Don’t Predict the Future… Decide it.

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Does this sound anything like you..?

“If I do this, he’ll be upset with me, and I just don’t think I can handle that.”

“She always does this when I bring it up.  She’s been doing this for years.”

“They’re probably not going to agree with this idea.  I need to figure out what else I can do, just in case they don’t.  It’s just being prepared.”

“If I tell her how I feel, she could just decide to play aloof.  But it doesn’t matter, anyway.  I don’t really care one way or the other.  I’m just going to say it, and she can do what she wants.”

“I don’t care if he does fuss about my wanting to take the new job.  I have to do what makes ME happy.”

If you see yourself in any of the above example statements, don’t worry!  You’re certainly not alone.  I have been just as guilty of this mode of thinking many times over, especially when it comes to that righteous, rebellious, “even if this, I have to do that” way of thinking.  There’s a part of us, as human beings, that seems to love the drama of personal conflict, but especially that oh-so-sweet-tasting sense of “conquering the odds” in the name of rightness or righteousness.  It feels good to overcome, to stick to our guns and imagine accomplishing something, or taking action for the sake of what’s “good”, against an opposing force or antagonistic element, and being victorious.

But are we wisely preparing, and courageously meeting, a possible conflict?  Or are we engineering a conflict that may never have existed in the first place had we not first given birth to the existence of it ourselves?

In every moment of every day, whether you are ever aware of it or not, you are fully engaged in the act of creating your reality.  While you are, at least in part, engaged in a co-creative effort with other people around you, the extent to which your own personal creativity inside deeply affects the experience of your day to day reality outside, is greater by far than you may even realize.  Furthermore, you may also not realize the full extent to which you are not predicting any given possible future outcome… but giving birth to it instead.

Fact or..?

First we need to establish a bit of groundwork for the information ahead, and we’ll begin by examining a word:  fact.  A “fact” is something which is known to be true (which is precisely what differentiates it from a “belief” or an “opinion”, for example).  Another quality of a “fact” is that it can be proven, such as by direct observation or via the feedback resulting from a given test or similar procedure, for example.  Another quality of a “fact”, and one that is exceptionally important with regard to the purpose of this article, is that it can be proven both repeatedly and consistently, without variation.

Now that we’re clear on “just the facts, ma’am”, there is another important term that will also help you gain a better understanding of your role in “predicting” the actions, or reactions, of another person in your reality:  the “observer effect”.

I Saw It With My Own Eyes!

The “observer effect”, which is commonly associated with experimental scientific research, basically states that the observation of certain phenomena can sometimes affect the phenomenon itself, causing it to be changed or altered.  Note that this definition is not the precise definition as it applies to quantum mechanics, where it focuses more on the idea that, until a thing is observed, it exists “in all places, or states, at once” an idea commonly affiliated with the famous Schrodinger’s Cat thought experiment.  However, the former definition is popular in the New Thought movement, as evidenced by the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know?, for example; and for good reason.

According to much of the belief and philosophy behind the New Thought movement, of which the principle of the Law of Attraction is a critical part, thought equals energy.  Furthermore, that energy is a component of the creative force we each possess, and use, in the physical manifestation of our external reality.  While thought on its own may not hold much creative power if it has no real emotional inertia behind it, even a modest amount of emotional energy is enough to start the engine of creativity and set the Universe in motion.

Still with us so far?  Good!  Now that we’ve established a definition of fact, examined the concept of the observer effect and also the concept of thought and emotion as a creative force in physical manifestation, let’s put all of it together and see how all of these elements are important with regard to the “foretelling” of another’s reaction to your desire or intention, regardless of the interpersonal dynamics that have come before.  Consider the following:

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