helped me remember the birth date of both my niece and nephew.
Any time I start a new project, and focus on the concepts relevant to that project, I am bombarded by new experiences that help me fully digest that concept. Given all this, wouldn't you say that either synchronicity or serendipity does an equally good job of explaining this sort of thing?