How the Universe Speaks

“Observe. You are missing the universe speaking to you.”

These words were constantly repeated over the years of my spiritual work. It didn’t matter which teacher I was learning from or where I was; the words were the same in South Dakota, Africa, Mexico, or the Amazon jungle.

Slowing down and paying maximum attention is the first step.

Meditating, practicing silence, and removing all ways to distract ourselves is a must to learn to read how the universe speaks. This is one of the reasons why the Indigenous “shamans” practice weeks or even months of isolation in the jungle they call “dietas.” The vision quest is the same idea: no food or water, making it faster. This is also why practicing meditation retreats such as Vipassana is so important.

To learn to “see,” we must stop everything, remove any “to-do” from our mind, and see anyone. It’s like growing another pair of eyes that are available even when busy. We need to become aware they are always available to us.

We need to remember that we can understand what the universe tells us. We know its language already; we just forget because we are too busy with social media, WhatsApp, and emails.

It’s about paying attention to the small and seemingly insignificant details of our daily life.

Moments that can go unnoticed and repeated events or conversations can form messages.

Keeping a journal, recording these events, reflecting on them, and seeing coherence, repetitions, and “synchronicities" helps.

Neale Donald Walsch paid so much attention that he heard a voice constantly talking to him and decided to write Conversations with God. He believes God talks to him directly. I am reading the three volumes and highly recommend them even if I prefer using “the Universe” to “God” to discuss them. Thanks, Magdalena, for recommending it.

Carl Jung called these messages synchronicities. Here is a video that briefly explains the different types of synchronicities.

I also recommend the fiction The teachings of don Juan from Carlos Castaneda if you haven’t read it. It’s all about learning “to see.”