Wow, that's amazing! (And I've always wanted to make a flute out of bamboo, too. The closest I can get here, sadly, are brittle reeds.) I've had little synchronistic experiences before, but that's just mindblowingly huge.

I've been trying to focus my manifestations lately. I'm decent at making myself believe things-- "I like to run! I love exercise! I can dream lucidly! Today is an adventure!"-- but the external world is much harder to influence. If I focus, say, on finding money, I tend to find change lying on the ground far more, or I'll find out about a contest with a cash prize, or someone will remember to pay me back money they borrowed...

...but the question is, am I really creating it, or am I just noticing what I think about more?