Here is the rest of her response.
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Win's 15 quetions continued...
5. If thoughts create reality, then why do most things not go according to plan? By planning, wouldn't your thoughts generated during the plan create the reality in which things went exactly according to plan?
Remember that old saying? HOw to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans? Well of course "Him" is YOU but You don't KNOW that yet so.... you're not laughing ... yet. <g>
To your question .. how do you know it "hasn't" or "won't" happen? What time frame are you using? Remember Past and Future are just constructs of mind. I had GOTTTEN my boat the INSTANT I asked for it! ... but it took TIME to play out in my experience.
6. Is there any objective reality? If not, then how come you can bring a brown table into a room full of people, yet everyone will see the same thing, without you telling them what it is? And even if you told them it was a blue table, they'd still see a brown table. Doesn't that indicate that the brown table has an existence in objective reality?
To the point... NO there is not. There is only the Eternal Subject witnessing ITs own SELF. Cause and effect are the same. We experience an objective reality because of the ego. Ego used here in its spiritual context, to mean that which creates the illusion of separateness and limitation. * Which is why we NEED Grace.. That alone shatters the impure ego and awakens the individual mind/soul.. but.. that is for another post
When the impure ego is in control we do see through a distorded lense if you will. We experience ME and everything else as that which is NOt Me. When in fact.. like the dream analogy.. everything experienced is your own creation.
There is the Transcendent ONE which Realized Beings reference.... People erroneously assume people such as Jesus were referencing their physical form when they say I AM the ONE and the Way.. but they weren't. All these rare beings KNOW that they are ALL the very same ONE. Why? because they have defeated the ego. They are not tricked by the appearance of form.. they see through the forms, to the pure Consicouenssness instead... everywhere.
7. To what degree do thoughts create reality? Are there any limits? If so, then why doesn't Wayne Dyer or Deepak Chopra define any? And aren't they misleading people into thinking that their thoughts are all powerful by not doing so? Or do they have a vested non-spiritual interest in promoting this concept? If there are no limits, then why can't you materialize and dematerialize matter in the physical universe like "Q" in "Star Trek The Next Generation"?
Consciousenss.. what we actually ARE is UNLIMTED. But the ego veils it and we experience limitation because of it. In other words.. we are limited ONLY because we THINK we are.. and we THINK we are because our ego has contracted our awareness. So, we can't just THINK ourselves out of it ! First we need to find a way to remove this "veil of ignorance" as they say in spiritual terms. That "Way" is Grace and as has been said.. When the Student is Ready .. the Master appears. IF the Student is not yet ready The Master could walk on water in front of them.. and they would not see. Seriously : P Remember.. NOTHING is actually happening "OUT THERE" . It is ALL the mind and the Master controls the mind .. and YOU are ultimately The Master. Wild hu? hhhmmm that was a lot for one sentence LOL!
Anyway... The ONLY interest those particular beings have is in your true awakeing! Trust me on that one.
Why? because they KNOW who you are.. THEM! They help YOU and they help themselves. It is that simple. Ever hear of Bhadisatvas? Same principle.
Why can't you do what Q does? Because you are not advanced enough spiritually? A point to make here... Just because some people do have these siddis, or spiritual perks does not necessarily mean they are advanced to the point that their egos have been shattered. For Realized beings these "perks" just come without them asking for them. For some .. it is just their karma to have them. I have a spiritual friend who asked The Master for the "gift" of Clairvoyance.. and received it. They ended up regretting it because it was a lot like the Midas Touch. So.. be careful what you ask for. She finally begged to have it taken away.. and it took a year to dissipate. That is just one way that The Master teaches us what is important and what is not... by giving us what we THINK we want.
8. Another variant of this principle is that "expectations create reality" as well. In other words "Expectations manifest. You attract what you think about. What you expect will be drawn to you. And what you fear also will manifest." Now if that's true, then how come most things don't go according to plan and how come expectations often fail?
My own experience is that..over time most of my expections, have been met. And some that weren't.. I was soooo grateful later that they were not : ) So I guess I can't help you there. Except that MAYBE you sabotaged yourself unknowingly by thoughts you hold. Don't underestimate that very real possibility.
