Cosmic Ordering is a recently published book which supposes you can gain whatever you want by “ordering ” it from the “cosmos”.

The idea is that the universe wants you to have everything you desire, but has to balance out other people’s wants with yours. The terms, “Cosmic” and “Ordering” don’t quite hit the spot, though, and two other books contain similar ideas, perhaps better expressed.

In his book, The Voice of Knowledge, Don Miguel Ruiz, distils the entire tradition of the Toltec people of Mexico into four principles, or Agreements, as he prefers to call them. At first sight, they could be taken for a boy scout’s creed : tell the truth; don’t take things personally; don’t jump to conclusions; and do your best. But this would be to miss the point. Used as talismans of action, the Four Agreements become a powerfully transformative path to happiness.

1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don’t take anything personally.
3. Don’t make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.

Deepak Chopra’s fascinating book, SynchroDestiny runs on the same lines, but from an Eastern philosophical viewpoint. The subtitle, “Harnessing the infinite power of coincidence to create miracles”, was probably written by the marketing department rather than Chopra himself.

There are two facets to his thesis: synchrodestiny, a state of infinite potential, and nonlocal mind, or the virtual domain.

The second part of the book presents a programme of practice and activity for attaining synchrodestiny and knowledge of nonlocal intelligence, whereby you can make your deepest wishes come true.

These three books are coming from the same place and have struck chords with many people. It’s a truly supernatural universe.