Who Creates Reality?

How easily is your reality influenced? If someone criticizes you or compliments you how does that impact your reality? Our reality is created by our perceptions, therefore if our perceptions are influenced by the opinions and thoughts of other people and events then our reality can often be shaped by the influence of others.

How many people suddenly questioned the safety of the bridges they normally, without a second thought, drove over every day after the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week? Some people’s reality was influenced so much by the collapse of the bridge that they probably sought alternate routes in an attempt to avoid bridges altogether. This one incident quickly altered people’s realities as so often-external events do. The marketers of the world have an understanding that we create our own reality, even though it is an elementary understanding, they sell their products by attempting to influence you to create the reality that they want you to create. Marketers do this by instilling fear, uncertainty and doubt in your mind. We all see adverts which attempt to influence our perception of reality by offering questions about the fact that you might have termites in your walls, or will your insurance company respond at three in the morning or are you putting of some offensive body odor or that you might have restless leg syndrome, etc. The list goes on and on. When we hear these types of messages, we begin to question our reality and we may create a different reality because of this external influence.

We are the creators of our reality. We create our reality with our thoughts, which are followed by actions. Our thoughts are often influenced by external sources. If someone tells you that you don’t have a mind for math and that you will never be any good at math, you may take that as your reality and continue to repeat to yourself that you are no good at math, therefore creating your reality. In the majority of cases like this, it’s not that the person does not have the intellectual capacity to be good at math, it’s simply that they have created a reality in which they are not good at math, a reality which may very well have be born of a thoughtless, casual remark by an influencer in your life and then reinforced by your very own thoughts! See how this works? We do in fact create our reality.  We create our own reality all day long. Let’s look at some more examples of this; If I say that “Geez, I am never appreciated at work for what I am capable of”, guess what reality you are creating?  If I say, “I always pick the wrong type of person to have a relationship with”, guess what reality you are creating?

When you talk to people who seem to be living a very blessed life, what you may deem as a successful life, you will find a common trait among them, they create their reality just like everyone else does, however they create the reality they desire rather than one they don’t desire. For instance, have you ever met a person who seems to be very lucky, they seem to always be in the right place at the right time? You may even secretly ask yourself, why, why them? It really is quite simple, they create their reality be saying things like,

“Geez, I am always so lucky”, “I always seem to win”, “Win I go shopping, I always find the best deals”, my personal favorite that you will often hear me say, “I live a blessed life”.

See, it’s not about who is the most intelligent, the most talented, the best looking, etc. It’s not even about who is a great goal setter. What it is about is the reality that each of us creates for ourselves!

The real question you have to ask yourself is, who is creating your reality. No matter how you shake it out, YOU are creating your reality. Once you acknowledge and accept this fact, then the next huge question you must ask yourself is, how much are you allowing external elements to influence how you create your reality.

What reality will you create today?