9. If "expectations create reality" then how come we don't always get what we expect? How come there are so many let downs and disappointments in life?
Your Higher SELF is never disappointed. Your core BEing or Higher SELF is always in a state of Divine Bliss. You just need to REALIZE this.. literally. You, as most, only know how to identify with your impure ego.. which can make one down right miserable. This ego is the source of all suffering. Because of the ego you believe that all this STUFF is actually HAPPENING to you.. but it isn't! So ... wrong identificatoin with what/who you REALLY are is the problem here.
Purify the ego = get rid of all suffering. This is why those such as Jesus really came. NOT to get your sad suffering soul to some heaven but to free you totally from wrong identificationwith your ego. To reveal your own Highest and Perfect Nature to you.. which NEVER suffers. You need to stop identifying with Winston.. this limited creature and START identifying with your TRUE Self. There is a process, it begins with Grace.. so seek THAT. Note.. this process is NOT for whimps.. You really really want to want it more than anything! Without this longing. it is almost impossible.
The good new is.. the gift of Grace establishes this longing within us. So, again it is about knowing enough to seek Grace. Some do.. most don't. It's just not their time and so they DO tend to suffer. *(Consider... Pain is what you have.. suffering is what you CHOSE to do with that pain. They are not the same thing.)
As the ancient ones have always pointed out, The path to Truth is extremely narrow.. like the blade of a sword, and few chose to walk it. But for those who do, the rewards are endless. Cessation of all suffering to start with. But most would rather just chase sense pleasures etc, because they are unaware of what is available to them. They have yet to get a glimpse of this Supreme STATE. Obviously you are not going to seek after something that you do not know it even exists. First one needs at least a glimps of THE TRUTH. That starts the process. Almost everyone that I know of on my particular path has had FIRST a Transcendent moment of Truth. That's kind of like the ultimate dinner bell if you will. : ) People CAN ASK within for that glimps but most either don't know to or, their egos block them from doing so. They like to THINK they can do it themsleves.
Well I suppose you COULD, given enough time, empty all the oceans with a teaspoon. The impure ego would LIKE you to think you could do this all on your(small self) own, without intervention from your Higher SELF... the impure ego, your worst enemy, would then last a whole lot longer.
10. Another variant of this is that you will "manifest what you fear" as Wayne Dyer like to put it. If that's so, why aren't children who are afraid of the boogie man at night don't actually get harmed or taken by one? And how come children afraid of monsters under their bed don't get eaten or killed by them? How come people who get scared after watching a horror movie don't manifest the creatures from the movie into real life? How come Dracula, Werewolves, Frankenstein, Jason or Freddy Krueger haven't manifested into reality yet?>>
Fear exists within the mind... So the object of our fears exists there also. The mind has a lot of trouble differentiating between what it imagines and what it images as its "real" life.
Anyway.. if you have ever had a dream where Werewolves were after you then they HAVE manifest into your reality.
There is a close relationship to IMAGINATION and IMAGING. This whole life scenario is being IMAGED by you right now. You are doing it unconsciously. Whereas IMAGINATION is something we create via the mind knowingly. Ultimately though they are both manifest from the same place.. the mind. BTW it IS possible to be scared to death!
11. If we manifest what we fear, then how come many of our fears don't come to pass and turn out to be just due to an overactive imagination?>>
See above. Don't some people experience paranoia that stays with them their entire lives? Karma happens. It comes, it goes. Certain minds have tendancies which typically follow them for lifetime after lifetime.
12. How come when the year 2000 came, many feared that a Y2K bug might wreak havoc in society by causing many crucial computer systems to shut down, yet the scare turned out to be nothing? How come their collective fears didn't manifest?>>
Those that feared that ... experienced that fear and suffered for it didn't they? Whether an event appears to happen or does not appear to happen... People do experience emotions according to their outlook of an event. As to why the masses did not directly experience a total shut down may have been because the massess ultimately believed that enough was done to prevent such an event. BTW "we" are not the only ones "here" you know.. at this level of duality. There are far greater beings than ourselves always intervening on humanities behalf .. WHEN Necessary. It is difficult at our level though to deem what is necessary and what is not. Without the BIG Picture here it is impossible, and pointless to judge . As example... 9/11 What if.. all those souls, who's physical forms perished, did so for a reason that ultimately enhanced their own well being, as well as everyone elses? That could very well be. Remember.. Death is an illusion of the mind. What we are exists in Eternity.. We have never been born and we never die.
