“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker

what he thinks into it.” — Ernest Holmes

XIAN FOXPPT8 FOR THE SAKE

“Why are you so wary of thought?” said the philosopher.

“Thought is the only way we have for organising the
world.”

“True. But thought can organise the world so well that you
are no longer able to see it.”

To his disciples he later said: “A thought is a screen, not a

mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope,
untouched by Reality.”

This delightful tale by Anthony de Mello underscores the

message; life is a filter reflecting your innermost thoughts.

People consider their problems to come from outside

conditions. They try in vain to change the world
surrounding them in hope things will improve. This seldom
works because their thoughts are out of alignment.
It was the French-born novelist Anais Nin who said: “You
do not see the world as it is. You see it as you are.”

What you hold in mind comes to life irrespective of your

preferences.

Life is a mirror; its reflection shines your image back to

you.

“External conditions mirror internal conditions, so

straightening your room settles internal disorder” affirms
authors Charlene Belitz and Meg Lundstrom in, The
Power of Flow: Practical Ways to Transform Your Life with
Meaningful Coincidence.

If you agree the world is volatile, you will look for evidence
to substantiate this.

You might tune into the news and hear of unfortunate

incidents that confirm your beliefs.
The Power Of Belief

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a

mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” — Earl
Nightingale

However, other people claim life is wonderful and attract

pleasant experiences as a result. They are not
Pollyannaish but choose happiness over adversity.
So, here we have two people attracting different
circumstances.

It is because their predominant beliefs dictate their reality.

You are continually shaping the world around you as a

result of conscious and unconscious thoughts. Reality is
but a mirror reflecting your inner world.

If you entertain distorted thoughts, correct them to align

with the truth. If you don’t, they are likely to lead you down
the rabbit hole of despair.

The choice is yours. Reality brings forth external

conditions according to your thoughts.

Life is neither fair nor unfair. It merely provides

confirmation of your thoughts as the user and experiencer.

I enjoy author Michael Neill’s perspective in, The Space

Within: Finding Your Way Back Home, “Since our
experience of life is really an experience of Thought, the
more we have on our mind, the more complicated
everything seems, and the more the aperture of our
consciousness tends to contract. Before we know it, all we
can see when we look out into the world is our own
thinking reflected back to us in the fun-house mirror of our
own self-consciousness.”

Consider those who were once ill and become healthy

again, as a result of their thoughts mirroring a new health
consciousness.

It was Albert Einstein who said: “We cannot solve our

problems with the same level of thinking that created
them.”

It makes sense to examine your thoughts to improve your

conditions.
Free Will or Free Choice?

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from

distress, and grows brave by reflection.” — Thomas Paine

Life abounds due to its dualistic nature of equal and

opposites.
Day gives way to night and each complement the other. If
there were only night, how would you appreciate the light
of day?

Some people hold strongly to the notion of free will. I am of

the opinion it is the illusion of free will, whereby our
unconscious beliefs are being reflected to us as free
choice.

What I mean is, your choices are the result of conditioned

beliefs carried from a young age. Your beliefs are
unconscious because they are formed during an
impressionable period. You had little choice in the matter
because your upbringing was not of your control.

Life offers you feedback to the congruency of your

thoughts, so you can take action to correct them.

“Think of the outer environment as a mirror of your inner

environment. When you see something on the outside,
such as an event or situation, look inside yourself for the
reflection, the parallel, the connection,” state authors
Charlene Belitz and Meg Lundstrom.
Many people are dogmatic in their thinking and consider
their thoughts are fixed. This is erroneous because millions
of people have overcome limiting beliefs to create
empowering lives.

Your life is a sequence of: outcomes, symbols and

shadows. Good and bad moments do not exist save for
the meaning you assign to them. Reality provides you
feedback to help you right the wrong and create new
circumstances based on a shift in awareness.

Personal development and self-improvement becomes the

vehicle towards lasting change, if you are prepared to do
the inner work.

The obstacle becomes the path.

The journey shows the way.

You are the master of your fate. Should you resign

yourself to victim, life will assuredly offer you evidence of
this.

Free choice means life is neutral and ready to respond to

your thoughts.
You are playing a game in which many are unaware of the
rules.