Synchrodestiny: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence to Create Miracles

I feel this book has the Henry T Ford approach to manifesting in that you can have any destiny you want so long as it is what has already been planned for you. I felt somewhat disillusioned reading this book as the impression I got was that the author's objectives were to get you to lose the desire for anything and thereby you won't feel so bad when you have nothing. Rather than saying set yourself a dream and a target of something you want to achieve he implied that you should simply seek to learn to live with your life as it was. To me and anyone who really wants to manifest their goals I found this to be inconsistent with the belief that you really can build the destiny you design.

On a more general note this book is also quite heavy reading in parts and you can find yourself reading the same part several times to get to the essence of what is being said. There are also some strong religious overtones in the book and sense of inflexibility about the meditations. Rather than freeing the reader to develop their relationship with the divine there is a sense of constricting you to a rigid set of certain mantras on certain etc. Personally this didn't work for me even though I really approached it with an open mind and a desire to learn and develop from it.

In my opinion of the books I have read so far by far the most accessible and inspiring one would be Wayne Dyer's Power of Intention. If you are looking for a good starting point for exploring the concept of manifesting you could do worse than to read that.


In the usual Chopra style, but rather insubstantial   November 5, 2004
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I was initially put off by this book because of the layout - it uses a larger than average font, and the margins are extremely wide. So what appears to be a book packed with information is really just a marketing ploy.

It is written in the usual Chopra style, using experiences from his medical background and spiritual beliefs to present his ideas. He is saying that every event is significant, and that we shouldn't ignore anything that appears to be just a coincidence. We draw situations and events to us if they have some significance for us, so coincidences should be explored to gain maximum advantage.

He explains how we are all connected and how our actions and even our thoughts affect everyone on some level. Almost a quarter of the book is dedicated to explicit meditations and exercises based on the premise of this connectedness. These use Sutra phrases for specific purposes.

I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't much new in this book, and it seemed to me that a lot of it was just restating what the author had covered in previous books. However, if you're looking for step by step guidance on meditations and have the time to follow them, you might like it.