How many times have you heard someone say, “I’ll believe it when I see it”? Heck, I’ve said it myself. Plenty. But I notice that when I do, there is also a subtle contraction. Ideas seem to get smaller. Possibility seems to close down. I feel less hopeful and more disheartened. My mind quietly but compellingly starts saying things like “Why bother? It’s not going to happen. There’s nothing you can do about it”. Sheesh! What a killjoy. Who started that saying anyway?
Doubt and cynicism can drain the life right out of a conversation. Like dementors in the Harry Potter stories, skepticism can suck all the happiness out of life. We’re left with little more than suspicion, apprehension and a need for chocolate. We feel immobilized and confused. We also lose motivation to take action.
People talk of a “healthy skepticism.” I’m not sure there is such a thing. In every dictionary I could find, the definition of skepticism always contains the word “doubt”. And doubt is a big brick wall between you and possibility.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe we need rational thought as we travel through life’s twists and turns. Our analytical thinking mind helps us get things done. We need it to create plans and strategies and keep us on track. We need it to help us understand things we encounter, to remember what has worked in the past and what has not. We definitely need it for bookkeeping, filing taxes, filling out job applications, making shopping lists, fixing things that are broken.
In our modern, scientific world we have been discouraged from relying on anything that is not rational, quantifiable, and proven by science. The “woo-woo” arts of intuition and energy are often discounted as unreal.
What’s really fascinating to me though, is that science is now showing that these “woo-woo” ideas are just as real as anything else.
When looked at through a powerful enough microscope, solid matter disappears. Subatomic particles turn out to be tiny pockets of energy instead of something tangible. The Heisenberg Principle from quantum mechanics tells us that nothing can be proven to exist as it appears, for the mere act of observing, changes it. This says that our own energy, when directed at something, makes that something different. My rational mind has trouble with that one.
But assuming physics is correct, what it tells me is that the way I approach things changes reality, and that my thoughts and energy work together to create my experiences. What this really tells me is that I best make sure my thoughts and intentions are working for me and not against me. No wonder doubt is a brick wall between us and possibility.
When skepticism rises up, there’s a feeling of safety and security because down deep, I know nothing will change. So I’ve made a slight change to the saying first quoted above that has helped me bring things to my life that I want. Instead of believing it when I see it, I say, “I’ll see it when I believe it.”
I admit that the new aphorism brings a slightly scary feeling with it because I don’t really know what the outcome will be. (Regardless of belief we never know what the future holds). But it also brings hope, possibility, motivation and less need for chocolate.
What would change in your life if you believed everything is possible? What would you see if you believed first? How would you approach things if you were sure you would succeed? How would your thinking and feeling be different if you knew what you wanted was already a reality?
As quantum physics tells us, our intentions are part of creating reality. Think about what you want and let me know in the comments below what you choose to believe. Then go out and take the first step to change that energetic reality into a concrete one. Everything really is possible. The quantum field is here to help.
© 2018 Paul Boehnke
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