* Given enough time, everyone will become aware
that what they believe has a direct consequence on
their lives. Unfortunately, most children do not get
this discovery time and are bombarded from an
early age by what they should believe. The result is
that what they sometimes say they believe (their
indoctrination) obscures what they truly believe.
The real dilemma of existence is deciding what to
believe. Entire lifetimes are spent side-stepping this
decision. The majority of us are already deeply patterned
and indoctrinated by the time we realize that
deciding for ourselves is an option. Deciding is fundamental
to creating!
Eventually we learn that the beliefs we truly hold,
the ones we’ve decided to believe, our faith, will
cause us to create or attract experiences that will
verify them. The beliefs we have merely accepted as
part of our indoctrination may sustain an existing
reality, but they will never create a new one.
Reality consists of the experiences you believe are
real. What is real may or may not be the same for
everyone.
Fantasies are the experiences you believe are not
real.
Pretending is resisting what you decided to believe.
Doubt is a conflict between new decisions and old
decisions.
What you believe and how you believe determine
your reality.
To make something real you must believe in it. For
it to be real to others, they must believe in it. To the
degree that you fail to manage your beliefs, reality
will remain beyond your control.
• • • •
You experience what you believe. If you don’t
believe that you experience what you believe,
then you don’t, which still means the first
statement is true.
We may believe that what we experience will surprise
us, which then it usually does. We may believe
the experience will enlighten us, which then it probably
will. We may believe we will have to look long
and hard to find the experience. We may believe we
will never find the experience. We may believe
there is no experience to find. We may believe there
is nothing we can do about it, even if we find the
experience. We may believe the experience we find
is not the experience we believed we would find.
We may believe anything we please, and when we
decide to believe it without doubt, it is what we will
experience as reality.
* From the book "LIVING DELIBERATELY" The Discovery and Development of Avatar® by Harry Palmer