Just came across a book ‘As a man thinketh’ by James Allen
I think we are all fully responsible for the good or less good things in our lives
Namaste
Yes we ARE responsible!
[I][B]Every man is the master of his/her own life.[/B][/I]
[QUOTE=VestnikRA;18093]Yes, it is true, you must have no doubt about your wish. it is not easy, but still it is possible to learn how to do that. If you have an intention to pick up your mail from your mailbox, do you have any doubt that you will succeed?
It is the same with your life wishes.[/QUOTE]
I would have no doubts on my success to pick up my mail from my mailbox. But this is only becuase I have done it million times and I was always successful. Most things in life that we want to complet/achieve/posses/attain are not something we have done it million times; how can one not have doubts about it?
You are what you believe.
[QUOTE=core789;19219]You are what you believe.[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! 
[QUOTE=yalgaar;19212]I would have no doubts on my success to pick up my mail from my mailbox. But this is only becuase I have done it million times and I was always successful. Most things in life that we want to complet/achieve/posses/attain are not something we have done it million times; how can one not have doubts about it?[/QUOTE]
Yes, of course, it is not easy to believe that you will succeed without any doubts. But this ability is trained exactly like muscles so if one practise it one will develop a firm self-confidence and will succeed one day.
[QUOTE=VestnikRA;19233]Yes, of course, it is not easy to believe that you will succeed without any doubts. But this ability is trained exactly like muscles so if one practise it one will develop a firm self-confidence and will succeed one day. [/QUOTE]
How do you approach situations where you do not have the opportunity to practice?
e.g. somebody who has a diffuse a bomb, somebody who is learning to skydive.
I agree and understand most of the things in life you have patience, you practice; but like my examples above and I can provide many of real life examples where you have to get it right the first time; how do you train your mind with the positive thoughs and convince your mind that you can do it right while the fact remains that you have no logical reason to believe you can do it right?
[QUOTE=yalgaar;19250]How do you approach situations where you do not have the opportunity to practice?
e.g. somebody who has a diffuse a bomb, somebody who is learning to skydive.
I agree and understand most of the things in life you have patience, you practice; but like my examples above and I can provide many of real life examples where you have to get it right the first time; how do you train your mind with the positive thoughs and convince your mind that you can do it right while the fact remains that you have no logical reason to believe you can do it right?[/QUOTE]
Everything one can train: muscles, will, memory and positive thinking one can train as well. There is a number of books explaining how one can train it. Try to read books by Louise Hay, for instance.
AUM…
[QUOTE=VestnikRA;18068]So we are always able to change our reality the way we want it. If you want to create your own Reality just go for it! :)[/QUOTE]
Reality is Absolute in nature…
If it is individualistic, it is not Reality; it becomes a point-of-view.
All glories to Jagadguru Śrī Kṛpālujī Mahārāj, the Fifth Principal Jagadguru, my savior.
Servant of the Vaiṣṇavas,
Rām Kṛpālu Dās.
Yes we do create our own reality.
Some very interesting thoughts in this thread. Boy, am I glad I found this forum.
Maybe the question isn’t can we create our own reality. Of course we can and we all do. Try a simple experiment - ask 5 friends to photograph a subject - person, still life, landscape, etc. - (if you don’t have any friends, anyone on the street will do) using the same camera and from the same spot. You will see 5 different results. That is because each of them will frame that subject ever so slightly different to reflect their own perception of the reality of that subject.
But, can we change our own reality? If the future does not exist, then neither does the past. There really is only the now. We measure our lives by time’s insistence and weave our fabric of reality with its thread from birth to death. But is time really as motionless as space? Is my reality only a slideshow or artwork that is rearranged every so often to produce a different “look”? And if we can change our reality, is there any wiggle room for God? Or is God more like a whale than a wise man, stirring the waters of reality with its great body and tail, unaware and unconcerned about the turbulence in its wake?
