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Subjective Reality Q&AMay 15th, 2006 by Steve Pavlina Email this article to a friend

I’ve received abundant questions about the notion of subjective reality since the

last blog post, so I’ll cover some of the basics in Q&A form. Most people

asked questions from a perspective that tries to shoehorn subjective reality into

an objective framework… hence confusion is the usual result. Subjective reality

requires a very different framework.

The first two questions are the most crucial for understanding subjective reality.Everything else stems from those.

What is subjective reality?

Here’s the way I’m using this term: Subjective reality is an integrated belief

system where consciousness and awareness are primary. They are the container

in which everything else exists. And I do mean EVERYTHING.

One way of thinking about subjective reality is like a holodeck from Star Trek.

But that’s a model I’d like to move away from because I’m finding most people

are thinking about it too objectively, as if the holodeck still exists in an

objective universe somewhere “out there.” This would be the world of The

Matrix movies, but that is not subjective reality. In that case you’re just having

a simulated subjective experience within a larger objective framework. In those

movies you still have an outside objective universe that is real. So this isn’t the

model we want to use.

In a truly subjective universe, there is nothing outside your own consciousness

— no world, no bodies, no brain. Suppose I ask you the question, “If a tree falls

in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” With

an objective belief structure, you might say yes, but you might also say no,

depending on your views on quantum physics. However, if you believed in

subjective reality, you have to reject the question entirely. You’d say that



there’s no such thing as a tree outside your awareness. That tree doesn’t even

exist. Nor does the forest for that matter. If you are not there to observe it, it

doesn’t exist at all. Without consciousness there is no existence.

So in this paradigm, you are not a body with a mind walking around in a

physical universe. You are pure conscious awareness, and the physical universe

is “walking around” within you. And that includes what you think of as your

body and your mind too… as well as every other body you perceive.

A secondary element is that within a subjective universe, thought is the primary

creative element. All thoughts manifest in some form, whether conscious or

unconscious. So the physical universe is like a giant computer, crunching

your thoughts into reality. Thoughts are waves, and the physical universe is the

summation of all those waves. Hence where there is no thought, there is no

physical existence. If a thought does not exist, its physical manifestation does

not exist either.

What is the “you” in subjective reality?

This point is crucial to really grasping subjective reality. In subjective reality,

“you” have a completely different identity. “You” are the consciousness within

which everything exists — time, space, people, places, events…

EVERYTHING. You are NOT a human being with a body and a mind. You

are consciousness, and there happens to be a human being with a body and a

mind within you. So everything you perceive must be interpreted relative to the

perspective of consciousness, not from the perspective of any particular body-

mind, including the one you identify as your own.

Imagine a first-person video game with an on-screen avatar that you control.

You can move it around and interact with other characters in the game world.

In an objective reality, you perceive that character to be you. You identify with

it. Everything else within the game world is therefore “not you.” And of course

in most video games of this nature, the interactions between your character and

the rest of the game world are usually based on conflict. You vs. not you.



But in a subjective reality, you would not identify with that on-screen character.

You’d identify with the container in which the whole simulation occurs, and

there would truly be nothing outside that container — no outer world at all. So

there’s this character running around inside you, along with many other

characters. Because you don’t identify with the character, its fate is of little

concern to you. What matters is the state of the game universe as a whole. The

role of your avatar is only as a means of influencing the game world and

helping to make changes within it. But such interactions would not be centered

around conflict because there is no sense of you vs. not you. The whole thing is

you. Additionally, nothing outside of this simulation exists, not even time or

space. That’s the entire universe. So the simulation isn’t running within a

larger objective framework — it is the framework.

Are you saying that in subjective reality, everything I experience is just

occurring inside my own head?

No. Everything you experience is occurring inside your consciousness, and that

includes your head too. So your head is inside your consciousness, not the

other way around.

So is everyone else just a projection of myself — my spouse, children, etc?

Yes. Within a subjective belief system, EVERYTHING is a projection of

consciousness.

Are other people just shadows of the real me then?

They aren’t shadows. They are just as much YOU as your own body-mind,

equal components of your own conscious awareness.

