Controlling Reality

[Kitsune]

Reality... Subjective, isn't it? Our dreams, are made of a subjective reality (Subjective to our will) aren't they? As is the Astral Plane. Why not the Physical? Why can't we readily change our reality as we see fit?

[kiwibonga]

If everyone could change everything the way they want it, chaos would reign.

If you believe you're the only person that "exists" and everything else around you has been created by you, perhaps you could come up with an answer yourself

Cherish the limitations, maximize your freedom.

[MisterJingo]

Reality... Subjective, isn't it? Our dreams, are made of a subjective reality (Subjective to our will) aren't they? As is the Astral Plane. Why not the Physical? Why can't we readily change our reality as we see fit?

Outside of new age and spiritual philosophies, reality is objective. Unless you are a solipsist, your personal belief changes your own view of reality, but not reality itself.
Regardless of what others might post or write on the net, quantum physics does not prove we alter reality, quite the opposite. Many people would state the uncertainty principle and related phenomena as examples of belief effecting reality, but now we know differently. Here's a link explaining:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-decoherence/

Perhaps dreams and the astral are subjective because they do exist soley in our head (or collective heads). Who can say. I guess I've dropped most new age philosophies now as they usually have discrepancies or ask us to take gigantic leaps of faith. Projecting out of your body means you've had an experience which seemed like you projected out of your body, it does not validate an entire belief system of life, the universe and everything. That's up to us in our own explorations .
I'm still searching - but with an increasingly open mind.