Coincidence

An Exploration of the Associations Between Meditation, Extended Human Capacities and Synchronistic Experiences

“…Carl Jung was the first to introduce the topic of synchronicity within academia, which he defined as an acausal connecting principle, whereby internal psychological events are linked to external world events by meaningful coincidences rather than causal chains (Jung, 2010). Since then, several theoretical papers (e.g., Atmanspacher, 2018;Atmanspacher & Fach, 2013;Butzer, 2021;Main, 2018) and books (e.g., Atmanspacher & Rickles, 2022;Beitman, 2016Beitman, , 2022Combs & Holland, 1996;Main, 2007;Mansfield, 1995) have attempted to tackle the question of what synchronicity is and how it operates. These theoretical perspectives have made a valuable contribution toward understanding the topic of synchronicity.…”

“…Indeed, some theoretical models propose that synchronicity is more likely to occur when individuals take action in the world, particularly actions that are unique or different from their usual behavior (e.g., taking a new route to work, participating in spiritual retreats, traveling, etc. ; Beitman, 2016;Combs & Holland, 1996;Russell, 1982).…”

Confidence and coincidences in executive decision-making during periods of crisis

“…These events have the following characteristics: they must provoke an intense emotion in the subject, they must not be linked by a cause-effect relationship and they must have a symbolic meaning (Hand, 2014). Meaningful coincidences can alter the course of lives (Brown, 1980) and are the basis of many scientific discoveries (Griffiths and Tenenbaum, 2007) and business foundations (Görling and Rehn, 2008), especially because individuals sometimes rely on them to make important decisions (including business ones) (Govier, 2003;Beitman, 2016). This is well explained in Cristofaro (2020), who investigated the impact of meaningful coincidences and, more generally, irrational forces on managerial decisions.…”