Creating Reality
During a clear out of old folders and drawers I came across a number of notes that I had made (well over two decades ago) and, having read them, I would like to share some of them with you.
Let me set the scene………. This is a note, jotted down the following day, of a discussion that occurred on one of our many Martial / Qigong curry nights. The language has been toned down a tad too…….
When discussing the mind it is in reference to the Yi (the cognitive, reasoning, brain).
When discussing the consciousness it is in reference to the Shen.
What! Say again!
OK, let’s see if you get it this time. Every thought we have is real, it becomes reality somewhere, in some other dimension. Maybe even creating a new dimension just to accommodate it. We, here, may have been part of someone’s dream or reverie, maybe even characters in a book. Our every thought is creating reality.
Nuts to all that, it is a load of drivel! Do you really, honestly believe that we could be characters from someone’s mind? Is that what your New Age thinking………… What your New Age, non-religious religion is feeding you? Don’t forget your heritage! You came out of the womb kicking with your left foot………. You are a Tim! Where is your Catholic guilt? Shouldn’t you be feeling guilty about even thinking this way? Is that not the way it works?
Look, what I’m saying is that each thought has reality. That our thoughts are creating reality. That each one of us is part of reality and this reality grows as each of our thoughts creates more stuff. This includes beings who have thoughts of their own………. furthering that creation. So, in that sense we are gods.
Pass me another beer. Maybe if I have a few dozen I may create something of spectacular dimensions……. Complete with diced carrots and curry! Once again, I say unto ye oh great creator of the universe………… Nuts to that!
Right, OK………. Well how about we look at the thought process……….. No, maybe not. We will look at the theories of the ancient Chinese sages. The ones stating that our thought guides, or leads, energy. Now even today’s scientists…………. the Quantum Physicists accept that. So, if all the energy in the universe is shaped, or influenced, by thought why the hell can’t my belief that thought created reality and that reality continues to create thought be so hard to accept? After all, we accept the spurious junk that the advertising agencies dole out. We accept the stuff the Astro Physicists tell us about super massive black holes even though they cannot see, touch, or otherwise prove them. (Proof has since been found so you might want to substitute super massive black holes with Dark Matter).
And on the super massive black holes………… are they massive black holes that the Astro boys and girls find super? Or does the excitement of them being possible get the scientific minds talking like adolescents? “Super……….”
Sh*t, I’ve gone off at a tangent again. Back to it…………. Yeah, let’s say that each of us are the characters in a book that is being written as we speak. The work is ongoing so, at any point the author could change our aspects as characters……………….
Bollocks! Nuts to that!
And we would not even be aware of the change, would we? What if the author should decide, on a whim, that you are a Gauloises smoking Frenchman…………… LOL………….. Would you even notice? I don’t think so.
Oh no, more dimensional gibberish!
What did you say?
Que?
What?
Que?
LOL….. Stop farting around, you don’t speak French!
Que?
At this juncture I should point out that I am taking the mickey out of these two thinkers but the debate about thought creating reality had flowed along those lines……………
The universe started out with a single though, as a single point of awareness. The shaping is the result of the mind (collective mind) and the materials, or rather material, has always been there……….. Qi. But, without the mind to shape it, Qi has no form. A universe without thought is a universe without form.
The Big Bang – one thought.
Wow! ………….. Expansion…………… That thought created the conditions for the next……. Thoughts create, create and continue to create new thoughts. These thoughts moulding and shaping the Qi into what we recognize as matter and energy.
How contained can a universe be? Limited to a limitless imagination.
Reality is an illusion according to Buddhist belief. Our individual “reality” is how our mind interprets things but it also adds to these things by creating thoughts.
The mind also creates the barriers. You cannot put your hand through a wall even though there is more than enough space between the atoms of the wall and your hand for this. The mind also inhibits our access to our consciousness (the Shen).
Mind interacts with and interprets the physical and its boundaries. Through its thoughts it continues creating reality and adding to what is already there.
The consciousness is not bound by the physical. The consciousness alone can experience the real wonders and go beyond the barriers created by the mind. This is why it is possible to gain insights, knowledge and information from sources that we have no physical contact. With the consciousness we can tap into the collective experience of the universe and “see” it in its myriad of forms. This access to information is often attributed to guides, or higher beings, but it may just as well be you, your own consciousness tapping into the collective mind of the universe.
A final word, no pun intended. Entropy……………. Does it apply to Qi? I think not. Does it apply to consciousness? Ditto.