Story 2: The Return Trolley Intersection

My first spiritual teacher showed up the year I turned twenty-three.

I had just returned from an exciting and adventurous three-month working holiday in New Zealand. My Life Path 5 had been completely lit up by the travel, but as I settled back into regular life, a massive question dominated my mind: Now what?

It was during this window of uncertainty that I received a sudden, distinct impulse to visit my local public library.

Now, that was strange. But the fact that I actually followed the impulse and went was stranger still—because I had absolutely no clue why I was going. I didn't have a specific title in mind. I didn't need to research anything.

Except, on a subconscious level, I was still looking for something. Something deep, something elusive, something that I couldn't even verbalize with words.

The moment I stepped through the library doors, my feet didn't take me to the aisles or the front desk. I was immediately, magnetically drawn straight to the book return trolley sitting out in the open.

Out of all those dozens of random books waiting to go back on the shelves, one in particular practically jumped out at me.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer: “You'll See It When You Believe It – The Way To Your Personal Transformation.”

The title hit me like a physical current. I didn't need to read the back cover, and I didn't need to skim the pages. I instantly knew right then and there—that book was coming home with me.

Wayne Dyer became the first official guide on my thirty-year expedition. He was the first one to tell my analytical mind that the physical world isn't everything.

But just like the vineyard at seventeen, this was another piece of the puzzle I couldn't yet assemble. My Inner Being was dropping breadcrumbs, guiding my steps with precision, and leaving me with even more burning questions about how the universe actually operated...