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The 7 Secrets of Synchronicity: Your Guide to Finding Meaning in Signs Big and Small
"When we are alert to the coincidences in our lives, we experience them more frequently - and they take on greater significance. And once we recognize synchronicities as meaningful, they open us to new information, new possibilities. We suddenly find that we're in the right place at the right time, meet the right people at the right moment, and our lives are changed for the better."--From the IntroductionThere are signs everywhere, pointing the way to a better life, if you know how to read them. Signs are the stuff that synchronicity is made of - harness the power of synchronicity, and you can transform your life. In this groundbreaking book, bestselling authors Trish and Rob MacGregor reveal the seven secrets that allow you to recognize synchronicity when it happens - and make the most of it. You'll learn to interpret the meaning of the signs you encounter every day, and use such tools as the tarot, I-Ching, and astrology to understand your past, inform your present, and guide your future. Synchronicity - your key to making magic in your own life!In The 7 Secrets of Synchronicity, you'll see why there really is no such thing as coincidence - and how your life can be the better for it. Synchronicity is the universal language of transformation - and its secrets reveal how you can live a life rich in fulfillment and meaning and wonder. With this enlightening guide, you'll learn to read the signs all around you and transform your world - one amazing synchronicity at a time!
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First published May 1, 2010
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224books22followersPatricia Janeshutz MacGregor. Also writes under the pseudonyms of Trish Janeshutz, T.J. MacGregor, and Alison Drake.
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May 25, 2018
Exploration into the entangled 'Pathways of chance' underway. Evocative and entertaining.
February 15, 2022
Це не про ту синхронічність це якась езотерична маячня....
February 3, 2017
Until you become aware of synchronicities, one would perceive them as a stroke of luck, or even worse, destiny. But if one is not paying attention, one doesn't see that all around is one giant sign, after sign, after sign - because until you start focusing and directing yourself differently you take signs for granted. As they are a glitch in every day life, an occurrence not likely to happen often.
But destiny doesn't exist and signs are all present, everpresent, every day every night, all the time, continuously. But it is the magic of will power and consciously letting go when you really start paying attention. And when you do, then, just then, you start realizing the parallel universe that exists in front of your eyes. That has always been there, but you haven't seen and noticed how huge it was, because you weren't paying attention. But to do this, you do have to start trusting and loving yourself fully and you have to start believing that life is a grandiose creation of unbelievable beauty, connection and awe, and eventually start releasing what you think you think you know about life and what life really is. But first comes letting go of what you think you are.
But destiny doesn't exist and signs are all present, everpresent, every day every night, all the time, continuously. But it is the magic of will power and consciously letting go when you really start paying attention. And when you do, then, just then, you start realizing the parallel universe that exists in front of your eyes. That has always been there, but you haven't seen and noticed how huge it was, because you weren't paying attention. But to do this, you do have to start trusting and loving yourself fully and you have to start believing that life is a grandiose creation of unbelievable beauty, connection and awe, and eventually start releasing what you think you think you know about life and what life really is. But first comes letting go of what you think you are.
January 10, 2011
I love reading about synchronicities and coincidences, so this caught my attention at the library.
It was not a bad book: it had some interesting ideas about when you keep seeing the same images or hearing the same songs.
It gave me some tips on how to recognize synchronicities.
Overall, however, I thought the book was a bit "light and fluffy." I mean, it seemed like the authors just wrote what was on the top of their heads without any deep, spiritual analysis.
For example, they claimed that when three people named Rob are in the same situation, this counts as a great coincidence. Really? Isn't Rob one of the most common names in America? Come on! That's a bit of an overkill, I thought. Now if it is a rare name like mine, I can see it. But Rob?
If you can read it for free (like through the library or borrow it from a friend or book club), go for it. But I wouldn't spend money on it.
It was not a bad book: it had some interesting ideas about when you keep seeing the same images or hearing the same songs.
It gave me some tips on how to recognize synchronicities.
Overall, however, I thought the book was a bit "light and fluffy." I mean, it seemed like the authors just wrote what was on the top of their heads without any deep, spiritual analysis.
