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Originally Posted by RT Wolf  4. The feeling like lying thing is interesting, dig into that a bit more. |
The "feeling like lying" thing stems from a lack of understanding of how much of our opinions about our daily lives are really, well, opinions.
Suppose you have $100,000 in the bank. Should you feel rich? Or should you feel poor? This is a highly debatable question, because in that situation, some people would feel very rich; some people would feel very poor; and some people would not feel particularly rich or particularly poor.
You can break this down into a more detailed, objective analysis. For example, you could say:
"Well, considering that:
(a) I am X years old;
(b) I have Y kind of career;
(c) I have Z kind of family background; and
(d) I live in P country,
I should feel rich/poor about having $100,000 in the bank."
But if you go one step further, you'll realise that even among people who are x years old, have y kind of career and z kind of family background, and live in P country,
some would feel very rich, some would very feel poor, and some would feel neither particularly rich nor particularly poor, about having $100,000 in the bank.
And if you go another step further, you'll see that your so-called "detailed", "objective" analysis is really quite subjective, after all, because whoever said that those factors (a) to (d), are those you should use? There are any number of other factors that could arguably be used.
Now, once you begin to realise that a very high proportion of the "facts" about your life eg:
"I am quite poor"
"My health is not very good"
"My marriage is unhappy"
"My mother gives me a hard time"
"I hate my job"
"My home looks terrible"
etc are really just opinions, you see that there could be potentially plenty of room to change your opinions.
And of course, as a LOA practitioner, what you want to do is change your opinions for the better, as far as you can (because doing so will manifest events, circumstances etc that will really change your reality for the better).
Now if you examine the above statement, you may say: "Ooooh ... but if we go that way, how do I know whether my reality has really changed for the better, or whether I just perceive it to be that way? The line between my reality, and my perception of reality, would really be a very fine one, wouldn't it?"
Yesssh, sir, that would be correct too, and you never really had a choice - It's not a question of whether you want to "go that way". Your current reality is already what you perceive it to be; and what you perceive your current reality to be is already your current reality.
There is no escape! What do you think Steve meant, when he wrote about subjective reality. It's all in your head.