What Is "Connection"?
In Chinese, when we say we have "yuan/yuan fen", it means we have some kind of connection in this world. For example, the connection between parents and children, lovers and friends. "Yuan" seems to be a magical and mysterious thing, because it cannot be explained by science or even calculated. There are thousands of people out there in this world, how come two different people appear in the same place, at the same time and have the chance to know each other? Buddha once said, "Five hundred times in our prelife, I laid my eyes on you, hence a casual encounter with you this life." The connection between us is rare and precious. However, it doesn't seem like all the connections are positve or long-lasting. We may get hurt also.
Some people don't believe in "yuan" while others do. I didn't believe in that, either. But I have to admit its existence. What's interesting is that these days I kept encountering the same person on campus. We showed up at different locations, like pavements, shops, library,etc, at different periods of the day. And somehow I got to know him on the net. It's strange but amazing. And I start to think of the "connection". Is it destiny or just a seris of coincidences?
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Hey Fannie,
I loved what you wrote.
In my perspective, the "Connection"/"Yuan" you were talking about is wider in the scoop and deeper in the dimension than being encountered to the same period in different locations. I reckon that it's also counted when we meet new people and we feel that we've known him ages ago which by we feel so comfortable and opened while striking up a conversations with them in any topic. It's also those ones who we feel that God sent them to us for a reason, and they're not a passerby in our life. More over, it can been realized in those times when we're thinking of someone, and then that particular one at that very moment give us a call or text us.
Perhaps it's something behind any logic, our knowledge and awareness about the life rules and nature is not enough to explain it.
I do believe in "Yuan". It's really magical and all along it has had a good impact on my soul. Ya this very thing is so belong to our souls, Such thing is more than a thing that can be perceived by senses or computed through logical or numerical reasoning equations. I love those saying about Entwined Souls. I so much feel it with the people who I love and care about.
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