Here’s another question: if there is only the now, how then do we explain the natural process of the eternally evolving universe?
Oh oh…now I’m going to have to take a pill in order to fall asleep!
[QUOTE=Reunion;19806]AUM…
Reality is Absolute in nature…
If it is individualistic, it is not Reality; it becomes a point-of-view.
All glories to Jagadguru Śrī Kṛpālujī Mahārāj, the Fifth Principal Jagadguru, my savior.
Servant of the Vaiṣṇavas,
Rām Kṛpālu Dās.[/QUOTE]
Not sure is there anything Absolute in the world… may be Creator only 
[B]FlexPenguin[/B], yes, we can change the past and the future as long as both exist in our mind only. I wrote about it above.
As for the room for God… I believe that God IS Everything and Everything IS God. Everything in the Universe is God’s manifistations including humans. Whatever you look at you see God.
Hence it follows that if you don’t like what you see than you don’t like God…
But how abt a case whereby u are put in a situation where terrorist surround u with bombs and guns? Certainly people didn’t create THAT reality for themselves. If I 'm put in a situation with terrorists pointing a gun at me, can I keep saying to myself “i will survive” and then really survive!? How do we, at the point of urgency, create reality for ourself base on what we believe?!
[QUOTE=yogini_spirit;19984]But how abt a case whereby u are put in a situation where terrorist surround u with bombs and guns? Certainly people didn’t create THAT reality for themselves. If I 'm put in a situation with terrorists pointing a gun at me, can I keep saying to myself “i will survive” and then really survive!? How do we, at the point of urgency, create reality for ourself base on what we believe?![/QUOTE]
We ARE what we believe. What happens to you NOW was initiated in the past some time ago by the mix of your own intentions, thoughts, emotions, fears, love, hate, state of mind etc.
So it is really hard to change anything when it is already happening NOW.
Unfortunately there is no simple answer to your question.
[QUOTE=VestnikRA;19987]We ARE what we believe. What happens to you NOW was initiated in the past some time ago by the mix of your own intentions, thoughts, emotions, fears, love, hate, state of mind etc.
So it is really hard to change anything when it is already happening NOW.
Unfortunately there is no simple answer to your question.[/QUOTE]
I do agree that we are what we believe. However, what happens to us NOW is only [I][U]partially[/U][/I] initiated by what we have done in the past. The Universe has its own ideas and not without its malices and fetishes. Our brief and fevered existence is a mere flash in the pan and it’s our own arrogance that leads us to believe we can manipulate the Universe with our thoughts.
As the old saying goes: shit happens.
[QUOTE=FlexPenguin;20004]I do agree that we are what we believe. However, what happens to us NOW is only [I][U]partially[/U][/I] initiated by what we have done in the past. The Universe has its own ideas and not without its malices and fetishes. Our brief and fevered existence is a mere flash in the pan and it’s our own arrogance that leads us to believe we can manipulate the Universe with our thoughts.
As the old saying goes: shit happens.[/QUOTE]
seems kind of funny and crazy. How high should we hold ourselves and how low should we hold ourselves? manipulating the universe, guess that depends on your definition. Once I wrote down to get a hiking backpack, went to the store and it was way too expensive, The very next morning, by a trash can, was a US army hiking backpack, in perfect shape with only one minor thing to fix. We can call it what we will, however I have had way to many experiences like that to say it is just by accident. So do we say we are ants at the mercy and will of the allmighty, do we claim to be the allmighty, or do we lie somewhere in between?
Thanks for the conversation Flex
with love
Brother Neil
[QUOTE=justwannabe;20013]seems kind of funny and crazy. How high should we hold ourselves and how low should we hold ourselves? manipulating the universe, guess that depends on your definition. Once I wrote down to get a hiking backpack, went to the store and it was way too expensive, The very next morning, by a trash can, was a US army hiking backpack, in perfect shape with only one minor thing to fix. We can call it what we will, however I have had way to many experiences like that to say it is just by accident. So do we say we are ants at the mercy and will of the allmighty, do we claim to be the allmighty, or do we lie somewhere in between?
