Good afternoon. Nothing I said is taken from Catholic ideology nor does Catholicism have any affect on any of my belief structures, unless you consider my avoidance of it. I see other people in this thread mentioned Catholic things, not I. With that being said, your second half:
"You create your own reality, and your own body, and your own experiences, based on what you think and feel constantly and intensely. There’s no them running the show. Life is your mirror. Look in it."
You seem to be conflating personal psychology with absolute reality. There are indeed people running the show. We do have the capacity to shape our own reality and experiences ( most people do not actually do so as they are captured by the hyperreality of mass society) and to a small degree our own body with environmental , dietary and physical conditioning. On a personal level, our lives are a mirror to a degree, as it relates to your own person, your environment and your belief structures. ( If you have indeed created your own thoughts and not merely appropriated others) However, there are also the same variables for the "Other" as well as the absolute reality that you , I , and everyone else (other) exists in. We may all have our own realities, or avenues of perception, but there is indeed an absolute reality that is not subjective on this physical plane. I assure you, I have "looked into it".
Good afternoon. Nothing I said is taken from Catholic ideology nor does Catholicism have any affect on any of my belief structures, unless you consider my avoidance of it. I see other people in this thread mentioned Catholic things, not I. With that being said, your second half:
"You create your own reality, and your own body, and your own experiences, based on what you think and feel constantly and intensely. There’s no them running the show. Life is your mirror. Look in it."
You seem to be conflating personal psychology with absolute reality. There are indeed people running the show. We do have the capacity to shape our own reality and experiences ( most people do not actually do so as they are captured by the hyperreality of mass society) and to a small degree our own body with environmental , dietary and physical conditioning. On a personal level, our lives are a mirror to a degree, as it relates to your own person, your environment and your belief structures. ( If you have indeed created your own thoughts and not merely appropriated others) However, there are also the same variables for the "Other" as well as the absolute reality that you , I , and everyone else (other) exists in. We may all have our own realities, or avenues of perception, but there is indeed an absolute reality that is not subjective on this physical plane. I assure you, I have "looked into it".