In my situation, the way I can come up with to explain is I “desire” growth. In order to grow, the only way or the necessary pathway is not intellectual development as I thought, in truth it is through spiritual development. So my higher self/creator/universe guides me to my current situation so that I begin to seek spiritual development myself.
Compared to this major directional change, other learnings seem to be smaller, such as how those negative people/beings pursue their paths, so that I learn and experience what the darkness is like. Also, everyday I was presented numeric opportunities to take a negative path, for which I haven’t even remotely considered I would go along. This, in turn, confirms my choice to a positive path.