This is the
last article in this series on Laws.
Last issue we explored the Law of Good, the Law of Supply, the Law
of Forgiveness, and the Law of Cause and Effect. (If you missed this,
you can find it online at www.alaskwellness.com).
If you have struggles and conflicts that cause you to feel powerless
in life, see if working with the natural laws instead of against them
makes your life easier while releasing unwanted drama.
The Law of Creative Thought
Thoughts are
energetic causes that create effects. Effects can be as wide ranged as
a new theory in technology to the happiness or unhappiness we feel
inside. Thoughts are things: energetic blueprints that are propelled
into the world to gather or organize life. Every man-made object
started as an idea. Thought is not only creative, however; it also
attracts and repels. Through thinking we attract things to us, or
repel them away. However, we may also attract those things that we may
not want or repel the very things that would be helpful to us. This is
where the game of life gets personal and interesting.
What it really
comes down to is belief. Our beliefs are the basis of our reality.
It is natural to believe that our beliefs are true, for we
prove them to ourselves by manifesting them in the world or getting
someone else to agree with our views. Then we feel right and safe.
Because our
actions and state of being are the result of habitual thinking, this
is also the place where we affect our life path in creative ways.
Think of it as a personal coloring book. When we begin, all we see are
faint lines and patterns. But then we begin to color the pages our own
way, with our own unique style. This is how we do life, with life. We
color our books and add to them as we go along.
The Law of Perception
Because our
perception creates reality, reality is always an interpretation. And,
because of this, no two people actually share the same reality. Our
point of view is a combination of mechanical universe and the type of
conditioning we have received. Thus, our perceptions can be slightly
different from another’s—or vastly different.
Communication
happens when we believe we share the same point of view with another.
Missed communication can always happen because perceptions never,
really, totally match. Trying to convince others that your perception
is right is useless. Everyone believes his or her perception is the
‘true’ one. This is necessary to maintain individuality.
Perception is the window through which we see our individual life and
world. Conflict is created when two points of view oppose.
The
Law of Illusion
Truth based on
perception is not really truth. Nor is truth that is solely based on
logic. Rather, truth is the subtle energy behind the human movie. All
human perception involves shades of logic and abstract thinking.
Imagination and story are also woven into our thinking. None of our
thinking is really true—nor is it designed to be.
Our right
brain is always operating. We make things up; this is our magic. In
fact, we cannot not make
things up. We love to exaggerate and minimize and otherwise distort
reality to fit our whims. The truths we live and die for are really
only beliefs or agreed upon theories that we have made up. We all live
in our own illusion or, as the ancients called it, in maya.
And not only do we live in our own private illusion, we also live in
collective and tribal illusions. We love illusion so much that we
create it all around ourselves—in the movies, on television, in the
books we read, or how we gossip with each other. The only trouble with
illusion is that it can blind us to what really is. The good news is
that when you see an illusion as an illusion it dissolves. Awake, you
can enjoy illusions or dissolve them instead of taking them personally
or mistaking them for truth.
The Law of Mental Attention/Intention
Since thought
contains creative, organizing energy, what you focus on and think
about will get bigger. When you make a decision, you send energy in a
specific direction. When you move your attention or ignore something,
it loses power. When you keep your attention on the negative aspects,
it creates more negativity. When you move your attention to the
positive, a different energy is produced. In short, whatever you habitually
put your focus on, believe in, or have decided about life, yourself
and others, will show up in your life somehow, someway, whether it is
good for you or not.
We all have to
deal with the negative or more unpleasant aspects of life in order to
maintain our balance. To deny the negative is both unhealthy and
unsafe. If your brain feels insecure, it can obsess with the negative.
On the other hand, total denial will keep you blind while the negative
continues to brew. A better way is to acknowledge the negative and
determine if there is anything you can do right now to solve it. If
there is nothing you can do at the moment, withdraw your attention so
it doesn’t get bigger. The goal is to give it as little attention as
possible until it is time to solve the problem. Then give it your full
attention.
Waiting is a
great skill in life. Knowing when to move and when to wait is very
valuable. The way to work with this law is to keep your attention on
the positive. Put your life in a continuously positive frame and train
yourself to count your blessings.
Who
does your life really belong to?
Much of our
life actually originates behind the scenes. My hope is that through
this series you will begin to understand your life better. Why?
Because your life doesn’t just belong to you; it belongs to everyone
and everything you touch—physically, mentally or emotionally—in
your life. There is so
much more of you than you know because there are hidden aspects of
yourself designed to come out only in certain circumstances, sparked
by certain people or life experiences. Growth is a process that
continues from birth to death. You honor your own process when you go
with the flow.
Jackie
Kosednar
is a hypnotherapist, energy medicine practitioner, human design
analyst, and the publisher of Alaska Wellness Magazine. She teaches
workshops on weight loss, mastering depression and Human Design.
Contact: 272-2469 or jackie@alaskawellness.com
