Awaken

* Believing defines realities; experiencing dissolves
realities. This is the cycle of creation.

Reality is now, and it begins and ends with you!

Creation begins with a effort (primary belief) that
defines a reality. The reality is then (or later) experienced
by the creator. The interval between the
expression of the primary belief and the conclusion
of the experience defines time.

As long as you voluntarily own and appreciate
your creations, the action of creating is ongoing.
When appreciated, the creations return to the awareness
from which they came. But when you disown
your creations (through lapse of memory, denial,
judgment, invalidation, etc.), and refuse to experience
them, the substance and form of the creations
persists—thus arise consciousness and reality.

The reason you fail to appreciate a creation is
because, in the interval between origination and
experience, you experience a change of viewpoint.
From the new viewpoint, the creation doesn’t
appear as something you would logically create.
Until the old viewpoint is reassumed, ownership is
denied. The new viewpoint reacts against the original
creation by originating new layers of beliefs that
are experienced either as delight or resistance to the
original creation. These additional layers create the
experiences of what is ugly and what is beautiful,
what is right and what is wrong, and what is appropriate
and what is inappropriate. These additional
layers create the experience of opinions and judgments
about the original creation.

Opinions and judgments separate you further from
ownership and experience of your original creation.
Thus the original creation, not being owned and
appreciatively experienced, persists.

All of the confusion and random events in your life
occur because of these changes in viewpoint.
Forgetfulness, as an example, occurs after a change
in viewpoint. You originate a belief you want to
experience, but because your mind is agitated,
before you experience it you shift your viewpoint,
change your mind, and originate a new belief. Now
you are believing over your original beliefs (pretending).
Reality over reality. What do you experience?
A little of this and a little of that, confusion
and random events.

The quintessential viewpoint, which you have forgotten,
is that of the primal universal creator.

So the first step back to creator viewpoint is to
accept that where you are is exactly and only where
you are. To begin the process of sorting out your
life, you must own and appreciate the circumstances
you find yourself in right now—continuously.

Realize that in this present moment you are exactly
where you once decided you wanted to be. There is
no point in second-guessing the wisdom behind
your decision. It made sense at the time. When you
assume responsibility for your life, you will begin to
appreciate the wisdom of all your creations, and you
will find in them empowering lessons. As you learn,
the solidity of your reality will begin to soften and
dissolve, layer by layer, until you behold the core
beliefs that created it.

Now you know what a really powerful creator you
are. And with the Avatar tools you can operate from
that space where you can change your beliefs to
shape the next moment. This is the art of living
deliberately.

As your judgments and resistances are dissolved
and your stillness of mind deepens, you recover the
ability to experience the foundational beliefs that
create all reality.

The path is clearly marked. When whatever condition
you find yourself in is experienced, the next
level of beliefs will show up. When that level is
experienced, the next appears, etc.

* From the book "LIVING DELIBERATELY" The Discovery and Development of Avatar® by Harry Palmer