Happy New Year to all of my followers!
This month we kick off with something a little different. Today's blog post was written by author Dr Gary Michael Vasey and centres on the theme of crafting your own reality...
Enjoy!
Arietta
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Consciously Creating
Reality
by Dr Vasey
If you follow
the odd headline around the theme of science, you may know that there is a
growing view among certain physicists and others that we live in a hologram.
In fact, recent news stories that crossed over from the realm of science
include the notion that we are living in a computer simulation just like the
Matrix
(or better yet – The 13th Floor) movies. For decades, quantum
physics has put you at the center of that Universe as the conscious observer
that dictates exactly what happens
in your reality. Increasingly, the idea that you create your own reality is
gaining momentum in the scientific community.
If you think
that this is stuff and nonsense then consider it from another scientific and
philosophical angle. Meditation reshapes the brain and brain chemistry,
convincing yourself that you are still young makes you younger,
visualizing success works
and I could go on and on for pages on this theme. The proof is out there that
we can create our own reality the way to do it is also known. It used to be
called Magic and those who practiced it were burnt at the stake or worse.
Let’s quickly
compare science and psychology against magic and occult to prove my point shall
we? In science, the conscious observer dictates what happens. If the conscious
observer engages in meditation and visualization, even acting out what it is
they desire’, they re-program themselves in a way that makes it easier for them
to create the reality they wish for. A magician or occultist goes within
themselves through meditation to understand who they are (Know Thyself!) and
engages in magic ritual which is nothing more than an elaborate acting out and
reminding the subconscious mind of their desires. Is this not the same thing?
This is a
central theme in my fantasy adventure novel – The Last Observer (Roundfire
Books, 2013). The story involves Stanley who lives a boring and humdrum
existence but who loves to read as it activates his amazing imaginative
faculties. Stanley’s abilities come to the attention of two groups of magicians
who are engaged in a bitter fight over reality. One group wants to change
reality by controlling just who gets to create it murdering those who have this
ability strongly developed and who will not use it to serve their ends. I blend
my practical knowledge of magic with quantum physics throughout the book to
build the story that ends with a couple of massive twists and turns that will astound
you.
Of course,
quantum physics has caused much consternation in the science camp as what has
been discovered at the quantum level is so crazy, so weird that its difficult
to believe and the implications are quite mind blowing. It has led some quantum
physicists and other scientists to make some quite extraordinary statements;
“The cosmos is
within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know
itself”
- Carl Sagan
“All matter
originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an
atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together.
We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent
mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter”
- Max Planck
[I can't accept
quantum mechanics because] "I like to think the moon is there even if I am
not looking at it."
- Albert Einstein
"Observations
not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it."
- Pascual Jordan
However, here is
the funny thing. None of this is any way, shape or form NEW. Nope. Magicians
and mystics have known this for millennia. They came to these same conclusions
via meditation and personal insight. Science and scientists must be shaken to
the core to know (if they have looked at all) that what they think is new
science and discover has in fact, been known since ancient Egyptian times and
probably millennia before that.
The biggest part
of magic is imagination. You simply have to be able to imagine and to
see/feel/hear things that you imagine. One exercise I practice all of the time
is visualizing a fire. I try to see it, feel the heat, smell the smoke, and
hear the twigs crackling. I find that sometimes, it is tough to visualize
something so I imagine that I can. Yes, I imagine that I imagine something.....
Weird eh? Nevertheless, you know what it works. Why? Well, because magic is mostly
the ability to imagine as I said before. Mediation helps get you into a state
where imagination is easier. It is a sleepy sort of state in which the body
sleeps but the mind is awake. In this state, your imaginations may take on a
life of their own. Suddenly, you are not imagining but experiencing. Careful
though, don't jump when you realize this as it will destroy the state of mind
that allows this mindful wandering.
We are all
magicians creating our reality every instant unless of course, you are what are
referred to as a sleeper and you are allowing everyone else to create your
reality for you.
Author Bio - Dr.
G. Michael Vasey
Gary has written nine
books on a remarkably wide number of topics ranging from energy and commodities
to (real) magic. He also blogs
extensively both in his professional career as an industry analyst in the
commodities space, and for fun as a hobby.
His first book was an account of his
studies with an occult school or, as he prefers to put it, an account of being
a real magician (Inner Journeys:
Explorations of the Soul) published by Thoth in 2005. This led him to the
idea that a book in his professional field might also be useful as well as
profitable and so Trends in Energy
Trading, Transaction and Risk Management, A Primer, appeared in 2006. Since
this was sponsored by his clients and self-published via Amazon’s publishing
house, it turned out to be a very profitable venture and spun off a second
edition in 2010 and another book about ETRM software in 2008.
In 2006, he was asked by Wiley
Finance to collaborate with a colleague on a book about energy hedge funds. He
has also submitted chapters to a variety of other books on the topics of energy
risk management and hedge funds.
In 2012, he published material about
the hexagram as an esoteric symbol, along with a colleague, through specialist
publishing house – Datura Press and began work on his first novel – The Last Observer – published in 2013 by
Roundfire Books. In between, he
self-published two short volumes of poetry titled Weird Tales and Poems for the
Little Room. A third book of poetry combined with blog posts from
Asteroth’s Domain will shortly appear as Astral
Messages.
He continues to blog avidly at
garymvasey.com and asterothsdomain.com and is currently at work writing the
prequel to The Last Observer and a book about the role of the Fool in esoteric
work.
Complete
List of Works
Astral
Messages (Createspace) - to be released
The
Last Observer: A Magical Battle for Reality
(Roundfire Books), 2013
The
Mystical Hexagram: The Seven Inner Stars of Power
(Datura Press), 2012 (with SC Vincent)
Poems
for the Little Room (G&G Group sro), 2012
Trends
in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software 2009-2010 (Createspace), 2010 (with Patrick Reames)
Selecting
and Implementing Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software: A
primer (Createspace), 2008 (with Patrick Reames)
Weird
Tales: Otherworld Poetry (Booksurge Publishing),
2006
Energy
and Environmental Hedge Funds: The New Investment Paradigm (Wiley Finance), 2006 (with Peter C. Fusaro)
Trends
in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software, A Primer (Booksurge Publishing), 2006 (with Andrew Bruce)
Inner Journeys: Explorations of the Soul (Thoth), 2005
LINKS
Author
website: http://www.garymvasey.com
Author
Blog: http://www.asterothsdomain.com
