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!