13. Do you really believe that if you drank cyanide or muriatic acid and believed 100 percent that it was just plain water, that it wouldn't harm you? I hope not!
Ahh actually it has been done... not by me since I am not that advanced LOL ... but YES absolutely it can and has been done. There is a great story about this Saint who someone wanted to murder. They invited them to lunch on some pretense and slipped a strong poison into the Saint's drink. The Saint drank the poison and the other man dropped dead. Such are the siddis which manifest around such Beings. Now, I do not expect anyone to just believe such things, what would be the point of that? However.. if you KNEW a true Saint and the state they occupy , then you would know such things are possible. BTW the key here is not BELIEF, but actual KNOWING. One becomes one with the Cyanide and transmutes it. These Saints btw were/are the True Alchemists. They can take the mundane and reveal its Divine Nature... ultimately everything is LOVE... literally. Its not so much that they CHANGE things but they REVEAL what everything already IS. What they CHANGE is our Perspective.
* Note Read the story in one of Ram Dass's books where his master asked him what was in Ram's pocket ( of course he already knew). Ram handed him a whole handful of LSD and whatever .. mind altering drugs, and before he could say anything The Master downed the whole lot.. all at once! Poor Ram thought The Master was going to die.. any normal person would have, but instead The Master just sat there a while quietly . Finally he said Aaahhh I see.. It's just mind stuff.
So WHY did The Master do that? To teach RAm that none of that was very important and there were better things to do than mess with that stuff. Drugs will NEVER take one all the way.. to Self Realization.
14. Since a lot of you folks also believe that how you see yourself and what you think you are will be how others see you and what others think you are, then do you really believe that if you walked into the Pentagon and believed 100 percent that you were the President of the United States, that everyone there would think that you are The President? And what if I believed that I was Superman or Batman? Would everyone believe it too?
Remember... Belief is a construct of the mind. Because you believe you look a certain way.. at your cellular level!!!... you will actually take on that appearance. How we perceive ourselves and how we in turn are perceived by "others" has a rather karmic element to it actually.. but anyway, I diverge. You keep referencing that 100% belief.. but what makes you think you can achieve that kind of belief? That is a HUGE undertaking. Sadgurus can do it ... but YOU? ahh I think not. HOw about people who can bi-locate ? they can manifest an entire and very convincing form to the minds of others..now that is POWER! : )
Remember.. nothing "PHYSICAL" ultimately exists! Everything is MIND. Can some actually project certain thoughts directly into another's mind? Yes. Is it rare? Thank goodness yes. Such powers are only entrusted to those who would not abuse them.
Actually... in the movie Star Wars doesn't the actor Obiwan use the "Force" on the storm troopers? ~ These are NOT the droids you are looking for. ~ <g> But seriously... The mind is very open to suggestion... if the suggestion is strong enough.
15. And what if an ugly fat woman walks around in public like she is super hot and sexy, and believing as such in her mind 100 percent? Would everyone then think she was super hot and sexy and desire her? Or that she was delusional? And what about the people in the insane asylum who believe they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ? Does society accept their claims? Do they then become that and become the ruler or savior of the world? >>
That is still HER reality is it not? It is true for HER ,in that moment. Of course that is just a limited projection of her own deluding ego and so is true only for her so has no real power to convince others. Their minds are still programmed to see something else. At least she has enough POWER to convince "others" that she has a body at all.. <g> because she ultimately doesn't . LOL
Man Win you really got to get your hands on the book DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE It is basically all explained in Gary Renard's book,and certainly goes a lot deeper than I can go here in this short post. It is a rare book in that it deals with the non dual perspective. Something MOST cannot do. Not exactly a light read and most will NOT be lead to pick it up at all.
Peace, Faith