Synchronicity - an example

"Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, yet are experienced as occurring together in a meaningful manner. The concept of synchronicity was first described in this terminology by Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist, in the 1920s.[


"The concept does not question, or compete with, the notion of causality. Instead, it maintains that just as events may be grouped by cause, they may also be grouped by meaning. A grouping of events by meaning need not have an explanation in terms of cause and effect." Wikipedia, - the free encyclopedia

We take two routes back to where we camp. Last Saturday afternoon we took the back route, which is through a rather large park and is used for walking dogs, jogging, walking, football and virtually any other field activity. We were early so we sat on a bench for a few hours and simply relaxed and I listened to a few mp3 lectures.

In the field across the path a number of dog owners were playing with their dogs and one in particular caught my attention, "That one looks like the dog I used to have". I was referring to a rather large golden colored dog, possibly a Golden Retriever or maybe even a smaller Leonberger. "It's tail is identical to the ones our dogs have". This dog reminded me of one of the Leonbergers we had, and I spent considerable time walking and playing with in the back yard. It brought back some good memories, I loved those dogs, and especially Bogart, the bigger male. Bogart was not as bright as the smaller female, Leyna, but he was lovable, and needed the extra attention. You see, as a pup, he had been mistreated and kept in a cage that was way too small for such a large dog, and when we got him we knew there must have been some abuse. But, he fit into the family, and was an excellent watch dog, and very protective of us, and the smaller female.

Yesterday my daughter posted an update on her Facebook page, it read "Animal Lovers; My mom's beloved leonberger, Bogart, died this morning at the house. I'm at a lost. What do we do with a 150lbs dog? Who do I call?"

Was this a synchronistic event or just some sort of coincidence? … Coincidence? … No I do not believe so … There are too many such too simply be a thing of chance. And as Jung and others have proved, happen more often than we realize, but we have been taught to write them of, to ignore them. We have been taught wrong … and there is a great deal more we can get out of life, that "God" or the "universe" would have us experience, IF we are willing to consider that there is more, and we don't have it all together, like we were taught.



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