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[Hoof Arted]

anyone believe that life is just life and has no hidden meanings, symbols, or hooplah?

[trista]

Not me. In fact, I think it's quite the opposite.

[merlinnz]

I often wonder, how many coincidences before it's deemed a pattern?

[Tex Arcana]

If you can take Ian Fleming's word: once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action. As for pattern versus chaos, it is a matter of perspective. In physical terms a pattern may seem chaotic if you are busily interacting with it as in a landslide or a migration. Distance in space and time is often necessary to discern a grander design.

As for the original question, there is order in the universe even if it is infused by our own perception. In trying to apprehend the infinite with a finite mind, the incomprehensible should not be confused with chaos.