Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD

Bernard Beitman
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This podcast features thinkers from around the world, exploring the subjects of coincidence, synchronicity and serendipity. Connecting with Coincidence 2.0, launched in summer 2021, is available to view on YouTube, or to listen anywhere that podcasts are available. The Connecting with Coincidence 1.0 podcast, 2016--spring 2021, is available in audio format: an archive of 138 previous episodes is available, here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bernie-beitman-md. The book Connecting with Coincidence by our host, Dr. Bernard Beitman, is available here: https://coincider.com/the-book/.

  1. Oct 9

    Dreaming Global Events: Collective Unconscious, Resonance, & Future Forecasting | JM Debord, EP 437

    What if your dreams weren’t just personal… but part of a global pattern? In this episode, Bernard Beitman, MD (author of Therapy for Humanity) talks with J.M. DeBord—dream researcher, Jungian thinker, and author of The Science of the Paranormal—about the emerging connection between dreams, synchronicity, and the future of human consciousness.We explore why synchronicity remains outside mainstream science, how Jung and Pauli’s dual aspect monad may describe the bridge between mind and matter, and whether AI can help detect collective dream patterns hidden inside massive datasets like Reddit’s Dreams Forum.J.M. explains how resonance, intuition, and narrative shape reality—and why humanity may be approaching a scientific paradigm shift as repressed abilities like precognition, telepathy, and deep intuition re-emerge.Are dreams forecasting our future? Is consciousness evolving? And what kind of future can Humanity choose?Join us for a mind-expanding conversation.J. M. DeBord is the author of numerous books about dream interpretation, the founder of Owls School of Dreaming, and a community moderator at reddit.com's r/dreams and r/Jung. He's been quoted as a subject matter expert in major publications like the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and NY Magazine. Find him online at jmdebord.com

  2. Oct 4

    Infinite Consciousness: Love, Creativity, and Human Purpose | Joan Walton, EP 436

    In this intimate and far-reaching conversation, Dr. Bernard Beitman speaks with educator and consciousness scholar Joan Walton about a vision of reality in which consciousness is not a product of the brain, but the infinite and eternal ground of all existence. Joan describes consciousness as the source of love, creativity, and intelligence itself—and human beings as unique expressions of this universal field.Their dialogue moves between personal experience and deep philosophical inquiry: grief and healing, interior life and education, synchronicity and meaning, silence and shared knowing. Joan recounts how years of working with traumatized children and contemplative practices transformed her understanding of suffering and purpose. Together, they explore whether humanity is being invited into a new relationship with consciousness—one that could reshape how we live, learn, love, and choose our collective future.Dr Joan Walton is a senior lecturer in Education at York St John University, UK. Her research interests include investigating postmaterialist ideas about consciousness and exploring what relevance these ideas have for education. She is Chair of the Board of the Scientific and Medical Network, serves on the Galileo Commission Steering Group, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality. Her profile and publications can be found on her unversity website https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/profile/1840https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/our-staff/staff-profiles/joan-walton.php

  3. Jan 25

    Digital Mystics & the Collective Self Observer: AI Ethics, and Human Evolution | Leif Hansen, EP 435

    Do you have a coincidence story to tell? Please go to The Coincidence Project website to share your story!https://thecoincidenceproject.net/share/What happens when artificial intelligence meets mysticism, ethics, and human imagination? In this conversation, Bernard Beitman speaks with futurist and transformational facilitator Leif Hansen about the emergence of Digital Mystics—people exploring AI not just as a tool, but as a reflective mirror for human consciousness.Together, they examine whether AI can support the development of a Collective Self-Observer: a shared capacity for Humanity to see itself clearly, recognize its patterns, and respond with greater wisdom. The discussion ranges from training AI and setting boundaries, to bias, sycophancy, and the ethical risks of projecting unconscious human traits onto machines. They explore imagination, synchronicity, play, and trust, asking whether AI might unintentionally revive forms of knowing beyond language—somatic, intuitive, and relational.Is AI shaping human evolution, or revealing what has been missing all along? This episode invites you to reflect, question, and imagine new futures—carefully, consciously, and together.As CEO of Spark Interaction and founder of The Future Lab, Leif bridges “high-tech and high-touch,” helping heart-led and mission-minded leaders engage AI as a conscious mirror rather than just as a tool. His transformational events has been featured on NBC’s Today Show and PBS Mediashift and have inspired thousands of participants over the past 20 years.#DigitalMystics #CollectiveSelfObserver #AIandConsciousness

