Is this a coincidence?

[trouble16]

O.k over the past couple of weeks ive been reminded of someone i was very close to and found solitude with. He moved away, a few years ago. Anyway, i had a very very realistic dream about this person I woke and thought it was real, and it scared me. And yesterday i was in town and he walked past me, (we both looked at eachother in an odd way) i coudnt believe my eyes, i realised who it was and turned back to catch up with him. He'd only been back a couple of days. But it really scared me, cos it was so sudden and it was like someone (up there!) was hinting to me that you'll see him.

i just want to know if this has ever happend to any of you guys, and if it really is a coincidence or fate.

[Peahead66]

Coincidence methinks.

[Peter Pedant]

Oh dear this doesnt seem to have struck a chord with anyone.

or could it be synchronicity....? Carl Gustav Jung - trouble16 I imagine you are er around 16 - who was a psychologist wrote a book about coincidences, and distnguished a special kind called synchronicity. He was the one who introduced the unproven idea of group consciousness and group memory.

It's called synchronicity, and I am sure you can get it on amazon.....It's worth a read. You/ve easily got time before you go back to school......

[bernardo]

Where has my answer gone?  I gave a long considered answer in this thread yesterday but my number of deleted answers has not gone up.  It must have been swallowed by a gremlin.  I won't bother writing it all out again.

[Pythia]

Don't let it scare you, just trust your intuition. Occurrences like this are very common, but many people are put off talking about them for fear someone will just say "Pah! Coincidence".

Just because something isn't scientifically proven it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Life can be enriched by being open to knowledge which comes to you intuitively. Animals have it - they know when the weather will change etc - we have simply let a lot of our 'sixth sense' abilities atrophy.

Don't let it rule your life, but enjoy and be awake to these occasional gifts when they happen.

[trouble16]

I am not "16" i am a mature woman and i am certainly not at school, yes a student but i have a good job and a succesful future ahead of me. So dont judge me, because of my question and my user name. my nick-name is "trouble" and my lucky number is "16" . I hope that this clears anything up for you Peter Pedant.

[Peahead66]

Coincidence. People give meaning to some information over other information. Its simple psychology. Ive posted twice on this subject so does that mean something? Probably not. The thing people need to think about is when they give meaning to something they approach it differently, see it according to how they have interpreted it, therefore fundamentally changing their reaction to it and subsequent relationship with it. You create your own fate.