[ExI] "create our own realities"

John Grigg possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 02:27:47 UTC 2008


Bryan Bishop wrote:
>I have also come across that strain of thought, that "we create our own
>realities."

Damien Broderick replied:
Well, it's a horribly hackneyed New Age/magical thinking conceit and
has been for at least a generation.
>>

I realize the way "New Agers" sometimes refer to "creating our own
reality" can seem very corny and incorrect to people who pride
themselves on being highly analytical.  But I think *up to a point*
they are very right in that so many people (including myself) box
themselves in based on false notions of what their limitations happen
to be.  And so if a person can break those limiting beliefs they can
quite literally "create a new reality."

On the other hand some New Age guru types make millions by saying if
you just wish hard enough you can change anything you want in your
life without the requisite hard work.

"In Search of the New Age: A Humorous Look at an Emerging Culture" is
one of the funniest books I have ever read in terms of parody.  They
have a section on "creating a new reality," which has an illustration
of a young woman imagining herself diving into a swimming pool filled
with nothing but dollar bills.

http://www.amazon.com/Search-New-Age-Humorous-Emerging/dp/0892812095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200018050&sr=8-1

John Grigg  :  )



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