Here’s Proof That Our Thoughts Create Our Reality

By Paul Lenda | Shift

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world”.

These are the words of the Buddha spoken over 2,500 years ago. What this statement declares is the idea that our consciousness creates our reality.

Take some time to think about this, because the implications are staggering. This understanding concerning the nature of consciousness fully empowers us to essentially be able to accomplish anything and everything. Our very health and well-being are largely in our hands when we realize this tremendous power is at our disposal during every moment of our existence.

How Our Thoughts Affect Water

Water is the most common and arguably the most mysterious substance on planet Earth. This substance is so incredible that we as humans through directed thoughts can literally change the composition of water molecules themselves.

No, that was not a typo. To explain such a bold statement, consider the following:

You experience and project positive emotions such as love, happiness, and joy and water will literally change in its crystalline structure and become a much more healing and beneficial substance for your being and for the environment in general. This fascinating discovery was easily replicated and documented in great depth by Dr. Masaru Emoto and written about in his books. Since he’s done these experiments, countless others have as well on their own.

The human body is mainly comprised of water and so imagine how much of an impact you have on your own body’s well-being, simply by the way you think. Even thinking negatively about someone has a negative effect on your being in ways you may not have thought were possible before.

Dr. Emoto showed that human energy, thoughts, words, ideas, and music all affect the molecular structure of water; the very same water that comprises on average about 70% of a mature human body and covers our planet in roughly the same amount. Water is a primary source of life on our planet and so it should come as no surprise that it has such an intimate relationship with ourselves. Water can change on a molecular level, in response to external stimuli such as positive thoughts. The various forms of energy that exist in the environment of water will directly impact the molecular form of it and as a result, that very same water will be evidence to what the environment was like, in that very moment in time.

In Dr. Emoto’s books, there are many photographs showing before and after shots of water in its crystalline form. His groundbreaking research demonstrates the ability for thought on a subtle energy level to be replicated on a lower and more physical energy level.

It should not come as a surprise that our consciousness has such a direct impact on reality. We are one with our environment and likewise, it is one with us. The reality of oneness has been difficult to see for many in recent times, largely because of the acceptance of a rise in the strength of the ego over the self. An empowered ego makes someone believe that he or she is separated from his or her environment. It also believes that nature is something to be conquered. There is no collective ‘we’ but an individualistic ‘me’ that is thought to exist. The opposite of this is now known to be true and research such as Dr. Emoto’s studies of water show this to be the case.

How Anger Affects Our Physical Health

Our state of mind affects our health and well-being in more ways than we may think. For instance, the energetic emotion of rage can make a person physically ill. Whether it manifests in road rage, war, domestic abuse, or some other form, it is a much more common occurrence than one may think and has serious consequences for the person projecting such negative energy.

Recently labeled as an intermittent explosive disorder, this reaction with rage and anger towards someone or something has been discovered in a 2006 study to affect as many as 1 in 14 adults in the US. As a result of projecting such negative emotions, these people were found to actually become physically sick. This makes it all the more pertinent to stop ourselves in our tracks once negativity enters our minds.

How Our Thoughts Affect Our DNA

The feelings we experience every day, which we also project onto others and the rest of the world, can affect the very structure of our DNA. Research done at the Institute of Heart Math has demonstrated that when feelings of love, gratitude, and appreciation are felt, DNA relaxes itself and unwinds to become longer. Conversely, when feelings of anger, frustration, stress, or fear are experienced, DNA tightens itself and becomes shorter. Some DNA codes even shut down during such negative emotional states.

How Our Thoughts Affect Our Recovery From Illnesses

The good news is that these detrimental effects can be reversed by feeling the positive emotional states. The positive feelings created through the mind power of thought, impact us in such direct and intense ways that sometimes even those of us that understand these mechanisms quite well are still astounded by the power.

An example of this is the case in which the Heart Math Institute found that when experiencing feelings of love, joy, and gratitude, HIV positive individuals had a measurable improvement in their health – their immune system was found to have a colossal 300,000 times the amount of resistance than they had prior to those states of consciousness. This is such a grand impact that it is almost impossible to envision.

Using the power of our thoughts, we are able to help with the healing process of whatever we may be suffering from, or simply raise our level of consciousness towards the enlightenment of the Self. Being able to shape our own DNA is a powerful ability that also owes its thanks to the reality of the interconnected nature of things in this infinite reality.

We Have Reality-Creation Power Within Us

Each one of us has the power to create a reality of our choosing, through our thoughts and states of consciousness. In fact, each one of us does this on a daily basis. Nobody should feel that they are somehow not in control of their lives in this way. We must not be so quick to blame an external factor for our emotional state. The power to respond either negatively or positively to any situation is completely within each of us.

If there is negative energy being projected towards us, the projection of negative energy as a response in retaliation is our choosing. It is not a requirement to fight fire with fire, yet many people take this very action. We can choose to respond in a different way, such as by taking a calm and firm but peaceful stance.

