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ksbookjunky's review against another edition
4.0
Synchros are everywhere in our lives. Reading these stories makes you realize how often they happen and we don't even think to make the connections like we should. Since reading it, I am applying the realizations of connections to my life. Looking for the connections and what they mean makes a big difference in how I live my life.
pturnbull's review
4.0
I purchased There are No Accidents two decades ago, but set it aside because I suspected it to be overly deterministic and shallow. I was wrong. I had to wait until I was receptive to a spiritual, poetic exploration of the meaning of life before I could appreciate it. I'm glad I waited, because I found Hopcke's discussion of synchronistic events to be fascinating. By synchronism, he means events and occurrences that cannot be explained but that can provide meaning to an individual looking for guidance.
This is the crux of what he says. It's not that any casual coincidence you encounter has a spiritual dimension, it's that within your life such a coincidence may offer a key to understanding. What's helpful to you may be meaningless to another person. It's not that such events are foreordained, it's that such an event may have symbolic significance.
Such synchronicity is most meaningful during the transitions in life--finding love, a home, work, experiencing loss and tragedy. In order to benefit, some inner work is needed, such as the kind that Hopcke engages in with his clients. Or the work that an artist, composer, writer does to wrest meaning out of the world they confront. Or how spiritual seekers find their path to God.
For anyone interested in these pathways, I recommend this book.
This is the crux of what he says. It's not that any casual coincidence you encounter has a spiritual dimension, it's that within your life such a coincidence may offer a key to understanding. What's helpful to you may be meaningless to another person. It's not that such events are foreordained, it's that such an event may have symbolic significance.
Such synchronicity is most meaningful during the transitions in life--finding love, a home, work, experiencing loss and tragedy. In order to benefit, some inner work is needed, such as the kind that Hopcke engages in with his clients. Or the work that an artist, composer, writer does to wrest meaning out of the world they confront. Or how spiritual seekers find their path to God.
For anyone interested in these pathways, I recommend this book.
revslick's review
3.0
Hopcke, Jungian psychotherapist, explores all the moments of synchronicity surrounding our lives if we'd only look around. It's organized well with some good food for thought. unfortunately, it's drier than stale bread.
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