I had one of those moments last weekend where all of a sudden something started to make a whole lot of sense. There is a concept in The Secret that until last weekend I found to be a complete enigma. I’m sure to many people it makes perfect sense, but I really struggled to get my head around the idea, and I’d pretty much written it off as a lot of nonsense.
The idea is based in quantum physics (which goes some way to explaining why I didn’t understand it) and states that all things happen simultaneously. So if I’m thinking about how I really want a donut, at the same time I am also buying the donut and eating the donut, because everything happens at the same time. I know, right, it’s confusing?!
I think I’ve finally found a way to understand this. On Saturday night, I asked Duncan if he was going to check the lotto numbers to see if he’d won anything, and he replied that he didn’t want to know, because if he didn’t know what the numbers were there was still a possibility that he might have won.
Suddenly, the cogs started turning in my brain, and everything made sense. If everything happens simultaneously, then until Duncan checks the lotto numbers he could still have won because the numbers haven’t been drawn yet. Even though it was 8.30 and the lotto draw takes place at 8, the draw hasn’t actually happened yet until we acknowledge that it’s taken place by checking the numbers. Because everything happens simultaneously!
I know that my little explanation is probably just as confusing as the idea itself, but it makes sense to me. I’ll tell you something else about this idea: once you do get your head around it, it really is quite a freaky concept. There is no such thing as time....
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