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Creating through thought, word, action, and inaction

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Participants Elizabeth Castillo87Nicholas Gonzalez8Sarah Martinez46electrictinker26wearyowl29Drew Flores3Jacob Sanchez7Tyler Baker6Larry Wilson5Lisa Morales4hiddenbear3analoghawk13
Elizabeth Castillo87 Elizabeth Castillo87 Active MemberOP
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#1 ·
I’m tossing this thread over here instead of the Religion sub, assuming the mods won't kill me for it, because honestly? I want to hear from everyone—believers, skeptics, atheists, whatever you call yourself—if this quote actually hits home for you. I mean, isn't it pretty much a given that we basically build our own reality just by how we choose to react to it? It's like we're architects of our own little bubbles. But I guess what I'm really driving at is... how exactly do you guys think we pull that off?
Nicholas Gonzalez8 Nicholas Gonzalez8 Regular
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#2 ·
That old saying isn't just some cliché—it’s the absolute truth. Everything we see around us, everything humans have ever built, started with a single thought, a spoken word, an action, or even a massive mistake. Every skyscraper, every piece of tech, every single thing we use today kicked off as a tiny spark in someone's brain. Yet, for some reason, people still act like thoughts and words don't carry any weight. Personally? I think they're more than just precursors to action. I truly believe our thoughts and the way we speak actually shape our reality directly—not just when we finally get around to doing something about them.
Sarah Martinez46 Sarah Martinez46 Member
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#3 ·
Nicholas Gonzalez8 said:That old saying isn't just some cliché—it’s the absolute truth. Everything we see around us, everything humans have ever built, started with a single thought, a spoken word, an action, or even a massive mistake. Every skyscraper, every piece of tech, every single thing we use today kicked off as a tiny spark in someone's brain. Yet, for some reason, people still act like thoughts and words don't carry any weight. Personally? I think they're more than just precursors to action. I truly believe our thoughts and the way we speak actually shape our reality directly—not just when we finally get around to doing something about them.

By that logic—if you own an iPhone 5, you're using a specific technique, and since the Bible claims the bitten apple was patented by Apple Inc., you'd basically owe Adam royalties for his patent on the whole "biting the apple" method...
electrictinker26 electrictinker26 Active Member
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#4 ·
I believe intention is the core driver here. Thoughts, ideas, and words all have to align with that underlying purpose; if they don't, you aren't actually creating anything. In my experience, it starts with a thought, which then builds into a deliberate intention. That leads to action, which opens up new possibilities, which in turn sparks more thoughts and further actions. It’s a constant, shifting cycle where everything is interconnected until you finally reach the end goal.
wearyowl29 wearyowl29 Regular
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#5 ·
So, how do you actually go about making a mistake?

Is it possible for a blunder to be an act of pure creativity?🤷
Drew Flores3 Drew Flores3 Member
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#6 ·
When you finally "let go" and let things just happen on their own 😛
wearyowl29 wearyowl29 Regular
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#7 ·
Drew Flores3 said:When you finally "let go" and let things just happen on their own 😛

Aha, I totally get that! It’s like if I completely blank on coming up with a fancy dinner in my kitchen, my family ends up just grabbing sandwiches instead.😁
electrictinker26 electrictinker26 Active Member
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#8 ·
You end up burning the pancakes because your mind was somewhere else, but there's a way to look at that as both a failure and a moment of creation.

You were lost in thought about something—something that's pushing to be brought into existence—and that distraction caused the slip-up. In a way, one form of creation took precedence over another.
Jacob Sanchez7 Jacob Sanchez7 Active Member
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#9 ·
We’re all already perfect. We shape the reality around us flawlessly, without even trying. It really just comes down to one thing: what are we actually going to do with that perfection? Who do we want to be?
wearyowl29 wearyowl29 Regular
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electrictinker26;41624021 said:
Burning pancakes because your mind drifted off? Honestly, that’s a two-sided coin. It’s a mistake, sure, but it’s also a moment of pure creation!

Personally, I’d call that a total win since I can't stand pancakes—though, let's be real, if I hated them that much, I wouldn't even be making them in the first place!😉

You got lost in thought about something else—something that actually *needed* creating. That little mishap happened because some other act of creation just took priority in your head.


It’s funny, really. For me, burning those pancakes would be a blessing because I don't even like them.
Tyler Baker6 Tyler Baker6 Member
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#11 ·
Elizabeth Castillo87 said:I’m tossing this thread over here instead of the Religion sub, assuming the mods won't kill me for it, because honestly? I want to hear from everyone—believers, skeptics, atheists, whatever you call yourself—if this quote actually hits home for you. I mean, isn't it pretty much a given that we basically build our own reality just by how we choose to react to it? It's like we're architects of our own little bubbles. But I guess what I'm really driving at is... how exactly do you guys think we pull that off?

