> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:27:53 -0700 (PDT), Paul gmail.com> wrote:

>>I'm not a man of faith, and don't believe in spiritual things.

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>>But I often believe in karma. "What goes around comes around".

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>>I often know of people in my life that have treated me wrong, and then
>>something equally as bad has happened to them.

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>>OK, I know it sounds like that I think I'm "special" but I don't
>>necessarily. It's more "different" than "special".

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>>A lot of times my wife and I will say the same things at the same
>>time. Maybe that's just because we are meme-ing each other?

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>>I also look back at my life and see a lot of situations that seem
>>unique that happened because I met certain people, and without these
>>people, things would be different. well that's obvious. I mean, things
>>might not be as special as they appear to be now. But then again, if i
>>met different people maybe I would feel the same in that situation as
>>I do now.

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>>Anyway.. are "Synchronicity" & "karma" merely imagined or created by
>>our minds to simplify things or help  us understand things and that
>>sync.. & karma don't really exist (which i often believe). I'm on the
>>fence about these.

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> After the mystery of the fact of existence, most anything "could"
> be. It comes down to what stories you wish to and do practice.
> I personally do not practice "karma" or "synchronicity"
> stories, except as a form of entertainment.
> "Holism", as a study, hypothesizes something called "organizing principles".
> You might study that.
> These event interpretations are probably more hubris based than
> a putative god doing it for you.- Hide quoted text -
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