Yourself In The Field
Chapter 11 Creating Your
Own
Conducive
Quantum
Universe
I decorate my surroundings with stuff that is pleasing to me. There is a school of thought that you feed your subconscious mind with whatever is plastered all around you, and hence we have to be careful with what we allow the subconscious to take in. I believe that the actual logic is even simpler than that. Each time you look at something, you are forced to give it some of your atten- tion whether you like it or not. Therefore you
are forced to think about those “bills” each time your eyes meet them, regardless of how little brain time you give them. Why not de- vote your brain time to better stuff? That’s why I decorate my room and workspace with pleasing stuff to me. I remove any items that will cause unhappy or unwanted thoughts in me the moment I look at them, no matter how fleeting these thoughts may be.
Is Social Media Negatively Condition- ing You?
The same also applies to the use of so- cial media and Facebook. In this day and age, we all have to engage in the use of social media to keep in touch with family and friends. However, one of my pet peeves
about social media is the use of it to perpetu- ate negative or fear-based messages. What I do then, is to set up my social media (and devices) such that I do not receive any of these negative messages in my newsfeed. I hide messages from friends who are perpetu- ally negative, and even remove them if I have to. Again, not so much of what I am feeding my subconscious but because each time I read those messages and see those photo- graphs, I have to spend some time and effort to process them. I have friends who like to share photos and sad stories about disasters, injustice, cases of abuse happening all over the country / world. I have removed them from my list because we really do not need to be exposed to anymore negativity that is
around us. In every moment, we can always choose where to turn our attention to.
What I have done instead is to fill my social media with positive and uplifting mes- sages, and of the things I like. After a few tries, my newsfeed now fills my day with pos- itive and empowering messages. I subscribe to the messages from all my favorite authors, and they usually fill my newsfeed with won- derful quotes, inspirational stories and breathtaking scenery throughout the day. Now I feel good about using social media. I recently subscribed to the feed of a spiritual author but after a few days, I realized that every other message was a veiled complain about what was wrong with our system and the need to change it. I removed her from my
feed immediately. The true power of the In- ternet (not unlike the Law of Attraction) is that in every moment, you always have the ability to choose what you want to look at. One of my friends once reasoned that she is trying to “raise awareness” by publicizing cases of animal abuse on her feed. I am not sure if she was successful, but she certainly made a lot of people sad first.
I also fill my social media with news about my happy hobbies. These are subjects that I feel good about. So now, instead of reading the news and feeling drained throughout the day, I actually feel so happy and energized when I check my social media updates. This is a quick fix which you can do starting today which I strongly recommend,
although it may take a week or two before you finally start seeing everything lined up positively in your news feed. The changes in your consciousness will be profound though. Herein lies a very useful metaphor to our real lives: At the beginning without any con- scious effort or control, our newsfeed (mind chatter) is filled with mostly negative and unwanted stuff. However, after some con- scious effort through pruning and weeding, we end up with mostly positive, uplifting news throughout the day. When you reach that state, you’ll find that miracles happen for you often, and very quickly.
One of the most common objections I get is: If I block everything out, how do I keep tabs on what is happening out there?
My response would be, “Why would you even need to?” I work with some very smart and successful people in the course of my work, and never once have I been put down be- cause I did not “keep tabs” on the latest hor- rendous events happening around the world. Most of our discussion is uplifting and pro- fessional, focused on the important matters at hand. In the one occasion someone asked whether I had heard about that particular “case” at a party, I politely replied that I had not and the individual filled me in on it. After which I politely changed the subject. Therefore do not worry about not appearing worldly or sophisticated enough if you do not have a ready answer to everything that is happening in the world today. Everyone who has a ready answer probably got it from
someone else on social media anyway! What is more important is your own inner state. Would you rather be an effective manifestor, living a life of miracles and magic… or someone who knows all about the miseries of others?
The same applies to physical items as well. Whenever I see any trinkets that make me feel good, I’ll buy them even if they are a bit expensive by conventional standards. The value you derive from looking at that item will far outweigh what you have paid for it. Just yesterday I was shopping and came across these incredibly beautiful 3D photo frames that create the illusion of the photo- graph floating within the frame. They were several times more expensive than
conventional photo frames, but I was so en- amored by the effect that I stood in the store staring at it for well over ten minutes! I know I would have many hours of delight and fun with them at home as well, which is why I bought a few eventually. The photo frame is now sitting nicely on my cabinet, and I feel so happy each time I look at it. You can never put a monetary value on the energetic value of things. With a little creative thinking, you can greatly amplify the good feeling thoughts which you feel throughout the day, hence reaping maximum benefits from the Law of Attraction.
