I'll repeat here what I wrote at the end of my essay-length comment: "I imagine that to affect each other’s past lifecycles and life lessons we had to spark matter into lives within roughly the same geographic community, and we had to physically meet to recognize the energy signatures of our kindred spirits and soulmates. In the internet age, our soul groups get to experience and share with each other multiple cultures and distinctly different topographies due to the advent of social media, of which Medium is such a platform. I have instantly felt like old friends with several people here on Medium though I have never laid eyes on them or heard their voices with my ears." From my https://medium.com/channspirations/synchronicity-of-familiarity-across-the-diaspora-a640c7eccab5