  4. Jan 18

    Patterns of Reality and Humanity’s Future | Arabella Thais, EP 434

    Do you have a coincidence story to tell? Please go to The Coincidence Project website to share your story!https://thecoincidenceproject.net/share/What if meaning doesn’t come from chronology — but from pattern? In this conversation, Bernard Beitman, MD, speaks with Arabella Thais about Patterns of Reality and the Future of Humanity — exploring attunement, inner sovereignty, resonance, archetypes, and the evolution of human consciousness.Arabella describes how meaning emerges from higher-order pattern and how attunement can refine our perception so we can sense and align with deeper structures of reality. Together, they explore individuation, structural determinism, leaderless leadership (“the anarch”), projection, interpersonal growth, and the role of beauty and art as carriers of transformational insight.Can Humanity evolve toward a state where inner coherence replaces external law?How do patterns shape our psyche, society, and future choices?And what does individuation mean at the collective level?Join us for a thoughtful, visionary exploration of pattern, sovereignty, and becoming.Arabella Thaïs is a philosopher and PhD researcher working at the intersection of aesthetics, theoretical physics, and the philosophy of time. Her work focuses on the nature of temporality (especially retrocausality), the structure of consciousness, and the role of beauty as a primary mode of understanding the world. https://www.arabellathais.com/

  5. Jan 11

    Near Death Experiences, and the Future of Humanity | Eben Alexander, EP 433

    Eben Alexander, MD, was an academic neurosurgeon for over 25 years, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 2008, he experienced a transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection that completely transformed his worldview. A pioneering scientist and modern thought leader in the emerging science that acknowledges the primacy of consciousness in the universe, he is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Proof of Heaven, The Map of Heaven and Living in a Mindful Universe.https://ebenalexander.com/ websitehttps://ebenalexander.com/33days/ sign up for FREE online workshophttps://www.sacredacoustics.com/ sign up for FREE 20-minute sound meditationFB: Eben Alexander III MDTW: LifeBeyondDBluesky: EAlexanderMDInsta: EbenAlex3MDLinked: Eben Alexander III MDYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AllIsWellUnlimited/videos Books:Proof of Heaven: https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Heaven-Neurosurgeons-Journey-Afterlife/dp/1451695195/ The Map of Heaven: https://www.amazon.com/Map-Heaven-Religion-Ordinary-Afterlife/dp/1476766398/ Living in a Mindful Universe: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Mindful-Universe-Neurosurgeons-Consciousness/dp/1635650658/

  6. Jan 6

    Consciousness Beyond the Brain and Our Future | Laurel Waterman, EP 432

    What if consciousness is not created by the brain, but is something more fundamental?In this episode of Connecting with Coincidence, Dr. Bernard Beitman speaks with Laurel Waterman, a Canadian researcher and educator working to bring consciousness studies into the classroom. Together they explore how education, worldview, and direct experience shape our understanding of reality.Laurel shares how her perspective shifted through grief, personal anomalies, and unexpected signs from beyond. She argues that research alone is not enough. Real transformation comes through a combination of experience, story, and trusted relationships. The conversation moves through themes of synchronicity, self-awareness, cultural conditioning, and how young people can be empowered to think beyond the materialist model.If you've ever felt guided by something invisible, or questioned the source of your own awareness, this episode invites you to reconsider what we think we know.Laurel Waterman holds a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Wellbeing Emphasis, from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Laurel’s research focuses on consciousness education, defined as education about perspectives on the source and nature of consciousness and their implications for ways of being, knowing, teaching, and learning. She aims to popularize participatory and postmaterialist paradigms in education in service of wellbeing. Laurel is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Toronto’s Department of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and in the Alef Trust’s MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychologyhttps://www.aleftrust.org/about/team/laurel-waterman/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laurel-Waterman/research https://thenarrowwindow.substack.com/p/beyond-the-brain-with-laurel-waterman#synchronicity #serendipity #coincidence 00:00 - 01:27Opening the Question of Consciousness01:27 - 04:10Why Consciousness Matters for the Future of Humanity04:10 - 08:00Questioning the Assumption That the Brain Produces Mind08:00 - 14:30Why Data Alone Does Not Change Worldviews14:30 - 22:30Grief, Direct Experience, and Paradigm Shift22:30 - 33:14Synchronicity, Personal Proof, and Meaningful Coincidence33:14 - 48:00Self-Observation, Holism, and Consciousness Beyond the Individual48:00 - 1:38:05Purpose, Love, Mystery, and Living With the Unknown

