My New Age friends have been saying the idea that "we create our own reality."
I ask them if that goes for rape, congenital problems, airplane crashes, gifts... and most of these folks say, yes, we create those too. They look puzzled by themselves for saying this, but are determined to see this truth in life.
I didn't really know how to argue with all of this. My sense is that there is a powerful grain of truth in the idea, but the catch phrase "we create our own reality" is dangerous. At best, it is an attempt to feel in control of life. At worst, it is a blame game for suffering.
What if "our beliefs create our truths" is a more accurate statement? Anyone see land mines in this one?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
New Age and Old Age
Posted by mrs. tioli at 4:06 PM
Labels: dangerous thinking
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I think it's just another version of the christians' idea of "there are no accidents." You hit it on the head the first time when you said it is an attempt to feel in control.
On the other hand, as "The Gift of Fear" teaches, there are clues to some things that we can pick up on or ignore. But the author is talking about very specific occurances. I think the new agers are saying we create our reality years in advance...
There may be some truth to this, but there are also accidents, and birth defects, and so forth as you said.
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