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Coincidence or Synchronicity?

Carl Gustav Jung July 26, 1875 - June 6, 1961 Did you ever notice how some coincidences seem to be more complicated than pure chance?  They have a meaning which coincidences do not have.  The event just makes sense even though there is no physical link.   In an earlier post I mentioned how my daughter took a bus to come visit us. On that bus was a man who offered her some orange flavored Tic Tacs.  She did not accept any.  The man looked a little strange to her. When we met her at the bus station I offered her some orange Tic Tacs!  Now  I usually don't eat orange flavored Tic Tacs but that day I had some.  Was it pure luck or did it mean something?  Was it some force or intelligence somehow preparing for her visit? I read that Carl Jung created the concept of synchronicity to explain these types of events.  I decided to do a little more research. I found this quote: "Jung believed in  the “complex” or emotionally charged associations. He

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