CHAPTER TWO
HOW WE CONNECT WITH EXISTENCE AND CREATE EXPERIENCES

Many physicists have come to recognize that everything in the physical universe is vibratory, i.e. energy in motion. We all have unique vibrations, and we emit and respond to vibrations ranging from the gross and physical to the subtle intuitional' and psychic or spiritual. Only certain parts of our environment resonate to our unique vibrations. A similar phenomenon occurs when we ring a bell with particular vibrations in a room in which there are different kinds of goblets or crystal glasses. Certain ones will resonate and some will not. When we use another bell with different vibrations, then other glasses will resonate, but not the same ones.

If we were to hit a "C" note on a piano in a room in which there were a variety of string instruments along the wall, certain strings on the instruments would vibrate and the others would not. If we then struck an "F", different strings would vibrate. Each string and each part of existence will only resonate to certain frequencies of vibration.

We interact both within ourselves and with our exterior world through vibrations. We may label those that we sense from our body or emotions as pleasurable or painful, and from our exterior environment as desired or undesired.

All of us put out vibrations. A person who is inwardly feeling anger or hate will be emanating angry or hateful vibrations. These may not always be apparent from the way he looks, because he may be presenting a facade of friendliness. Intuitively, however, we often pick up his real attitude. Perhaps this is what led the author, Ralph Waldo Emerson, to make the well known remark, "What you are speaks so loudly that I can't hear what you are saying!"

Whatever vibrations we emanate, only certain parts of the universe will resonate to them. Through our unique vibrations we tend to excite a corresponding resonance in people with whom we come in contact. A person filled with love will tend to stimulate a loving resonance and vibration in others. An angry or fearful person will tend to make others uncomfortable. As a result of their different emotional vibrations, the angry and the loving person will create quite different experiences in their lives. Perhaps you can recall being in the presence of an angry person and can compare the feelings you had then with those you had with a person who was filled with joy.

It is our beliefs, and the feelings which arise from them, that produce our vibrations. These in turn determine the probability that we will have particular kinds of experience. While it may appear that our experiences cause us to form certain beliefs, beliefs come first; we believe something is true, and out of that belief we create experience. Then, out of that experience, we reinforce the belief. We need to find our basic, casual beliefs, particularly the ones we have about ourselves, to make real changes in our lives.


THE RAW MATERIALS OF REALITY

The raw materials from which we create our realities are:

BELIEFS

ATTITUDES

THOUGHTS

FEELINGS

CHOICES

DECISIONS

From our beliefs we form attitudes, thoughts and feelings upon which we base our choices and decisions. As we change our beliefs, our corresponding attitudes, thoughts and feelings will change, and so will our vibrations. The universe has an infinite range of possible vibrations and resonances. Our probability of having particular types of experiences is determined by our vibrations. These stem from the beliefs that we hold.

Some people seem to be victims in life. Many of us may feel that way at times. When people are feeling victimized they are likely to complain that others are taking advantage of them. When they are invited to explore their beliefs about themselves, the probability is high that they may discover limiting beliefs such as "I deserve to be punished", "I am worthless", "I am bad or evil", "I am a victim", "I am guilty", "I am shameful", "I don't deserve", "I'm unworthy", etc. When they identify and change these limiting beliefs, and the encysted emotions connected with them, their experiences will change, and the probability becomes much higher that others will treat them more as winners instead of losers or victims.

For example, a number of people may be applying for the same job. One may be the best qualified for it technically. Yet another person, who may not be as well qualified technically, but who has a stronger belief in his or her own worth, will have a higher probability of getting the job.

All of us have beliefs. They define how we conceive of ourselves and our boundaries. They determine the nature of our vibrations, and the probability that we will have particular types of experiences in life. Far too often some of the beliefs that we have may be severely limiting us. Fortunately, we always have a choice as to whether to accept them and live within their constraints, or to change them and expand beyond them.