Thanks for the conversation Flex
with love
Brother Neil[/QUOTE]
Try thinking of it this way: you wanted a backpack and so your awareness was heightened by that image or thought. Your subconsious mind then saw and recognized the backpack in the trash. Would you have even noticed it if your mind was not primed and ready to accept that information?
I also have many examples of this in my life. Recently, during a housecleaning, I found a journal from 20 years ago. In it was a list I had made of the things I wanted in my life. The memory of when I wrote that list came back to me in an instant. Amazingly, every item on that list was realized in my life. Every one!
Cut to the now: I am working on transitioning into owning a yoga studio. I began thinking of what I would do with my current enterprise. Should I sell it? Or should I find a manager to run the day-to-day operation while I macro-manage? I chose the latter, and wrote a detailed description of who that person would be. Two weeks later I was approached by someone with 30 years experience in the industry who wanted to join my team, and that person fit the profile to a tee.
I do believe if we truly want something, it will find a way into our lives. But, it’s not supernatural. We make thousands of micro-decisions each day moving from one now to another. The beliefs and images we hold in our mind will influence each of those decisions and help direct you to where you want to go.
One of the most difficult questions you can ask someone is: What do you really want?
[QUOTE=FlexPenguin;20017]Try thinking of it this way: you wanted a backpack and so your awareness was heightened by that image or thought. Your subconsious mind then saw and recognized the backpack in the trash. Would you have even noticed it if your mind was not primed and ready to accept that information? [U]Would it have been three if I had not written it down?[/U]
I also have many examples of this in my life. Recently, during a housecleaning, I found a journal from 20 years ago. In it was a list I had made of the things I wanted in my life. The memory of when I wrote that list came back to me in an instant. Amazingly, every item on that list was realized in my life. Every one!
[U]If I want a candy bar, the store already has it, So I go out and buy it, not much of a miracle, does this really show anything beyond me?[/U]
Cut to the now: I am working on transitioning into owning a yoga studio. I began thinking of what I would do with my current enterprise. Should I sell it? Or should I find a manager to run the day-to-day operation while I macro-manage? I chose the latter, and wrote a detailed description of who that person would be. Two weeks later I was approached by someone with 30 years experience in the industry who wanted to join my team, and that person fit the profile to a tee.
[U]To me this shows a connectedness beyond us, the universe helping to funnel things into our life[/U]
I do believe if we truly want something, it will find a way into our lives. But, it’s not supernatural. We make thousands of micro-decisions each day moving from one now to another. The beliefs and images we hold in our mind will influence each of those decisions and help direct you to where you want to go. [U]Understood, if I want to go to a movie, I will make many decisions that lead me in that way, however when I want to go with someone and they call right before I call them…
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One of the most difficult questions you can ask someone is: What do you really want? [U]hhhmmmmmm[/U]
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thanks man
Neil
The last point you make is an interesting one. We have all experienced something where you think of something and the person you are with voices it as they thought of the exact thing at the exact time. How can the same thought or idea pop into the minds of different people at the same time? Are we not creating our own reality?
Think of how quickly fads or crazes or even political ideas catch fire. As humans, we are deeply empathetic creatures and are affected by the thoughts and emotions of those around us. This is a basic survival instinct, I think. If you are placed into a room full of very afraid people, you will feel fear pretty quickly. Similarly, if you are emotionally down and in a room where laughter is happening, you will lighten up.
Now, thought has an energy imprint identical to the energy imprint of matter. On a microlevel it can be argued that they are the same thing. Now, I don’t think you can take thought and make it into matter - just as you can’t turn lead into gold - but, it can be transferred empathetically unaffected by time or space. That’s why the person called you when you thought of going with him/her to the movie.
But, then again, it may have just been coincidence.