Do you find yourself using words like “always” or “never” to describe experiences or events in your life? For example, do you say things like, “Oh, I never win anything” or “They’re always complaining about something?” I admit it. I used to talk like this—a lot. But the tribe I run with now says that we create our own reality by using or misusing our words because the energy of spoken words carries so much power. I am trying to listen to them.
In the gospel of Mark, Jesus says, “If you say to a mountain MOVE, and believe it…, it will move….” So I even hear Jesus saying we can create our reality by speaking what we believe to be already true. In this instance, the internal power to move a mountain being made manifest through speech.
If we believe and say that we never win anything, then we don’t win anything because we have set ourselves up with an expectation to get what we already got…no winnings. It has taken me more years than I can count to learn that I was creating an unhealthy emotional situation for myself that made my life miserable! Human beings are body, soul, and mind (including our psychological and emotional states). So what maps of reality are we using to create the language of so many always and nevers?
Maps of Reality are REAL. I have no idea when or where the concept of “map of reality” originated, but it seems to have arisen in the very early 21st century as techies worked with ordinary citizens to originate the earliest designs for virtual reality systems.
From a consciousness perspective what we define as real is based on our history and the comprehension of the experiences in our past. In other words, we are conditioned to assign meaning to how we perceive life early on in life. This very human way of understanding what we experience by our senses can make or break us if we remain unaware (unconscious) that they are perceptions that may or may not be real (in alignment with Truth). Remember the question from Pilate, “What is Truth?”
A map of reality is a powerful concept, and everybody has one, even if we don’t realize it. It still colors our days, thoughts, moods, emotions, and how we relate to others. I was blessed to meet someone who had a very different way of looking at things. My beloved Charles was instrumental in helping me to accept my perceptions as mine and not necessarily his in a loving way. Love is always evolving and enlightening on the road of life.
So, here’s my invitation. Listen to yourself speak. Become aware. Find the always and nevers and kick-them-to-the-curb! They simply don’t allow us to live in the state of blessedness that is our birthright. The blessed state has everything to do with who you are, manifesting in what you do (or don’t do). Nevers and always just don’t make space for the Divine, who both IS, DOES, and LIVES in every breath we take. Think about it. I did. Maybe something to make you go, “hmmm….”
With Love,
Freda Marie+