Do you create your universe?

 The only person you are destined to become-is the person you decide to be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you still buy into the new age notion that You create your universe?

I still struggle with that one.  I see the universe as being pretty impersonal,  but Michael Singer reminded me this morning that though I might not create the universe, 

You create your experience of the universe....because you are looking at it through your personal veil

As I learn about energy medicine etc I am taught that as energy, I affect energy and therefore affect the rippling that occurs at the quantum level .  I have a hard time with that.  Am I as this body, mind, prana really affecting the ripples in the quantum field? Is this where "The Law of Attraction" comes in?

I do not wish to attract anything with the law of attraction except an ability to experience all of Life and be okay doing so.  Sure, I do wish to get beyond this sense of struggle and angst I have been experiencing. Though it would be really nice to be able to pay the bills without worry or have everyone I love be well and happy...I know that these are requests of the personal mind and will not lead me to what I really want and need. No changes "out there" will. What I am seeking  is completely an inner process. We too often devote our lives to getting what we want but Yoga and other spiritual practices teach us we need to devote our lives to removing the blockages so this shakti can flow.  I "know" that to be true. 

What do you wish to attract with the Law of Attraction? Maybe you want a new home or car, a certain amount of money in your account, a great job, some notoriety or fame? 

What if you were so open, so free, so filled with unconditional peace, love, and shakti...would you still want that?  The attainment of those things would be so inconsequential, wouldn't it? 

We need to cleanse that which is blocking our shakti flow and deal with each challenge in the meantime.

So how do we handle challenge, when life is just hard? 

This inward journey  or process starts with acceptance of "what is."  Acceptance is the opposite of resistance. Resistance is counter productive to our healing and our growth. As long as we are accepting, we are not resisting.

If we accept when we first encounter that challenging event, we  respond to that which is unfolding. If we resist first, we react to that which is unfolding. We want to respond not react. Sure we might have to "do" something to make the situation better, but only after we accept it. Responding to life is a lot different than reacting to life. 

We need to approach each challenge by seeing the impersonal nature of it.  It looks hard, wrong, unfair only becausee we are seeing through the veil of "me" we created, the psyche, the sum of our learned events. Life is just doing Life and we get to be a part of it, experience it.  Shouldn't that be enough? Why do we have to make it all about "me"? 

It is wonderful that we are in a universe that creates itself...Stop this silly old game that you are playing that it is destroying you and everyone else...Its not about getting what you want...interact with the world but don't interact for "you/[ the little me.]"

Spirituality is the alternative to acting as the sum of your learned experiences...Through it, we learn to instead of buying into what our ego is doing or wanting to attract, to take a step back, observe it and say, "I don't have to listen to you ego...you just lead me outward when the answer is in here. " 

Relax through it.

Instead of continuing to push down, stuff, and store blocking the flow of Shakti...we need to invite those samskaras, those blockages to "Come on up!" 

We need to accept, cleanse, and heal...and that is an inside game that the "Law of Attraction" cannot help us with. 

All is well! 

Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe/ Sounds True ( April 14, 2025) The Illusion of Control and the Power of Acceptance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpe_bXINWk&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=3