{"id":130,"date":"2006-11-23T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2006-11-23T13:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2006-11-23T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2006-11-23T13:37:17","slug":"coincidence-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/coincidence-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincidence (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question inspired by Andrew&#8217;s post : Do coincidences occur as events that we become startingly aware of, or do we subconciously manifest them ourselves ? And is there indeed any difference in the two statements? For if our Universe is an interconnected matrix of all time,space and existence, then it is difficult to seperate an event from an observation, or awareness.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIf everything in the Universe is so interconnected, then we should find coincidence wherever we look for it.  So if I keep coming accross the same number or the same person again and again, is it possible that the number or the person is omnipresent for all time and space.  As am I, and indeed there is no separation between that number and myself.  There never was and never will be.<br \/>\nSo will in that case, find coincidence wherever we look for it.<br \/>\nInterestingly, all structures of dramatic story telling and myth are all built on coincidences.  Without ironic coincidence, there would be no story telling.<br \/>\nShekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question inspired by Andrew&#8217;s post : Do coincidences occur as events that we become startingly aware of, or do we subconciously manifest them ourselves ? And is there indeed any difference in the two statements? 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