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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
November 9, 2023
The focus for today is:
I make my life into an adventure of discovery.
Today's inspiration was written by Bernard Beitman, M.D.:
The statement?“There are no coincidences”?reveals a paradox at the core of the subject of coincidences. Embedded in the definition of a coincidence—as two or more events coming together in a surprising, unexpected way without an obvious causal explanation—is a suggestion that there might be an explanation.
Coincidences exist, or at least they appear to exist. Saying that there are no coincidences stops inquiry. Challenging the statement forces us to make sense of its ambiguity and explore our potential involvement.
You can choose the random perspective and, with a wave of a mental hand, dismiss most coincidences as not worth further attention. Or, you can seek out their possible personal implications and make life into an adventure of discovery.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
True or False: "There Are No Coincidences"
Written by Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of making your life an adventure of discovery (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: The main thing, I find, is not to try to figure out the cause, but to stop and be grateful for the gift, no matter how it has come to be. Random? Divine Grace? Mathematical chance? No matter the explanation, gratitude is called for as we continue our adventure of life.
Our focus for today: I make my life into an adventure of discovery.
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RELATED BOOK: Meaningful Coincidences
Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen
by Bernard Beitman, M.D.
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.
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.”
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Bernard Beitman, M.D., aka Dr. Coincidence, is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to systematize the study of coincidences. A graduate of Yale Medical School, he did his psychiatric residency at Stanford University. He was the 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.
Visit his website at: https://coincider.com/
