“Synchronicity”

 By

Emilio Chaviano

May 20, 2011

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently unrelated or unlikely to occur by chance, but they are observed to occur in some meaningful way. This concept was first described by Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung. Twenty seven years ago, while living inAlabama, I met Mike and Margarita. We became friends and I visited in their home a good number of times. Tuesday of this week, at a conference held inMiami, I was approached by a man in his forties. Looking at my name tag he asked if

I had ever lived inAlabama. We had never met before, but he introduced himself as the son of the couple I had met over a quarter of a century ago. He told me that his parents had mentioned my name often over the years. What are the odds of this happening…is this synchronicity…have you had experiences similar to this one?  I have a friend who calls these experiences by a different name. In our attempt to understand things which are unexplainable, we call these events Divine Appointments.  I believe that these appointments are made for all of us. What we do with these meaningful events is very important. Let’s be ready for the next one!