Why I built this
For a while I paid for a service called SyncTXT. At random times, it sent short messages chosen by a random number generator. Most were forgettable. A few arrived at exactly the right moment. When the service shut down, I decided to build my own.
Universe Courier is the result. It's a hobby project, built piece by piece, and it runs on real randomness: a small device that listens to radioactive decay and turns it into numbers. No one, including me, decides what gets sent or when.
Synchronicity
The psychologist Carl Jung used the word synchronicity for meaningful coincidences: two events with no causal link that still seem to belong together. You think of an old friend and the phone rings. A line in a book answers the question you've been chewing on all week.
Jung was also fascinated by the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book consulted by casting coins or yarrow stalks. He saw chance as a way of catching a glimpse of the moment you're in. Tarot works in a similar spirit. Neither one needs to predict anything to be useful. They hand you an image, and you see what it stirs up.
Staying open
I don't think the universe is texting anyone. But I do think meaning tends to show up when you're paying attention, and that a little randomness can knock you out of a rut. A message arriving out of nowhere is an invitation to pause and ask, "Does this mean anything to me today?" Usually the answer is no. Sometimes it's yes, and those are the days that make it worth it.
That's all Universe Courier is: a door left open, a day or two at a time.