Synchronicity

The Englishman tells Santiago that he would like to write, “a huge encyclopedia just about the words of luck and coincidence. It’s with those words that the universal language is written” (70). The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to describe such moments of meaningful coincidence. An example of when Santiago experiences this kind of synchronicity is when a thief takes his money is and he finds the crystal merchant. He finds this opportunity for work in the same town right after he loses his possessions. This experience reveals much about Santiago’s destiny because before he left the crystal merchant he was going to go back to being a shepherd. After a year with the merchant, he continues on his path toward the treasure. Another example of synchronicity is when Santiago meets Fatima. On his trek Santiago meets a girl and, “What the boy felt at this moment was that he was in the presence of the only woman in his life, and that, with no need for words, she recognized the same thing” (93). This is synchronicity for two reasons. The first reason is because he meets the love of his life in a desert oasis, on a journey for treasure and finds his ultimate treasure. The second way this is synchronicity is that her name is Fatima, which means…

I recently completed the Wellness Index (Travis & Ryan, 2004), a self-assessment that includes areas such as self-responsibility and love, eating, breathing, and thinking among others and must admit I discovered aspects of wellness in which I could improve. The whole idea of wellness and self-care seemed a little trendy for me but I soon overcame my reluctance, becoming more intrigued as I delved into the statements, bonus questions, and sentence completions. In the past, as both a teacher and…

Synchronicity 1. I think the message the story wants to convey is to think carefully before committing an act as it can lead to decisive consequences. 2. Travis is born May 6, 1991. His home address is 29 Smithers. He is unemployed, but acquires a small benefit. Travis lives with his father who beats him. Additional, Travis also has no idea about his mother. Sergeant is a government officer. He is an experienced person given that he has worked with his profession for a long time. In the text,…

science studies. This linear causality structure: if A causes B, then to give B, A must have occurred first. The other principle was the acausal connection. This principle was called by Jung and Pauli "synchronicity" because they assumed that, contrary to the principle of causality, the acausal events were structured in space and did not need to relate the contest time. Or what is the same: the synchronicity states that two facts are related simultaneously. This logic is the logic of the deep…

In Colman’s paper, Synchronicity and the Meaning-Making Psych, Warren Colman contrasts his view on synchronicity with Jung’s view. Carl Jung first explained the concept of synchronicity. This term can be described as the occurrence of two events that have an acausal connection, yet are meaningfully related. Both Jung and Colman attempt to portray and relate this idea of synchronicity and different ways. Jung was the first to explain and put his account of synchronicity, in which it was explained…

The definition of synchronicity according to Personality Theories by Barbara Englar is “a phenomenon in which events are related to one another through simultaneity and meaning.” The best way to describe what this says is basically where two or more events or situations that occur around the same time as each other but are unlinked from each other. However, Jung believes that even though they are independent from each other they may have a linked meaning. In other words, he does not believe in…

I never truly understood what an epiphany was. It wasn’t until I ran into the Northwestern Memorial Hospital ICU and saw my father in septic shock that I knew what I wanted to be. My mother and I held each other, seeing him intubated and connected to countless machines. We didn’t know if he was going to survive. Soon, specialists and nurses came in and started taking care of my dad. I was amazed at their organization – I had never seen so many people working in such synchronicity. They drained…

going to go through it all again. Since the weeks following my dad has had multiple phone calls and interviews and my family is hopeful, even if do have to move again I have faith that God has a plan for me. “Synchronicity” is the philosophy that “everything happens for a reason, that there is a purpose for everything and the coincidences that happen are meaningful and related”. This was first introduced by Carl Jung an analytical psychologist. I am a strong believer that everything happens for…

In Fragility of the World’s Dream (2012), depth psychologist Aizenstat says there is serious danger for people who do not have contact with the imaginal realm. Aizenstat defines the imaginal realm as, “the world's dream, the imaginal world behind the world or what Henri Corbin called the mundus imaginalis" (p. 178-179). Community-Based Dreaming hopes to address this danger by providing people with some basic skills and tools to work with the world behind the world and be grounded in their…

investigating the effects of posture, synchronicity, facial cues, and handshakes. Posture and Placement How we feel is how we stand. Posture is one of the very first tools people analyze when making a quick opinion about another. To command positive attention one must walk with a purpose, stomach in, with shoulders back, and head up. By conveying a sense of confidence one automatically elicits a sense of curiosity and respect. Posture can, however, have the opposite effect if not given proper…