Genre: Maybe Sci-Fi? or Enlightenment? About a guy who goes on a journey to find out more. He learns that eye contact is not coincidence, and that every chance meeting has a meaning.

[Bekki]

I remember the main character was a guy who was confused about life. He started researching or something and was taken on a journey to figure out more about enlightenment, maybe. I just remember that he made eye contact with some woman he passed by, a stranger, and then later on they ended up meeting. He learned that it was his destiny to connect with her, and that eye contact with a stranger is not a coincidence, but means that you need to speak with that person for some reason or another. I wish I could remember more, but I only read part of the book. I am pretty sure it had the number 12 in the title. And I think it was part of a series of books and another one of them had an 11 in the title. But that part may not be true.

Editing because I remembered another detail. the guy was learning about different levels, or connections of mental awareness. Like he was tapping into unused parts of his mind. I really wish i could remember more, but I read it about 16 years ago and never finished it so I just lost the memories. The more I search, the more comes to me, so I am not giving up!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

When did you read it? We always need to know this.

[Rosa]

Not if the OP knows about when the book was published, you don't.

[Bekki]

I honestly have no idea when it was published. I read it in the early 2000s...maybe even late 90s. It's not new...

[MaWhit]

It reminds me of some of Richard Bach's works, but I haven't read anything by him in ages. Might be worth looking.

[Bekki]

Thank you. I looked him up, but nothing is jumping out at me. I am confident about the title having a 12 or 12th in it, and I didn’t find anything like that in his list. I will look on other sites too though.

[Martini]

The Twelve by William Gladstone?

[Bekki]

No, but wow! That book sounds amazing! It is a similar style, but the book I’m looking for did not start with the character’s childhood, nor did it have to do with the Mayans. I would have rem marred that for sure! Thank you for the suggestion though. I will be looking for this one now.

[Bekki]

Remembered*

[Martini]

I'm glad to be of some kind of help! :)

[Bekki]

Edited to add some more detail!

[Eldrid]

The Celestine prophecy by James Redford! I betcha that's it

[Bargle]

Link for book The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.

[Bekki]

Eldrid and Bargle: I didn’t think this was the right book based on the GR description, but then I looked it up online and read more about it and you may be right! I guess I will read it and find out. I will update you later. Thank you so much for your help!

[Kris]

Here's the Google Books preview of The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield - https://books.google.com/books?id=x4a...

[NancyJ]

The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision

[NancyJ]

or the Tenth insight?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Bekki, are you still looking for this or did you find it?