How We Create Reality

In my previous post (How Reality Works and Why We Fail), I briefly explored the nature of reality and how it works.

In this post, I’d like to explore some of the ways in which we create and influence reality, and the world around us.

As always, I’d like to make it clear that the following is based only on what I have come to understand and the classification and labels are just my way of arranging things in my mind.

With that said, let’s jump in!

Action

This is the most obvious method and the one we’re all familiar with.

But as I mentioned in my previous post, it is also the least efficient method, when you consider things from the spiritual and metaphysical perspective.

This is because the larger part of reality (my estimate being 99%) is non-physical. And physical reality, being the most dense, is slow to change and requires more time and effort to manipulate.

We’re experiencing a physical reality and so action is essential, but what action we take, when we take it and the mindset or state of consciousness with which approach it need more care, if we’re to get the best results.

Thought and Intention

This is the next method, and again, something we’re familiar with. But, there’s a twist!

At the most basic level, we use thought and intention as the basis for our actions.

We think or intend something and then we take action at a physical level to directly create/change/influence reality.

Direct physical action is the driving force behind this type of creation/change.

This is a valid and useful way of going about things, but there are two things I’d like to make clear:

1. This is not the only way (and not always the best); and more importantly,
2. We have the power to directly create or influence reality, without the need for physical action.

I understand that point number two takes a stretch of the imagination to believe. In fact, I’m still trying to fully get to grips with it. But it’s true, nevertheless.

I will share evidence to back this up in later posts, but for now, please treat it as a possibility and let’s move on.

Imagination

Imagination is an offshoot of the heading ‘Thought and Intention’ but it deserves its own space as this is one of the methods we use the most to create reality.

Almost every action we take and every project we undertake is based on prior thought and planning. We imagine the result we would like to achieve and the steps required to get us there.

So it’s a method we have all been using unconsciously since we were children.

The power to imagine is our God-given creative power and with it we can go beyond the limitations of what has already manifested and break new ground.

It is therefore, without a doubt, the most important way in which we can create new realities.

Attention

Merely giving something our attention, allows it to grow and expand, not only in our minds and in our own experience, but also in the wider world.

As someone put it: attention is currency. And this concept becomes even more important when we view it from the perspective that we live in a conscious universe, which constantly responds to our inner states.

This idea is based on the Law of Attraction, or the idea that ‘like attracts like’.

And so, attention causes the growth and expansion of whatever we’re paying attention to.

It also brings more of whatever we’re paying attention to, into our thoughts and experience.

Again, if it seems far fetched, I ask that you treat this as a possibility for now. I will explore this topic further in a later post and do my best to present credible evidence to back up the idea.

Beliefs and Attitudes

This is another method we employ, perhaps, without thinking much about it, and so, are still somewhat familiar with.

Beliefs can extend beyond the individual and be held at cultural, national and worldwide levels.

Our beliefs and attitudes form the basis of our actions, and thus, have a direct bearing on the results we create and experience.

For example, if I go into work with the belief that my boss does not value my contribution, I will most likely not perform at my highest level. I will choose to slack and be sloppy.

So, my belief influenced my attitude and my attitude influenced my actions. These, in turn, created the result in the outer world (my behaviour and any consequences).

It’s important to note that my results and experience might have been very different, if my beliefs and attitude were different, going into the same situation.

Our positive beliefs can aid and empower us and our negative beliefs can hold us back.

For example, before Sir Roger Bannister ran a mile in under four minutes on 6th may, 1964, this was widely held to be impossible.

However, once he had done it, others soon managed to do the same. In fact, John Landy managed to break Bannister’s record just weeks later on 21st June, 1954.

When we change the way we think, we can change our beliefs to more empowering ones that help us instead of impeding us.

Believing that something could be possible is the starting place for creating miracles.

Conversely, being close-minded will always box us into small and unfulfilling realities.

Changing beliefs takes time and work, but it can be done. And when you consider that this can make miracles happen, then you know it’s definitely worth it!

Perception

Our perception relates to the way we interpret the world around us.

It is coloured by our beliefs, biases, prejudices and other subconscious filters.

But how I interpret and experience something subjectively can differ greatly from the way it actually is (how it exists objectively, or appears to others). Optical illusions are a powerful example of this phenomenon.

Our perceptions, which are often based on our beliefs, also feed back into our beliefs and serve to reinforce them.

For example, if I have the belief that children are loud and annoying, this belief will influence how I perceive children when I’m out in the world.

Because of my negative bias, I may end up focussing only on the things I dislike about children.

I might notice only the children who’re crying loudly. I will probably filter out all the sweet and well behaved children I see.

And it might never occur to me to wonder why the child is crying loudly–they could be in pain or terribly afraid of something.

If I knew these details, my opinion of the child, and my experience of my interaction with them, would change dramatically. But I don’t make it that far because of my negative beliefs and biases.

A simpler analogy would be where two friends watch a movie together. One might say it was fun and interesting and that they enjoyed it. The other might say it was dull and that they hated it.

But it’s the same movie.

That’s the power of perception.

This is why people say, ‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.’ And I have to agree!

Knowledge

It is fair to say that knowledge is also a method through which we create our reality. This is because our intentions, our actions, our attitudes and beliefs, and our perception, are all based on our knowledge.

I like to think that I would always do things differently if I knew better.

The late Bob Proctor once said something to the effect that a man who’s making $10 an hour is only doing so because he doesn’t know how to make $100 an hour. I think this illustrates the point.

This is why I’m not keen on the idea that ignorance is bliss.

I prefer to think that knowledge is power.

Now that we understand a little more about how reality works and how we create our own reality and experience of it, in the coming posts, we’ll look at how we can deliberately influence reality to create the reality we want–and create a happier world together.

We will focus primarily on the often neglected inner-states and processes, as this is where our true power lies.

We’re all familiar with taking physical action. Now, it’s time to embrace and master the other side of the coin.

This shift is the big leap in consciousness that we are all being called to make at this time.

Are you ready for Human 2.0?