Create Your Reality; Experience Self
Posted on February 3, 2008
Filed Under Effective Thinking, Manifestation - Creation, Prayer & Meditation, Self Image & Self Esteem, The Law of Attraction
Who creates your reality? Who defines who you are? Who decides, on a day-to-day basis, who you will "pretend" to be? A wife, a businessman, a school teacher, a homeless person? And where is this "person" who makes these decisions? And how are these things created, defined, and decided — including the various egos and labels we create for ourselves (our "pretend" selves — the part that is continuously changing)? I asked these kinds of questions — and many more — and was given a book to write. Where I had questions, I now have answers. Translating them, however, isn’t always easy; and living them is another story altogether.
Who created your life as it is? Who filled out that job application, or enlisted you in the military? Did you ask for the relationship you are in, or did you say, "Yes" to it? Who spent your paycheck, and who decided where the money would go? Who decides what’s worth getting mad and stressed about, or worrying about, and what isn’t? What part of your life do your thoughts not play a part in? Who has been making decisions and choosing preferences for you? And how do you make the decisions that create your reality? Do you think about the things you believe are real, the things you believe are possible, or the things you want to happen? If you don’t believe a thing is possible, you probably don’t invest a lot of time and energy into making it happen. But if you do believe a thing can be done, it most certainly will. Your beliefs guide you as you create your reality. Your thoughts form your beliefs. You can create your reality by learning to manage your own thought processes.
Until you begin creating your own reality, it isn’t likely that you’ve experienced your true self — the you that is the happiest of all possible you’s. You have thoughts about who you are; but are they really your thoughts? Did you tell yourself that, "You’ll never amount to anything when you grow up;" or did someone else create that reality for you by helping you define yourself? Consider to what extent others have painted their beliefs, fears, limitations, hopes, and dreams on the canvas of your life. Consider who you truly are and what you truly want in this life — not just what others told you to be, have, or do.
"As a man thinketh, so it is done unto him," is but one of many teachings guiding us to create our own realities by thinking about them. We are told to "Ask and … receive." And we are also told to, "Love thy neighbor," and to, "Know thyself." To truly know thyself is to know all men; and to, "love your self, your Creator, and your neighbor," is the best advice a person could give or receive. The things we do affect how others view us, talk about us, treat us, and interact with us; our actions come back to us in many ways. "Do unto others…" is simply one more way of teaching the importance of thinking loving thoughts; our actions always reflect our thoughts. All of these things we do first within our mind — with our thoughts and prayers. And, having planted particular thoughts in the mind, we reap corresponding experiences in our reality.
But whose thoughts are we thinking? Who created the reality we use as a point of reference? Was it our parents, teachers, clergy, siblings, family, friends, television, or a combination of these and other elements? I don’t mean to imply that there’s something wrong with your current reality; but if you aren’t happy, you probably want to change something. When you do that, you’ll have a new reality; and if you created, or caused, the change, then you created this new reality. And if you can create one reality, you can create others. So what’s stopping you? The point is: If you like your current reality, stay happy; if you are not happy, create a reality in which you are. You do that with your thoughts; and there are lots of people who can teach you how to do that.
There are many people working in the area of self-realization, actualization, or personal and spiritual development, from a variety of perspectives. When you become aware of the desire to play a more active role in the creation of your life experience, and experience who you truly are, some of these people will "appear" on your radar screen. They say, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." Some of these teachers and researchers will lead you to others as your quest continues — with each new association providing you with another piece of the "puzzle," or another way to say the same, very old, and very true wisdom.
CYRES Cafe (Create Your Reality Experience Self) has brought together an amazing group of teachers from many different backgrounds, traditions, disciplines, and cultures, to share the same message in many ways. That message, in my own words, is: "You are powerful beyond your wildest imaginings; and you have the power, capacity, and ability, to do all things and make all possibilities realities — according to your thoughts and beliefs." You may not know all the rules to someone else’s game; but you are inferior to no other living thing — nor are you greater — but you are exactly as important and powerful as anyone else. And, you are the ultimate creator of your own reality. Don’t you want to know how to do that more consciously and effectively?
Stop in and have a bite of Brain Food at CYRES Cafe. Check out the list of teachers, sites, and links; there’s bound to be something on the menu that you’ll find enjoyable, enlightening (the opposite of fattening), and empowering. Knowledge is power; and you will find a ton of information and resources to help you take more control of the creative process of your life. The chefs at CYRES are always cooking up interesting and thought-provoking questions, as well; so stop in and join the discussion — and I’ll leave the food metaphors to the very wise and very kind folks at CYRES…
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Congratulations to our friends at CYRES Cafe for winning the IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) One-Minute Shift Contest! Watch the winning video to the right of this article; and then stop into the CYRES Cafe for some food for thought! More soon on the video and its creators — Jane and Christiane from CYRES! Well done!