|
What do you consider valid? What is your idea of what is
important? I ask these questions because so many people are
concerned with the truth, even though attention to the truth
is making their lives miserable.
In Part II of this series we described the difference
between Truth and truth, and the difficulties a person can
get into when he or she confuses the two. However, since
Truth, or consciousness, is so ephemeral and matter is so
ubiquitous, we simply lose sight of the relation between the
two. We confuse cause and effect and place truth at
source–point and relegate Truth (our own consciousness) to
the back of the bus.
The creative process involves making new truths. That can
only occur if one breaks new ground. In other words, while
one may like something and attempt to copy it, relying
solely on the ideas and creations of others will never bring
true satisfaction.
We all know that It takes a while for the new truth to
manifest, because we do not live in a world where you can
just wave a magic wand and have everything be better.
However, we DO live in a world that DOES respond to our
thoughts and our preferences.
There are literally trillions of truths out there. Anything
that already exists is a truth: cars, houses, computers,
wars, poverty and disease, beautiful art and beautiful
sunsets all exist, are observable, and can be verified. The
point is that It is up to us which of these truths we choose
to place our attention on.
For some reason humanity has a bad habit of recognizing
unwanted truths. If you are not up on the latest war or
economic crisis or bombing you are considered just a little
bit nutty. But it is so much more life–giving to pay
attention to those truths that make you feel good!
'Hey did you hear about the earthquake'?
'Yes. Boy I really feel good today!'
'Yeah, but did you see the murder last night on TV? And Joe
got his hand stuck in the car door and had to go to the
hospital today'.
'Uh huh. Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?'
'What's wrong with you? I'm serious here. You know, oil
prices could go up if another war begins in the middle
east.'
'That's nice. Last night I saw a cardinal on the bird
feeder. He was really beautiful.'
Your friend shakes you. 'Wake up! You got your head in the
sand. It's time to face reality Johnny boy'!
'I am facing reality'!
'Are you kidding me? We got another war, food and oil
prices are going up and you're talking about sunrises and
cardinals'???
'It all depends on what reality you want to face'.
Your friend shakes his head and walks away. You notice him
talking to the other office mates and they are all shaking
their heads worriedly.
Many people like to focus on negative truths. While it may
be true that a war in the middle east is imminent, or that
food and oil prices might go up, or that there was a murder
last night, or that an earthquake killed 5,000 people last
week, that is no reason to focus on them. There are 1000
times as many positive truths as negative ones! We just
don't notice them. This is called the 'can't see the forest
for the trees' syndrome. The earth is a balanced place where
well–being is everywhere. The planet spins on its axis, the
sun shines every day, the weather distributes moisture, the
apple seed grows to be an apple tree and not a tomato, the
list is endless. The forces of nature that assure this well
being are so enormous that the little pockets of
disconnection man has created aren't even a pimple on a
pickle in comparison.
But for some reason people think that ANYTHING true deserves
attention. The majority of people think that out of all of
the trillions of truths that exist upon our planet, only
those that are negative are thought to have real value. If
you do not place your attention on these 'important' events,
you are considered just a little bit nuts.
Why is this? Because, I think, people believe that the
negative stuff out there may eventually come up and bite
them. If a murder was committed downtown, the reasoning
goes, then maybe the next time I go downtown I will be
killed. But this sort of thinking is muddle-headed. The only
way you could be murdered downtown is if you had been
focusing upon it long enough to set up a vibrational
orientation to it. We don't live in a world of instant
manifestation. It takes time for anything to unfold. We live
in a world that has the property of 'like attracts like'. So
the way to avoid being murdered is to not go there. Fix your
attention on something that feels better. This isn't rocket
science, anybody can understand it. But I guess it gets
overlooked because it is so simple.
The principle of 'like attracts like' is very powerful. An
observant person can see the truth of it merely by a casual
observance of their own lives and the lives of others. So
the only way you get something in your life is by focusing
on it long enough for it to manifest in your experience.
Do you want to focus on murders, or beautiful sunsets? On
war and rising oil prices, or cardinals?
'But', you say, 'if oil prices go up and you are ignorant
of it, then you may go to the gas station one day and find
it is empty. But I will have stockpiled gasoline.' Well, in
the first place, if things got that bad everyone would know
about it. In the second place, the price of oil is out of
the hands of individuals. Your attention to the possibility
of no oil will just make you feel crummy, and orient your
thoughts and feelings around that possibility. Then, if you
do this long enough, you may find yourself in an area that
is short of gasoline! The guy who concentrates on the
cardinal and the sunset is in perfect alignment with
universal energy, and so will always find himself in a place
of well-being.
Whatever you focus on comes more and more into your
experience. So it is actually better to focus on
'irrelevant' truths like cardinals and sunsets than it is to
focus on 'serious' and 'important' truths like wars and
rising prices. It's up to you! Do you want to choose misery
or joy? Pain or happiness?
The world is stuffed full of truths of every description.
Choose those truths that make you feel good, and the world
will slowly change around you in a positive direction.
Click Here for
more information
|
