You create your own reality
This was hard for me to understand in the past, though I'd heard the concept before. Generally, we go about our everyday lives experiencing events and reacting to the stimuli that is in front of us. Sometimes we experience chance or luck and great things materialize. Other times we are challenged, or an event happens that is out of our control... we are not to blame for certain things, they are out of our hands. That seems to be the experience of most people anyway. Simplified, of course.
We have a world of victims... random events out of our control. It's someone else fault for running into me, or I don't have enough money, or it's all because of my childhood. Whatever story we tell ourselves for not living up to our full potential. I hear it all the time. Just the other day, an adult friend of mine told me she's scared all the time, and generally in bad space because of something her father did to her when she was a child. She had an elaborate story to go with it about how it's not her fault and there is nothing she can do about it. And really, what could I say to that? She was so attached to her story, it would have been an insult if I had referred to it as a story.
And we all have them. I am not saying that I am immune to it. What I am saying is that I recognize it now and I don't accept the story that I am a victim of anything. People don't "do" things to me. I am a creator. I create my life, and I create the circumstances in it that I need to grow. And so does everybody. I like that way of seeing the world much better than the idea that I am merely reacting to events outside myself.
Let me give you a concrete example that I think will illustrate my point. When I was applying to MBA programs, I had certain beliefs about what kind of school I wanted to go to and how much I wanted to pay. I liked UBC because it was about 1/2 the price of all the other schools I applied to and a slightly shorter program, though I didn't like the aspect of it and wanted the extra time in school. 5 of other schools I applied to I felt were out of my league and a stretch to get into. And the other one, it never even occurred to me that I wouldn't get in. It was my back up school. Though I wanted to go there because I'd be with my family and friends and it was on familiar territory. This was my thought as I began to apply to schools.
Well guess what happened. I ended up getting EXACTLY what I believed. I only school I was accepted to was the one that I had NO doubts about getting in to - the one near my family and friends. But even more than that... I ended up getting nearly a half scholarship from the school, which brought the price down to the price that UBC would have been - and actually even cheaper because I wouldn't have the extra expense of rent. As a bonus, it's a better school and has all the programs and activities I could want from a school.
And I created this. Because of my beliefs and because of my actions. I use this example a lot because, I realized what had happened after the fact. I didn't consciously create this, I recognized what had happened after I'd learned a little about creating your own reality and I saw this example in my life. My immediate reaction was "Wow! Look what I created... exactly what I asked for and believed. Now, what can I do if I start doing this consciously!?"
I add that I got exactly what I wanted and believed because beliefs are a key part of creating your reality. The school I was accepted to was initially my last choice, for various reasons, but it was the only school I really believed without a doubt I would get in to. If you don't believe something is possible, it's not. No matter how much you want it, or how many times you ask the Universe for it. Sometimes the beliefs are deep-rooted and you may not even know you had them. It was after the fact that I recognized that the only school I really believed I'd get into was the only one that I did.
Now I've started playing with it. I've started playing with manifesting what I want in my life. And it really works. I set the intention and ask the Universe for what I want and it comes into my life. Not always in the way I expect, but it comes. For example: I had three experiences at the pow wow where I manifested what I asked for.
1. I wanted to wear a buckskin dress at the pow wow, but couldn't find any for sale and didn't know where to find them. When I got to the pow wow, there was a woman who made them custom-made. She usually did them made to order, but she just happened to have one on display that she'd made for her daughter, but her daughter decided she didn't want it. To make a long story concise, my dad ended up buying it for me and I got to wear a beautiful buckskin dress the whole day.
2. I had seen Turtle soup on the Travel channel and decided that I wanted to try it. But there were NO restaurants in the area that served it. Well, at the pow wow, guess what they had: Turtle soup! A week later, it came into my life.
3. I'd been searching the internet to find ways to buy silver under spot price. But everybody selling silver was selling it over spot price. Which makes sense, spot plus a premium. Well, at the pow wow, guess what I found? 1 oz .999 silver coins for $10 each. I did a little bargaining and got three for $9 each... That's 1/2 price of the current spot, which is about $18 an ounce!
I created everything I'd wanted within a week! I am continuing to play with this and I am seeing what I can manifest and create in my life.
If you're interested in more about creating your own reality, Pam talks about it on her show a little here.
She takes calls, but stops at around minute 25 and starts talking about how to create your own reality at about minute 32. I did these techniques in the above examples and these are what I am continuing to play with.
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