Modern systems — one concept
The wave of fortune
Favourable stretches are said to arrive as waves that can be joined or missed, and gratitude is described as the way to stay on one.
Favourable stretches are said to arrive as waves that can be joined or missed, and gratitude is described as the way to stay on one.
In Russian. волна удачи — the original term; English and Polish editions do not always render it the same way.
Where the idea comes from
The idea that good runs can be extended by attending to them has an obvious cousin in gratitude practice. It also has an obvious problem: reading streaks into chance is one of the best-documented biases there is.
What you can actually check
Keep a written record rather than trusting memory. Streaks feel real from inside and usually disappear when counted. That is the honest experiment and the system does not propose it.
What it does not settle
Nothing specifies how a wave is recognised while it is happening. Identified in hindsight, a run of good luck always looks like a wave — which is a description of memory, not of events.
Nearby
The full set, side by side: the ten concepts. Dating and pedigree: the main entry. What to do with any of it: in practice.
Fair questions
What is the wave of fortune?
A run of favourable events which, in the system's picture, can be joined and extended by attending to it rather than to grievance.
Is the wave of fortune just confirmation bias?
Possibly, and the system offers no way to tell the difference. Counting the run in writing is the only way to find out, and most runs do not survive counting.
Sources & further reading
- The description is ours. We do not reproduce text, instructions or exercises from Vadim Zeland's books, which are in copyright.
- Dating, pedigree and the unnamed-source question: Reality Transurfing, read with care.
- How the system sits beside the law of attraction, Stoicism and a therapy with trials: compared.
- This page makes no therapeutic claim and is not advice for treating anxiety or any other condition.