I know - I'm late with my post -it should have been up yesterday - and there are a couple of reasons for the fact that it wasn't. One being that I was out of town most of the day. This is the time of year when the craft markets start popping up all over to get your Christmas money before you spend it elsewhere, and I went out of town to browse one of the bigger ones in the Valley. Some really neat stuff there - and yes, I spent a bit of money! I like to support the local creative community. The other reason is that since I got back home I have been going over this post in an attempt to make some kind of sense to someone who might not suffer from the convoluted forms of thinking that my mental gymnastics go through! There is maybe-almost-sort of a connection with my recent post on changing perspectives.
I was watching a video on "Imagining the 10th Dimension" and it brought about an interesting train of thought. To MY brain, it clicked right in with what the basis of "The Secret" is all about. Everything that you could possibly dream about is already there waiting for you, you just have to step in to the flow and claim ownership of it. So after watching the video I figure if you bend the path you are following and connect it with where you want to be, that's all there is to it.
Huh?........
What the heck am I talking about? Well - The basis of "The Secret", as I see it, is that everything that we want already exists. But as individuals, we are trained (or brainwashed) to only see what we THINK exists for us according to who we think we are. As example, if we think we are stupid or inept, only things that stupid and inept people are capable of handling will be available to us in our lifetime - and even if something wonderful comes along, we can't imagine ourselves in that position, so we unwittingly push it away because we don't think it is meant for us. If we think we are intelligent and lucky and can do what we desire, then we will find a way to do exactly what we desire, come hell or high water. Our actions on a moment to moment basis are governed by how we perceive ourselves and our world. It's much more complicated than this, but that about sums it up for me. Envision yourself as who you want to be - live your life as who you want to be - and you will be that person.
Part of the basis of the 'Tenth Dimension' idea is that all ten dimensions exist - now. Past, present, future, and all possibilities thereof, exist - simultaneously. They don't easily fit in to our vision of the three dimensional concrete world as we believe it, and the three dimensional part of us may not be able to physically survive in them, but they exist. There is much, much, MUCH more to it than that - but for this comment, it's all I am considering. Not very scientific of me, but when I read these theoretical ideas, I always look at them and say "Okay, how might this theory apply to my life as I live it?" because after all, I am a part of the natural universe and must operate under the same basic principles to some degree or other.
What popped in to my brain was if all possibilities could possibly be in existence at this present moment in time (from a scientific point of view) - I think I'll just bend the path I am following a little so I can connect with the path that takes me to the future I see in my mind - the one I know exists. Just step from here to there. Sounds like fun to me! No hard work trying to dig out the stigmas and retrain myself, no time wasted thinking about 'stuff' or 'issues' - just step on over to the other side of things.
To attempt to make this a little easier to grasp in everyday terms, think about the TV show (Extreme Makeover- Home Edition). Pretend your family was chosen. A crew comes in to rip down your old house and build you a new one beyond your wildest dreams. One moment you are living in horrendously confining circumstances - you step away for a holiday - when you come back, you have a grand and glorious home to walk in to. A new life begins. You learn to think differently about life because reality for you has changed. I am sure that this opens up a whole new set of challenges for the family - but with all that brushed aside, you have stepped onto a different path through life. One lived with a different perspective on what you are capable of doing. New possibilities open up. You merely stepped from the horrible into the limo - and everything changed.
...... to take this one step deeper into my mental mire, if you change the perspective you have about who you are and what you are capable or deserving of in life, life itself can change. When you are willing to think differently and make that change, you can bend the path and connect with one that brings a new result. It is a series of decisions made in the moment giving new perspectives and new paths to follow. You don't even need the makeover to begin the process - you only need the change in perspective.
Maybe that is all babbling gibberish to you - but to me it makes sense. (A little bit of knowledge in my brain is a dangerous thing!) So I think I will have some fun with the idea and try it out.
You really should check out the Tenth Dimension website and related pages because there are some interesting ideas and discussions there. You don't have to grasp the whole concept immediately - but it is good to give the brain something new and different to grapple with once in a while. Shake out the cobwebs. See what resonates for you.
Say this is the path I am following. I can't really see where it leads, but it looks well traveled, so I could continue on this way and find out what awaits me.
But if I change my perspective slightly, I see there is a pathway off in another direction. Not so well worn, but obviously used by someone along the way. I could also go that way and explore what awaits me.
But then, there is also this pathway. I could take the bridge (over the troubled waters) and go through the tunnel (instead of climbing the mountain) and I have a clear path in an entirely new direction which will bring different results. But....all of these possibilities exist simultaneously. The results or destinations are there waiting for us. Now.
It is in the decisions we routinely make at moments like this that shape our life. These decisions are based on what we believe ourselves to be. Are we going to take the well worn paths, or investigate the less traveled? Do we want to the easy way or make things difficult for ourselves? OR.........do we want to call in the helicopter to lift us out and whisk us away to somewhere entirely different? Perhaps step in to the limo and and tell the chauffeur exactly where we want to go. That sounds like fun to me....what about you?
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