For example, they claimed that when three people named Rob are in the same situation, this counts as a great coincidence. Really? Isn't Rob one of the most common names in America? Come on! That's a bit of an overkill, I thought. Now if it is a rare name like mine, I can see it. But Rob?
If you can read it for free (like through the library or borrow it from a friend or book club), go for it. But I wouldn't spend money on it.
April 15, 2012
What is synchronicity?
It can work for you to help you create a life full of wonder and personal power.
Start with:
THE 7 SECRETS OF SYNCHRONICITY
- your guide to finding Meaning in Signs, Big and Small
Trish and Rob MacGregor have collected rich stories from people in all walks of life who pay attention to signs and coincidences that matter to them. The book is informative and personable as it weaves many stories with philosophies and practical steps to enhance synchronicity in our days. To do so makes living life so much more fun and poignant.
What's awesome about this book is how it includes history, literature, science, technology, nature, and politics with stories of bicycles, t-shirts, jams, pets and TV shows. All these connect through synchronicity to reveal a greater connection in our world that is often unnoticed. This books shows the reader how to notice, and why it truly matters.
It can work for you to help you create a life full of wonder and personal power.
Start with:
THE 7 SECRETS OF SYNCHRONICITY
- your guide to finding Meaning in Signs, Big and Small
Trish and Rob MacGregor have collected rich stories from people in all walks of life who pay attention to signs and coincidences that matter to them. The book is informative and personable as it weaves many stories with philosophies and practical steps to enhance synchronicity in our days. To do so makes living life so much more fun and poignant.
What's awesome about this book is how it includes history, literature, science, technology, nature, and politics with stories of bicycles, t-shirts, jams, pets and TV shows. All these connect through synchronicity to reveal a greater connection in our world that is often unnoticed. This books shows the reader how to notice, and why it truly matters.
February 3, 2011
They have introduced me to many new concepts and caused me to think about the tools we have been given to help us focus each day.
April 10, 2016
I recommend this book for people who started to recognize the universal invisible signs considered as coincidences by many.
August 8, 2017
Very repetitive, but just the sort of spiritual book I like. However, did not set me on fire like some of them do.
March 19, 2013
Synchronicity - a magical adventure that expands our concepts of what is possible -
This is how husband-wife writing team, Rob and Trish MacGregor, describe the meaningful coincidence concept of synchronicity. According to them, their own adventure[s] began in 1981 on their first date and more than 25 years later, this magical adventure has taken them to the jungles of the Amazon and back again, their travel path lined with 60 literary contributions, both fiction and non-fiction. With each step of this fantastic journey, their lives were illuminated and led by one synchronicity after another.
As the MacGregors lived and worked and wrote in this wonderland of synchronicity, their desire to write a book about synchronicity grew, as did their own “awareness of certain concepts about the nature of meaningful coincidences not widely known or understood.� Also increasing was their belief that “there is an active magical element in which human beings can engage synchronicity and direct it for their own purposes.�
In early 2009, using the technological tool of the internet for research and to sample their blog audience, their collection of “synchronicities from around the world� grew rapidly. And so it was that this book was born, with secrets and magic parenting an informative guide for us all - a guide leading us each into the deep jungle of our own subconscious, lighting the way for our own awareness, creativity and life experiences, particularly, meaningful coincidences, to grow and flourish in the beautiful magic of synchronicity - where the answers and meaning to our own life and that which we seek may be found - if we just follow the sign posts laid out so brilliantly by the MacGregors.
Having experienced such “meaningful coincidences� of synchronicity all my life - from light and fun happenings such as knowing who is on the line before the phone rings, to my childhood of finding myself in a new school in a new city but knowing who my teacher was and where my locker and class room were, to later dramatic and life-altering events such as near-death experiences - I have also by now read a small library of published works on this synchronicity and things thereof.
There are many books on the market that deal in some way about this particular subject, so one might then ask, “what of just one more book on this subject?� Well, I can answer that question for you - this book is different. It stands alone in the literary realm of such books - not only does it inform, it guides - not only does it teach, it explains - not only does it skillfully navigate us down this river of magic, it illustrates and clarifies at each and every bend in the river. This one is not limited to one aspect - it is comprehensive. This one does not stop with the theories already out there - it proposes its own. This book is different.
