“… There’s no coincidence. In fact, coincidence itself is a mathematical term. Remember in geometry, they would say that two angles that coincide, fit together perfectly – so now we’ve taken a term that means ‘two things that fit together perfectly’ and interpreted it to mean ‘something that fits together accidentally.’ We’ve just reversed the whole concept of coincidence – it’s co-in-side.” ~ Wayne Dyer
I heard this the other day in a podcast of Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series in which she was talking with Wayne Dyer about his book, Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao. I have long thought that coincidences weren’t random happenings but gifts from God, little messages from the Divine. Author SQuire Rushnell calls them God winks. “There is a powerful correlation between wishes and winks, because when your wish comes true or your prayer is answered, it sometimes comes in the form of a coincidence – a wink from God.”
Much more to say on this … but it’s late & thoughts are still rumbling around in my brain. Call them coincidences synchronicity, or God winks, I DO think that when you begin to pay attention, you start to SEE these wonderful messages from the Divine much more frequently.
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Rushnell’s book When GOD Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life is available in both audio and print form.
Rushnell shows us that by recognizing our ‘God Winks,’ we can use the untapped power of coincidence to vastly improve our lives. The author applies his compelling theory as to why coincidences exist to fascinating stories in history, sports, medicine, and relationships involving both everyday and famous people including Barbra Streisand, Charles Schulz, Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Costner, Mark Twain, and Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. (from the Amazon.com book description)
This is a wonderful way to look at this. I will now and for always think of it as “God winks”. The birds that fly close to me and the airplane in the sky that refects the sun to me as I drive to work always meant a lot to me as co-inciding, but now I call them “God winks”, thanks! ;o)
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I always like to think of them as a “cosmic tap on the shoulder” to let you know you’re on the right path.
Anyhow, there’s a new forum being creating for discussing the phenomenon of synchronicity. Please consider joining and posting your thoughts on there:
http://synchronicityfilm.com/forum/
I like this idea of “God Wink”.
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[…] accidentally.’ We’ve just reversed the whole concept of coincidence – it’s co-in-side.” (https://potentialwithin.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/coincidence-god-winks/). This is how I feel about the blessings my family and I have experienced. I do not believe they […]