Now, the concept of synchronicity is a little more complicated, of course, than "coincidences that are not coincidences". Jung, who came up with the term (not Sting), defined it as phenomena linked in meaning rather than causality.

It may be more dramatic to embrace the idea that powerful sentient supernatural forces are moving the chess pieces of my life around me in order to deliver me some kind of message involving rain and clarity, (which is not to say they aren't) but I'm drawn to an alternative interpretation that is no less useful to our growth and well-being.

True, the odds of that song playing are 1 in 9,000. But what are the odds of SOMETHING occurring in any given week in which the odds are 1 in 9,000? I'm no statistician, but I'm going to say that the probability is significantly greater. So what's up with this particular coincidence that seems to resonate more than the others?

The significance, I think, lies not in the fact that that particular song played after not listening to my iTunes for months. It is the fact that my conscious mind made so much of it. Remember, the conscious mind is a filter that does more blocking out than it does taking in, so when the unconscious serves up something so emotionally charged that it gets through, we should take notice, because there might be some healing trying to get to the surface.

Hypnotherapy facilitates this. Right now I have my own little mystical jigsaw puzzle on the table: rain, torrential rain, Grosse Pointe Blank, any childhood memories associated with that song, etc. Hypnosis and meditation not only can alert us to the possibility that these items are connected, but it can help us bypass the filter of the conscious mind to better understand the central synchronistic connection flowing through them.

Peace