Does coincidence exist? (Parts 1&2)

Does coincidence exist? (1 of 2) 

On July 7, 2023 By Ridzerd

To speak of “coincidence” in the physical-sensory world is certainly not unjustified. And as surely the sentence, “There is no such thing as coincidence” is valid if all worlds are taken into account, so unjustified would it be to reject the word “coincidence” if it refers only to the concatenations of things in the physical- sensory world. Indeed, coincidence in the physical world is brought about by the fact that in this world things take place in sensory space.
They must, insofar as they take place in this space, also obey the laws of this space. In this space, however, external things can come together, which initially have nothing to do with each other internally. Just as my face is not really deformed because it looks deformed in an uneven mirror, just the same the causes that make a roof tile fall from the roof, which injures me – as I am just passing by – need not have anything to do with my karma from my past.
To be continued

Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 34 – LUCIFER- GNOSIS 1903-1908/ GRUNDLEGENDE AUFSÄTZE ZUR ANTHROPOSOPHIE UND BERICHTE – juli 1904 (page 362-363)
Translated with Google and Deepl and me

Does coincidence exist? (2 of 2) 

On July 8, 2023 By Ridzerd


The mistake made here is that many imagine karmic connections too simply. For example, they assume: if this person is damaged by a falling roof tile, then he must have karmically earned this damage. However, this is definitely not necessary. 
In every person’s life events constantly occur that have nothing at all to do with his past merit or guilt. Such events find their karmic settlement in the future. What happens to me innocently now, I am compensated for in the future. This one thing is correct: nothing remains without karmic compensation.
However, whether a person’s experience is the consequence of his karmic past or is the cause of a karmic future: that has to be determined separately. And this cannot be decided by the mind accustomed to the physical world, but only by occult experience and perception.


Source (German): Rudolf Steiner – GA 34 – LUCIFER- GNOSIS 1903-1908 / GRUNDLEGENDE AUFSÄTZE ZUR ANTHROPOSOPHIE UND BERICHTE – July 1904 (page 362-363)