On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 12:00 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Last night just before I woke up I had a dream about a guy coming to the > door selling religion, so to speak - the details were a bit weird, as in > most dreams, but that was the gist of it - I sent him away, saying "no > thanks we don't indulge" or words to that effect. > > I've never had a dream of that sort, at least not that I can recall. > > A few minutes ago, for the first time since we've been in this house (1 > and a half years) - indeed the first time in a lot longer than that - a guy > came to the door with a copy of the "Watchtower" and a personal message > from God. I sent him away, but ... I was a bit shaken. > > Charles also had a weird recurring dream for several years about a > situation he has now found himself in, to do with work, which has freaked > him out a bit, although his makes more sense as a "worry dream". > > Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence ... isn't it? >
A boring explanation for this sort of thing is that the set of possible coincidences is so large that it is likely that we find one once in a while. Another one is that our brain is so good at detecting patterns that we realize subconsciously that something is likely to happen, by pinking on subtle clues from the environment. But of course, who knows? My favourite personal experience: once I was bored waiting on the subway station. I entertained myself by imagining a mysterious story that involved empty trains passing by the station without stopping, with the lights turned off. The next train passed by without stopping, with the lights turned off. Telmo. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
