Reverse Entropy Perspective
Steve Jobs once said, “You can‘t connect the dots looking forwards, you can only connect them looking backwards.”
I wrote, “I think my future-self made me write the re-make of 「Kanaism」 to remind me of my true self” last newsletter. So what made me started in the first place? I’d like to go backwards, from now into the past 3 years.
26th August 2021～
20. I had verbalized my experiences for 2 years and 8 months, I find my true self.
19. I graduated from the paid newsletter with the end of the remake.
18. I decided to write a remake of 「Kanaism」.
17. As I was thinking of quitting writing for MaguMagu, my coach asked me, “If you had just one reader, what would you write?”
16. I finished writing the newsletter on listening skills.
15. I decided to write about listening skills.
14. My niece asked me why Hitomi’s words motivate me.
13. Immediately after the first day of the meditation course, I received an email from the staff of Magumagu. I was surprised because I wanted to write a paid newsletter!
12. I had the lecture on the meditation course of day 1.
11. I bumped into my friend who was getting off the train at Hibiya station on the Ginza line.
10. When I was walking to the subway to transfer, I saw a big sign of Paul McCartney, the man who made TM meditation popular in Hollywood.
9. On the way to the nearest station for the first day of the meditation course, I bumped into a friend.
8. I decided to take a meditation course because it was worth meeting a great teacher who has been meditating for 30 years.
7. I already have a routine of meditating, so I was wondering for a day whether to take the course or not.
6. I decided to go to a TM meditation information session.
5. I find out that some of my favorite Hollywood stars are doing TM meditation.
4. I told my English teacher that I had seen a ‘purple light’ after seven days of mindfulness meditation. Then I learned that David Lynch is a TM practitioner.
3. I started to meditate daily using the app.
2. I went to a mindfulness meditation studio that day.
- I read on a client’s session preparation form that she had started meditating, so I was curious.
～29th Aug 2018
When I look back, the dots of a random thought, a message from someone, an encounter, an attraction became lines when I make a decision. A chance meeting with someone or a synchronicity event may be a sign that this is the right way to go.
Let’s go on believing that the “dots” of today’s moment will someday lead somewhere.