The Metaphysics of Creating Your Own Reality: Focus, Schrödinger’s Cat, Mystery Boxes, the Rapture, and Timeline Jumping

From a psychological perspective, the idea that “focus creates one’s reality” suggests that an individual’s attention and cognitive prioritization shape their perception and experience of the world by filtering sensory information and amplifying what aligns with their focus. This process, often linked to mechanisms like the brain’s reticular activating system, influences beliefs, emotions, and behaviors, effectively constructing a subjective reality based on where one directs their mental energy. The principle […] Read more »

The Path to True Liberty: Reason Over Rebellion

Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay advocates for raising responsible, self-confident children through empathetic discipline and natural consequences. The book emphasizes allowing children to make choices within clear boundaries, fostering accountability by letting them experience the logical outcomes of their decisions. It promotes a parenting style that balances love with firm guidance, avoiding punitive measures to encourage critical thinking and independence. Rebellion is a counterfeit […] Read more »

Breaking the Punishment Trap: How Punitive Mindsets Undermine Reasoned Consent

Consent is the voluntary agreement to an action or proposal, expressed either explicitly through clear statements or actions, or implicitly through conduct that reasonably indicates acceptance. In legal contexts, implied consent may be inferred from suffering (enduring without objection) or tolerance (allowing without resistance), though these must align with rational, uncoerced choice to be morally valid. Coercion is the act of compelling someone to act or agree through threats, intimidation, […] Read more »

Jesus Walking on Water: A Metaphor for Neutralizing Life’s Storms

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. 25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out […] Read more »

The Illusion of Control: How Zooming-Out Liberates Us

Human consciousness often clings to a zoomed-in state, fixated on personal narratives, viewpoints, and structures that provide an illusion of control. This hyper-focused perspective stems from a primal need for safety, where individuals anchor themselves to familiar stories and rigid frameworks to navigate life’s uncertainties. By staying zoomed-in, people believe they can manage their environment, relationships, and outcomes. However, this narrow focus creates a self-imposed “control Matrix”—a mental construct reinforced […] Read more »