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**Tarrccrys** · 10-23-2007, 09:33 PM

dear friends,

and such is it!

http://www.peterrussell.com/sp/realsecret.pdf

non pdf link;

http://www.peterrussell.com/sp/realsecret.php

be well, be love.

david

the real secret
reprinted from ode, october 2007.

you create your own reality. just "think positive," and you'll get yourself a new car, a great job, the perfect partner and lots of money. that's a message heard more and more frequently, most prominently in popular documentaries like the secret, following the success of what the bleep do we know!?

to offer concrete evidence for their claims, the filmmakers point to discoveries in quantum physics. but does physics really provide the proof for these claims?

quantum physics describes the socalled "observer effect," which refers to the impact the mere act of observing can have on the phenomenon being observed. physicists speak about this as the "collapse of the wave function." the wave function describes the probabilities of a particle being observed in any of its possible states. when an observation is made, the wave function "collapses" and the particle is observed in one particular state. a popular interpretation of this is that the act of observation affects physical reality, "freezing" it into a certain state. hence the claim that you create your own reality, and the importance of holding a positive vision of a desired outcome.

the original formulation, however, put forward by nobel prize-winner werner heisenberg, states that is your knowledge of the system that collapses. nothing in the real world actually changes; the only thing that changes is the uncertainty in your knowledge.

nevertheless, there is a sense in which you do create your own reality: you create your own experience of reality. take, for example, your ability to see. light enters the eye, triggering nerve impulses that travel to the brain. there, these impulses are analyzed and put together into an image. you think you see the world, but what you're seeing is a reconstruction of the world. the same applies to all your senses: you hear your own listening, etcetera. in this way, you're creating your own perception of reality.

how you perceive reality depends in a large part on your attitude. a positive attitude is clearly a good starting point and may in part explain why things sometimes turn out the way you want.

i have discovered, for instance, that when i'm rested, centred and clear, things work out well. but i don't believe this is because i am "creating" the world around me. it happens because i have put myself into a good state of mind to pick up opportunities.

10-23-2007, 09:33 PM	#1
Tarrccrys Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 588 Senior Member	The Real Secret dear friends, and such is it! http://www.peterrussell.com/sp/realsecret.pdf non pdf link; http://www.peterrussell.com/sp/realsecret.php be well, be love. david the real secret reprinted from ode, october 2007. you create your own reality. just "think positive," and you'll get yourself a new car, a great job, the perfect partner and lots of money. that's a message heard more and more frequently, most prominently in popular documentaries like the secret, following the success of what the bleep do we know!? to offer concrete evidence for their claims, the filmmakers point to discoveries in quantum physics. but does physics really provide the proof for these claims? quantum physics describes the socalled "observer effect," which refers to the impact the mere act of observing can have on the phenomenon being observed. physicists speak about this as the "collapse of the wave function." the wave function describes the probabilities of a particle being observed in any of its possible states. when an observation is made, the wave function "collapses" and the particle is observed in one particular state. a popular interpretation of this is that the act of observation affects physical reality, "freezing" it into a certain state. hence the claim that you create your own reality, and the importance of holding a positive vision of a desired outcome. the original formulation, however, put forward by nobel prize-winner werner heisenberg, states that is your knowledge of the system that collapses. nothing in the real world actually changes; the only thing that changes is the uncertainty in your knowledge. nevertheless, there is a sense in which you do create your own reality: you create your own experience of reality. take, for example, your ability to see. light enters the eye, triggering nerve impulses that travel to the brain. there, these impulses are analyzed and put together into an image. you think you see the world, but what you're seeing is a reconstruction of the world. the same applies to all your senses: you hear your own listening, etcetera. in this way, you're creating your own perception of reality. how you perceive reality depends in a large part on your attitude. a positive attitude is clearly a good starting point and may in part explain why things sometimes turn out the way you want. i have discovered, for instance, that when i'm rested, centred and clear, things work out well. but i don't believe this is because i am "creating" the world around me. it happens because i have put myself into a good state of mind to pick up opportunities.
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