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I was thinking the other day that

subjective and objective are in

many ways a polarity much in the

same way as physical and non-physical.

The non physical (subjective) we

could call our thoughts our dreams

our perceptions and so on. The

physical (objective) the tangible

things of our everyday experience:

cars, plates, toasters, computers

etc.

As we navigate our way through life

we are bombarded with a whole range

of external stimuli which we take in

through our senses, about 80% of

which, according to psychologists is

experienced through the eyes. So

whenever I look at something which

is seemingly objective, a tree for

example; it will always have a

subjective corollary. In other words

I have to have some sort of internal

experience when I encounter the so

called objective world.

To think of this begs the question;

are the external objects of my

experience purely internal? And If

so; is it possible to differentiate

external events or things from what’s

going on in my own internal experience.

This concept is closely related to

The Observer Effect; a principle of

quantum physics which states that no

phenomena can exist without there first

being an observer. In other words for

anything physical to exist I must first

observe it. In doing so I take this

quantum stuff, or as so many people

call it: energy, and as if by magic

a transmutation occurs from the non

physical to the physical, the subtle

to the gross or from no-thing to some-

thing.

Science has also discovered that

the mind cannot tell the difference

between something vividly imagined

and some actually experienced as

the same parts of our brain are

activated. For example if I play

tennis in my imagination and actually

play tennis the same parts of my

neurology would light up under a PET

scan or computer technology. Personally

I find this a little hard to swallow although

In the context of dreams it does make sense.

There have been times when most if not all

Of us have had a dream and then wondered

if that Happened in reality – did I really kill

the next door Neighbour with my new kitchen

knife?

This in my opinion is how visualisation

is effective at creating new behaviours

and the reason why subjects like NLP

focus on this particular modality to

effect positive change in people’s

behaviours. Although I think it goes one

step further! I think it may be possible

to take the things we think about and

actually make them happen as real time

events in our everyday experience! This

is what hit movies like the secret tell

us and is the whole subject focus of the

law of attraction.

In my own life I have yet to prove

this principle to be true and like

most people would be excited by the

prospect of doing so. To achieve this

I think would require a greater awareness

of how I focus my mind and how it

corresponds to my everyday experience!

This is something I intend to investigate.

If you have anything to share of your

experience of this SECRET please do

share!