An energetic frequency that is the same or lower than another cannot have a positive transformative outcome. If the frequency of love is projected at someone projecting a frequency of fear, that fear may disappear. The frequency has just been raised to a more positive emotional level. Prior to having the dissolution of fear and being able to attain states of love, joy, and happiness, we may feel it is a natural instinct to react to an emotional response with the same or similar emotions with feelings of rage, indignation or retaliation.

Someone may say that “it’s who I am” and that he or she is unable to change this fact of life. However, the real fact is that it is not who you are. It is who you think you are and how your ego wishes your stay. If we were always to stay the way we are, there would never be any growth. You should avoid such a defeatist attitude since the transcendence in levels of consciousness will never be possible otherwise.

When we project thought through language, the effect on us is just as strong as it is through nonverbal communication of feelings on a subtle level. This is why methods such as affirmations and hypnosis are sometimes able to produce positive results.

Sages in ages past have understood this aspect of our reality. They knew that the body and its mind can be guided and directed a certain way by language as well as thoughts. Dr. Masaru Emoto demonstrated this in replicable scientific studies where thought forms from the meaning of written words on labeled jars of water, were able to crystallize in the structure of water crystals.

The Placebo Effect is Reality Creation in Action

The incredible power of thought and our consciousness is at our very disposal all the time. In a classic demonstration of thoughts creating reality, the so-called “placebo effect” can be examined. By definition, this is when a substance is inert or innocuous and used in controlled experiments in order to test the effectiveness of another substance. A sugar pill is one example of a placebo.

The previous short-sighted understanding of placebos was that they do not work. Although the substance is used as a placebo itself may be inert and not bring about some sort of the change in the subject, there is more at work in this situation. The mind of the subject has a stronger effect on the person that anyone ever thought was possible previously. This is thanks to new research into the wondrous results that dubbed the experience the “placebo effect”, and now sometimes called the “placebo response.” Research into this matter has shown that not only do placebos work in benefit or detriment to the individual but that placebos seem to be manifesting an even stronger effect than in times past. You can muse on your own as to why this is happening right now in this Time of Transition.

The ability of consciousness to be as effective as an external agent that is used or made for a specific purpose is quite incredible. By simply diverting energy from our being towards a belief in a particular outcome, someone can affect themselves both physically and psychologically in dramatic ways. Like many things in physical dualistic reality, it can be beneficial or detrimental. The power lies within each person. If it is used for a beneficial
purpose, the effect will be a wonderful one. If it is used towards a malevolent purpose, the effect will not be particularly enjoyable. With this understanding, we can alter the result from something negative or neutral to something positive and helpful.

How to Alter Outcomes in Life

There are many ways to alter the response to stimuli that would normally receive an angry or hostile response from us. One such method is to simply avoid situations where one may be provoked in a negative manner. Avoidance is not necessarily the ideal response since it inhibits our ability to use such difficult situations for self-growth, but it does offer an easier way out.

There is also a problem with avoidance in that it may not always be so simple as to avoid such situations altogether. There may be times when we have no choice but to stay in a situation that will provoke an angry response. A much more beneficial response to a situation which may manifest negative reactions from us is to minimize the ego’s influence over the self. What this means specifically is that we should not take something someone says or does personally, as in taking offense for something.

There may be a wide variety of reasons why a person did or said something. The ego is the primary reason why we feel offended or hurt to the point that we will react to such action in a negative way. Looking at the situation from a shifted position of awareness will help deflect any projections towards the easily-offended ego and enlighten us as to the reasons why such perceived hostility was projected towards us.

Tools to Minimize the Ego’s Influence

It is completely understandable that minimizing the ego’s influence over our actions and reactions is not something that can be done overnight. Since this is the case, it would be helpful to provide several simple tools that can be utilized in an uncomfortably-negative situation that will hinder our ego from taking action in a negative manner.

Just Breathe…

One tool to use is breathing. Deep breathing is incredibly beneficial in many ways, one of them being the lowering of the feeling of anger or some other negative emotion.

• Breathe in and out deeply for one minute
• Hold your breath for four seconds
• Breathe out

This method will bring about inner peace and you will have much less of a desire to respond to a situation negatively. Try this out for yourself and see the results of this simple, yet powerful, technique.

Thought is Creative Energy

Thought is creative energy that is focused towards a particular aspect of reality. You receive what you give. If a thought of hatred is projected, a person should expect to find
that hatred is reciprocated. The same frequency of action is reproduced in order to be in tune with the original frequency, in order to create harmony, through balance. It is much more beneficial if positive thoughts are projected, so that positivity is received back. It requires much less effort than the alternative, so there should be little reason to express negativity in this way.

The state of our planetary home is the way it is because of the collective thought forms being projected and manifested into a reality. If the thoughts of greed, desire, and pride were not among the thoughts of the global consciousness, the planet would be in a much better state than it currently is. In order for the current situation to change for the better, a change would have to occur whereby only unifying and positive thoughts would be within the sea of consciousness.

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