Thread by @thedankoe

You create your own reality

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There is a common saying in the personal development space:

"You create your own reality."

This is a nice and snappy saying, but some don't understand it. Some say it to sound witty. Some want to go deeper (you).

Let me help you understand.

Throughout your entire life, you've been exposed to specific and unique stimuli.

Nobody on planet earth has experienced the same things as you.

Biases, advice, situations, media, emotions, reactions, religions, ideologies, political stances, black and white thinking, music tastes, and more of the billions of things that get stored in your subconscious.

These form your worldview. Your perception.

The lens you view the world through. There are many preset lenses you can adopt

Spirituality is one. A practical lens for curing the mind through intentional stepping stones like mindfulness, god realization, awakening, etc which should be thrown away after usage

In a nutshell, your perception is formed by how your past environments conditioned you. Your programming

The problem stems from not being introduced to this concept at an early age. The concept of awareness. Understanding that you are a product of others' realities, not your own

Some are luckier than others. They become brutally aware of what they don't want at a young age.

They hit rock bottom. A family member dies. They start questioning.

They realize that there is more to life than joining the mindless masses.

They begin to deprogram the virus before it digs deeper into their brain.

You can escape this trap through conscious practice. It takes time. A lot of time. A lot of pain and allowing yourself to become aware of that pain.

All self-improvement stems from awareness. Awareness of your thoughts, pausing, thinking critically, and not identifying with them.

Not allowing them to become negative emotions. Leading to negative reactions. Leading to more pain and a deeper embedding of the virus.

A deep understanding of perception — and the perception of others — opens up room for critical thinking.

Taking things with a grain of salt. Not assigning importance. Not judging any given external stimuli. Not reacting.

Pausing and asking questions — or practicing metacognition — to determine whether it's worth the energy.

Whether it's worth bringing to life through your attention. ("Energy flows where attention goes"). Questioning whether they are distractions from your mission.

Not being easily persuaded. Being open-minded and holding all beliefs in the realm of possibility. Understanding that everyone is playing their own game, that they have completely different perception, conditioning, and programming than yourself.

Once you understand, practice, and experience the power of this. You start to reprogram.

You have a semi-blank slate to start creating the life YOU want. Not what someone else has conditioned you to want.

You begin to detach from the insignificant distractions the world is constantly throwing at you. Through media. Through your own thoughts stemming from conditioning. Through the thoughts of others stemming from their conditioning.

You begin to create your own reality. Your own potential future through today's actions.

You open up room for confidence that fills the room, because you understand that everyone is unconscious. That their thoughts are not their own, but a byproduct of the societal matrix.

Start now by becoming aware of your reactions. Pausing at external exposure. Questioning thoughts before they become emotions.

Use vessels such as writing, journaling, walking, and speaking with someone you can confide in to clear your head.

Over time, it will get better and better. Your gaps of consciousness will grow bigger than your gaps of unconsciousness.

It is worth it.

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