As
self-aware beings, we're not just some blind accident of evolution,
thrown here to struggle and die. There is a Source in Consciousness, and
we can learn to align ourselves with Its brilliant efficiency,
boundless resources, and ingenious organizing intelligence. This
intelligence turns the planets, directs the seasons and the tides, and
sustains each particle in the Creation, everywhere, all at once,
effortlessly.
Why should we find it so hard to believe
that this intelligence could be relied upon to bring us the fulfillment
of perfect work, prosperity, vibrant health, a wonderful partner, or
whatever else has been given to us to desire?
What
comes to us in life is not merely a matter of chance; it follows from
who we believe we are and what we take to be real. Since we can change
these beliefs at any time, we aren’t condemned to repeat the past unless
we believe we are. A better reality is always available to us.
Willingness, being still, receptive imagination, love for the
ideal—these are the keys to the next better version of self and world.
Particle and Field
The
idea that we create our reality is at least as old as the Vedas, which
state that “Atman” [the individual soul] is Brahman [the Cosmos].” This
suggests that the whole of experience somehow resides in consciousness,
and that our consciousness actually shapes, informs, and organizes what
seem to be random events. Field theory recognizes that our consciousness
has the same multiple nature we see in electrons, indeed, all quanta,
so our consciousness has “Particle” and “Field” aspects.
Most
of the popular New Age material on reality-creating fails because it
presumes, mistakenly, that the self that does the creating is the
Particle self—our most local identity, the one that says “I” all day,
that experiences itself as in the physical body, and so, separate from
other “I’s." The Particle self is extremely limited in knowledge,
resources, and efficiency, and by nature identifies with things and
conditions, e.g., “I am a person,” “I am sorry,” “I am here,” and so on.
As Particles, we tend to experience world as cause and the self as
effect, and so live in continual reaction to outer conditions; as these
conditions appear to be separate from us, we naturally exert our will to
improve or avoid them. Our Field identity, on the other hand, is
nonlocal; not bound by time or space; unlimited in knowledge, vision,
and efficiency; and aware of itself as the cause of worldly experience.
Its most fundamental expression is not "I am this or that," but simply,
"I AM."
Intention
includes what we take to be real, which ultimately comes down to what
we identify with. So, for example, the belief, “There isn’t enough
money” is rooted in the belief, “I am poor.” This turns out to be a
crucial point in Field theory, since our creating follows necessarily
from identity, from who we believe we are. This is all we can change,
and all we need to change.
The Self that creates
reality is not the Particle self, a point that hardly can be overstated.
Many people, caught up in popular oversimplifications of “we create our
reality” thinking have tried affirmation, visualization, and other
consciousness techniques to change their experience in the world, only
to find themselves running into walls, because they were unwittingly
believing in (intending) the very condition they wanted to change. As
long as the I strives to change conditions rather than simply changing
its self-definition, conditions have no choice but to persist. The I
that would create reality deliberately cannot stand apart from its
creation. Paradoxically, this means that we can’t change reality through
an act of will, because the very attempt confers the status of reality
on the thing it seeks to change. In trying to make real something that
it regards as not real, it casts its vote wrongly and secures the very
outcome it would overcome. When we try to create conditions, the results
are likely to backfire and lead to disappointment. On the other hand,
when we recast our identity, conditions change spontaneously and
effortlessly as required by the law of correspondence. So, our work is
only on ourselves. This is why in Field practice, the aim is alignment,
and not manifestation.
Creation is the operating of the
law of correspondence between Particle and Field. The Particle, by
nature, must intend; the Field must correspond. Following the principles
of chaos theory, intentions exert a nonlocal organizing effect,
fulfilling themselves whether or not we’re aware of what we’re
intending. As we start intending deliberately, this nonlocal effect
shows up as happy coincidences, miraculous timing, and other
synchronicities, As Field training deals directly with the most
fundamental structures of Particle consciousness (identity and reality),
conditions tend to improve quickly and dramatically, having no choice
but to correspond to who we believe we are. When this changes for the
better, everything changes accordingly.
Some
students use these terms interchangeably, but the word God can be
loaded with associations that may not be helpful. The Field is the
totality and ground of Being, comprising all objects, events,
conditions, and Particle identities in the same way that the ocean
comprises waves. In expression, the Field demonstrates qualities of vast
creativity, intelligence, and Self-giving attributed by most spiritual
traditions to a Supreme Being. Still, Field training isn’t a religion or
religious; one may belong to any spiritual tradition or none and gain
much from its study.
How is Field training different from other models that deal with consciousness-as-cause?
Field
training acknowledges certain paradoxes of consciousness that other
models do not, the most significant being that if we attempt to create
conditions to fulfill desire, whether through acting on the world
directly or through consciousness techniques such as visualization or
affirmation, we’re immediately caught in a contradiction that interferes
with the desired manifestation. Field training sidesteps this paradox
by teaching that “the aim of intending is alignment, not manifestation.”
The factual fulfillment of Particle desire arises spontaneously out of
Field correspondence; it doesn’t have to be contrived. We simply remain
aligned, and the facts take care of themselves. Rather than attempting
to create a desired condition, we simply allow the version of the self
that corresponds to that condition to come to the fore. The method is
based solely on the creative power of identity, and on consciously
recasting the Particle self.
Field
training holds that we don’t get what we want; we get what we intend.
Intentions comprise what we take to be real, and what we identify with.
Often, these intentions are unwitting; we are not aware that we are
embodying them. When an intention runs contrary to (or contradicts) what
we consciously desire, it’s a “counterintention.” To the extent that we
counterintend, we suffer. Releasing counterintentions frees us from
suffering and allows us to embody the consciously chosen version of self
with a sense of joy and relief. Field training provides many ways to
clear counterintentions. It’s not necessary to know what a
counterintention is to clear it.
What does the term “versions of the self” mean?
Field
training borrows the Many-Worlds model from physics to provide a
theoretical basis for believing that a desired condition is “already
done.” As long as one believes otherwise (e.g., tries to create the
condition, sees it as possible, etc.), one is not, strictly speaking,
intending it. Television broadcast provides a good metaphor: All the
channels exist now, in the air; they don’t have to be created. Because
they’re already real, any of them can manifest (incarnate). One simply
needs to be tuned to the right channel (version of self). How do you know that these concepts about consciousness and reality are true?
The
best approach for a student to take is to assume that the truth of
these principles remains to be seen. Nothing should be accepted solely
on the strength of another's authority. We invite all who are willing to
make the great experiment to find out for themselves if Field
training's ontological claims are true or not. An open mind and heart
balanced by careful reasoning soon reveal the profound value of our
unique approach.
Why did the Field manifest Itself as separate Particles?
We
generally find "why" to be a distraction from the far more fruitful
direction of attending to practice. Field training, while providing a
thorough and precise ttheoretical model, is ultimately about practical
experience, which is rarely improved by grand questions or metaphysical
speculating..
but that everything is invited to you, and by you, through thought,
you never again feel threatened
by how others may be
choosing to live,
even if they are very close by.
For, they cannot be a part
of your experience.
Abraham-Hicks
Monday
- Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. It's presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.
A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being, for such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought.
As he develops a right understanding, and sees more and more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remains poised, steadfast, serene. The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
The strong calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm. ... How insignificant mere money-seeking looks in comparison with a serene life - a life that dwells in the ocean of Truth, beneath the waves, beyond the reach of tempests, in the Eternal Calm. How many people we know who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful. ... It is a question whether the great majority of people do not ruin their lives and mar their happiness by lack of self control. ... Only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlledand purified,
makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
... Self-control is strength.
Right Thought is mastery.
Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still." Thomas Troward
