“For he who has not known himself has known nothing, but he who has known himself has at the same time already achieved knowledge about the depth of the all.”
–The Book of Thomas the Contender
In yesterday’s post “Beliefs Create Experiences” I said that beliefs exist in us like a web. Challenge or change one, and you start a ripple effect that may soon force you to challenge others that are connected (or else your head will start to become a very uncomfortable place 
).
This concept of a web can be extended much further, to describe the way humanity, and even the universe itself, are interconnected. You yourself are connected at the energetic level, directly or indirectly, to everyone who is, was or will be. Think about that for a while, because it has major implications, especially for the kind of internal work we’re covering in this series.
When you go through a significant internal change, your external circumstances have to rearrange in order to reflect that change. This is universal law. Since internal change for most people happens gradually and mostly unconsciously over the course of their lives, it’s not always easy to pinpoint this mechanism in action. Start making deliberate rapid changes in a short period though, and wooboy – buckle your seatbelts my friends, you may be in for a wild ride.
Ghandhi really wasn’t kidding when he said we should be the change we wish to see, but he wasn’t just talking about leading by example. When you bring about deliberate changes within yourself, it starts a chain reaction that forces change in everyone you’re directly connected to (and everyone they are, and so on). The people in our lives reflect various parts of the self; change those parts, and those relationships will either have to adapt, or fall away. This is where caution comes into play – when you do this work, to a degree you have to relinquish attachments to the ultimate outcome, and trust that what comes of it will be for the greatest good of all. I myself have had some pretty big shake-ups after using these methods. But every time, what came out was that after I got over the initial discomfort, when people and situations fell away, it was in the best interest of all involved, and what came next turned out to be better for me than anything I could have planned.
Once you spend some time doing this work, you really start to gain a whole new sense of power and responsibility that you, as an individual, have to be a force for change. Trying to change or control others is counterproductive and futile; the only thing you truly have control over in this life, is you – but paradoxically, by mastering the self, you achieve a more full mastery over your experience. Create your ideal world by being the kind of person you would want to be a part of it.
In the next post, I’ll explain how the concepts and techniques I’ve been going over can be used to heal subconscious wounds and break long-term negative patterns.
–Palehorse
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I believe and agree that we cannot change others. This is just another form of control. As we begin to work on ourselves and change from within, it is just a matter of time that our outer experiences will reflect our inner world ( that which we think, give utterance to etc.). I give mention to this in my book Ticket to Freedom.
Nancy Wylde