You Can Change Reality.

You Can Change Reality.

“… you shall say to this mountain, move, and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” Matthew 17:20

The purpose of this Mind Instruction Manual is to show you how you can change the reality that you find yourself in. You can change it with positive, purpose-filled thinking and action. Part of the change will be in you, in your perception of reality, and part of the change will be in realty itself. This is something that you are already doing! In point of fact, you cannot not change reality. Every choice you make, everything you do, is already changing reality. Now let’s do it on purpose, and get the reality that we really want, rather than the reality that “just happens”.

First we will consider the questions “What is reality?” and “How do we relate to Reality?” Further we will consider how it is that we can grasp such a concept in the first place. Reality is something that is infinite, eternal and ever changing. Finally we will consider how we can change it, if we should and in which direction. You are the Captain of your own ship Reality. You have the tools, God has given you all the tools necessary, to guide your Reality ship where you Will.

You are made in “the image of God” and “a little lower than the angels”, as it says in the scriptures. You are well equipped to steer your ship. You have a computer, your brain, that has more than a hundred billion nerve cells, each hooked up to about fifty thousand other nerve cells. The number of circuits that this produces is infinite. It is greater than all the atoms in the known universe. You have a super-power engine. Yes, you can steer your ship and chart your course to the reality that you choose.

First we will look at how our computer interacts with reality. This computer, our brain, has been running on, processing, data input from our interaction with the environment about us: our experiences since birth. This enormous amount of information is the reality of your life. It is your bubble of reality. It contains all the information and resources necessary to accomplish anything; “and nothing shall be impossible unto you”.

Of course it is not reality itself. Reality itself is something out there that is only experienced by you through your senses. Furthermore, the meaning of that experience is dependent on the previous experiences you have had in similar situations and the way you interpreted them. These experiences could have been accompanied by pleasure or pain, stress or stress reduction, joy or sorrow, etc. When those experiences were logged into your computer they were logged together with that positive, or negative, emotion. And you got stuck with them!

All of that data, from your entire lifetime of experiences, has programmed your computer. This is your “bubble of reality.” These data have formed all your likes, dislikes, memories, beliefs, superstitions, fears, joys, expectations. They have, in fact, made you you. All this data has been input into your super computer. Good bad or indifferent data, for better or for worse, has created this Bubble of reality which is you. Much of that data was erroneous; accidents happen; friends, even parents input wrong data: “you are such a klutz!”, “you are always late!”, “my child is so shy!” These accidents and words are data that get fed straight into your computer, and into your bubble of reality.

Initially you had little control over this data collection. Things just happened to you (good, bad, and indifferent) and you experienced and attended to them. As a newborn you were completely at the mercy of others. Gradually you gained some control of this process, and took part in it by focusing on different parts of your environment, approaching some areas and avoiding others. As adults we have gained complete control of this selection process, or at least like to think we do. You now choose what to focus on, and the forming process of your bubble of reality goes on.

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Lesson Plan 4 Breaking Free from the past

Your experiences of the past have helped to form what you are, today. For better or for worse, this is largely true. IF we allow ourselves to remain as we are, in our “bubble of reality” that we have created for ourselves from past experiences, this will remain true. Even if our past was highly successful, and we have reached all our goals, it is still a trap.

Life is new every day. To appreciate its newness we need to break free of this bubble from the past. Ekhardt Tolle suggests that we do this when take on a new point of view: that of self-observation. This allows us to have a new perspective that includes the universe outside our own ego (that had been built from the past.) Doing this puts us in the now, with its newness of the moment and its infinite possibilities of creation.

Thus we break free from the past, and free to fulfill the Purpose for which God put us on this earth.

Lesson Plan 3

Describe the Person That You Would Like to Become

The Kind of Person You Would Like to Become goes hand in hand with what your mission in life is, and your goals along the way. Naturally these should all be consistent with each other: the person you would like to be would naturally pursue your mission in life, and want to achieve the goals you set. These three aspects of yourself are congruent and reinforce each other.

Each of us is a “Work in Progress”. What is important is to be on the right track in our journey towards becoming the person we want to be. In the same way we journey forward in our mission in life. It is this journey- life itself- that is the essence of who we are.

Decide Who it is you want to become. Describe this person in full detail, and start to live in accordance with becoming that perfect person. While perfection itself may not be attainable for us mortals, the pursuit of it is. This is your journey in life: decide who you want to become.

Lesson 2 cont'd, understanding goals

Understand the Importance of Goals

We are Driven by our goals. It is of critical importance to understand what a goal is, and how we formulate and select a goal. A goal is an image we form in our mind:
• Images are formed in the creative hemisphere of our brain
• It can be something we desire
• It can be something we fear

Once formed in the creative hemisphere, our analytical hemisphere automatically:
• (Is a “difference engine” that) attempts to reduce the difference between what we have as an image, and what is in the real world.
• So we make changes in the real world to approach the positive image we hold.
• We also, paradoxically, attempt to approach the negative images we hold in order to be able to avoid them. This effort leads nowhere and consumes energy.

When we form images of what we desire, we set ourselves up for success. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a giant in the field of human motivation, makes this claim in Psycho-Cybernetics.
Dr. Marvin Minsky, head of the artificial intelligence project at MIT suggests this is a key factor in human thinking. In the scriptures, Jesus said, "Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive,according to your faith will it be done to you." (Matthew 9:29, [NIV])

Spend time each day with your goals, praying and believing that they are being fulfilled. Feel the delicious wonder of it all as you contimue to approach and achieve your goals.

Lesson 2 cont'd

Action Step 2

Having written down your mission on a piece of paper, you have taken the first step in actualizing your mission in the world. Sure, it’s a small step. But the evidence of your mission now exists in objective reality.

Next create more evidence of your mission. Sketch something that will represent for you the accomplishing of your mission. Put yourself in it. Stick figures are OK! It doesn’t need to be what anyone else could recognize, just as long as you can. Allow yourself to feel the positive feelings of accomplishment when you see yourself in the sketch.

Keep this sketch also where you will see it often. Scan it and put it on your desktop. Or keep it in your underwear drawer. Refer often to this evidence of your mission in objective reality.

Positive Thinking Lesson Plan II

Lesson 2
Action step 1

When you have decided what it is that you want, what your personal mission in this world is, you are ready to take your first action step. Describe, in written words, what you see is your mission at this point in time. Your first action step is to write it down. Do it now. You will never be the same again, which is a good thing. If you do remain the same, it’s all over.

You have now put to work the unlimited power of one hundred billion neurons, and their infinite number of interconnections, on the task of making your dream come true.

This written description is your dream, your mission: for now keep it between you and God. Keep it somewhere that is both private and where you will see it frequently. You are now on automatic pilot.

Lesson 1 cont’d

Discovering Your Mission in Life

You were put on this earth for a Purpose: your search for, and pursuit of, that Purpose will define who you are, and what you will accomplish in your life. It makes good sense to spend time discovering what this, your life’s mission, is. Take time each day to consider what this Mission is, adjust your vision of it- even change it as necessary.

There are some essential ingredients to consider.
• Your mission should have an eternal aspect. A mission must have something beyond even the loftiest goal.
• Your mission should also be your passion.
• It should be beyond your current reach, but not beyond your ultimate reach. In NLP there is a technique, future pacing, that involves imagining yourself at some time into the future. Imagine yourself at a far distant time when you have developed beyond your current self. If all things were possible, what purpose would you pursue?

Finally, your mission must be defined so you will indeed know when you are on the right Path. In NLP language- it should be a “well formed outcome”. For help with this, and in setting goals in general, visit: http://www.nlp-now.co.uk/wfo-6qs.htm