Exploring the fortuitous moments that offer meaningful opportunities

Have you ever witnessed a series of events unfold in your life that made you feel as though luck was definitely on your side? Or wondered if what had happened was too much of a coincidence to put down simply to chance? It’s likely that you have – more than once. But what if there was a hidden power in these coincidences – a power that could lead to countless opportunities if you learned to harness it?

This is the art of synchronicity, or, to use the term coined by author and spiritual guide, Deepak Chopra, ‘synchrodestiny’ where, in his book by the same title, he describes these fortuitous moments of chance as ‘the shooting stars of everyday life’. He writes: ‘Each of us is immersed in a network of coincidences that inspire us and help direct our lives. Miracles happen every day. They bubble up from their hidden source, surround us with opportunities and disappear.

‘I do not believe in meaningless coincidences. I believe every one is a message, a clue about a particular facet of our lives that requires attention.’

The question is, if synchronicity is happening all around us, why are we mostly unaware of it? According to Deepak, we understand these connections on an intuitive level when we’re very young. We notice the innate beauty of nature – the tiniest ladybirds and the most expansive skies – and we’re more likely to remember faces and see things that, for adults caught up in the busy pace of life, tend to be overlooked.