So within a subjective belief system, are other people conscious like me too?

People are not conscious. Only consciousness is conscious. So in a sense, there

are no other conscious people. There is only one consciousness, and all the

people you perceive exist within it. And that consciousness is who and what

you are. There’s only one consciousness, so there’s only one you.



In the physical universe, you can go around counting the human bodies you

perceive. And you’ll find lots of them. But how many consciousnesses can you

detect? Count them, and you will find you can perceive only one.

So I’m the only one who’s conscious?

Yes, you are.

If you identify with your physical body-mind, you will likely assume that your

conscious awareness is something going on within your mind or your head.

Hence you assume that all the other bodies you perceive also “have” a

consciousness like yours, one that is separate from yours. You assume you

cannot perceive other people’s conscious minds because it’s something going on

inside their heads too.

But all of that is just a delusion. It’s an erroneous assumption.

The reality is that you are indeed the only one who’s conscious. But that YOU

who’s conscious isn’t your body-mind. Your body-mind as well as all the other

bodies you perceive exist within your consciousness. There’s only one

consciousness, and that is your real identity. Everything else exists within you.

That’s why you perceive only one consciousness. That’s the only consciousness

that exists.

How many subjective realities are there?

There can be only one.

Subjective reality centers around consciousness, and that consciousness is the

real you. There are no other people “out there” having their own subjective

experiences. There is only you. And your subjective reality is the only one

there is.

Why do I identify with this particular body then and not someone else’s?

So you can experience physical reality from a first-person perspective. This

allows you to interact with the physical universe on a whole new level, one that



isn’t possible if you remain in “god mode.” A physical avatar gives you a

richer experience with more possibilties. But you are not restricted to only

working through that avatar except to the degree you believe you are. True

“god mode” is still accessible to you.

But what if I don’t believe that I am consciousness? What if I believe I am

a physical body with a mind?

Then that will become your reality. If you believe you are a body with a mind,

then such is your existence.

You are like a god who uses his powers to make himself powerless. Hence you

are powerless, and trying to use your thought to manifest simply won’t work as

long as you continue to believe you are powerless.

But I see plenty of evidence that the universe exists outside myself, so that’s

why I believe in an objective universe. Am I missing something?

It’s actually the opposite. You see such evidence BECAUSE you believe in an

objective universe. Your beliefs about reality will manifest the physical

evidence that is congruent with them. So if you look to the physical universe,

you will simply see a reflection of your existing beliefs about the physical

universe.

So how can I know that subjective reality is real?

Change your beliefs, and then watch the physical universe itself change to

become congruent with them.

So if I were to believe in something that didn’t exist or that wasn’t possible

yet, it would actually begin to manifest in the physical universe?

Yes, it would. The physical universe is a summation of thought. So first of all,

in order to change this universe, you must adopt the belief that creation by

thought is possible. You must not only believe it. You must know it.

If you try to create by thought, yet deep down you still believe it’s impossible or



highly improbable, then it will not manifest for you. The physical universe,

including time and space, can only manifest in a manner that is congruent with

your beliefs.

But according to science, history, etc. this can’t be true.

Science and history, past and future, and all your memories exist within your

consciousness. You manifested them. If you believe it can’t be true, then it

can’t.

Science is based on the presupposition that objective reality exists. The whole

notion of an objective observer stems from that assumption. But this

assumption is unprovable and may therefore be erroneous. From a subjective

standpoint, the belief in objectivity is what manifests all the laws and

discoveries of science. To drop that belief is to make it possible to violate the

seemingly untouchable laws of science.

So even the past and future don’t really exist?

They exist to the degree you believe they exist. All that is real is the present

moment, since consciousness is not time bound. Within consciousness you

create the experience of time.

Hence, you cannot look to past or future for evidence of subjective reality. Your

perceptions of past and future and all the supposed evidence contained therein

are themselves creations of subjective reality. You will only find within them

what you expect to find.

The only valid place to look for truth is within consciousness itself.

Why create time?

