Simple Presence Practice

Have you ever had something happen that felt strangely timed — as if life itself was whispering back to you?

After I sent the first Presence Project message about breath, someone wrote to say they’d just returned to mindful breathing with Thich Nhat Hanh… and then my email landed in their inbox.

They called it a “coincidence… if there really is such a thing.”

That phrase stayed with me.

It reminded me how synchronicities often arrive like gentle echoes — a thought answered, a feeling reflected, a book falling open to exactly the right page. These moments are invitations to pause, notice, and receive.

Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.
— Carl Jung

What the Science Says

Our brains are wired to notice patterns. The Reticular Activating System (RAS) filters the endless information around us, highlighting what feels personally meaningful — a number sequence, a familiar phrase, a certain image.

This is why, once you start thinking about a certain car, you suddenly see it everywhere. The more we focus on something, the more our brain’s pattern-recognition pathways light up — not by magic, but through neuroplasticity.

In this way, noticing synchronicities is a natural outcome of focused attention.

What the Soul Knows

Science explains part of it. But many of us have felt that synchronicity is more than perception — it’s presence.

Carl Jung called it a meaningful coincidence — the alignment of our inner and outer worlds in a way that feels alive with significance.

It might be a subtle confirmation that you’re on the right path. Or an opening to deeper trust in the mystery of life.

Your Presence Practice

This week, begin to notice the subtle threads.

When something feels uncanny in its timing, don’t rush to explain it away. Instead, pause. Witness it. Let it be a moment of connection between you and the flow of life.

For me lately, synchronicity has shown up in small but potent ways:

  • Seeing the number 555 in multiple places in a single day

  • A long-unopened book falling open to a passage about the thyroid just as I was focusing on my own healing and voice

  • Drawing a Throat Chakra card, the very day I’d been writing about that same theme

We don’t need to search for signs — we simply need to be open, curious, and grounded in presence to notice them.