{"id":129,"date":"2006-11-23T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2006-11-23T13:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2006-11-23T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2006-11-23T13:24:54","slug":"andrews-post-on-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/andrews-post-on-coincidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew&#8217;s post on coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew is a neuroscientist who is grappling with the idea&#8217;s of recurring coincidences, and would like to relate to other people that have the same experiences. He says :  &#8220;So, this all sounds interesting. I am a PhD trained neuroscientist. Have also completed an MD, BA, and MA. Have never studied anything from serendipity point of view. Indeed, I pride myself on my scientifically trained mind. However, I am at a loss for words and explnataion&#8230;&#8230;.as I have been literally inundated by the numbers 3.16 and 3.19. For the past 3 years I have become progressively more aware of these numbers in my life&#8230;in a multitude of formats, that simply defy any probabilistic explanation&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;from the day, place, date, and time of birth, to the names of my birth parents, my birth name, the date in history I met my biological mother for the first time, the number of pages in my PhD thesis, the names of key people around me and events, the occurrences on digital clocks, the name of the hospital I was born in, the year the hospital I was born in was erected, it simply defis reason&#8230;I cannot just will these away. I am not trying to create order from chaos, but I am left dumbfounded when I try to ignore the presence of these numbers&#8230;daily. Then comes the visitation..I am reluctant to talk about that, as it would leave me open to pot-shots of &#8220;he&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;  I suppose time will tell, for now, I simply passively and amusingly acknowledge the presence of these numbers in my life&#8230;..stranger still I suppose that in looking into this &#8220;numerology&#8221; world, as it became clear that this is what I was dealing with, it turns out that the &#8220;soul path&#8221; number that is attached to my birth name..well, it involves all and ONLY the number 3.16 3.19.<br \/>\nBizarre, but what is the truth in coincidences&#8230;p.s. I hate numbers..always have!&#8221;<br \/>\nAndrew<br \/>\ninterested in hearing from anyone else that is experiencing these &#8220;celestine prohecy-like&#8221; coincidental patterns in their lives..as I have only scratched the surface here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew is a neuroscientist who is grappling with the idea&#8217;s of recurring coincidences, and would like to relate to other people that have the same experiences. He says : &#8220;So, this all sounds interesting. I am a PhD trained neuroscientist. Have also completed an MD, BA, and MA. 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