by journey-on 23 Replies latest jw friends
There is no such thing as MERE "coincidence."
Most of life comes down to coincidence. Whether it is "MERE" or not is subjective to how the coincidences (and it's always plural - that's just how common they are) that make up some event make you feel emotionally.
There is no such thing as MERE "coincidence."
Theres gotta be some conincidences, it's just a matter of odds.
I met a fellow in McCleod Ganj in northern India. He was from the UK and we met while attending the Dalai Lama's headquarters. We ended up chatting for hrs later in a coffee shop. I never took his details.. Two yrs later, I am in Bangkok (Thailand) and am wandering around the incredibly crowded streets, trying to buy a present for my son. I know the city fairly well, so wasn't concentrating too much on my whereabouts, plus I had earphones in listening to music. I suddenly became aware that I had walked in a circle and was back where I started! At that moment, the English guy walks up with no surprise on his face and says "Hullo x, you look well." I barely started to talk and he was off again!! Yes, he did look a lot like an alien! LOL! The odds of meeting at that instant in a different country and in the maze that is Bangkok....
It's jehovahs direction, err, zeus's direction, err, shiva's .....
S
LOL @ S! I'll vote for shiva. Nah as noted above, synchronicity I reckon. Thank you Jung.
saltyoldlady....That is really an amazing story! What are the chances of that happening?! You just have to wonder at it all sometimes.
doofdaddy....That's beyond coincidental!
Agree Journey-on
Oh if anyone thinks we had similar lives, so were in the same area, no. We both were only tourists to the Dalai Lama. In Rome don't you visit the Vatican? Actually, we had nothing in common except for music (he was a big DJ in London). We spoke of our differences, not similarity. He was studying Reiki and wanted out of the club scene in London. Actually, I was amazed that he remembered me, as I was still "placing him" when he walked off into the masses in Bangkok.
Can I tell another?
I met a very beautiful woman in my hometown and we hung out for a bit. At one point her younger brother was visiting from their home city and I met him once, very briefly. On that same journey to India (as above) I was stuck in Delhi. It was 50 degrees Celsius, just before the monsoon. I was too tight to pay for air con, so was sweltering under a fan in my room. As happens in India, the power failed. It was impossible to sleep, so I walked out into street and it was literally cheek to jowl. A great image of hell. I managed to find a bar with air con and bought a beer, drinking as slow as was possible, just to cool down. I finally left and it was like walking into a dream. The crowd parted for an elephant to pass, yes he/she had a mamoot. Then a cart with oxen squeezed through. There were "holy" cattle wandering about eating garbage and then out of the human tide comes an arm and some one yelling my name. At first I ignored them. You learn to do that in India. He persisted, so I squeezed through and yes, it was that woman's brother...
so why do you think these things are something other than coincidence?
I've had similar experiences, and know of many others, and while amazing, there is nothing mysterious about them. Go ahead, try to game out a world bound by earth's physical laws where this sort of thing doesn't happen via coincidence. You couldn't make such a world if you tried.
My acupuncturist (whom I went to by chance and found that I knew him many years ago in the islands) told me this story.
One of his patients was a local man. He (thought) he saw him at the local shopping centre one day - said hello but no response. Next time the man came for a treatment the acupuncturist asked why he didn't speak to him at the shops. The patient said he never saw him there - leaving the acupuncturist quite confused. Later, he came again for a treatment - or so he thought - but the man had a different name and accent. The acupuncturist talked to him and found that he had just arrived from the UK, but had been born in Australia. The acupuncturist called his other patient and he came straight around. They took one look at each other and the local man said, "we are going around to see dad - he's got some explaining to do." They are identical twins but after the break up of the parent's marriage, the mother took one child to the UK but never told him about his sibling - father likewise. They were just babies at the time.
