{"id":2336,"date":"2011-05-04T07:50:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T11:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dreamgates\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2011-05-04T07:50:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T11:50:38","slug":"when-the-universe-gets-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2011\/05\/when-the-universe-gets-personal.html","title":{"rendered":"When the universe gets personal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Coincidence is where mind and matter meets. We have something on our\u00a0mind and then something rises up in the world around us, which mirrors\u00a0back at us that issue or sometimes dramatizes it in a way which feels\u00a0meaningful. Through meaningful coincidence the deeper order of our lives\u00a0reveals itself.<\/p>\n

It often feels personal. We struggle to describe it but when coincidence\u00a0is at work in ways that are meaningful to us, we feel as if there’s a\u00a0friendly hand patting us on the shoulder or a hand alternatively pushing\u00a0us back. It feels like there are forces behind the obvious world that are
\nin play. And I think that by becoming more alert to how this works that we\u00a0will find that we’ve been giving homing beacons that really work that can\u00a0help us get where we need to go<\/p>\n

– from my interview with Mel van Dusen, filmed at Esalen. You can watch all of it here:<\/p>\n