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Belief systems

Tuesday 16th May 2006 (viewed 3743 times)

I’m a person who likes to think about the world. Why it is in the shape it seems to be. How it works. Where did it come from, and why, and where is it going. In this process of understanding and growth I’ve come in contact with something that seems to have the potential to radically change the way I view the universe, and that is the matter of belief.

From many sources I’ve gathered information about belief systems and how they can influence the way we humans view the world, and I’ve come to an internal conclusion that our beliefs have much more power over our surroundings than we give them credit for. But I have until now not been able to make any experiments to prove my theories to myself, until I read this article about Subjective Reality in Steve Pavlina’s blog.

I’ve discovered that when I feel down, depressed or in a low energy state, the “outer world” somehow arranges itself to help me validate these feelings, and the same thing seems to happen when I feel happy, joyful or in tune with the world. My two main theories about this have been:

The way I perceive the world is affected by how I feel. If I feel depressed, I only focus on the depressing aspects about the world. If I feel happy, I focus only on the happy aspects. The “outer world” seems to reflect my inner mood because my mood affects what I focus on in the sea of my sensory input.
The way I believe the world to be, is the way the world actually aligns itself to be. There is no “outer world”. Everything that happens, happens inside conciousness, which makes conciousness and thoughts primary. They actually create the “outer world”.

And for a long time I’ve been at loss for which of these theories is true, because I couldn’t find a way to test them, since both seem to be congruent in themselves, because they both deal with the nature of the reality, the way I perceive it, and there is no way for me to go outside of that. I cannot perceive something outside of my own conciousness.

After reading Steve’s article I realised that there is actually a way to test one of them. Nr 2. I can do that by changing my belief system so that I experience something I have no previous experience of, and have believed to be impossible. This demands that I actually change my beliefs about something, not just pretending to do it, I have to believe in my core that the world actually works the way I believe.

This seems to require two major things. The first is to change my belief system from an objective world-view to a subjective one, and then find a belief that I want to change, which will reflect and manifest a change in the “outer world” for me to observe.

They way to change my belief is to repeat an affirmation to myself until it becomes real for me. I’ve chosen ‘What I believe in is what will manifest in my world’, to implement the first belief. The second one is ‘I can move objects with my will’, or telekinesis. I’ve never seen something like that and held it to be impossible, against the laws of nature. If I can, after some time, actually move an object with my will, I’ve proven that Nr 2 is real, for me, because I now believe in it. If not, I can safely assume that there is a physical world, that exists outside of my conciousness.

How will I know that the results don’t manifest because I don’t believe in my affirmations? Because I have a lot of experience with affirmations, and I know when I truly believe in something. The moment an affirmation crosses over from thought to belief I can feel a subtle change in my mind, and it is for me identifiable. So, if I can feel that change happening and still no change in the outer world, I have falsified theory nr 2 for myself and can put it to a rest.

I will keep you posted about the progress!

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Steve Pavlina wrote,

You might find http://www.psipog.net a useful resource in pursuing your psychokinesis goal. They have a nice community of PK enthusiasts. I’d suggest downloading and reading the free ebook as a start — it will give you a nice overview and covers how to perform PK.

See… you’re already on your way. Ask and you shall receive.

May 16th 2006 at 02:08 (2:08 am) — Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,

Thanks Steve! I must say that I very much enjoy reading your blog, it has given me much food for thought. And now I have a good way to start my experimenting too :pom:

May 16th 2006 at 11:34 (11:34 am) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Windows XP
Peter Modin wrote,

Wooo, scary. According to theory #2, I don’t actually exist outside your mind, so you created this posting subconsciously in my name. But of course, in my case it would be you who don’t exist, and I’ve created you and your blog in my own mind… gah, my brain hurts…
Anyway, to me, your theory #1 is right on the money for me. That’s it, I don’t need to prove it. Unless I see something that would require me to examine it, I guess… But this is not sufficient for you, I can see that. Keep us posted, this is interesting!

May 17th 2006 at 12:52 (12:52 pm) — Using Safari 417.9.3 on Mac OS X
Mika Perälä wrote,

Ah, yes, I can see how you can think that you don’t exist outside of my mind with a subjective reality But it’s quite the opposite. In subjective reality consciousness is primary, but it’s not “my” consciousness, it’s not ego centered consciousness, it’s much bigger than that. According to this belief system, consciousness is the creator and manifestator of everything. That is, consciousness is primary. It is also the creator and manifestator of the body/mind that I call me, which means the part that I call me is a part of everything else, but it’s not the creator of me. I am not the creator of this world, atleast my ego isn’t. Does this make any sense to you?

May 18th 2006 at 00:07 (12:07 am) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Windows XP
Edward Aschan wrote,

Why do I suddenly think of Zaphod Beeblebrox and The Total Perspective Vortex?

May 21st 2006 at 15:11 (3:11 pm) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Windows XP
John Kim wrote,

hey Mika,
today i went to Ikea and thought bout you
hope you are well!

May 22nd 2006 at 22:47 (10:47 pm) — Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Modin wrote,

Hmmm no it doesn’t really make sense to me… but I suppose it’s because I’m not willing to view reality as anything but a system in which I remain an individual. My consiousness is my own, and anything else sounds strange and outlandish to me. And a bunch of other stuff, but this is the wrong hour and level of intoxication to dive deeper into this subject :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom: :pom:

May 26th 2006 at 02:20 (2:20 am) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Windows XP
Mari wrote,

Hmpf, try magic instead, affirmations are for the weak of mind and heart.

September 12th 2006 at 19:32 (7:32 pm) — Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,

Have not gotten magic to work myself, so I have yet to discover a way to make it work

September 22nd 2006 at 13:54 (1:54 pm) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Windows XP
Mari wrote,

*doobedoobedoo* *waiting patiently* eeg:

September 26th 2006 at 22:50 (10:50 pm) — Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,

Do’h! Will call! Very soon!

October 1st 2006 at 22:11 (10:11 pm) — Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Windows XP

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