WE CAN CHANGE OUR REALITY

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WE CAN CHANGE OUR REALITY

 

“We should never be lazy, but always be on the alert to gain our end and aim of

life” – Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. XIV.

 

In the 17th century the French Philosopher Rene Descartes came up with the

explanation for it all; I think, therefore I am. I remember this statement

being the source of debates in philosophy classes. It was the existential

‘which came first’ story, the chicken or the egg.

 

Years later, I feel that his statement really is a fill-in-the-blanks statement.

‘I think, therefore I am.” In other words; “I think I am angry, therefore I am

angry, I think I am tired, therefore I am tired, I think I am busy, therefore I

am busy.”

 

Lets go back to Descartes and fill in the blanks. I think I am too busy. So the

usual conclusion to this thought is ‘I’m too busy to go into the garden this

morning thus I don’t go. I think I am too busy to go into the garden; therefore

I am too busy to go into the garden.

 

What this does is, for one, tells your subconscious mind to keep looking for

that answer, and two, keeps the door open to the answer coming through. If you

keep saying I can’t remember, well guess what, your subconscious goes, ‘ok,

can’t remember,’ and it goes off to launch and stop trying to remember. That’s

end of story. On the other hand, if you say, ‘I’m remembering’ it will stay on

duty’ until it finds the memory you’re asking for. In the same way if you’re

searching for the solutions to a problem, if you say to yourself ‘I don’t know

what to do,’ I think I am unable to find an answer, therefore I am unable to

find an answer – there again you have closed the door to answer coming through.

Saying ‘I am able to find the answer’ opens the gate wide for the answers to

come to you. We can replace those dead-end

thoughts and statements with some that leave the door open for solutions. ‘I

think I am able to discover the answer, I think I am capable of finding a

solution; therefore I am capable of finding a solution. ‘Now some of you might

be saying this is simplistic. Well, yes it is, and that’s the beauty of it. We

humans seem to have a tendency to complicate things, when things really are

simple. First a thought, then an action. First a belief, then a consequence of

that belief. A thought, then a result to that thought (action or inaction).

 

We have disempowered ourselves by thinking ‘small thought’ or dead-end thoughts,

thoughts filled by low self-esteem, images of unattainable goals 9to be like the

slimmer-than-life’ model), and thoughts rampant with self criticism (or

criticism of others). Thoughts that are self-defeating (I think I am a failure,

therefore. I think I am not smart enough, therefore I think I can’t do this,

therefore…)

 

The belief or thought we have sets the tone for our actions, for the life we

create. If there’s one thing that can change our lives, it’s to change the

nature of our thoughts, of our beliefs. We are not powerless. We are powerful

beyond measure.

 

It’s up to us to fill in the blanks with reality we desire, not the one we

don’t. We can change our reality; we can make a difference in our lives and the

lives of the people around us and in the

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