Word Finds, Mirrors, and the Universe's Hidden Messages
How a Simple Word Search Revealed a Profound Truth About Reflection and Perception
Lately, I’ve been using word searches to calm my mind. Not mindlessly, not as a distraction, but as a tool—something to focus on while I open myself to receiving. I like to ask questions and believe the universe answers, often in ways that aren’t obvious initially. Word searches have become a kind of meditative practice for me, a way to engage with patterns and meaning while keeping my thinking mind occupied.
Today, while working through a word search, I had one of those moments where the puzzle seemed to be speaking back. The theme was “furniture.” As I scanned the grid, I found one of the first words to be “rug.” Instantly, I thought of The Big Lebowski—how the rug “really tied the room together.” It made me laugh, but it also made me pay attention. Was there something in that phrase that the universe wanted me to see?
Then I noticed something strange. A sequence of letters didn’t quite look like a word, but I traced it with my finger anyway. When I highlighted it, the word revealed itself: “rorrim.” And that’s when a question hit me—
If everything is a mirror, what happens when you look at it backward?
I sat with that for a moment. And then, as if on cue, I found the last hidden word in the puzzle: “vanity.”
I was stunned.
Isn’t that precisely what happens when we misunderstand the mirror? When we only see ourselves, our ego, our wants, and our fears? When we look at our reflection and don’t see the whole, but only the self? That’s vanity. That’s missing the point. The mirror is meant to show us everything—not just the small “I” we get so caught up in.
We often view life through the lens of How is this affecting me? Do I like this? Do I want more of this? But when we look at life that way, we look at the mirror backward. We see only ourselves. We miss the vastness, interconnectedness, and infinite reflections stretching beyond our personal experience.
If we turn the mirror the right way, we don’t just see the small self—we know the whole. We see the beauty of how we fit into something much more significant than our mind, body, and fleeting desires. We see the patterns, the synchronicities, the cosmic threads weaving everything together.
The universe speaks in signs. Even in something as simple as a word search, we might find the answers we’ve been looking for if we pay attention.
Keep your eyes and heart open; the Universe guides you in many ways. I’d love to hear about an experience where you were guided to new insights. Share in the comments.
With love, Lisa