In Part One, the MacGregors define and then examine and illustrate the multifaceted layers [the secrets] of synchronicity. Beginning with the knowing where we see and identify such experiences as having meaning to us, we are taken to the heart where our emotions are tied to the synchronicities we experience. Then we move to the theory that synchronicity is basically the umbrella of other paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance and remote viewing. From there, to the fourth secret, the creative where our imagination lives, where we can accomplish and do anything that we can dream. In the fifth secret we have clusters where synchronicities come about in “clusters of numbers, names, objects, words and symbols.� The sixth secret is where the fun begins, literally. It is where the synchronicity takes the form of humor and/or irony. Then, in the last secret, we reach the global level where “the universe seems to be addressing us as a collective.�
Part Two takes us to “the magic� where we find the methods of divining synchronicities in the I-Ching, tarot cards, stichomancy, and with our inner oracle. We see animals as oracles helping us better understand events and experiences. Then, we are taken along on journeys of discovery where chance encounters, travel experiences, journeys out-of-the-body in dreams and/or near-death experiences are the format of our synchronicities. Last but not least in the land of magic is the engaging of the divine where high-tech synchronicity, the transformative age, the law of attraction are used to “harness synchronicity.�
While the authors do expound upon the works of others in the field [Jung, Pauli, Chopra, Wolf, McTaggart, and Hicks, to name a few], Secrets goes so much further than just one step. The authors here intertwine each step along the way with individual practice exercises for the reader, with actual life stories and experiences of their blog contributors and even with their own stories and experiences - all of which gives the reader a hands-on, real-life perspective. Aside from the intellectual content of the book, it is written in a very reader-friendly style, easily read and understood by the lay person. There is also the added plus of a visual format that lends itself so well to easy reading - lightly shaded boxes of text separate and add interest to sections of clarification and instruction.
As an aside, if you are wondering why the name MacGregor sounds a bit familiar to you, it could be because they are both award winning authors whose non-fiction books include subjects of dreams, astrology, yoga and animal symbolism and paranormal phenomena such as UFO’s. Rob MacGregor has appeared on several major television network channels and also wrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and six other of the Indiana Jones original novels. The fictional work of Trish MacGregor is replete with subjects of time travel, micro-chipping of animals and people, vanishings, parallel existences, governmental involvement and cover-ups, and more, as is that of her writer husband.
Check them out at Amazon and on their blog .
Do it now - don’t wait.
This is how husband-wife writing team, Rob and Trish MacGregor, describe the meaningful coincidence concept of synchronicity. According to them, their own adventure[s] began in 1981 on their first date and more than 25 years later, this magical adventure has taken them to the jungles of the Amazon and back again, their travel path lined with 60 literary contributions, both fiction and non-fiction. With each step of this fantastic journey, their lives were illuminated and led by one synchronicity after another.
As the MacGregors lived and worked and wrote in this wonderland of synchronicity, their desire to write a book about synchronicity grew, as did their own “awareness of certain concepts about the nature of meaningful coincidences not widely known or understood.� Also increasing was their belief that “there is an active magical element in which human beings can engage synchronicity and direct it for their own purposes.�
In early 2009, using the technological tool of the internet for research and to sample their blog audience, their collection of “synchronicities from around the world� grew rapidly. And so it was that this book was born, with secrets and magic parenting an informative guide for us all - a guide leading us each into the deep jungle of our own subconscious, lighting the way for our own awareness, creativity and life experiences, particularly, meaningful coincidences, to grow and flourish in the beautiful magic of synchronicity - where the answers and meaning to our own life and that which we seek may be found - if we just follow the sign posts laid out so brilliantly by the MacGregors.
Having experienced such “meaningful coincidences� of synchronicity all my life - from light and fun happenings such as knowing who is on the line before the phone rings, to my childhood of finding myself in a new school in a new city but knowing who my teacher was and where my locker and class room were, to later dramatic and life-altering events such as near-death experiences - I have also by now read a small library of published works on this synchronicity and things thereof.
