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The bodies of knowledge and practical tools (meditation/breathing/etc) from the great spiritual traditions over many thousands of years come to exactly this con

The bodies of knowledge and practical tools (meditation/breathing/etc) from the great spiritual traditions over many thousands of years come to exactly this conclusion: your consciousness DOES create your reality. "Control" of reality is a different beast, you have to ascend to very high levels to achieve that, but it's 100% possible and happens all around us.

aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
>it's 100% possible and happens all around us. Prove it
mfoy_ 8y ago
I think you have it a bit backwards. You perceive reality through your consciousness. So if your consciousness were to interject a filter of its own choosing, your subjective reality would be affected. However, this has no bearing on objective reality. You can't will bad things to not happen, but you can choose to perceive them as less bad. It's like writing a SQL query "SELECT name, MIN(51, objectiveScore) as subjectiveScore FROM TestResults" and then say "hey look, no one failed!". The data in the table is still going to have any sub-50 scores it originally did, you've just turned a blind eye to them.
- davebryand 8y ago
  Maybe, or maybe we exist within a realm that is more like a video game, where each frame is generated based on the prior state of the game plus the inputs (Thought) from every character in the game? This is what people mean when they say "thoughts are things" or talk about "conscious creation". Ultimately the topic of Awareness or Consciousness transcends rationality, so the only way to know what the hell I'm talking about is to try and walk the Path yourself. :)
stephenitis 8y ago
source? reference?
- davebryand 8y ago
  Any of these will get you started. These are the Amazon searches for "manifestation" and "law of attraction". https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=manifestation https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3... https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=law+of+attraction&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alaw+of+attraction https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3... If you really want to go off the deep-end you can research Yogic Siddhis.

aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago

>it's 100% possible and happens all around us. Prove it

mfoy_ 8y ago

I think you have it a bit backwards. You perceive reality through your consciousness. So if your consciousness were to interject a filter of its own choosing, your subjective reality would be affected. However, this has no bearing on objective reality. You can't will bad things to not happen, but you can choose to perceive them as less bad. It's like writing a SQL query "SELECT name, MIN(51, objectiveScore) as subjectiveScore FROM TestResults" and then say "hey look, no one failed!". The data in the table is still going to have any sub-50 scores it originally did, you've just turned a blind eye to them.

davebryand 8y ago
Maybe, or maybe we exist within a realm that is more like a video game, where each frame is generated based on the prior state of the game plus the inputs (Thought) from every character in the game? This is what people mean when they say "thoughts are things" or talk about "conscious creation". Ultimately the topic of Awareness or Consciousness transcends rationality, so the only way to know what the hell I'm talking about is to try and walk the Path yourself. :)

stephenitis 8y ago

source? reference?

davebryand 8y ago
Any of these will get you started. These are the Amazon searches for "manifestation" and "law of attraction". https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=manifestation https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3... https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=law+of+attraction&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alaw+of+attraction https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3... If you really want to go off the deep-end you can research Yogic Siddhis.