Even though I wrote another 2168 words already this morning and I'm not finished yet, something powerful happened while enjoying my lunch. You see, I like to read while eating and when I have lunch I read my Dutch magazine Happinez. It's a self-proclaimed 'mindstyle' magazine, which means that it's about spirituality. Mind you, this is not be confused with religion, although sometimes its sources are just that. It's more about opening up your mind and approaching new ideas and concepts. What I find amazing is that even though I am running two full years behind the current issue (it is a meaty magazine) is that it always seems to provide me with what I need at the moment.
Now before I continue I must say that I am a self-proclaimed associator, which means that I often see connections between two seemingly unrelated topics or subjects to which even my patient wife Nancy sometimes says: huh?!? It is also one step away from being a paranoid conspiracy theorist, but that's a different story altogether. The point being that maybe I'm just relating to a topic discussed in Happinez, much in the same way that people respond to horoscopes (filtering out the relative, ignoring the non-applicable and thus stating that the horoscope hit the mark). But it goes beyond such coincidental occurrences that makes me think the universe is looking out for us.
I already mentioned before that when I stopped looking for love, I found the love of my life. When I was losing my faith in where my life was going, I found Buddhism (often referred to as a self-help blueprint to understanding and eliminating suffering). When I struggled with unconditional love, Alex entered my life. And finally when the Muses haunted me with this brilliant star of a concept for a story, the other stars in my life aligned and made room, time and opportunity for me to develop it. My belief is not only that the universe looks out for you when you need it the most, it actually conditions you to see opportunities for help better by making you want to belief in it.
Now I can hear you saying: this sounds like just another 'Law of Attraction/The Secret' to me, but I find that when you examine this concept with a little more scrutiny you end up with more than just a vague New Age theory. First of all let's dismiss the 'egg/chicken' idea. With that I mean to say: do I just think I had a problem to begin with, because something great happened? Sure it's possible, but does it matter? It's not about the theory in the end, but the fact that you feel confident all will turn out alright, right? But humor me and let's see if there is something to theorize. Aside from vague definitions like God or karma (the Hindu type), which I don't think are relevant, because they are just labels, not definitions of a higher force at work, I like to think there is a pattern to be discovered.
I think that when I am more attuned to my surrounding my perception grows. It's simply logical: when I observe with more attention, I notice more. In quantity and quality. Right. So it stands to reason that if there are solutions lying around in one form or another I might be able to actually notice them. This opposed to being to blind to see anything except my own self-pity or running around in circles in my head trying to out think my way out of a problem. Furthermore, if I already have positive experiences with the universe helping me when I need it the most, I will be less tempted to focus on my suffering and misery next time, instead concentrating on observing situations that will turn up with a solution. I will have more energy to spend on the actual solution, and the chances of resolving problems faster increases. And finally: by opening my perception to everything around increases my acceptance of new things in general, thus providing the confidence to use creative new ways in dealing with problems.
So there it is. The universe (as in: anything and everything in it) has solutions lying everywhere and if I'm focused, confident and open enough to see it all (which is not easy in our current 'browsing' mentality of a society) I will find it easier to fix any problem. And the more I adopt this philosophy, the more it turns into a series of positive developments rather than a downward spiral of pessimism.
What does this have to do with writing? Hm..I'm not sure yet, but when the universe shows me the connection, you'll be the first to know.... :)
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