RE: From a Slave to a Master - "You create your own Reality" (or so I thought)

[adisrivastav]

The whole idea of “you create your own reality” has always rubbed me the wrong way. Mostly that’s because it’s simplistic. Concepts like karma, duality, and the “mind body connection” are far more complex than we seem to want them to be. It takes work to understand them and then to apply them to our lives. Also, sometimes, I feel like there’s some shaming going on here. There’s this insinuation that if you don’t have what you want, your own reality, then you’re unenlightened and lazy. Now that’s compassionate…gREat post.

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[nomad-magus]

You said several things that deserve response

1. Actually, we don't create our reality like a painter creates a drawing, but rather we choose from multi potential realities.
2. Those concepts that the mind yearns to understand are real only as long as one chooses them. Karma included.
3. Enlightenment is not about having but about being. The western world praise achievements but that doesn't mean westerns are enlightened. Conversely, poor and lack are not prerequisites for enlightenment either.
   Thanks for this comment 👍🙂

[adisrivastav]

Thanks for clarifying.

we choose from multi potential realities.

I love that !