Yeah I second this, I'm not really sure why I ended up coming down so hard on coincidences, i think they're cool and fun, just not necessarily indicative of any deeper significance^Oh - I agree with you totally. But I'm not sure what makes them any more remarkable than pretty much any other natural phenomena.
I was trying to argue against any "spooky" reasoning behind such co-incidences, whether mystical, or anthropomorphisising of nature.
yeah me too. It's the magic numberI've always enjoyed it, 23 haunts me every single day
I used to have these all the time, with specific people. The last time was a few years ago, I was literally dreaming that this childhood friend was ringing me and crying about the fact their boyfriend was seeing someone else, then I woke up and a second later my phone text alert went off, and there was a text with their message, saying that they'd discovered their boyfriend was seeing....etc etc.
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I don't really understand how that question relates to what he's saying.I'm not going to bite but do you believe it's possible, by any method, to force the hand of chance?
Martin Dust said:I'm not going to bite but do you believe it's possible, by any method, to force the hand of chance?
If a coincidence arises which offers a choice down an unknown path would you take it ?
If a coincidence arises which offers a choice down an unknown path would you take it ?
luka, was it you that had (has?) the very distinctive observatory-style blog with the poetry and experiences? i used to really enjoy reading it; was always interesting and very intuitive.or in june 2001 writing about explosions and glass raining down in the sepetmber sun
heres a couple of recent ones. i was sitting by the lea writing some ode to the river god and about how hes mates with a kingfisher that sits on his shoulder and whispers in his ear or something (yeah, what, thats my idea of fun!) and i then saw three kingfishers that day, two in hackney on the lea and one in stratford on one of the bow backs rivers. anyone who walks around there will know thats a coincidence. theres kingfishers about but to see one is rare, 3 is mind blowing.
or heres another one.i was walking through hackney and i saw a cecilia rd. and i thought o, i know a cecilia. but i didnt think much of it until a few minutes later i see this chemist,
j. edmonds and i thought rah, thats her full name, so i crossed the road and went to an internet place and sure enough, there was the first email id had from her for months and months.
or in june 2001 writing about explosions and glass raining down in the sepetmber sun
i got too many of these to be honest, i could keep going for ever and they're all much better than oh, someone rang and i knew who it was. thats not a coincidence, thats common sense.