Meaningful Coincidences, Bernard Beitman
Meaningful Coincidences, Bernard Beitman
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Meaningful Coincidences
How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen

Author: Bernard Beitman

Narrator: Kevin Moriarty

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

• Scientific and Medical Network's Annual Book Prize for 2022

• Presents a complete catalog of coincidence patterns with numerous illustrative examples

• Defines the many uses and potential pitfalls of coincidences and highlights the situations in which they are most likely to occur

• Explores the range of explanations for coincidences, including the psychosphere as the medium through which many coincidences take place

Each of us has more to do with creating coincidences than we think. In this broad exploration of the potential of coincidences to expand our understanding of reality, psychiatrist Bernard Beitman, M.D., explores why and how coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity happen and how to use these common occurrences to inspire psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual growth.

Through a complete catalog of coincidence patterns with numerous illustrative examples, Dr. Beitman clarifies the relationship between synchronicity and serendipity and dissects the “anatomy of a coincidence.” He defines coincidence types through their two fundamental constituents--mental events and physical events. He analyzes the many uses of meaningful coincidences as well as their potential problems. He explains how you will see patterns guiding your life decisions and learn to expect that coincidences are more likely to occur during life stressors, as well as times of high emotion and strong need, which helps you be ready to use them when they occur.

Exploring the crucial role of personal agency--individual thought and action--in synchronicities and serendipities, Dr. Beitman shows that there’s much more behind these occurrences than “fate” or “randomness.”

About Bernard Beitman

Bernard Beitman, M.D., a graduate of Yale Medical School, did his psychiatric residency at Stanford University. The former chair of psychiatry of the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School for 17 years, he writes a blog for Psychology Today on coincidence and is the coauthor of the award-winning book Learning Psychotherapy. The founder of The Coincidence Project, he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gidi on September 13, 2024

Good overview of what might be responsible for coincidences. The beginning is a little too rationally-orientied for my liking but he redeems himself with the latter half of the book where he really gets into metaphysical theories of what might be behind seemingly meaningful coincidences. Even if you......more

Goodreads review by Juliet on September 13, 2022

This book is a foundational work establishing Coincidence Studies as a field of inquiry in psychology. Reading Meaningful Coincidences, I can easily picture a college classroom where students are provided this volume as a text book to introduce them to the emerging field of Coincidence Studies. While......more

Goodreads review by T on January 11, 2023

FASCINATING, ENGAGING, FUN! I could not put this book down. This topic intrigued me so much. I see many of the coincidences in my life and am always amazed by them. Learning more about coincidences, synchronicities, serendipity, and simulpathity was both fun and thought provoking. I know I’ll be be......more

Goodreads review by Fatima on November 19, 2024

It’s a fascinating read however the technicalities can get to you.......more

Quotes

“In this most comprehensive book on meaningful coincidences, Dr. Beitman explains how synchronicity and serendipity can accelerate positive personal and social evolution. An inspiring read.”

“A pioneering work--Beitman synthesizes findings from diverse disciplines, ranging from theology to biogeochemistry, which are as convincing as they are awe-inspiring.”

“A thoroughly engaging and well-written examination of a perpetually fascinating form of human experience.”

“Synchronicity connects you with nonlocal awareness and with others. Serendipity is opportunity meets preparedness. This book is an excellent guide.”

“A pioneering work--Beitman synthesizes findings from diverse disciplines, ranging from theology to biogeochemistry, which are as convincing as they are awe-inspiring. Dr. Beitman expands our understanding of uncanny coincidence by applying his discriminating eye as a former academic researcher and his receptive heart and spirit as a psychiatrist in private practice who engages in these lived mysteries with his patients. Upon reading, expect to experience more meaningful coincidences.”

“Is it a mere coincidence that you’ve noticed this book on coincidences? After you’ve read it, you may agree with author and psychiatrist Bernard Beitman that some synchronicities are far more than dumb luck. They also provide clues about the holistic fabric of reality that binds everything and everyone together. A thoroughly engaging and well-written examination of a perpetually fascinating form of human experience.”

“Bernard Beitman has given us something fundamentally new and helpful here: a careful and rigorous modeling of coincidences that are not just coincidences and then a way of practically integrating them into our lives, thought, and public culture. Many writers have commented on the subject. None have been this careful, this thorough, and, frankly, this eloquent. If I may, Dr. Beitman makes the impossible possible. Welcome to the psychosphere.”

“In Meaningful Coincidences, Dr. Beitman argues that meaningful coincidences are both common and normal in everyday life. Brimming with astounding examples, this important book introduces a typology of coincidences that brings much-needed conceptual rigor to their study and understanding. Beitman shows how, regardless of their cause or mechanism, we can use meaningful coincidences to enrich our lives and help heal our fractured society. This book will challenge what you thought you knew about your life and role in the world.”

“In this fascinating analysis of the anatomy of coincidences, the author dives into what makes coincidences meaningful and what we can learn from them. If you’d like to explore this exciting topic--and learn how to open yourself up to meaningful coincidences-- this book is for you.”

“A wonderful, highly readable account of meaningful coincidences. The author--a psychiatrist, researcher, podcast host, and more--has devoted considerable talent, time, and resources to legitimizing the study of coincidences. His systemic categorizations of these types of events along with the articulation of coincidence sensitivity and discussions of meta-coincidence make this a uniquely valuable contribution to anyone seriously interested in the field.”

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