There are many books on the market that deal in some way about this particular subject, so one might then ask, “what of just one more book on this subject?� Well, I can answer that question for you - this book is different. It stands alone in the literary realm of such books - not only does it inform, it guides - not only does it teach, it explains - not only does it skillfully navigate us down this river of magic, it illustrates and clarifies at each and every bend in the river. This one is not limited to one aspect - it is comprehensive. This one does not stop with the theories already out there - it proposes its own. This book is different.
In Part One, the MacGregors define and then examine and illustrate the multifaceted layers [the secrets] of synchronicity. Beginning with the knowing where we see and identify such experiences as having meaning to us, we are taken to the heart where our emotions are tied to the synchronicities we experience. Then we move to the theory that synchronicity is basically the umbrella of other paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance and remote viewing. From there, to the fourth secret, the creative where our imagination lives, where we can accomplish and do anything that we can dream. In the fifth secret we have clusters where synchronicities come about in “clusters of numbers, names, objects, words and symbols.� The sixth secret is where the fun begins, literally. It is where the synchronicity takes the form of humor and/or irony. Then, in the last secret, we reach the global level where “the universe seems to be addressing us as a collective.�
Part Two takes us to “the magic� where we find the methods of divining synchronicities in the I-Ching, tarot cards, stichomancy, and with our inner oracle. We see animals as oracles helping us better understand events and experiences. Then, we are taken along on journeys of discovery where chance encounters, travel experiences, journeys out-of-the-body in dreams and/or near-death experiences are the format of our synchronicities. Last but not least in the land of magic is the engaging of the divine where high-tech synchronicity, the transformative age, the law of attraction are used to “harness synchronicity.�
While the authors do expound upon the works of others in the field [Jung, Pauli, Chopra, Wolf, McTaggart, and Hicks, to name a few], Secrets goes so much further than just one step. The authors here intertwine each step along the way with individual practice exercises for the reader, with actual life stories and experiences of their blog contributors and even with their own stories and experiences - all of which gives the reader a hands-on, real-life perspective. Aside from the intellectual content of the book, it is written in a very reader-friendly style, easily read and understood by the lay person. There is also the added plus of a visual format that lends itself so well to easy reading - lightly shaded boxes of text separate and add interest to sections of clarification and instruction.
As an aside, if you are wondering why the name MacGregor sounds a bit familiar to you, it could be because they are both award winning authors whose non-fiction books include subjects of dreams, astrology, yoga and animal symbolism and paranormal phenomena such as UFO’s. Rob MacGregor has appeared on several major television network channels and also wrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and six other of the Indiana Jones original novels. The fictional work of Trish MacGregor is replete with subjects of time travel, micro-chipping of animals and people, vanishings, parallel existences, governmental involvement and cover-ups, and more, as is that of her writer husband.
Check them out at Amazon and on their blog .
Do it now - don’t wait.
June 10, 2022
An easy read, some of the exercises are helpful, I enjoyed learning about the power animal. The second half of the book was a little too much self promotion... there is a list of resources at the end of the book that would suffice. The book quotes a lot of other books of synchronicity, so if you haven’t read a book on this topic then this would be a good place to start. If you’ve read every other book on synchronicity then this would be more of an overview of what you already know, with examples. I enjoyed the first half, Part 1, more (the “secrets�), although by the time I got to the end of the book I had forgotten all but a couple of the 7 secrets. The second half was not as exciting and very USA centric. Part 1 content was interesting, reassuring and validating.
January 13, 2018
Very well written, interesting and inspiring
I originally intended to buy a copy of Arthur Koestler's "The Roots of Coincidence" in order to write an article on Synchronicity when I noticed this book by Rob MacGregor and elected to get it instead ... a good decision ... because, although not as technical as some might like, it's very well written. It's also inspirational in that the author and his wife give many examples and practical advice on how to bring the subject matter into everyday life.
Recommended.
I originally intended to buy a copy of Arthur Koestler's "The Roots of Coincidence" in order to write an article on Synchronicity when I noticed this book by Rob MacGregor and elected to get it instead ... a good decision ... because, although not as technical as some might like, it's very well written. It's also inspirational in that the author and his wife give many examples and practical advice on how to bring the subject matter into everyday life.
Recommended.
April 26, 2021
Informative.
