from mind to reality

Earlier this month, I had a mini rant about synchronicities in Emily in Paris, which I watch just to pass the time at lunch (not at all because I accidentally got obsessed with it).

Well today, while preparing my “I’m too busy” variation of a roast beef sandwich (a kaiser bun, ham, and a creamy spred), I came across a scene that, apparently, sparked part 2 of my rant. (But with an insight and practical application, I promise).

First, the scene

Without giving too much away:

One female character had 2 tickets to the opera, and wanted her partner to go with her.

The partner said he had no interest, and left town.

The woman in question then invited someone else to go with her, and by an unexpected event that person ended up not going.

So she shows up at the opera alone, and finds her partner standing there waiting to see the opera with her.

He flew back in. And just showed up. Without telling her.

I mean, terribly romantic, right?

But like… how did he know he’d run across her at that very spot? How did he know she didn’t give the tickets away? Or invited someone else? And that he wouldn’t just be standing there like a doofus for an hour? How did he not think to call?

Right, because the scene is much more artistic and magical this way.

But I was aghast. How would you do something like this and expect all the factors to line up perfectly for you in real life?

This is what makes even non-fantasy shows with no supernatural elements so appealing.

Everything just lines up for the characters…

And not just for these beautiful moments. Even the disasters happen like meticulously arranged set of dominos.

Maybe I have a pet peeve that I expect too much realism from shows.

But when you find a cool story, you want to believe that it could also happen in real life.

And actually, it can happen in real life.

This is how life is supposed to work

I have a friend who doesn’t believe in free will — but I do.

He jokes with me all the time whenever I’m wrestling with a decision…

“Well, you have free will, so this is a big decision…”

But when he explained to me exactly how he views free will, it all makes sense — and makes the Emily in Paris scenes perfectly realistic too.

He believes that our intuition guides us as to what to do. If you’re in tune with your higher self, there really only is one course of action that you can do. Therefore, you’re “fated” to do what your intuition guides you to do.

The only case when my friend believes we have free will is if we become deaf to intuition. We deroute ourselves onto a different path, and don’t listen to feelings of what we should do.

And put like this, I agree with him.

Over the past year I became much more connected with my intuition and higher self.

I listened to feelings, nudges, hints that told me “leave now,” “go look over there,” “email this person”, or whatever…

And life became much, much smoother.

Inconveniences became much less common, and my daily experiences tended to work out for me.

And I even had some synchronicities that would give that opera scene a run for its money.

(I wrote about one of them here, if you’re curious).

Now imagine if everyone was in tune with their intuition, and the universe could thus orchestrate incredibly intricate happenings on a regular basis.

I know this is probably beyond the scope of Emily In Paris, but hey, if what began as a pleasant-enough break from work turned into a breakthrough, I’ll take it. (That’s what you get when you can’t turn off the part of your brain obsessed with living your best life).

Recap & action steps

• Shows like Emily In Paris are magnetic in part because of their incredible amount of synchronicities and things that just magically work together.
• But if you live in tune with your intuition, real life works in the same way too.
• Take time to connect with your intuition however it speaks to you. Try an experiment of following every single nudge it gives you. See if you see more synchronicities and a smoother daily life yourself. (I bet you will!)

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I’d love to hear from you too — what do you think about the idea of free will?

Tell me in the comments below!