Another “more expensive than usual” purchase I made was for some nice pajamas with funny prints. It would certainly seem
silly to pay more than a hundred dollars for pajamas, especially for grown-ups. But I have received more than my money’s worth! It feels so luxurious and I feel so happy each time I wear them. The joy makes me feel like a kid again. The feeling of well-being and joy is just indescribable when I look at those funny prints, especially since I work mostly from home and wear them around the place most of the time… even as I write this! Dollar for dollar, it would be hard to justify spend- ing my money on something else that does not give me as much satisfaction and happiness.
I am bringing this example up not to advocate the mindless buying of expensive things, but to illustrate that with a little
thought and planning, your dollars can go a long way towards making you feel better. Feeling better is what you should always aim for, especially if you would like to welcome more magic and miracles in your life. On the flip side, I once bought a cheap pair of shoes that were on discount, thinking that I have saved myself more than a few dollars. Sure, the thought of saving money made me quite pleased for a while. Unfortunately, the shoes turned out to be poorly made or factory re- jects (which is probably why they were dis- counted in the first place), and I ended up cursing each time I wore them! The joy of whatever money I saved was taken away by the fact that I devoted much of my attention to complaining about those shoes each time I wore them! Is that worth it? Now that you
know the energetic and immense power of our thoughts, I think the answer is clear.
Before adding more stuff, one thing you can do is to remove items from your sur- rounding that remind you of unwanted out- comes or events. Are there items related to an old relationship which you wish to move on from? If so, put the item out of sight (or give it away). Remember that each time you look at it, you are giving attention to it and hence remaining stuck in the old energetic patterns. Remove clutter from your environ- ment as that usually creates a sense of over- whelment or obligation to do something about the mess… unless of course you feel al- right about the clutter.
If you follow the tips above, what would happen is that you will create a safe and comforting environment for yourself right at home or in the office. Everything in the environment would nurture and support you each time you look at it. You would feel happy to be in that space as well. Not only would you be more productive and energetic, you can rest in the assurance that whatever you ask for will come more quickly as well. It is always easier to ask for something when there are no objects in the surrounding draining you of precious energy.
I guess the short way of summarizing everything I have said is this: Don’t allow your environment to physically remind you of any of your issues. On the contrary, you
want your environment to match your de- sired future and outcome, to make you feel inspired and safe! I prefer my environment to be uplifting, decorating it with inspira- tional quotes and calendars. At the same time, I keep the decorations light and try not to go overboard with them.
If you really follow the steps above, you’ll feel lighter and more positive within a day or two. More importantly, you would have cut out everything in your physical world that reminds you about the “problems”. If there are unhappy emails that remind you of issues at work or unhappy messages, delete or at least hide them. There is an option in Gmail to archive messages. Why see them each time you access your
inbox and be reminded of them? There is certainly no value in that.
Talking about something you do not want, or complaining about things to others is another sure way to perpetuate an un- wanted reality. Remove anything which you do not wish to see from your surroundings. There is a mistaken belief that you need to be “reminded” to safeguard yourself against the same situation or prevent the problem from happening again… but by now you should understand why it is more valuable to just get everything out of sight instead of being bogged down by the past memory of it.
You can do this no matter what cir- cumstances you face in your life right now.
Structure your life and surroundings such that you are reminded of unwanted things as little as possible, and focus your attention entirely on something else. With just this step alone you will find the external circum- stances greatly improved, because from the moment you turn your attention away from what is unwanted onto something wanted, you are giving the Universe the much- needed space to work its magic.
Try it. You’ll be surprised by how much the Universe can do even if you turn away from the perceived issue only moment- arily! That small gap is all the Universe needs. With each small success you experi- ence, you’ll gain the confidence to turn away from an unwanted reality more and more
until finally one day, you’ll be able to drop a perceived problem at a moment’s notice and not even worry a single bit about it… because the Universe would be so ready to intervene at your behalf.