03-28-2012, 11:43 AM
quote:This is a way of asserting that whatever happens in the world happens because YOU made it happen -- that there is no objective reality or causation, and that you are the center of everything.
Originally posted by ericlp
It truly is all about attitude ... If you think your kids are gonna be picked on because your white or black or whatever you are... your brain will find ways to manifest your thoughts to reality.
Human beings seem to find it unbearably uncomfortable to live life without some parental figure of great power making life safe and only good things happening. Either a religious power will take care of you or you start believing your own mind has the ability to control the universe (or your corner of it).
To think that other people can intrude on your world of positive thinking and behave negatively in spite of you is too frightening I guess.
If it does happen, you don't have to believe in reality that is out of your control. You just say that you slipped up and weren't positive enough. If you are religious, just say that your God wanted to test you.
When we are infants, we believe that our thoughts and wishes manifest reality. That's why psychologists have found terrible feelings of guilt in children for having unacceptable wishes, as they believe their wishes can cause harm.
As we mature, we learn that other people have a reality of their own that cannot be controlled by our thoughts and fantasies. That is the good and the bad news.