I’ve been trying to figure out how the world works since I was old
enough to read children’s books and then comic books. “Superman”
and “The Flash” were pretty easy to understand.Today I have to deal
with science, religion, psychology, and philosophy as well as my own
mental wanderings.
Just when I think I have a handle on things, along comes another
book to disturb my view of the world.This time I was reading Con-
sciousness Speaksby Balsekar when I started to get a headache.
If I had to sum up its message in words from a man confused by
reading the book, I’d say that nothing we do comes from free will. It’s
all being prompted through us.We think we are the conscious actors.
We’re wrong.That’s our egos talking. In some respect, we’re puppets
with the Divine as the energy in us pulling our strings.
Now imagine this:
I’m the guy who wrote The Attractor Factor, a book that explains a
five-step process for having, doing, or being anything you want. I and
others have used the method to attract everything from wealth to
cars to spouses to health to jobs to, well, you name it. It’s all about de-
claring your intention and then acting on what comes your way or
bubbles up from within to make it manifest. In short, you’re the pup-
peteer and the world is your puppet.
So how do I fit these two apparently conflicting philosophies in
my head without going bonkers?
I think it works like this:
First, we are living in a belief-driven world. Whatever you be-
lieve, that belief will work. It’ll get you through the day, at any rate. It
will frame your experiences into perceptions that make sense to you.
And when something comes your way that doesn’t seem to match
your worldview/belief system, you’ll find a way to rationalize it and
force it to fit. Or you’ll take valium.
Second, I can’t help but wonder if both philosophies are right:
We’re the puppet and the puppeteer. But that only works when we
get out of our own way. It’s our minds that drive us to overdrink,160 Zero Limitsccc_zero_147-162_choice.qxd 5/4/07 12:57 PM Page 160