All it took was one quick look at this book’s title on December 21, 1998 for me to snatch a cellophane wrapped copy from its shelf. No browsing before paying. I promptly cut short my Christmas shopping, nay, cramming, to order a short Cappucino so I can sit comfortably at a cozy corner in Figaro and start reading Robert Hopcke. I’m a sucker for synchronicity stories as my regular visitors may have noticed by now. Actually, I use these documented stories and what their authors say about them to check on the meaning/s of the many “accidents” and coincidences that I also encounter in my own life.
See what lessons I learned from this book:
On “Coincidence”:
“The moment such a coincidence occurs we know something quite important, something very meaningful, is happening to us.”
On “Life”:
“…our lives have a narrative structure, like that of novels, and at those moments we call synchronistic this structure is brought to our awareness in a way that has a significant impact on our lives.”
On “Synchronistic Coincidence”:
“It is the meaningfulness of such chance events which makes a synchronistic coincidence different from other sorts of coincidences.”
On “Four Features of Synchronicity”:
“First, such events are acausally connected…Second, such events always occur with an accompaniment of deep emotional experience…Third, the content of the synchronistic experience, what the event actually is, is always symbolic in nature…and…fourth…such coincidences occur at points of important transitions in our life. A synchronistic event very often becomes a turning point in the stories of our lives.”
On “Love”:
“Love between two people is…fundamentally a coincidence, two lives crossing by chance…”
On “Hallmark of Synchronicity”:
“One of the hallmarks of a synchronistic event is that it is always unique and unrepeatable, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
On “True Love”:
“When we think about how rare true love is, about how unlikely it is that, among the many millions of people we encounter in the course of a lifetime, we manage to meet those few people who fit us so well, it becomes obvious how much chance figures into whom we choose as partners, lovers, and friends.”
On “Love and Friendship”:
“Many of the synchronicities in love and friendship have to do with meeting the right person at the right time and in the right circumstances.”
* * *
“…many wise people have considered a true friend more valuable than a hundred lovers.”
On “Confirmatory Synchronicities”:
“…confirmatory synchronicities…serve to assure us that we are meant to be with the person we are with and often form an integral part of the love story we live.”
On “Timing”:
“…no laundry list of characteristics can provide for a satisfying relationship unless the timing is right.”
See what lessons I learned from this book:
On “Coincidence”:
“The moment such a coincidence occurs we know something quite important, something very meaningful, is happening to us.”
On “Life”:
“…our lives have a narrative structure, like that of novels, and at those moments we call synchronistic this structure is brought to our awareness in a way that has a significant impact on our lives.”
On “Synchronistic Coincidence”:
“It is the meaningfulness of such chance events which makes a synchronistic coincidence different from other sorts of coincidences.”
On “Four Features of Synchronicity”:
“First, such events are acausally connected…Second, such events always occur with an accompaniment of deep emotional experience…Third, the content of the synchronistic experience, what the event actually is, is always symbolic in nature…and…fourth…such coincidences occur at points of important transitions in our life. A synchronistic event very often becomes a turning point in the stories of our lives.”
On “Love”:
“Love between two people is…fundamentally a coincidence, two lives crossing by chance…”
On “Hallmark of Synchronicity”:
“One of the hallmarks of a synchronistic event is that it is always unique and unrepeatable, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
On “True Love”:
“When we think about how rare true love is, about how unlikely it is that, among the many millions of people we encounter in the course of a lifetime, we manage to meet those few people who fit us so well, it becomes obvious how much chance figures into whom we choose as partners, lovers, and friends.”
On “Love and Friendship”:
“Many of the synchronicities in love and friendship have to do with meeting the right person at the right time and in the right circumstances.”
* * *
“…many wise people have considered a true friend more valuable than a hundred lovers.”
On “Confirmatory Synchronicities”:
“…confirmatory synchronicities…serve to assure us that we are meant to be with the person we are with and often form an integral part of the love story we live.”
On “Timing”:
“…no laundry list of characteristics can provide for a satisfying relationship unless the timing is right.”
-Robert Hopcke
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