Quote from: James S on September 19, 2006, 01:09:07Yes, like thought can affect water
Silly as this may seem to many people, this is actually a very good way of looking at it.
The needs of the many is not something we can really do anything about. The needs of the one, namely ourselves, is the one thing we can definitely do something about.
We can't help others until we learn to help ourselves.
We can't appreciate others until we learn to appreciate ourselves.
We can't truly love others until we learn to truly love ourselves.
Also, we actually ARE the ultimate power in the universe! Each one of us!
Religions have gone a very long way to try and dissuade us of this notion, but our thoughts, our consciousness is ultimately what creates this physical world we live in.
That sentiment is not just airy-fairy new age talk either. Just about every bit of research done into quantum physics recently has been providing evidence that it is our consciousness that makes the physical world what it is.
Blessings,
James.
