Have you ever had an experience that you called a coincidence? That you felt two random events happened simultaneously and that it was a coincidence…
Lately I’ve been having a lot of fun hyphenating words - let me explain. Take the word coincidence and hyphenate it to spell co-incidents. Now it takes on a different meaning. Co-incidents are two incidents that happen together.
Where we add the mystery to ‘conincidence’ is that we did not expect or predict that it would happen. Now I’m not sure about you but I rarely predict the future (at least accurately).
In fact, I believe that we live in a world of cause and effect, that every occurrence that happens in our lives, has a beginning and that it’s not random. So words like chance, luck, coincidence, are words that describe how we don’t understand the way things happen. Looking back at history we’ve traditionally been wrong so many times before why is now any different.
The cool thing is that you can begin to experiment with the cool law of cause and effect, I’ll tell you how. Every effect that you experience is a result of something you have or hold in your mind (sounds a little crazy I know) but for the sake of experiment, bear with me. Now in order to see that effects (your experiences) happen based on causes (your thoughts and feelings) try the following out.
Take something that you enjoy like ice cream for example and imagine getting one for free. I see myself enjoying a wonderful cookies and cream scoop drizzled in caramel…mmmm my favorite. In the background I also see the words “free ice cream” So now I have these two thoughts together and MOST importantly I feel the experience as if it’s happening. Puts a smile on my face as I write this!!
Do it a few times and you’ll start to see ice cream more frequently. Do it a few more times and someone will suggest going for an ice cream sometime. Do it just a few more times and you’ll find yourself in the middle of an ice cream parlor with your favorite treat for free - guaranteed.
Sound like a lot of work?
Well, the purpose is to get you to see that there is a law of cause and effect and that you are the cause for all of your effects! Once this sinks in you can begin to focus on things more important than ice cream…like chocolate!
Seriously though, when it becomes clear that you can shape your experiences with a little focus of thought and feeling, then co-incidents become co-creations, and that is really cool!
