This is related enough to awakening and stream entry that I thought it was worth posting about.

I first learnt about manifesting and the Law of Attraction about a decade or so back, and I thought a lot of it sounded like New Age hogwash. However, some respected spiritual teachers

like Eckhart Tolle have mentioned it, and I think that perhaps it's just terminology getting in the way (like a lot of spirituality) There are references to similar concepts in the

Bible for instance ("ask and ye shall receive") and of course karma in Buddhism and Hinduism.

These are big topics and I don't want to do a deep dive in one post, so I'll keep my focus pointed. There have definitely been strange cosmic coincidences in my life at critical

moments, and definitely upon the path to awakening. The right article seems to suddenly just appear. The comments to my posts are exactly what I need to hear. The inner voice that

has guided and keeps guiding me is always pointing to what I deep know either know or that I need to know or experience. It's a fierce grace (to quote Ram Dass) that propels

on onwards and transcends the ego. Angelo Dilulo writes about how when we seek awakening not for ourselves but for something greater, forces beyond comprehension arise to aid us.

That has indeed been my experience, and so I am wondering about how to harness this more consciously. Obviously, seeking this for any egoic purpose will just cause karma to backfire on

you eventually. "Consciously" is probably the wrong word here, since as I understand it, it is the illusory and limited self yielding to the Universe's will that lets it happen.

I guess the question I have is more along the lines of - how do I have this occur more and more, for the greatest good of all? As I write this, I'm also aware that my inner voice is

chuckling and answering the question...surrender to the will of the Universe (by whichever name you call it) and continue to realize "you" are not doing anything at all.

However I already wrote the post, and I'd welcome other insights and perspectives on this issue. I have checked out the LoA subs on reddit but they don't seem that high quality

and are unable to answer a lot of my questions. I thought this was worth revisiting as I feel that I've made progress since a decade back.