I enjoyed this thread very much, I have been studying synchronicities for over a year now. This helped put all of my studying into perspectives in other ways that I didn't think about or taking the consideration. The short stories helps bring things into light. Highly recommended.
I enjoyed this thread very much, I have been studying synchronicities for over a year now. This helped put all of my studying into perspectives in other ways that I didn't think about or taking the consideration. The short stories helps bring things into light. Highly recommended.
October 6, 2021
Since I believe in signs that life sends you I was expecting more from this book, but find just a few useful tips on how to read life signs.
Still, I would recommend this book if you don't believe in signs that life sends you since you may find some useful tips here.
Still, I would recommend this book if you don't believe in signs that life sends you since you may find some useful tips here.
November 3, 2024
Interesting in parts but it gets more and more woo as the text meanders on until we end up with this sort of thing:
“If you visualise what you want when endorphins are rushing through you, desires manifest more quickly.�
Well of course. You just gotta want it enough.
“If you visualise what you want when endorphins are rushing through you, desires manifest more quickly.�
Well of course. You just gotta want it enough.
November 11, 2018
Long read, the book became less interesting as I progressed to the last secrets. Interesting information nonetheless.
September 23, 2020
Loved this book...has a few excercises too...so many synchronistic experiences throughout the book...
April 6, 2013
Have you ever thought about someone you haven’t spoken to for years only to have them phone you a few minutes later? Have you ever decided to read about a subject new to you only to have just the right book practically fall on you in a bookshop? Have you ever read about something on the internet or in a newspaper and at the same time heard the same word spoken on a television which is on in the background? This is synchronicity. The more you become aware of these synchronous happenings the more they seem to present themselves to you. It’s like buying a car and seeing lots of the same make of car wherever you go.
Maybe you don’t notice this sort of thing or maybe you just shrug and think of them as coincidence but the more you think about these strange and apparently random happenings the more remarkable they seem to be. Everything seems to be connected in ways that baffles the human mind to even consider. I first came across the idea many years ago when I was first interested in astrology. The study of such subjects tends to present one with many examples of synchronicity in real life. I remember being particularly intrigued by what Jung had to say about synchronicity and there are many references to Jung’s writing on the subject in this fascinating book.
I found this book an absorbing read and it provided many more books and web addresses to explore. Here are the famous examples of synchronicity � Jung’s fishes and the plum pudding incident which spanned several decades. Scientists are becoming increasingly interested in the way the world and human beings are connected in ways which cannot be explained by our current state of scientific knowledge but which are explained by religion, philosophy and psychology. Rupert Sheldrake, C G Jung, Arthur Koestler and Deepak Chopra have all been fascinated by the subject. The science of noetics � famously explored in fiction by Dan Brown � is looking at similar events and occurrences.
If you are interested in religion, science, biology, philosophy or psychology then you will find something of interest in this fascinating book. There are plenty of references to follow up if you want to read more about the subject and plenty of websites to explore and an index to the book itself.
Maybe you don’t notice this sort of thing or maybe you just shrug and think of them as coincidence but the more you think about these strange and apparently random happenings the more remarkable they seem to be. Everything seems to be connected in ways that baffles the human mind to even consider. I first came across the idea many years ago when I was first interested in astrology. The study of such subjects tends to present one with many examples of synchronicity in real life. I remember being particularly intrigued by what Jung had to say about synchronicity and there are many references to Jung’s writing on the subject in this fascinating book.
I found this book an absorbing read and it provided many more books and web addresses to explore. Here are the famous examples of synchronicity � Jung’s fishes and the plum pudding incident which spanned several decades. Scientists are becoming increasingly interested in the way the world and human beings are connected in ways which cannot be explained by our current state of scientific knowledge but which are explained by religion, philosophy and psychology. Rupert Sheldrake, C G Jung, Arthur Koestler and Deepak Chopra have all been fascinated by the subject. The science of noetics � famously explored in fiction by Dan Brown � is looking at similar events and occurrences.
If you are interested in religion, science, biology, philosophy or psychology then you will find something of interest in this fascinating book. There are plenty of references to follow up if you want to read more about the subject and plenty of websites to explore and an index to the book itself.
