You must have heard the words “coincidence” and “synchronicity”. The theory is that nothing happens by accident. Every idea has its time. Everything is interdependent.

A butterfly in the Amazon can affect the price of Wall Street shares, and our expectations shape our experiences in a physical way as well as by our emotional attitude. The more we are in tune with our unconscious minds, the more we will recognise external signals that will influence our life-choices

It really helps to visualise ourselves doing the things we want to do. It encourages us on all levels to repeat mantras and affirmations to ourselves.

The Game of Life.

Years ago, there was a popular board game called the “Game of Life” in which you chose what proportion of fame, money, success or love you desired and then attempted to reach your stated objective.

It was soon apparent that the easiest objectives to realise were those with a high proportion of love and a low proportion of fame or money. It did not take long to learn to be a consistent winner, although it might be at the expense of subduing your real ambitions in favour of what was relatively easy to achieve. That made it quite a socially manipulative activity.

The point was that you had to know what was possible and how to achieve it, and you had to make a clear statement of intent and then go for it. You could choose a relatively safe but unambitious route, or you could gamble more excitingly on something harder to obtain. You made your own choice and then got on with it.

Depending on your personality, motivation and strategy, it could be a thrilling game or positively a bore.

Just as if you were playing that game, try on a few variations of ambition, just for fun.

Which feels best for you? Safety? Or thrills and spills? Care and caution? Or devil-may-care recklessness? How near is this to your usual strategy for living?

To begin in a small way, try a meditation about an ideal room. Picture yourself at ease in a room of your own, where every single item is there because it gives you pleasure. You can gradually build up this place in your imagination as a haven to which you can return to unwind in safety, to talk to your various expert selves and to grow and learn. Gradually, over a period of years, you will find that you are changing your real surroundings to match those of your ideal retreat and, one day, you will realise with astonishment that you do not the retreat any longer, because reality is actually better now than that imaginary place.

In just the same way you can imagine changing other parts of your life – your health, your appearance, your job, your relationships. All will evolve together until you no longer need what you thought you wanted at the beginning – because what you have now is even more satisfying.

The process is a combination of a clear picture of where you want to be and a constant awareness of your feelings, satisfactions and doubts. This feedback enables you to update and refine your plan as you go along. So you are not stuck with something you have outgrown, but are constantly learning, progressing, reviewing and fine-tuning your guidance system.

Your own billion gigabyte computerised guidance system

The scientists who send men and rockets into space may think they have designed a pretty good technical gimmick, but, remember, you had it first! Your own billion gigabyte computerised guidance system has been sitting in your skull all your life, just waiting for you to realise you had the facility – but of course, you are only just getting around to reading the manual!