Think about a classic problem - how do you go from A to B?
The textbooks teach you a particular way.
Then, as you get "on the ropes" at your job, you learn there is another way, and the textbook method almost never applies.
And then, there are the unknown ways, the unshown ways. People are just around, appearing to have reached state "B".
Yet, you stand around not being sure how or why they have reached state B, because they couldn't possibly have done it through any conventional ways you have heard of (textbook or as learned in your job)
Or, you may have heard that so-and-so reached state B through some "illegal" means because they are an unethical person, etc.
My friend, now is the time to expand your thinking that not everything is the way it seems.
Now that I've got you thinking about the problem in a certain way, what if the question was never about how to go from A to B.
Let's reframe it. The question was always just about how to get to B. But from what everyone has been reporting, it appears that this person has been going from A to A1, then to A2, then to A3. It really makes no sense to you. They announced it loud and clear that they wanted to go to A1 and then A2. But in making all these steps, ended up reaching B.
Let's think about it in a different way.
Say you are playing a game of GTA. You want to get your hands on an Infernus to drive, and an RPG to shoot. You could do so by progressing through missions and getting to a stage of the game where these are granted to you. Or, you could simply enter a cheat code.
Now, to the "true gamers", you wouldn't say that you've progressed in the game because you now have your desired vehicles and weapons, if you've just entered a cheat code. Then these true gamers get mad that you entered a cheat code. But, hey, you have your cars and weapons.
What's the point of my example? Of course you think, "no shit"
There are two key points I want to make.
- Does it really matter to you that much that this other person entered a cheat code in their own game?
It's their game after all. If it doesn't impact you or other people, what gives?
- If this person cheated their way through the system, then their own morals will come into question.
It's not really a thing for you to judge, but they will face some kind of judgement later if their "shortcut" transgressed moral boundaries.
But ultimately, accept this. Call it "The Secret", "locus of control", the power of manifestation, whatever. The people who want a particular outcome are able to create this through will. To outsiders, this may be magic. Ultimately, it will always leave others guessing and wondering about how they go to this point.
Here's a tip. Focus on your own will and destiny. You are more powerful than you believe. If there is a particular thing you want, if you truly believe it, the universe weaves it magic towards that outcome. It might not drop what you want right into your lap, but certainly will make things a lot easier.