We all experience those strange, meaningful coincidences that feel like “signs from the universe” rather than random chance. These moments are what Carl Jung called synchronicities: acausal, meaningful connections between our inner world and outer events. This post explores what these synchronicities are and how our beliefs and expectations can invite more of them into our lives.​ What Is Synchronicity Synchronicity, to Jung, referred to the strange and unusual encounters or events that happen to individuals which appear on the surface to have no causal linkage; yet, have such a profound meaning to the individual that the event was unlikely to be the result of mere chance. These meaningful coincidences happen to all of us, and many people experience them as signs from the universe rather than mere chance. They might be, but there is also the possibility that something more profound is at work. A Powerful Example of a Synchronicity A close friend of mine shared a dramatic example of this. As a thirteen-year-old girl, she was, as she termed it, “on fire for God.”  She would travel on the bus every Saturday, “looking to do God’s work.” Sometimes she would have meaningful encounters and sometimes not. But every Saturday, she rode the bus, being led where it felt appropriate. One Saturday, she felt called to get off at a particular bus stop. Across from the bus stop was a tavern, and she walked into the tavern without knowing why. Now, it is illegal in Canada for anyone under the age of nineteen to be in a tavern. And Ann, a young-looking thirteen-year-old, was obviously underage. Yet, no one stopped her or said a word. “It was as if I were invisible,” she said, recounting the incident. She walked up to a woman who was sitting alone at a table. She sat down and said to her, “God has asked me to tell you he loves you and you are not alone.” She had no idea why she was saying this or what the reaction would be from the woman. The woman looked at her in disbelief for several seconds and then burst into tears. “Come up to my room,” she said. They walked up several flights of stairs in the run-down hotel and entered her room. A gun was on the table. “I bought this gun yesterday,” she said, and went on to describe the horrific circumstances she was presently enduring, and how hopeless and alone she felt. “This afternoon, at one, I said to myself, ‘If God does not send me a sign or give me some hope in the next hour I am going to kill myself.’” The clock indicated it was ten minutes to two. In ten more minutes, she would have killed herself. The two wept in each other’s arms. Then my friend left the room, never to see the woman again. How could this have happened? Obviously, something more than luck or coincidence was at work. According to quantum theory, each of [...]