At the macro-scale, we have a Consciousness that uses it’s own “imagination” to create the universe. Presumably because the existence of consciousness brings about a requirement that there be something to be conscious of.
So what can this mean for those of us on the micro-scale? How do we small bits of God create our own small bits of the universe?
The same way. We build out upon the foundation of our existence. We know We Are. We know It Is. Well, what shall we make of this? What shall we think about it? What shall we imagine the world to be? What will be our story?
We are all story-telling our individual lives but we are surrounded by other small bits of God who are story-telling their own lives and some of them are including us in their stories just as we include some of them in our stories.
So who controls our reality? God does of course. (Hint: It’s you.) Therefore you have no free-will. (Hint: Complete free-will.)
Please remember that the Center is paradoxical in nature.
You life is simultaneously under your control and out of your control. In other words, you can sail your ship to the best of your abilities but the ocean around you belongs to God.
“Consensus reality” or the world we all (more or less) agree upon is generally assumed to be outside of us. When we believe that this reality is different from what the majority of the others believe, we become delusional in their eyes. So to believe that we have any extraordinary control (magic and prayer) makes us crazy in the eyes of academically approved science.
But what if the nature of reality is not an outside world that is separate from us but rather an inside world that is a part of us? A Dream we are free to dream in any way we wish? We just mustn’t be disappointed that others will prefer different dreams that may not coincide with ours. Miracles can not happen in the lives of those who do not believe in miracles.
Belief is the catalyst that allows our imagination to shape the “none-self” part of us. On three different occasions Jesus of Nazareth is recorded to have told people who had just been miraculously healed that, “Your faith has healed you.” In other words, Jesus didn’t heal them.
The relationship between the words “faith” and “belief” can be difficult to grasp. This is especially true when translating into English from the Greek version of the original memory of an Aramaic quote.
See if you can rise above the level of labels and words to experience what these words mean to satisfy yourself that they actually mean the same thing. The will and the confidence that a thing is.
“Your belief has healed you.” is no different than “Your belief has made you rich.” or “Your belief has brought you happiness”.
What and how much you believe in a thing is the key to all power. You can have it blend into consensus reality or depart from it quite radically. It is your belief to have and your belief to change. Tell yourself that you love everyone and everything. Tell yourself that you truly care about the world and can see beauty and truth everywhere you look. Your faith has saved you.
Conversely, start telling yourself what a loser you are and watch yourself become one. Tell yourself you don’t deserve to live enough times and you eventually won’t. Tell yourself that your body is becoming ill. Tell yourself that it’s just getting worse. Tell your self that you are dying. Your faith has destroyed you.
Your world and your reality are exactly as you wish (or fear) them to be. Your control is perfect and masterful. It is your attention and belief that brings it about. It is your imagination that shapes it.
(Believe it or not.)