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Originally Posted by Markus74  Acting:
I'm not sure anymore because of the different threads:
Are you REALLY convinced that you're the only consciousness and that EVERYTHING is possible if you just believe it and use the LoA? |
I'm not sure about the "only consciousness" part. At a very profound level, I could accept that, but that would be at a such profound level that I currently can't see any useful, practical application of the idea in everyday life. I generally prefer the co-creator concept, that is, our reality is created by the sum total of all our thoughts.
What I do believe is that thoughts affect reality - that in fact, they cannot
not affect reality. Furthermore the effect of a thought on reality is such that the thought tends to
become reality.
I believe that thoughts vary widely in the strength of their effect on reality. For example, a thought would have greater effect on reality, if:
(a) the person thinks the thought while he is is in a deep meditative state; or
(b) the person repeats the thought many times; or
(c) the person is fully focused when he generates the thought (he is not distracted or tense); or
(d) the thought is very "strong" (the person holds no conflicting or inconsistent thoughts, or to put it another way, he has an extremely strong belief); or
(e) the person has other consistent, complementary thoughts (eg apart from thinking "I am rich", the person also thinks thoughts like "I deserve a high salary" or "Life is good" or "It's easy to make a lot of money"); or
(f) the person uses his right brain (for example, he visualises clear, strong images); or
(g) strong emotions are present.
And I believe that the effect of a thought on reality can go far, far beyond merely modifying the thinker's own behaviour or dictating his own physical actions.
In other words, yes, if I sit in one room thinking about something in another room, I believe that my thought can very well have some effect on that thing in another room. However, most of the time, the effect will be too small to be measurable or observable.
I also believe that most people have extremely limited capacity to consciously choose their thoughts. It is however a capacity that can be developed with practice.
I believe that the cause-&-effect relationship of thought and reality is complex. Reality affects thought as much as thought affects reality. For example, if your reality is that you have always been very poor, it can be very difficult for you to even imagine that you can ever be rich. In such a case, you will have few or no thoughts that will have the effect of altering your reality such that you become rich.
I believe that each thought can, and usually does, have multiple effects on reality.
I believe that different thoughts combine in affecting reality. For example, the combination of thoughts like "My boss appreciates me" and "I need a break" may lead to an effect that the thinker himself did not expect, eg the boss saying, "You've done a great job. Take tomorrow off and have a rest".
Hope that helps.