Creating your own reality?
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Reality is truly self created, perception is all. THis is a very commonly accepted principle and one argued against by those who are certain that God created the only true reality. In any case read http://www.redshift.com/~beyond/real1010.html lays it all out nicely with resources for further study. Your son's OCD is in no way a result of your belief in self-created reality, as another poster inferred. Take care.
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Be true to yourself. re-inventing ones self is something that happens in music videos.
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discover, imagine, create
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I am the only one that can decide what is real for me. I am the one that creates my reality. Everyone has their own perception of what is going on in this world or what their connection with a force unseen is. I just worry about my own perception and try to understand others. No need to push no need to argue.\nLove & Light\nSharon\nOne Planet = One People
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Yes, and your story amply demonstrates it.  Meaning,\n\nHow you bring the world into focus, is your reality.  You could have created the same scene but from the negative.  "Everyone's life is better than mine!  Look at them.  So peaceful.  I hate them because it's obvious they are so happy."  Instead,\n\nYou brought a completely different thing into focus.  You recognized love.\n\nYou are the creator.  You create your own reality.  THAT was my fundamental awakening.
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Ahhhhhhhh ... you have hit on the fundamental element of our universe.  Energy.\n\nYour actions, words and thoughts create your reality.  They WILL effect who you are and who you will become.  The past is in the past.  Look at it, process it, learn from it.  Then, create anew!
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Our minds (thought processes) present us with possibilities.  Our actions shape our realities.
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You'll have to give more information and explain your question. It is not understandable as it's written. What do you mean by "create my self"? Please rewrite your question and add some details and then maybe someone could help you.
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That depends on whether you believe fate to be a human construct; a personified entity used as a tool to explain and justify circumstances which effect the human condition. Getting philosophical here, if you do perceive this to be the case, does this make it "real" as it would then exist within your own perception of reality? Just a thought.
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how do you know that you are experiencing reality ?
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LOL I like Mainworry's answer...not!\nCreate anything living without using matter that already exists.\nHe's right, I can't we all can't.... yet!\nBut maybe we will Create matter, out of energy one day.\nThen what will he say.\nBut I know something I can create right now...GOD.\nYes I can create GOD In my own image.
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No.\n\nWould a person consistently do, say, or think higher or better things if they did not feel truth within their heart? That is, what would be the reward of competing with an imaginary concept? You don't understand people very well if you think that imaginary rewards from imaginary beings are enough to keep them "in line" for years upon years.\n\nBut let me just speak for myself. Imaginary rewards from imaginary beings with imaginary qualities are not enough to make me want to do better and be better. If I did not have evidence of God in my heart and soul, I would be a sloppy, self-centered, chronic-misdemeanor-committing, self-indulgent jackass. This is my nature. Trust me, I know. If this world was the only world there was, I would slather my incompetence and selfishness all over it, and I wouldn't care about any consequences except prison. And, no, I'm not kidding.\n\nIt takes more than an imaginary concept to make me want to be better. It takes more than imaginary incentive to make me want to rise above my small-minded nature. It takes true spiritual rewards from a living God who actually provides them. What the deal is, is that without God I have a dark heart and a murky mind. When I lived outside of God's grace, I was an utter and complete tool.\n\nThere was no human incentive good enough for me to change my heart and mind. Anything any of you people could have offered--money, prestige, personal glory, fame, or any of that hoo-ha--just wasn't good enough. All of it (at least the money, prestige, and personal glory, which I did have or think I had) did not change my dark heart and murky mind. It fed these things, in fact, and I craved more.\n\nMy problem was that there was nothing in this world that was satisfactory and whose promise did not wear off shortly after I attained it.\n\nIt was when I reached the point where I came to understand this for real, and I hated it, all of it, that I began searching for God in earnest.\n\nIt wasn't you, or him, or her that I was competing with, trying to satisfy, or holding up as a standard. All you people were as bad as or worse off than I was. Nobody had anything I wanted. And as for good behavior and good intentions--people who exhibited these things turned my stomach. I certainly didn't see that as an incentive either.\n\nI hope that this answers your question. To sum up: Only God could fill the chasm within myself, and he did fill it when I sought him. If it was all just a concept, it wouldn't have worked--because I have chased after many a concept, seized upon its claims, and turned up empty-handed in the end.\n\nGod lives, his promises are real, he provides, and all that is of him endures.
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Annoying when responders can be too bloody literal, wouldn't you agree?\n\nI was walking last night looking up at the stars and wondering almost the same question, "Is this life a very long very detailed dream we'll someday wake out of?"\nI myself have incredibly vivid, sometimes wild and unbelievable dreams, and sometimes so real that it's a distinct relief when I wake from it. \nA friend and I have thought that some of the more fantastic "almost another world" sort of dreams are just that, our celestial bodies mingling with other realities and possibly other parallel planes of existance. \nOf course I can't prove any of that, it's my own personal experience, but it's real for me and therefore valid.\n\nI myself have experienced what Prof Beatz mentioned about not being able to make lights come on, and not being able to read things written on paper (though I have sometimes and I get the feeling if I could just remember what it said it would be very revealing).\n\nMatrix really spooked me because of my open-mindedness, but if it turns out I'm on some feeding tube of the worst stuff possible and still able to be this real in my mind, then I'll take contentment for the moment. \n\nKeep seeking your own answers....
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You sound like a tagline for MTV's The REAL WORLD.\n\nWell-- in the real world, THERE IS NO GOD.\n\nSo, acknowledge that fact, process the information, stand on your own two feet, and start to be real.\n\nGood luck!
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life is how you think. i brainwash myself into not believing  what people told me in the past. I choose to believe want I want to believe. Your thought energy will actually bring what you want to you. Tell yourself how excited you are to change your life for the better. Over and over daily. Wirte it down. Read it. Put it on tape. It will happen. I have already done this for my finances, letting go of my parents religion, self confidence, and even becoming mentally stable after 16 years of medication. It works! You don't have to believe it, just tell yourself. the subconcious is POWERFUL
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your thoughts have a direct effect on the reality you create.  its been proven!  check out the movie What the Bleep do We Know if you're doubtful or their website whatthebleep.com or email/IM me.
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Yes well that's quite an interesting question for fact that I have often grilled myself on such thoughts! I think the most obvious thing to do in such a situation would be to make a list of all your passions and probabaly continue by prioritising those passions. Then take each starting from the top and go about developing a means to include that activity in your daily life. It's probably just about making each day full of energetic activity, taking part in social functions, etc,etc and might I add-Reading a lot is important as is thinking out of the box! I believe slowly life will start taking a particular form directing you to do exactly wat u want to do-Use your mind to create good things on Earth!