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 What are your opinions on meaningful coincidences?

I think we’ve all had experiences where we think about someone, or dream about them, and then find a text from them shortly after.  I used to think it was a sign from god or something but there are so many times when I have thought of someone or dreamt of them and found that they didn’t think of me at all. We think about so many things throughout the day that it shouldn’t be surprising that sometimes we may think about someone as they are thinking about us. The probability of that happening is low, but on a long enough timeframe it’ll eventually happy. So I really think it’s just a coincidence. Anyone disagree? 
 Syncronicity. And the other person not experiencing it only means they are not in tune with the universe 
 I was just about to suggest to @MAHDOOD to look into Synchronicity. Interestingly, I've been researching it over the past couple of days, and during that same time, two other people have already mentioned it on different platforms I follow. 
 I’m familiar with synchronicity. I read a lot of Carl Jung’s work when I was religious. I find it hard to believe that they’re anything but coincidences. If I think about someone constantly, it doesn’t magically make them think of me too. I would’ve gotten all my exes back if that were the case 😂 
 synchronicity has nothing to do with religion, and it doesnt work in the sense that you think of someone and they automatically think of you. its much deeper than that, and doesn't necessarily have to do with other people. Its our connection to all that is, all that ever was, and all that will be. To write it off as coincidence is akin to ignoring one's intuition. They are gifts from The Source and those who are able to channel it only do themselves a disservice ignoring it 
 Very well put and I couldn't said it better! 💯 
 Is there like a cause/effect relationship or is it completely outside of our control? 
 I would say its mostly out of our control, but to a degree within our control. Its a more a matter of one's mindset and how connected or disconnected a person is from nature. Think of it almost like the generational instincts that animals have. We all have it, its just in many its numbed down and suppressed through things like institutional religion, mindless entertainment and other conditioning, school, drugs & alcohol, being blanketed by EMF, things like that. I can be reclaimed by those who lost it though. But its not like being able to necessarily think things into happening, its just 'seeing' the signs for lack of a better term.  
 That is clairvoyance for those wondering, which I weirdly possess. 
 Coincidence? Energetic connection?
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