Alone in a world you made yourself

 

You are all alone in a world you made yourself. Everything that you see, the problems, the dysfunction, all is a reflection of you. All the things you are afraid of, that keep you awake in the night and wake you in the morning with a vague, pervading unease, all the anxiety you ever felt, all are the creation of your own mind, your own psyche, whatever you want to call yourself.

 

 

 

There is a part of you that creates, throwing out images before yourself like a fisherman casting out a net. You throw these ideas out so forcefully by your constant thinking, that they are the only reality you can admit. It is not possible to admit any reality that you have not thought of first.

For example, if you think that everyone cheats, and everyone has his price, then your mind, so instructed, will seek out examples of cheating and corruption.  What the mind looks for, it easily finds.  You will find examples wherever you look.  Similarly, if you think people are innately good and kind, then your mind, so instructed, will notice examples of goodness and kindness everywhere.

 

You bring both your blessings and your ills upon yourself, by your thinking.

You have the power to change this at any time.

 

 

You have the power to change this at any time.  You can get off the mad roller coaster of fear, depression and anxiety.  You can be out of the grip of seemingly random events controlling your emotional state. You can regain a sense of calm and balance.

Who would not want this?

The answer lies in making conscious decisions about your life instead of allowing unconscious programming to control you.  If you have not made the decision not to live by unconscious programming, then that is what you are doing.  That is how you all live, until you decide not to.  That is the meaning of original sin.

 

 

We are the puppets of our unconscious programming. We accept judgments about ourselves without even questioning them. 

“I’m a procrastinator; that’s how I’ve always been.” 

“I have a hard time trusting people.  It’s because of my parents’ divorce.” 

“My older sister is the smart one.”

 

Just naming a thought gives you the consciousness to examine it dispassionately and take it apart.  For example, take “I’m a procrastinator.”  Is this a thought you have about yourself?  Examine it.  Do you like being a procrastinator?  Have there ever been any problems with that?  Have you missed out on opportunities because of it?  Have you always been one?   No?   Why did you become one? Why do you mention it now?  Are you proud of it?   And so on. Question that thought for at least seventeen seconds, which is how long it takes to form a new neural connection securely.  In this way is a judgment weakened.

 

 

You can destroy any illusion by examining it

 

You are all alone in a world you created. For you is that a frightening, depressing thought? Do you like the world you created?  Does it scare you? Do your fears make you tense?

Or is that a joyful thought, a thought that truly lifts you up because it gives you the power to remake your world to be more peaceful and enjoyable than before? You have the power to make it better. What is this but the best news you could ever hear? You need not be a pawn of unconscious programming who gets to the end of physical life before he figures out he got it all wrong.

The choice is always yours.  Any moment you are alive, you can weaken negative thoughts. You can consciously remind yourself to choose positive programming. You can choose the thoughts you want to have. You can choose the adjectives, nouns, and pronouns you want to apply to yourself.

 

 

 

Ah Love, could Thou and I with Fate conspire

To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire!

Would we not shatter it to bits, and then

Remold it nearer to the Heart’s Desire!

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam