Reality – Do You Believe that Stuff?
Everybody keeps telling us that what we believe is what we get. But maybe you don’t believe it. And if you don’t, then aren’t you getting what you DON’T believe?
Oh it’s all so confusing.
Any complex system is going to have a LOT of variables. Some of those variables will be dependent on other factors, while others are independent of them. The trick is identifying which is which. Of course, when there’s a time delay between cause and effect, it becomes especially tricky to trace back the chain reaction to original cause.
Now, there are many very smart people who claim that they can see a clear correlation between your thoughts and your reality. It seems, though, that an equal number of equally smart people deny such a connection exists. Who’s right? They can’t both be right can they?
Here’s a thought to chew on: if the belief-causes-reality theory is true, then perhaps both could, in fact, be right… or could they?
This is a topic with many more questions than answers. I know which side of the debate I stand on, but maybe you haven’t quite made up your mind yet. That’s okay too. Take your time with it. There’s no hurry… the thing you’re deciding here is how you’ll live the rest of your life.
Today’s guest author Alan Tutt warns us about choosing a belief simply because it feels good. At the same time, he asks us to consider…
Why Isn’t The Belief-Reality Connection Obvious?
By Alan Tutt
The idea that we have the power to control every aspect of our lives simply by choosing what we believe is a very seductive concept. However, this seems to fly in the face of common sense and traditional science. And if it’s true, then why isn’t it obvious?
That’s certainly a reasonable question to ask. After all, over the course of time, we’ve discovered how to do many different things, including how to harness the power of the atom for both destruction and electrical power, and how to create super-complex computer systems that can produce fantastically realistic special effects in movies and television commercials.
Although when we sit and think about it, how much of what we’ve learned over time was obvious? For example, how obvious is it to mix flour, oil, eggs, milk, sugar, baking powder, and cocoa to make a chocolate cake? Maybe we should ask any of the thousands who have trouble getting it right even with a recipe.
It has always amazed me to wonder how anyone thought to mix that combination of ingredients, and to keep trying the many possible combinations until they produced an edible result. How many eggs should we put in, one, two, twenty? How much flour this time, a handful or a pound?
Similarly, how obvious is it to turn grapes into wine? As I understand it, the fermentation process involves a precise control of temperature, a mix of different kinds of yeast, a way to prevent oxygen from getting to the mixture, and then waiting for 10 to 30 days. And then there’s an additional aging process after that!
Maybe we’ve been too busy discovering so many different things that we just haven’t come around to discovering the connection between beliefs and experience.
On the other hand, even though it may not be obvious that our beliefs directly affect the world around us, there have been people throughout history who have discovered the truth and tried to tell us how important our beliefs are. It’s not exactly a new concept, but one that has been around for thousands of years.
Alan Tutt, author of Choose To Believe: A Practical Guide to Living Your Dreams, is one of the world’s leading experts in the Power of Belief and the Law of Attraction. Get a free excerpt from his new book at http://www.ChooseToBelieveBook.com.
Back to Charles:
On a practical level, if your beliefs don’t control your reality, then it doesn’t matter what you choose to believe. You can go ahead and think anything you want to.
On the other hand, if your beliefs DO control the reality you’re getting, then it does matter. So if there’s no penalty for believing, and a potentially very large payoff for it, then it just makes logical sense to go ahead and opt for what could produce the better life for you.
From that viewpoint, the decision has absolutely nothing to do with what’s correct or incorrect. Instead, it’s a pragmatic bet on the safest odds. Does that sound a bit cynical to you? Well it might… but the intention is pure…
And that opens up a whole new discussion about intention and reality. Hehehe
Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles
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