And then

And then is about an individual's search for self-knowledge and spirituality. It is about finding connections to something beyond and in one's self. It asks the decisive question: Are humans related to something infinite or not? For an answer the author looks to himself and the world outside. Through a process of noticing hints and clues presented in all he hears, says and does, the author considers the significance of coincidence to demonstrate how one's inner world of dreams, thoughts and feelings and outer world of experiences cross paths to provide evidence of a beautiful mystery playing hide and seek in each and every one of us. Like a story told with cause and effect, where backwards and forwards are one and the same, the author traces connections between now and then to discover ideas coming from somewhere else - nature, God, angels, the unconscious, call it what you will - something communicates through dreams and things. If a person is observant, such communications provide thrills and serenity. And Then isn't an analysis of chance or the mathematics of probability associated with coincidence nor is it about positive thinking or the power of the mind to manipulate reality to achieve personal desires. This is beyond that. This is about the wonder felt in seeing something amazing and in knowing that it is more than just one of those things. Like a fractal zoom where self-similar patterns appear the same from near as from far, the infinite is in the finite and the extraordinary is in the ordinary. A banal existence is anything but when one experiences non-coincidental coincidences that put life into death and meaning into meaninglessness. When it happens - when a person is addressed by something outside one's self - one can't help but stop, suddenly aware, and whisper, "Wait a second. What are the chances? Something funny is happening here." What that something funny is, is what And then is all about.