Chapter 3   Our True Nature

Take an honest look at your life. What is it that you would like changed? What are the things that you wish to create in your life? After all, if you were totally happy with your present situation and had all the things you desired, then there would be little need for reading this book. But since you've come this far, there must be some changes that you wish to manifest. 

Do you want a new car?
How about a home?
Would you like a new, more rewarding career?
Do you want to manifest some money?
Do you feel that you have a deep, hidden talent, that is awaiting expression but just don't know how to get it out?
Are there some personal qualities that you would like to develop?
Would you like to meet the perfect partner?
Do you need more self discipline?
Does love elude you?

The list could go on and on.

Just have a think on some of the things I have mentioned here. In other words 

Contemplate on what it is that you really want in life

Take your time and try to search deep within your being. This will be important later on. But at this stage all we need to know is that 

We can change unhappy situations in our life and create the things that we desire

We can do this with our imagination so dream on.

Before the truth of the above paragraph can be grasped, some insight into the real nature of ourselves is needed. I will  present this in an orderly manner by explaining some important laws which apply to people in general. 

Now is the time to introduce a very important Law of Manifestation. In fact it is probably the most important Law that we need to understand. Everything else will naturally flow from this one Law. Simply stated, the Law is this:

"I create my own world". 

"You create your own world"  

"We create our own world" 

Yes indeed we do create our own world. And by "world" I'm simply referring to the conditions and circumstances in our life. I do not mean that we have created the Pacific Ocean or Mt. Everest. This may not at present be obvious, but it will become so as you progress further with this work.

In all truth, everything that has ever happened in our life we have in some way created. This may have been either intentionally or unintentionally. Consciously or unconsciously. And right now we are creating our future. Sounds absurd? Maybe so, but as sure as water flows downhill, this is the truth.

It is a very touchy point that many find hard to accept. But it's understanding lies at the very heart of this work. We tend to believe that we are simply the innocent bystanders of life. We think that we are forever at the mercy of forces beyond our control. When we find ourselves in a negative or undesirable situation, we think that somehow we have been victims and punished for something we do not deserve. And our general attitude is " Why me?"

When we see someone who we think is not worthy become a smashing success, we tend to attribute it to luck. And we continue to wallow in our misery, forever believing that we have no hope because the chips are against us.

But when we succeed at something, then we find no hesitation in quickly praising ourselves for our great achievement. We're quick to take the credit. In other words we acknowledge that it is our efforts and abilities that have brought our success. So now what has happened to those chips that were forever stacked against us? They have, by some miracle all of a sudden disappeared.

And so life goes on. We praise ourselves for our good achievements but refuse to take responsibility for our actions when things go wrong. This is how many of us spend our entire existence. We seem to be always blown around in the wind at its mercy, cursing existence when we fall into a pit but praising ourselves when we happen to land in an oasis.

Can you see the folly of such an approach? How can we ever hope to become masters of our destiny when we deep down believe that at any time we can be struck down out of the blue by some unforseen hostile force? The point being made here is extremely subtle and correlates with the previous chapter on Universal Law. 

Perhaps the person who seems to be blown about like chaff in the wind is simply ignorant of  certain aspects of Divine Law? What then, is the solution? The answer is simple and that is to understand and apply the Laws that govern our existence. This is the approach of the wise being. When things go wrong, he does not blame existence. 

He simply accepts full responsibility for his behaviour, recognises that somewhere he has made a mistake and in humility asks the Universe to show him where he went wrong. In this way he is assured of not making the same mistake again.

There is a perfection in this approach that is beyond words. When we recognises this principle, we jump for joy. Isn't it beautiful to know that we're not a defenceless prey to outside forces? Isn't it wonderful to take full responsibility for our actions and know that the reason for failure was only inadequate knowledge of the Laws that we're subject to? 

Because now we're aware that we can retrace our steps, correct our mistakes by real knowledge and shape our future to exactly what we desire. This is true forgiveness and  the only real freedom. Existence has never been unkind to us. We only thought it was. With the recognition of this truth comes a massive turning point in one's life. It is the seed of our liberation.

And just how do we create conditions in our life? Very simply, 

We create our life by what we believe

I've already hinted at this. Everything that we've ever manifested is a product of our belief system. This applies not only to the material things in our life but also to our personality traits as well. Let us take a few examples:  

Believe you are poor and you will most likely never have wealth.  

Believe you are sick and you will probably never have good health.  

Believe you will never get a job and you will remain unemployed.  

Believe you can become a musician and you will learn to play music.  

Believe you are a success and you will succeed. 

So the first step in creating our new life is believing we can

Because if we believe we can't then most likely we never will and we're lost before we even start. But just how do our beliefs create our world? Keep reading and wonders will be revealed. 

Well, now we've come a step further. We can formulate another important Law. It is really an extension of the previous one. It can be stated as:    

"I create my world by my beliefs"

This may sound ridiculous. Or I may be overstating the obvious to some. But it is imperative that we fully understand this Law by knowing exactly how  our beliefs create our world. To see how this Law actually works some understanding of our true spiritual nature is necessary.