What I'm doing doesn't seem quite so crazy when you stop to looks at all the concepts we have for the same basic idea - that there is a relationship between what the mind is thinking/believing/imagining, and what appears in the world around us. Think about the concepts of synchronicity, coincidence, and luck...
There have been two books written on the subject of exceptionally lucky (and unlucky) people. It is oddly coincidental that these books were written almost 30 years apart, yet both were called The Luck Factor, and both reached almost the same conclusions about the psychological correlates of luck. Almost... Both authors (Max Gunther and Richard Wiseman) described the role expectation plays in luck, but they are on opposite ends of the spectrum when describing the types of expectations held by 'lucky' people. Gunther claimed lucky people showed a marked tendency to expect the worst, while Wiseman claimed that lucky people showed a marked tendency to expect the best. An unresolvable contradiction in findings? Not at all...
There are many states of mind that fall under the category of 'expectation'. You might even go so far as to describe degrees of expectation, ranging from a vague feeling of apprehension, to a detailed image of what you expect to see and your reaction to it. Something to keep in mind when you are trying to navigate Smearland... What exactly where your thoughts leading up to the observation of this coin flip? Did you create an image of the flipped coin? Did you have an accompanying feeling of boredom, or a sense of impending failure?
We'll talk much more about specific states of mind, their neurophysiological and neurochemical correlates, and their effects in Smearland. But don't wait for me... Start paying attention to what is going on in your own mind.
