Simply put, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Our thoughts determine the present and future of what is contained within our lives. It’s all about our choices. How and what we choose, upon what we focus, concentrate, or direct our attention, and where we spend our mental and emotional energies -- this is precisely what we will attract or draw to ourselves. And the universe always provides.
The universe is wholly connected, it includes us, and it responds to our every whim. There is, however, often a “time buffer” in which we must maintain our vision over time in order for it to manifest itself. This time delay is the good news! It allows us to further define our vision, to make adjustments as we collect data on the advisability of each aspect of our dream. We may earnestly desire someone to love us, but unless we add the extra stipulation that we want to be very much in love with them as well, we may find ourselves as the recipient of a stalker, an overly possessive, smothering individual, or a Fatal Attraction scenario. Time is definitely our friend in this regard!
A “time delay” is also the key in the physics of The Fifth Element, in which it is shown mathematically that all aspects of the universe are indeed connected -- and additionally that there are no limits to what we can have. Thus, one needs to be very clear about what things one desires.
The physical mechanism that manifests our dreams and visions is important. There is, for example, the interconnection between our thoughts and feelings, our concentration or focus, all of which draws to us our present (and ultimately, our future). Our thoughts define what is (and what is to be), while our feelings, our emotions, are the energetic source, the engine, the primer, which manifests our chosen reality. The greater the depth of our emotions in desiring any given reality, the greater the likelihood of that reality predominating over other possibilities.
There is yet another caveat of our manifesting one’s own personal reality. If one focuses on the “wanting” of something, the universe will only provide more opportunities for us to continue to want, i.e. not have. The universe is simply being literal in noting how much energy we spend on desiring something, and assumes -- perhaps rightly so -- that what we earnestly desire is the opportunity to want something. This is as opposed to having something. The key is to believe you already have it! Not to simply want it.
It has been said that, “Happiness is not getting what you want, but wanting what you have.” There is some truth to this statement, but only in the context that “wanting” shall avail you not, unless you believe you already have it -- and simultaneously, are acting accordingly. If you want to win the lottery, believe you have and act accordingly. If this sounds a bit risky financially, then obviously there is a lack of faith! I know. Bummer.
In manifesting our desires, there is apparently no limits -- other than those we impose upon ourselves! To paraphrase Nelson Mandela: "Our greatest fear is not that we are powerless, but that we are far more powerful than we think."
More significantly, there is the idea that we don’t deserve something, be it the good life or whatever. The paradigm we live in, the one that is constantly reinforced by other people’s choices to remain in that paradigm, is that we must somehow -- through hard work, prayer, gifting (before and after), or simply by being upstanding, righteous, or virtuous -- earn whatever of benefit comes to us. This paradigm is fundamentally wrong. “It is not possible for any of you to earn anything. ‘Earning’ is a physical misunderstanding. It’s all vibrational.” It’s not your so-called hard work. It’s what your thoughts attract to you! If you think you must somehow earn rewards, then sure enough, you will have to earn it. But if you believe you have it already (in your heart as well as your head), then you have it!
Ultimately, everything revolves around one’s thoughts and feelings. More precisely, about one’s choices -- particularly how we choose to perceive reality. One can, for example, define optimism as: “The belief this is the best of all possible worlds”; while pessimism is defined as: “The fear that this is true.” Fundamentally, it’s all a matter of choosing our perspective. The world itself may not appear to change, but our reaction to it can be our choice.