

These coincidences make us feel there is something more, something spiritual, operating underneath everything we do.” – James RedfieldĬall it coincidence or fate, but I love the word serendipity. The First Insight occurs when we take the coincidences seriously. “The First Insight occurs when we become conscious of the coincidences in our lives. Let’s dive into some of the most striking lessons from the book you can apply to your life. By connecting more to nature and the people around you, understanding your past and solving inner conflicts, you might be able to find your purpose and go after the life you want and need. Last year I visited Peru and Redfield’s appreciation for nature is fitting to the wildlife of that magnificent country of the Inca’s and the Amazonian jungle. I learned to embrace serendipity and coincidence in my life more. No wonder millions of people around the world have become fascinated by the book and try to live their lives by the insights. The insights from the book can serve as a compass for life. As well as a high priest who wants to ban it and who has the government in his pocket to avoid people from spreading the manuscript at all cost. On his travels, he encounters professors and priests who are all after the book. The protagonist in the novel travels to Peru to seek a mysterious manuscript containing nine insights about life.

The nine insights from the book are profound lessons in life for any time you pick it up, but perhaps even more so now during this pandemic.

The book from 1993 was as impressive and insightful to me as ‘ The Alchemist ’ by Paulo Coelho. I’ve always wanted to read it and for two euros it was mine. At a second-hand book market in Ghent, mere weeks before the Dutch and Belgian lockdown, I found the book ‘ The Celestine Prophecy’ by James Redfield. I’ve always believed books find you at the right time. Once you get the questions right, the answers always come.” – James Redfield The problem is in identifying your current questions. “You see, the problem in life isn’t in receiving answers.