To experience a time-bound perspective, which allows you to experience

growth. Growth is an experience you cannot experience without physical

manifestation because pure consciousness is already perfect; therefore it does

not grow and change. In order to experience growth, your only option was to

assume a perspective that distanced you from the awareness that you are pure



consciousness, so you could enjoy the process of finding your way back to

perfection.

What about the physical laws of science? Can I break them?

Not if you believe they are real. Whatever you believe to be universal law, the

physical universe (including your body) must obey. You cannot break any law

which you “know” to be true. But you can change what you know to be true

once you begin to recognize that you are consciousness itself, not merely a

body-mind in a physical universe.

What is a belief?

A belief is a thought. All thoughts are creative. A belief is therefore a

statement about the nature of reality, one which is sure to manifest. Ultimately

then, a belief is a choice.

You have complete freedom to believe whatever you want. This includes the

ability to decide that you don’t have a choice. If you believe reality is

something that happens to you, something not of your own creation, then that is

your decision.

Why does the physical universe seem so stable then?

It seems stable because you believe it to be stable. You allow your perceptions

to feed your thoughts instead of taking more direct control over your thoughts.

There is no perception without creation. When you perceive something in your

reality and form an opinion about it, you reinforce the continuation of that

reality. If you want to create a discontinuity in the physical universe, you must

create a discontinuity in your thoughts. That means you must begin to believe

something which you cannot yet perceive. You do this through your

imagination, and it will eventually come to manifest.

So if I believe in a subjective universe, how would that affect my behavior

in dealing with others?



The interactions between your physical body and those of others will play out in

accordance with your beliefs about the nature of reality, just as you see now. If

you believe the universe is hostile, you will treat others with suspicion. If you

believe the universe is loving, then you will treat others with compassion.

When you identify with consciousness itself, you perceive all of reality as

occurring within you. Everything that exists is a manifestation of you. This

perspective takes growth to a whole new level, since now you are able to decide

what kind of universe you wish to create.

Wouldn’t I become totally self-centered with a subjective belief system?

You are naturally self-centered. The problem is when you choose the wrong

“self” to center around. If you choose your body as the self and center around

that, then you manifest all sort of problems as you compete with other bodies.

It’s you vs. them. You vs. not you. And your interactions with others will be

invariably fear-based, just like you’d see in a competitive or violent video

game. You may try to suppress the fear and feeling of being in competition

with others, but you will never be free of it. Fear and competition are natural byproducts of ego identification.

But when you select pure consciousness as the SELF you center around, you

have made a wonderful choice because there is nothing outside of

consciousness. Now you are centering around the real you which encompasses

all that exists. So there is no you vs. them. In this case your interactions will

become more loving and joyful. You are centering yourself around the real

you. Another name for this is God-consciousness.

So a subjective belief system will make you SELF-centered but not self-

centered, which is a very enjoyable state to reach.

How can I behave compassionately towards others if I don’t believe they

exist?

You do not exhibit compassionate behavior towards others per se. You can

only behave compassionately towards yourself — the YOU that is



consciousness. You will cease to perceive a you plus a them as the format for a

human interaction. Instead it is all you. Your body and someone else’s body

are like the heart and lungs of a larger whole. You would not want to see your

heart arguing with your lungs. So upon embracing this perspective, you would

take responsibility for the totality of all existence because it is in fact your own

creation. Hence you would want to see compassion spread everywhere your

perception reaches.

This is what Jesus meant when he said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” He

did not mean that you are a physical body-mind and that you should love other

human beings just as you love your own body. He meant that you ARE

consciousness, and so your neighbor IS you. To love your neighbor AS

yourself means to love your neighbor BECAUSE s/he is YOU. There is no

separation between you; separation is merely an illusion.

Jesus also said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” There

are two kinds of forgiveness though. One is to forgive your neighbor for

apparent wrongdoings as if s/he is a separate being from you. Forgive and

forget and move on. But Jesus is talking about a higher level of forgiveness.

When you identify yourself with pure consciousness, you forgive others because

they ARE you. So all forgiveness at this level is really SELF-forgiveness. It

means you accept everything in your reality with compassion because YOU

created it.

