{"id":614,"date":"2014-10-31T08:47:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/?p=614"},"modified":"2014-10-31T08:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:47:01","slug":"hand-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/2014\/10\/hand-of-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Hand of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hand<\/a>Have you ever met someone one day and bumped into them \u201crandomly\u201d the following day or soon thereafter? Or seen a word that answers a question you’ve been meditating on? Or found a strange connection appear before you out of the blue?<\/p>\n

A voice from the Divine \u2013 or just co-incidence?<\/p>\n

Recently, I’ve been dating someone who showed me her vision board, and on the top, she had unknowingly placed a cut-out of one of my articles from a local magazine, \u201cChoosing Love.\u201d I was speechless. She had no idea that it was written by me, as she had taken it from the front cover and didn’t even know I was an author.<\/p>\n

Some stories I’ve heard recently…<\/p>\n

Andy was searching for a copy of \u2018The Alchemist\u2019, a book she had lent to her cousin and it had got lost. That day her housemate was spring-cleaning the house, throwing out old books in a box and dropped off a copy of \u2018The Alchemist\u2019 on her desk, thinking she may like it.<\/p>\n

Paulo was sitting at his computer writing an email when his cat Milo jumped onto his keyboard. On the screen, appeared the words \u201cJFK\u201d. Paulo had been studying John F Kennedy for a history project at college.<\/p>\n

These seemingly random encounters seem to be \u201csigns\u201d that something significant is at work. Recently, many people have been acutely aware of synchronicity occurring in their lives. Let’s further explore the dance of synchronicity and what it may mean in our lives.<\/p>\n

Synchronicity is a concept originally coined by Carl Jung to describe meaningful coincidences – the “acausal connecting principle” that links mind and matter and supersedes cause and effect. Many times in history, there has been a case of the simultaneous discovery of the same thing. This is well-documented in science.<\/p>\n

\"500px-Sch\u00e9ma_synchronicit\u00e9_in_English\"<\/a>I was first introduced to the concept of \u201csynchronicity\u201d years ago when I read James Redfield\u2019s \u2018The Celestine Prophecy.\u2019 Redfield theorises that all coincidences are important because they direct the way to an unfolding of our personal destiny. In my personal experience, I have been through periods heavily influenced by the concept that synchronicity was meaningful. Many of the major events of my life have been guided by synchronicity \u2013 relationships beginning and ending, work, career paths, etc. I\u2019ve had moments where I\u2019ve been a Celestine prophecy \u201cdevotee<\/em>\u201d \u2013 seeing meaning in every event. I would caution people \u2013 there needs to be a caveat \u2013 not all synchronicities are meaningful!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve come to see that not all coincidences and events in our lives mean something. Bumping into the postman when he\u2019s delivering the mail, doesn\u2019t necessarily mean anything beyond him doing his job, and you doing yours, and those events coinciding for a moment. The problem with relying too much on synchronicity is that it can take away your own free will or intention out of your life, and rely too much on \u201cacts of God\u201d \u2013 promoting reactivity (waiting for God) instead of promoting being proactive (taking action).<\/p>\n

At least sometimes, one can search too hard for spiritual meanings in daily events which may really just be co-incidents. Since we live in a conscious universe, no events are actually accidental. However not all events are equally meaningful or significant.<\/p>\n

The lines between synchronicity, precognition and clairvoyance are blurred. For example, ever thought of a friend, and then received a phone call from them, or seen them later on?<\/p>\n

Just last week, I was chatting to a friend about catching up with her in the morning, and that night bumped into her at an isolated restaurant. How did that happen \u2013 of all the thousands of restaurants in Australia \u2013 how could we both end up at the same one – I wondered? Surely such an event is unlikely to occur by random chance. She later mentioned she had seen me walking in the park earlier. Maybe there was a message or transaction that we needed to communicate to each other, or perhaps our earlier communication had connected our energies and aligned our paths?<\/p>\n

Synchronicity can hint at destiny, or it can come via dipping your feet into the divine matrix, or field of consciousness. Jung pointed to an underlying field of consciousness, which he called underlying connectedness. It can also be a message or sign sent from angelic beings or spirit guides, if you believe in those.<\/p>\n

I recall the day after my grandmother dying seeing an old graceful lady waiting with me at a tram stop, and feeling that it was a message from my grandmother that she was with me still.<\/p>\n

Synchronicity reveals an underlying pattern in the universe, a large guiding framework that organises our lives. It is also aligned to Jung\u2019s concept of the collective unconscious. We are all part of the governing forcefield of imagination that governs our universe. As in – \u201cAll the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.\u201d<\/em> (Shakespeare) Jung saw synchronicity broadly as a guiding supervision which underlies the whole of human experience and history.<\/p>\n

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Redfield\u2019s seventh insight is – \u201cKnowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Having a clear idea of what we want to create in our lives, what we want our lives to be like encourages synchronicity. Synchronicity can hint at our life path, or remind us of where we are headed, or guide us to change direction. Synchronicity brings us relationships and love. There are so many stories of mysterious coincidences that bring two lovers together. Synchronicity brings gifts to be treasured.<\/p>\n

Changing our frequency will change the people we attract into our lives. We are all communicating with the field of energy around us. Who we are being and how we are feeling affects this field.<\/p>\n

Redfield\u2019s eighth insight is \u201cWe can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives.\u201d<\/em> It is our responsibility to others to be awake and aware of the potential of each moment to touch and help another.<\/p>\n

I have found that synchronicities occur when I am active in the world, and the more in the \u201czone\u201d (in terms of awareness and conscioussness) I feel, the more frequently they occur. Expanding our awareness within the infinite sea of consciousness, is tapping into possibility. When you access this field of energy – call it the universal field or the divine matrix \u2013 you are tapping into a field which is loving, abundant, and in which nothing is impossible. Stress or unease breaks our natural communication with this field. Synchronicity requires being relaxed.<\/p>\n

Synchronicity is about being awakened to the infinite possibilities available to us within the divine matrix of perception. Have fun with it, embrace it, and let it flow to you like the pure water of a spring. Allow the mystery to unfold. As the White Queen said to Alice,\u00a0“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards”.<\/em> (Lewis Carroll)<\/p>\n

Sound familiar \u2013 remind you of something? Perhaps it’s a synchronistic moment reading these words?<\/p>\n

Be open to receive the wisdom of each moment as it unfolds.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credits: 1. Image via Amazon Studios (IMDb) \u00a02. via Wikipedia.org \u00a03. Via\u00a0James Redfield,\u00a0The Celestine Prophecy, published by Warner Books.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

What do you think? Feel free to comment down below!
You are awesome as you are, and I love you!<\/em><\/p>\n

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David G. Arenson ND<\/strong>, Australia’s Leading\u00a0Soul-Coach – Spiritual Teacher, Energy Healer;
\nand Celebrity Therapist.<\/p>\n

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