The Fool

In my life so far I had experienced a series of coincidences but it had never crossed my mind that they had any other meaning and I dismissed them as luck. While I was reading the book, I started entertaining the possibility that there is an underlying meaning for all the events of our life. What if a great power really exists? a collective unconscious as Carl Jung called it, where we could all connect through our intuition, dreams etc and get guidance and healing? I started wandering if our lives are not guided by random events and luck but by a deeper force, a connection, a wise source that we could all use so we can find meaning in our lives. Then, I started running in my mind the latest events of my life, my dreams and hunches about my uncle and I was trying to make connections, to understand; and it was then that I started to see how my life had prepared me so far for this journey and had provided me with all the inner and outer resources and tools that I would need to complete this mission. Before I even finished reading the book, a flight attendant came and asked me if I would like something to drink. I politely refused and sunk back into my thoughts, reflecting on all those "random" events and coincidences that I had experienced, trying to make more connections. Five minutes later, another flight attendant interrupted me again to ask me, if I would like to read a newspaper or a magazine. I found it strange that I was interrupted for a second time but I decided to be polite and told her to give me a magazine, hoping that I could get rid of her and sink back to my thoughts again. I was trying to figure out how all the coincidences of my life could be explained and reviewed under the perspective of synchronicities. I felt a bit dizzy then and I decided to have a look on the magazine. I opened it in a random page and it was then that I saw an advertisement at the bottom of the page: -Pub/Restaurant “God’s Nest:”- I was totally amazed to see the name of the restaurant in that page of that magazine. How could it be, I thought… I have randomly selected a book in the airport that i wouldn’t normally choose, talking about coincidences, and providing a scientific view for these meaningful events. A few hours later, a flight attendant insisted offering me a magazine that I opened in a random page that had an advertisement of the place where I thought my uncle would be in New York. A rush of energy penetrated all my body, as I was convinced that there is a deeper meaning in all these and that the more attention I pay, and the more alert I manage to stay, the more synchronicities will occur; the more I will able to see the signs leading me further. In an instant my whole life passed before my eyes whilst I felt my heart getting warmer and my energy raising. A strong feeling of bliss, joy and ease entered my heart, as I was experiencing a sense of peace and enlightenment so strong that I have never experienced before; all the stress, I was carrying with me all this time, seemed to disappear. Suddenly, life started to appear magical to me. I thought that so far I was not a good student of life, but from now on I could do better. I would stop considering life events as random and resisting the flow of life. I would pay more attention, follow my heart, trust my intuitions and observe the signs or coincidences so I can receive guidance and healing from the universe. Suddenly I had the feeling that my life was not for nothing. It was not only for problem solving, surviving and accumulating, but it had a deeper meaning that I could now focus my attention on. I started considering that my friends and generaly the people I met in my life were not random. They probably held important messages and information for me. I felt that Rosa was my soul mate and that we need to help each other grow further together. I felt that I came to this earth, in this particular family, having these life experiences, for a deeper reason, that it was now starting to opening up for me. The idea of meaningful coincidences, a deeper meaning, a collective unconscious, a wise source started changing the way I viewed life; and in a moment of clarity and joy, I could see myself changing from a highly stressed, worried and unconscious hopeless, scared man to a fearless explorer of life, ready to embark on a journey of magical meaning and self discoveries that would change my life for good. I felt that I was in the right place at the right time and that I was shifting gears and moving into a higher awareness and a more conscious perspective of life. I didn’t know what exactly was happening to me but I was experiencing a vivid transformation. I felt like a new person, my identity was changing, and I felt I was awakening to the deeper truths of our existence. I kept my eyes closed and took some deep breaths trying to sustain that feeling of bliss, when the crew stuff announced through the speakers that we were about to arrive to New York. I fastened my seatbelt then and prepared myself for the landing. I felt that the man who would arrive at the airport of New York was a different man from the one who got into that plane. Yet it was still Me. I could not understand very well what was happening but I knew that I should trust on the process. I knew that there is higher guidance and assistance from the universe that I would need to start paying more attention so I could proceed with my journey. I felt that I was awakening to my true potential.