Coincidence Studies

For some people, coincidences are “just coincidences”; everything is random. For other people, nothing is “just coincidence”; everything is preordained.

For some people, coincidences are like sign posts in life. They think coincidences show they’re “on the right path,” or “it’s meant to be.”

For some people, God is clearly the force behind strange coincidences. Others say it’s “the universe,” and some say, “It’s all explainable by probability.”

A strange coincidence helped Oprah Winfrey increase her fame. Coincidences can help us all if we are attuned to their possibilities.

Coincidences can teach us much if we learn to decipher their meanings.

Once you become aware of coincidences, you realize what a ubiquitous part of life they are. They help with self-improvement, relationships, and more.

If you believe synchronicity is simply coincidence, then you haven’t read any of the top experts in the field. The famous psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung coined the term synchronicity in the 1920s to reference the alignment of universal forces with a person’s experiences.

Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and famed psychiatrist Carl Jung have taken different—but complementary—approaches to synchronicity.

As Dr. Bernard Beitman establishes a science of coincidences, he looks to Jung’s scarab synchronicity to see how coincidence may be used in psychotherapy.

When surprising coincidences occur, it seems we are connected to the world around us in a mysterious way. Could quantum physics explain that connection?

“We actually do—and can—make our own coincidences.” -Dr. Bernard Beitman

At precisely the moment of life or death for some prisoners during WWII, a strange coincidence directed their fate toward life.