June 17, 2012
Dear Friends,
Several years ago, I was speaking to a group of people about
my personal discovery of the divine flow.
I related numerous synchronistic events and happy coincidences that led
me to conclude that this Universe we live in is, indeed, “intelligent”—that it
is aware of what we need and what we want, and that it is continually working
on our behalf to help us fulfill those dreams, desires, and goals.
One gentleman in the group didn’t doubt that I had
experienced many coincidences in my life, but he did question whether the conclusion I reached as a
result of those coincidences was a justified conclusion.
Specifically, he wanted to know if the coincidences I had experienced
were “statistically significant.”
“Statistically significant.” I remembered that term from a
business class I took in college.
What this man was talking about was the fact that—below a certain
numerical threshold—sheer chance alone
could account for my experiences. And he was seeking some kind of statistical
“proof” that I had experienced enough of these minor miracles to reasonably conclude that there was, as I determined, a divine
intelligence behind them. I’m not sure my answer satisfied him, but it was more than satisfactory to me.
First of all, I told him that right after I published Row,
Row, Row Your Boat, I began to keep an
official journal of my divine flow experiences, so I would have some additional
stories to put in my next book. But I stopped keeping that journal after just
three weeks. Why? Because I was
getting writer’s cramp! There were just too many minor miracles to keep track
of—far too many, it seems to me, to be explained by mere chance.
I then pointed out that when I faithfully practice the
principles involved with living life in the divine flow, the number of
synchronistic events and happy coincidences that I experience dramatically
increases. But when I don’t “practice
what I preach,” that number dramatically decreases. If these events were just occurring by chance, then
my behavior wouldn’t affect things one way or the other.
Which brings me to the point I want to make in this week’s
message. (That’s right, I’m just now getting to it!)
I think I have made it very clear in these weekly messages
that it is extremely easy for you to unconsciously block or limit the experience of the divine flow in your life.
Obviously, when you live life forcefully or fearfully, you are going to
experience the divine flow to a lesser degree, because you are actually
interfering with the manifestation process itself.
But even if you are
doing a pretty good job of recognizing and cooperating with the divine flow in
your life, that experience can still be diminished if you don’t make a conscious effort
to appreciate each and every little miracle that manifests in your life—even
something as seemingly insignificant as the appearance of the perfect parking
place.
Like everything else in life, even the divine flow can be
taken for granted. And the more you take it for granted, the more likely you
are to easily forget many of the miracles that have happened in your
life—especially the smaller ones.
Even recent occurrences can quickly be forgotten.
If you really want to fully experience the divine flow in your life, I suggest that you always
take a moment to stop what you are doing and be consciously grateful
for every little miracle that
occurs. Celebrate it! Revel in it!
Only then will you begin to get an accurate sense of how miraculous this world
of ours truly is.
Will the number of miracles that you notice be statistically
significant—that is, enough for you to reasonably conclude that there must be a
Higher Power at work on your behalf? I certainly think so, yes. But I’ll leave
that for you to decide.
What is much more important to me is this: The miracles that
I now so freely and frequently experience are not just statistically significant, they are personally significant . . . for they have transformed my life
from one of constant stress and struggle, to one of greater peace and
ease. And that, my friends—all
statistics aside—is significant enough for me.
To quote Albert Einstein:
“There are only two ways to live
your life:
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
I choose to life my life the second way. How about you?
Steven
© 2012 by Steven Lane Taylor
Steven Lane Taylor, LLC
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