July 24, 2014
Had never heard of the word "Synchronicity" before, but have definately experienced it in my life, from experiencing 'clusters' of the same thing repeatedly (as though the universe was trying to give me a message), having a dream about an old friend only to receive an email from that person the next day, or thinking about someone & then having them call me just after that. The book gives lots of examples & ideas on how to experience more synchronicity in your life, as well as putting forward the idea that synchronicity is a sign that your life is on the path that its meant to be on (which is what I already believed) so I quite liked the book.
August 2, 2013
Encontrei este livro por acaso .. ou talvez não...Talvez tenha encontrado este livro porque o universo me levou a ele, ou ao livro até mim. De qualquer forma estou realmente satisfeita que esteja em minha posse. Tem tem ideias e histórias muito interessantes e é uma ferramenta útil para qualquer um que tenha experimentado ou, que queira experimentar a sincronicidade... uma leitura muito agradável e curiosa.
August 12, 2013
Encontrei este livro por acaso .. ou talvez não...Talvez tenha encontrado este livro porque o universo me levou a ele, ou ao livro até mim. De qualquer forma estou realmente satisfeita que esteja em minha posse. Tem tem ideias e histórias muito interessantes e é uma ferramenta útil para qualquer um que tenha experimentado ou, que queira experimentar a sincronicidade... uma leitura muito agradável e curiosa.
April 12, 2016
Synchronicity ,as carl jung described it, is a connecting principle
It is a sign from the universe that you are connected to Everything and Everyone .if you follow synchronicity it will always lead you to your destiny.Nothing in this life is ever a "coincidence",it's Always a Synchronicity!
Follow the signs ,follow your heart and trust that Everything happens for a reason
Interesting book that lists many examples of synchronicity in many fields of life
It is a sign from the universe that you are connected to Everything and Everyone .if you follow synchronicity it will always lead you to your destiny.Nothing in this life is ever a "coincidence",it's Always a Synchronicity!
Follow the signs ,follow your heart and trust that Everything happens for a reason
Interesting book that lists many examples of synchronicity in many fields of life
December 17, 2011
This book was a wonderful and legitimate use of my time! I flew thru the pages, simply gobbling up all of the information provided. I picked this book up on my last vision quest in Portland Oregon at New Renaissance Bookshop. This book has certainly confirmed I am on the correct path in my life. I found it incredible and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in synchronicity.
March 5, 2012
Wasn't certain if this would be a really out-there book or good stuff. Turned out to be fantastic! Lots of fact-based evidence, ie, Noetic Society's Global Consciousness Project that picked up 9/11 tragedy just prior to the fact.
Lots of discover about the world if we let go of what we can see,touch, etc. Loved this!!!
Lots of discover about the world if we let go of what we can see,touch, etc. Loved this!!!
April 12, 2012
Great read...Makes you think about all the so called coincidences you have had in life. SInce the book I have been aware and not worried about things that don't go my way as long as intention is involved I usually make it manifest. A definitely page turner and if you open your mind to possibilities, it will bring a thought change in your life
May 22, 2013
Whether you already have the foundation of synchronicity incorporated into your life or you're just looking for some insight on the topic, this book provided some very practical tools. Though I already live my life awakened to messages I receive from the universe, I now have the knowledge that will allow me to harness this power and multiply it to my own benefit, and those around me.
May 10, 2012
Excellent! I got more out of this book than I expected. I really enjoyed reading real life stories because it validated that I am on the right track of my unique spiritual path. Highly recommend this book.
January 19, 2013
I enjoyed this. Most aspects if synchronicity I knew, but I like reading others' experiences. While reading though, a LOT of synchros happened to me and I knew it was because I was becoming more attuned to them via reading about it daily. I highlighted things and such.
January 15, 2016
I think I will flip through it now and again to keep some ideas in mind cause it has food for thought but it is a little boring and I wish it was more to the point with these 7 secrets,,,they seem vague as to what were they?
October 30, 2011
The book explains synchronicity well,the explanations are mixed with examples. Although I've read a few books about the subject I still enjoyed it.
September 27, 2012
Excellent read, exploring Jung's "acausal principle" even further.
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