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In 1973, the actor Anthony Hopkins was cast in a film called The Girl from Petrovka. Eager to prepare, he went searching for a copy of the original novel by George Feifer but found that every bookshop in London was sold out. Disappointed, he headed home. While waiting at the Leicester Square underground station, he happened to glance at a nearby bench. There, abandoned and alone, sat a copy of The Girl from Petrovka.
The story doesn’t end there. Two years later, while filming in Vienna, Hopkins met the author, George Feifer. Feifer confessed that he didn’t even have a copy of his own book anymore; he had lent his last one—filled with personal notes—to a friend, who had promptly lost it in London. Hopkins handed the author the copy he’d found on the bench. It was that very same book.
We often call these moments “coincidences”, but they suggest something far more profound: that the cosmos is not a silent, empty void but an interconnected web that is constantly in dialogue with us.
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The Incomplete Physics. For centuries, we believed space was assumed to be just nothingness or void. Modern physics tells a different story. At the most fundamental level, space is filled with quantum foam—a turbulent, high-energy sea of fluctuations where particles pop in and out of existence. This is the zero-point energy field, a background of energy that exists even in a vacuum.
If the universe is a singular, energetic field, then we are not isolated islands. We are ripples in that same ocean. This "responsivity" is why the universe seems to answer us. Like a vast, biological computer, the cosmos processes our intentions, our needs, and our movements through the laws of mathematics and physics.
How the Universe Speaks to Us
If we treat the cosmos as a responsive reality (Brahman), we begin to recognise its vocabulary. It speaks to us in several distinct ways:
Meaningful Coincidences (Synchronicity): Synchronicity often appears as a "sign" that confirms a path. Consider the case of King George V and the "Messenger Birds”. During WWI, a lost British battalion was saved when a carrier pigeon named Cher Ami, despite being shot, delivered a message. Years later, a veteran of that battalion was struggling with a major life decision. As he stood on a London street corner, a pigeon landed on his shoulder—a rare occurrence. This "random" sign gave him the peace to move forward, viewing it as a nod from the universe that he was protected.
The Language of Dreams: Our dreams are a bridge to a deeper intelligence.
Dmitri Mendeleev: After struggling to organise the elements, he fell asleep and later wrote: "I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down." This became the periodic table.
Srinivasa Ramanujan: The brilliant mathematician claimed the goddess Namagiri wrote complex equations on his tongue and showed him scrolls of mathematical work in his dreams. He would wake up and write down theorems that took other mathematicians decades to prove.
Richard Feynman: The Nobel physicist often used a "semi-dream state" to visualise the behaviour of subatomic particles, leading to the creation of the Feynman Diagrams.
Elias Howe: Struggling to invent the sewing machine, he dreamed he was captured by cannibals who waved spears with holes at the tips. Upon waking, he realised the needle’s eye needed to be at the point, not the base—a breakthrough that changed the textile industry forever.
Random Combinations of Thought (The "Aha!" Moment):
Archimedes: Tasked with determining if a crown was pure gold without damaging it, he stepped into a bathtub and noticed the water displacement. The "Eureka!" moment was a sudden synthesis of physics and observation that had been simmering in his subconscious.
Percy Spencer: While working on radar equipment, he noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Instead of ignoring it, he connected "random" radar waves to heat, leading to the invention of the microwave oven.
Opportunities through People: The universe often uses "proxies" or other people to deliver what we need.
The Discovery of Penicillin: Alexander Fleming’s discovery happened because a "random" colleague, Dr. Pryce, visited his messy lab to chat. During their conversation, Fleming looked at a discarded petri dish that had grown mold, leading to the world's first antibiotic.
Sylvester Stallone and "Rocky": Flat broke and having sold his dog for $40, Stallone happened to watch a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner. Wepner's resilience sparked the idea for Rocky. Shortly after, he "randomly" met producers who were looking for a script but not a lead actor. By staying dutiful to his vision, he reclaimed his dog and his career.
The Continuity of the Soul. This dialogue doesn't end with a single lifetime. Research by the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies has documented thousands of cases where children remember verified details of past lives. For instance, the case of James Leininger, a young boy who remembered being a WWII pilot shot down over Iwo Jima. He knew the name of the ship (the USS Natoma Bay) and his co-pilot, details a toddler could not have possibly known.
This suggests that human consciousness is a persistent energy. If energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed, then our "soul" is simply consciousness shifting from one "costume" to another. We return to this "school" of life to learn and grow. This essence is amply described in the Gita.
The Ethics of Connection: Loving the Visible and Invisible
If we accept that every person is an extension of the same cosmic fabric, our behaviour toward others becomes a spiritual barometer. There is a deep, logical truth in the idea that if you cannot love your friend, you cannot love God.
Duty to Parents: Our parents are our first connection to the world. Being dutiful to them is an act of "filial piety" that aligns us with the source of our own life.
Selfless Goodness: Ideally, one must be good selflessly. When we act without a motive, we align ourselves with the "Zero-Point" of the universe—a state of pure potential and balance.
Becoming More Aware
The universe is talking. Every person you meet is a mirror. Every "random" event is a message. When Archimedes sat in his bath or Mendeleev fell asleep, they were receptive. By being thoughtful, dutiful, and selflessly good, we don't just live in the universe; we begin to dance in its harmony. From a state where we feel disconnected or as prisoners of creation, we transform ourselves into the partners of creation.
