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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Seriously, Paul .... I have this rough theory which I'm working out in my own head. Essentially, even thoughts which are "bizarre", "fantastical", "wildly out-of-this-world" etc are still thoughts.
So they MUST have some effect on reality (I mean the more observable, objective kind of reality).
Where can we go to observe these effects? My theory is that these effects manifest in areas such as science fiction, art, movies and so on.
To give you an example, JR Tolkien writes a book "Lord of the Rings". Millions of people read it. It is a fascinating book to them, so they think a lot about it. They know it's fantasy, but it's still fun and absorbing, so they think a lot about the book. And the book has been read and well-loved for decades.
So obviously that's a lot of thoughts about hobbits, wizards and so on ...
What effect did those thoughts have on observable reality?
I would say - the partial effect, at least, is this - the thoughts eventually sparked off a chain of events which led to the making of the movie "Lord of the Rings".
Now you know why in some porn movies, there are some people doing some quite unusual things.  Some people somewhere are obviously manifesting some unusual thoughts about sex. |
That's interesting ALG
Among the occultists of the Western Tradition they have this principle of thought-forms (there's a fancier name for it which I forget at the moment).
They believe that all thoughts have a reality on the astral planes, weaker thoughts go out sooner but very strong thoughts, like a religion, can take on a life of their own.
A device Terry Pratchett likes to use in his Discworld novels where the very belief of a God can make Her real and the disbelief of one can make Her disappear.
I guess a few here will wonder why thought-forms are important, after all they're only thoughts
but I think you, like the occultists, recognize that the higher planes effect the lower with much power.