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Originally Posted by impaul99  Essentially what I"m saying is that within this kind of thinking, there is no "out there" at all. It's kind of like the Holodeck on Star Trek. The only thing that physically exists is whatever is within the vicinity of my body, so kind of like a bubble surrounding me. Outside of that, everything phases out of existance. If somehow I "erased" my thoughts about the war in Iraq, there would be no war in Iraq. Thousands of troops wouldn't have to pull out. No airplanes would have to fly out of there. No battleships would have to sail out of some sea. It just would cease to exist in the first place. |
I talked a little about that exact subject in this thread:
Why did I start the Iraq War and how can I end it?
I write down all my goals and will spend time meditating, visualizing, and thinking about them. I've experienced interesting coincidences. For example, I joined a group on Facebook that focused on peace in Darfur. I also started to spend more time thinking about that subject. The next day, the UN announces that 26,000 troops will go to Sudan to keep the peace.
A few days ago, when I made my post on the Iraq War, I started thinking more about how peace could be gained in Iraq. Shortly after, I read that the US government announced that troops would start withdrawing.
Another one of my mantras that I meditate on is "all news is good news." I was thinking about that mantra one day and then started watching the BBC news. It was all positive news! I've never seen that happen before on the BBC news or any other news program.
Skeptics would say that this is an example of confirmation bias, but I think it is interesting nonetheless.
I have one question for Paul and others who are familiar with subjective reality: Is the reason that we don't have everything we want because we have limiting beliefs about how things have to happen in a certain way?