From the perspective of subjective reality, the best way to interact with the

world is to center every relationship around peace, love, and joy. To do

otherwise would simply create pain, and no fully conscious being would

willingly choose to do that. If love, peace, and joy is who you are, then that is

what you will manifest.

So if I continually focus my consciousness on thoughts that are loving,

peaceful, and joyful, then what effect will that have on the life of this body I

think of as mine?

First, your body-mind will interact with the world in a loving, peaceful, and



joyful manner. You will experience great pleasure in serving others. You

will forgive easily. Your body will become a vehicle for manifesting love,

peace, and joy in the physical universe. That is in fact your body’s primary role

in the physical universe, but it’s not the only vehicle you have available.

Secondly, your body-mind would cease to experience fear because you would

stop creating fear in your consciousness. You would not even be afraid of

death. Consciousness is primary and invulnerable. So you would take care of

your body in a loving manner, but you would not be afraid of its demise. It is

not really you anyway. This lack of fear is what makes it possible to see

through the illusion of the physical universe. When you fear nothing, you are

free, regardless of circumstances.

Thirdly, you will find your life becoming easier and easier. You will become

increasingly enthusiastic and excited about life. Every day will bring wonderful

new experiences. Your experience of time will change, and the notions of past

and future will become less important. More and more of your awareness will

pour into the present moment and stay there.

And finally, your emotions will align with joy. You will experience joy all the

time. It will never shut off.

Aligning your thoughts with peace, love, and joy is empowering. They are key

components of the very best experience you can manifest in the physical

universe.

Within a subjective belief system, how can world peace be achieved?

First, consider the objective reality approach. This approach assumes that a lack

of world peace exists “out there” somewhere in the world, somewhere separate

and distinct from yourself. Hence you must use your body to tackle these

separate entities and get them to cooperate. Unfortunately, all the billions of

people in the world are not under your control, so no matter how hard you work

at it, there will always be people who don’t cooperate. Consequently, that

approach has never worked and will never work. In fact, it will actually just



perpetuate a lack of world peace even more. You cannot eliminate conflict

through conflict.

Now consider the subjective approach. Within this framework there is a lack of

world peace because there is a lack of peace within your consciousness. So

instead of fighting the world, you would focus intensely to bring your own

consciousness into alignment with peace. You would center your life around

peace. You would live and breathe peace. Your mantra would be peace, peace,

peace. You would direct your energies towards eliminating all thoughts from

your SELF that are incongruent with peace. A role model for the type of being

you would strive to become would be Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

As you worked to raise your consciousness into perfect resonance with the state

of peace, you would see your physical human body begin to behave more and

more congruently with that state. At first this would happen on a small level.

You would stop picking fights with people around you. You would begin to

forgive more easily. But the more your consciousness grew in peace, the more

your actions would reflect peace in the physical universe. You would gradually

begin to center your work, your relationships, your environment, and your entire

life around peace.

You would in effect become very much like Jesus both in thought and in deed.

Your physical being would become devoted to a life of service to the highest

good of all, and you would teach unconditional love, compassion, and

forgiveness. And both through the vehicle of your physical being and through

the creative power of your consciousness as a whole, you would gradually see

the entire physical universe transform to resonate with your inner state of

peace. As within, so without.

If you wish to create world peace, you must first become inner peace.

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28 Responses to “Subjective Reality Q&A”

Mind matters » Blog Archive » Belief systems Says:

May 15th, 2006 at 3:18 pm

[...] From many sources I’ve gathered information about belief systems and

how they can influence the way we humans view the world, and I’ve come

to an internal conclusion that our beliefs have much more power over our

surroundings than we give them credit for. But I have until now not been

able to make any experiments to prove my theories to myself, until I read

this article about Subjective Reality in Steve Pavlina’s blog. [...]

The Pagan Bodhisattva: This time, it’s about the journey - not thedestination. » Subjective Reality Says:

May 16th, 2006 at 3:02 pm

[...] Steve Pavlina’s discussions of Subjective Reality have huge

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theoretical underpinning of Creative Spirituality. What is a belief? [...]

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May 17th, 2006 at 8:53 pm

‘The Out’ in a Subjective Reality

This article is about ‘the out’ in a subjective reality.