  7. Jan 2

    How Impossible Coincidences Help Us Live with Grief | Kim Penberthy, EP 430

    Grief often opens us to moments that feel impossible to explain. In this episode, Dr. Bernard Beitman speaks with clinical psychologist and researcher Jennifer “Kim” Penberthy about the meaningful coincidences many people experience after loss. Together, they explore how these moments can be acknowledged without being pathologized, how to stay grounded while remaining open, and how coincidences may support healing, resilience, and continued connection during grief.Jennifer “Kim” Penberthy, Ph.D., ABPP is the Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where she conducts research, teaches, and provides clinical care. She is a Board Certified licensed clinical psychologist who has been practicing for over 20 years. She is President of the American Psychological Association’s Society of Clinical Psychology. She is on the advisory committee for the American Psychological Association Continuing Education Committee and a fellow in the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology. Dr. Penberthy’s research involves discovering the mechanisms of action of therapeutic and contemplative practices on human wellbeing, experiences, and performance. She also studies altered states of consciousness and the methods and impact of such, including meditation, psychedelic medicines, spontaneous experiences. She has published extensively and lectures internationally about wellness, resilience, extraordinary experiences, and psychotherapy. She has presented her work and research for the World Bank, the United Nations, the American Psychological Association, multiple national and regional health systems and physician groups as well as at international conferences. She has scores of publications in professional journals, books, and book chapters. Her most recent book is “Living Mindfully Across the Lifespan: An Intergenerational Guide,” which was co-authored with her daughter, Morgan.Some thoughtful questions for the viewer:What is a 3-step script for responding to a powerful coincidence: notice → name feelings/meaning → reality-test?What validating, non-pathologizing phrases can clinicians use when patients share a powerful coincidence?What reflective prompts can help patients metabolize a coincidence into values-aligned action?Bernard D. Beitman, MD is a Yale and Stanford educated psychiatrist and the founder of The Coincidence Project. He is a former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri Columbia and the author of Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences. Dr. Beitman has spent decades researching how meaningful coincidences influence mental health, decision making, and personal growth. Through his clinical work, research, and the Connecting with Coincidence podcast, he brings scientific rigor to extraordinary human experiences and explores how synchronicity can help people feel more connected to themselves, others, and the world around them.

  8. Jan 1

    The Science of Magic: Mind, Matter, and Meaningful Coincidence | Dean Radin, EP 429

    What if the mind is not just observing reality, but actively shaping it? In this episode, Dr. Bernard Beitman speaks with physicist and consciousness researcher Dean Radin about the science behind magic, synchronicity, and whether focused attention can influence the physical world.In this episode of Connecting with Coincidence, Dr. Bernard Beitman sits down with physicist and consciousness researcher Dean Radin to explore one of the most provocative questions in science today: can the human mind directly influence matter?Dean Radin is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the author of several groundbreaking books, including The Conscious Universe, Entangled Minds, Real Magic, and his newest work, The Science of Magic. Drawing from decades of laboratory research, Dean explains how phenomena once dismissed as myth, including telepathy, psychokinesis, and synchronicity, have been studied under controlled conditions with measurable results.The conversation bridges physics and psychology, examining quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, focused attention, and the role of consciousness as a fundamental aspect of reality. Bernie and Dean explore how synchronicity, motivation, emotion, and curiosity interact with probabilistic systems, and why meaningful coincidences tend to appear when people step off familiar paths and follow strong intention.Together, they question whether consciousness creates reality or discovers it, and how that distinction may shape humanity’s next stage of self awareness. This episode offers a rare and grounded look at magic not as illusion, but as an emerging scientific frontier rooted in attention, intention, and meaning.Dr. Bernard Beitman is a psychiatrist and the founder of The Coincidence Project. He is the author of Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences and has spent decades researching how synchronicity helps people understand themselves, others, and the hidden patterns shaping reality. His work bridges psychiatry, psychology, and consciousness studies, bringing scientific rigor to the study of meaningful coincidence.

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This podcast features thinkers from around the world, exploring the subjects of coincidence, synchronicity and serendipity. Connecting with Coincidence 2.0, launched in summer 2021, is available to view on YouTube, or to listen anywhere that podcasts are available. The Connecting with Coincidence 1.0 podcast, 2016--spring 2021, is available in audio format: an archive of 138 previous episodes is available, here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bernie-beitman-md. The book Connecting with Coincidence by our host, Dr. Bernard Beitman, is available here: https://coincider.com/the-book/.

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