Was that mid-90’s? Jimmy?Met a guy in Thailand who claimed the universe looked after him and all his decisions were based on “feeling”.
When we met he was staying at a house up a lane he had just decided to drive up. Chatted to him for a few hours. He had owned a jewellery business once upon a time and now made jewellery in exchange for kindness!
Decided he was probably just an international jewel smuggler or drugs courier.
He was a very good advert for a vegetarian and yoga/ Pilates driven lifestyle.
And the “universe” story has always stuck in my mind.
Feel like I met the same guy, who was deffo a jewellery/contraband smuggler around Burma/Thailand etc.
Actually he was a meat head, but otherwise sounded just like you describe, he was nuts, we got on!