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Escape from the World of Turmoil
The world today is all tangled up in a complex mix of facts, opinions, “expert” interpretations, false information and just plain ignorance. Confusion is inevitable and it seems impossible to straighten out all the contradictions it presents.
For our own peace of mind, it is important that we separate ourselves from this chaos and establish ourselves on a firm foundation of facts.
The real world is controlled and secured by the invariable characteristics of FACTS. We can ignore them, try to replace them and interpret them with emotions, but that does not alter the fact that, as Aldus Huxley says, “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored”.
A FACT is absolute and invariable and, according to Webster, is “something that has actual existence; a piece of evidence having objective reality”; it is unencumbered by extraneous thoughts, personal opinions or emotions. Because facts are the only reality, any implied opposite is, by definition, “fictitious, speculative and unreal”. As such it is not worthy of our attention and has no power except that which we, in our ignorance, give it.
To find stability on a turbulent world requires that we separate ourselves from the distressing picture and reason factually. Webster defines REASONING as, “an orderly, logical mode of thinking….” and LOGIC as, “an orderly sequence or continuity of facts from which one can draw conclusions that are inevitable and predicable”.
Take time to think and understand the reality and correlation between facts, logic and reason.
Want to separate yourself from the turbulent world around you? Get quiet. Empty your mind of the complexities and confusion offered by world-oriented headlines, events and circumstances. See the vastness of your mind as an emptiness receptive to exciting new concepts and ideas that will be revealed to you from within.
Into this quiet emptiness, FOLLOW THE LOGIC of the following self-evident FACTS.
Pause after each of these FACTS and contemplate their meaning and get a “feel” for each independent and unencumbered by observable phenomenon. Review them often and make them an integral part of your conscious awareness.
These facts are simple and to the point and are critical to your understanding of this new identity. They may seem overpowering at first but as you take time to think about them they will begin to merge and blend into an exciting new mindset which, by definition, “determines and influences (the) events and circumstances” that define your life experiences.
Self-evident FACT no. 1
We can agree with the French philosopher Rene Descartes who, back in the 15th century, made the now famous observation, “cogito ergo sum”. “I think, therefore I am”. Without any external evidence to support it, you know that you exist as a thinking entity; you are aware of being a pure, unencumbered being. You exist and are real.
That which is doing this knowing is your individual mind. Webster defines MIND as, “that part of an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and esp. reasons; mental qualities of a person or group; intellectual ability”. This “you” of you is the core of your true identity that never varies, has no past and no future. It just IS. Now! “I am”: first person, present tense, singular.
Self-evident FACT no 2.
This mind is not a static “something”. It is active and comprises the power to think and reason. Webster defines THINKING as “mental images in thought; ideas” and REASON as, “an orderly, logical mode of thinking…. by which one attains truth or knowledge”.
As you ponder the questions of this existence, you can reason that 1) you did not create yourself, therefore, 2) you must be the effect of a “something” that did create you. This makes you an effect of a greater cause. Because an effect cannot lift itself to be greater than its cause, you are singularly subservient to this greater power, are inseparable from it and reflect its nature, characteristics, authority. You are alone in your reflection of this all-inclusiveness. It is the totality of existence. There is nothing else.
Self-evident FACT no. 3
The reasoning quality of your mind (“the orderly, logical mode of thinking by which you attain truth or knowledge”) is always active and from this all inclusiveness you realize it is the very embodiment of the UNIVERSE which Webster defines as “The whole body of things…including the whole without limit or exception accruing everywhere”.
This knowing and your conscious awareness of it through your reasoning process, identifies you as “consciousness”. CONSCIOUSNESS is defined by Webster as “The upper level of mental life of which a person is aware”.
Self-evident FACT no. 4
This self-awareness is unique to us. I am the one experiencing this self-awareness. Whatever I am experiencing I am experiencing within myself. This is true of every individual. All personal experiences are subjectively confined to the scope, range and content of the individual’s awareness as being subservient to the greater cause. Each individual shares equally all that exists in the universal cause.
Because there is only one cause there can be only one effect… but infinitely expressed as infinite individuals. This oneness with your cause is your true identity (“the fact of being the same person” Webster). It is not unlike the fact that every drop of water, while individual, is one with the ocean. Just as the fact that 2 + 2 = 4 is an impersonal fact and has an irreplaceable relationship with the principle of mathematics.
Self-evident FACT no. 5
You cannot experience anything external to your conscious awareness. Whatever appears to be external to you is really only a projected image of your mind’s content.
The idea that thoughts are things is nothing new. There are many books and philosophies that stress the fact that if you can visualize something intently enough, it will appear in your objective world. The power of positive thinking and visualization producing desired objectives is a phenomenon that works both ways; it can produce negative results as surely as it can positive ones.
More than being an intellectual exercise, these FACTS are natural LAW, defined by Webster as, “A rule or principle that always works (and is) enforced by a governing authority”. “Be careful what you think or wish for, you just might get it”. You will find that the principles presented here will yield perfect results when you can discipline yourself to resist the temptation to outline how you think things should work out and become an observer of natural laws and principles expressing themselves in your behalf as “the creative and controlling forces of the universe”. Webster
It is the law!
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