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May 23rd, 2006 at 9:18 pm

[...] After writing the series on subjective reality, I’ve been thinking a lot

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As you probably know by now, my preferred style is to dive in with some

kind of personal experiment as opposed to sitting on the sidelines and

pondering. [...]

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Die? Says:

May 25th, 2006 at 2:12 pm

[...] After all that you’re probably wondering when you get to meet the Big

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hard. Just look in the mirror, right now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. There, yousaw him/her/it. It’s really that simple people. You’re a projection of one

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focusing on you right now and that’s why it seems like you’re you and he’s

him and she’s well… nevermind. The point is, God is within you. God is

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Improve Human » Blog Archive » Experience Life in the 3rd PersonSays:

May 27th, 2006 at 12:31 pm

[...] I was recently inspired by Steve Pavlina to take the computer game

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being a subjective reality. In this subjective reality we are all one conscious

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Jacin Steele » Blog Archive » Subjective reality Says:

June 3rd, 2006 at 7:28 pm

[...] Steve Pavlina writes a blog, Personal Development for Smart People,



that I find enriching and enjoyable (likely because of the ego boost his

blog’s title gives me.) Steve has recently written a number of articles

discussing subjective reality. I’ve read all of the (very long) posts. He

presents a worthy subject and gives a superb explanation of his beliefs. That

being said, I think he takes this one a little too far. [...]

Jesse Edmunds’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Battle Says:

July 24th, 2006 at 10:50 pm

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Jacin Steele » Blog Archive » An Easy Way to Apply the Secret Says:

July 31st, 2006 at 5:33 pm

[...] I believe this is what Steve Pavlina is describing when he writes about

Subjective Reality. You can physically change the world around you simply

by changing what you believe. You can step outside the boundaries of cause

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Science does not state fact, and contrary to the egos of some scientists, is

not intended to be infallible. Science creates theories based on observed

evidence, and changes those theories as methods of observation change. It is

impossible, using pure logic, to prove the existence of anything except for

your own consiousness. Also, we observe the world using our memory,

which admittedly isn’t perfect. Memories can be changed either on purpose

or through natural entropy. Because of this, science takes a few liberties and

makes some assumptions. The first assumption is that other people have

their own independent consiousness. The second assumption is that the



universe is meaningful and ordered. Without the first being true, and those

recognizing it to have a completely subjective perspective, it would be

meaningless to communicate our findings to other people. Without the

second assumption, it would be meaningless to study our surroundings. [...]

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nature of this reality is unknown (at least for me) because we never reach

reality bare. Instead, we reach it through our perception, i.e. what we

perceive through our senses (whether they are 5 or more senses for some people). The information we get from our perception is filtered by our belief

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your belief system which tells you that we live in a pure rational world, or

that there’s nothing more than this life (just infinite re-incarnations), or that

we live in a mythological world full of gods and strange creatures

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Create Your Own Reality » A Life Journey Says:

October 5th, 2006 at 10:50 am

[...] What is Your Reality? The ideas I have been exploring lately through

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October 27th, 2006 at 6:35 pm

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Reality, Personal Creation – point right to the heart of the problems many

people experience when implementing change in their lives. The

fundamental principle is that change begins on the inside. Perhaps the idea is



cliché and overworked, but it really is that simple. [...]

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November 14th, 2006 at 6:16 pm

[...] Every model of reality is simply a method of relating the parts to each

other. Whether we live by the Standard Dualistic Model, the Intention-Manifestation Model, Steve Pavlina’s Subjective Reality Model, or

something else, we’re simply finding different methods to put the parts into

relationships with each other. [...]

Law of Attraction Redux » petegomez.com » Blog Archive Says:

December 7th, 2006 at 2:19 pm

[...] This blog is about manifestation, creatorship, fire, and lifting the denial

that is around our ability to manifest whatever we want. It will go down a

different path than LoA and Intention-Manifestation, removing the denials

present in those systems, and moving along side the Subjective Reality

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: All Things Bright by Kathleen Bright Says:

December 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pm

[...] In the meantime, definitely read Steve Pavlina on Subjective Reality, as

that’s what I’ll be responding to: "Subjective reality is an integrated belief

system where consciousness and awareness are primary. They are the

container in which everything else exists. And I do mean EVERYTHING."

[...]

Future Male » A Christian perspective on the Law of AttractionSays:

January 21st, 2007 at 12:53 pm

[...] Another possible model for this “full and total control” is subjective

reality. The Law of Attraction meshes perfectly well with the philosophy of

subjective reality which declares that the only consciousness in the universe

is your own and everyone else is a projection of the same consciousness. So

reality is only a manifestation of this singular consciousness. So whatever

this consciousness thinks about becomes real to this consciousness. StevePavlina has an excellent commentary on this topic where he addresses the

logical inconsistencies that Troy is getting into. [...]



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Although I love him, I am still working on forgiving him for some of the

painful mistakes that he made in raising me. I’ve spent a lot of time trying

to force myself forgive him but I’ve realized that in order to develop the

capacity to forgive him, I have to forgive myself first. At first glance that

might sound odd, but often our struggles with the outside world are really a

reflection of our own consciousness. This is what Steve Pavlina refers to as

subjective reality. The underlying premise of subjective reality is that there

is nothing other than your own consciousness. Essentially this means that

whatever you think and believe is what will become. This is the law of

attraction rearing its head again. I will write an article that goes into greater

depth about my take on the law of attraction. I agree with most of it with

one notable exception and that is that in my worldview the law of attraction

is governed by God and made possible by our faith in him. [...]

H to the Izzo, Essar to the Ohhar(zay). « Test Fire Inc. Says:

March 19th, 2007 at 2:14 am

[...] Mar 19th, 2007 by testfireinc I won’t go into the details, but a couple of

months back I had appendicitis and was home a lot, and to save myself

from otherwise going insane from boredom, I found an innocently sweet

woman called Ms. Internet in the dank, until-then-unused shadows of the

19! flat panel monitor of my computer. Anyway. Long story short, I got

really heavily into reading Steve’s blog. And furthermore, I got heavily into

reading a series of his articles that at a guess, would probably make the

average human being raise his/her eyebrows in absolute what-the-hell-i’m-



confused/is-this-guy crazy-or-am-I. Yes, I got sucked into the posts on

subjective reality, and I started contemplating. At first it was really

interesting. But then I started having questions. So I wrote them down,

hoping that by some hopeful realisation, I’d be able to come back and

answer them. The promise of God-consciousness and sweet, peaceful

enlightenment was overwhelmingly tempting, put it that way. And they say

there’s no magic pill… :p [...]

I cause all famine, pestilence and war | Something is HappeningSays:

October 4th, 2007 at 1:49 am

[...] http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/subjective-reality-qa/

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/reprogramming-reality/ [...]

Time To Get Up? « Last Will And Testimony Says:

December 16th, 2007 at 10:17 am

[...] If your intellect needs more data to accept this these are the best two

explanations I’ve seen of this level of reality in scientific type language…

Steve Pavlina What is it? More….Q&A [...]

NLP, the world model | Streamhead Says:February 15th, 2008 at 12:26 am

[...] Every person has their own way of viewing reality (if, in fact, “reality”

even exists). Through our senses and nerve system, every one filters what

they experience in a different way. The same event might lead to different

conclusions for different people. One might think an accident is an

opportunity to discover new and different things, another feels his life is

over. We each have our own view on reality, our own model of the world,

that we use to interpret new events. There’s some more information here. In

this context Steve Pavlina’s writings on subjective reality are also worth

pursuing. [...]

My Beautiful World 2nd entry | VOICES BEING HEARD!! Says:

June 13th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

[...] have great friends of all colors,gangs and religions.One day a dear

family member sent me this link

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/subjective-reality-qa/.I read it

and read it again and i made a choice to beleive it.I’ve found joy in it and if

anyone [...]



My Blog » Blog Archive » How to Solve All of Your Problems Says:

September 9th, 2008 at 4:05 am

[...] Key to Ho’oponoponoThe key to Ho’oponopono can be found in the

subjective reality model which is the basis for its foundation. From this [...]

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