Never even heard that one before. 🤷where are you from?
My sins: in thought, in word, in deed, and by omission—yeah, absolutely.
Drew Flores3 Drew Flores3 Member
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#12 ·
wearyowl29 said:Aha, I totally get that! It’s like if I completely blank on coming up with a fancy dinner in my kitchen, my family ends up just grabbing sandwiches instead.😁

🤣 Nooooooo!

It’s like when you’re hanging out at the beach and you accidentally drop a peach pit in the sand, only to come back later and find an almond tree growing right there.

And then there’s this... you skip out on protection, and suddenly, you've "got" a kid. Huh.
wearyowl29 wearyowl29 Regular
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#13 ·
Drew Flores3 said:🤣 Nooooooo!

It’s like when you’re hanging out at the beach and you accidentally drop a peach pit in the sand, only to come back later and find an almond tree growing right there.

And then there’s this... you skip out on protection, and suddenly, you've "got" a kid. Huh.

Forget about it! That's like when I skip my trip to Chase Bank, and that’s exactly when some crew rolls in and robs the place blind... total chaos...
Larry Wilson5 Larry Wilson5 Active Member
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#14 ·
Jacob Sanchez7 said:We’re all already perfect. We shape the reality around us flawlessly, without even trying. It really just comes down to one thing: what are we actually going to do with that perfection? Who do we want to be?

Or maybe it's about what we dedicate that perfection to—where we choose to build our altar.
Elizabeth Castillo87 Elizabeth Castillo87 Active MemberOP
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#15 ·
wearyowl29 said:So, how do you actually go about making a mistake?

Is it possible for a blunder to be an act of pure creativity?🤷

Usually, we just take a thought and turn it into words, then turn those words into actions. If a thought stays scattered or never actually happens, I guess that's what you'd call an omission. But even those "missing" pieces shape the reality we live in—which basically means our thoughts are constantly building our world, whether we realize we're doing it or not.

Actually, maybe that's a better way to put it. Since, let's face it, we're all already perfect.

Jacob Sanchez7 said:We’re all already perfect. We shape the reality around us flawlessly, without even trying. It really just comes down to one thing: what are we actually going to do with that perfection? Who do we want to be?
wearyowl29 wearyowl29 Regular
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#16 ·
Elizabeth Castillo87 said:Usually, we just take a thought and turn it into words, then turn those words into actions. If a thought stays scattered or never actually happens, I guess that's what you'd call an omission. But even those "missing" pieces shape the reality we live in—which basically means our thoughts are constantly building our world, whether we realize we're doing it or not.

Actually, maybe that's a better way to put it. Since, let's face it, we're all already perfect.

But if we're talking about perfection, I clearly missed the mark when I was cooking dinner last night, so someone's going to be eating a less-than-perfect meal!
Lisa Morales4 Lisa Morales4 Active Member
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#17 ·
Drew Flores3 said:🤣 Nooooooo!

It’s like when you’re hanging out at the beach and you accidentally drop a peach pit in the sand, only to come back later and find an almond tree growing right there.

And then there’s this... you skip out on protection, and suddenly, you've "got" a kid. Huh.


I guess angels don't bother with earthly condoms😍
Jacob Sanchez7 Jacob Sanchez7 Active Member
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#18 ·
wearyowl29 said:But if we're talking about perfection, I clearly missed the mark when I was cooking dinner last night, so someone's going to be eating a less-than-perfect meal!

Not everyone uses the same yardstick for perfection.😬
It would be incredibly boring if we all did. 🤔
hiddenbear3 hiddenbear3 Active Member
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#19 ·
Nicholas Gonzalez8 said:That old saying isn't just some cliché—it’s the absolute truth. Everything we see around us, everything humans have ever built, started with a single thought, a spoken word, an action, or even a massive mistake. Every skyscraper, every piece of tech, every single thing we use today kicked off as a tiny spark in someone's brain. Yet, for some reason, people still act like thoughts and words don't carry any weight. Personally? I think they're more than just precursors to action. I truly believe our thoughts and the way we speak actually shape our reality directly—not just when we finally get around to doing something about them.

There’s really no reason to worry too much about it, as the same logic applies to the Creator.
analoghawk13 analoghawk13 Member
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#20 ·
Maybe I missed the point of this thread. Realists don't go around manufacturing their own reality; they just deal with the one everyone else is living in.

We don't actually "produce" thoughts. It's more like we overhear them. I can wonder about something or toss out a question, but the actual thought only shows up once the answer has had time to simmer. You’ve got to resist that urge to grab quick, cheap answers—you have to stay sensitive enough to let things ripen. We aren't thought-factories.

Words aren't tools to pull something from the outside into ourselves. It's kind of like Meno from Plato: conversation is really just a way to wake up the ideas that were already sitting inside you.
Rhetorical debates are useless. You aren't going to learn anything new if the concept isn't already part of you.

Then there's action. Maybe it's just ego driven by stupid impulses.
Maybe it's just being tossed around by external forces, that sense of "having to" do something.
Or maybe a true decision is the only real expression of freedom—the kind that creates its own necessity.
The only thing that matters is what happens when you're acting freely; all that "must do" stuff is irrelevant.

And then there's letting go. There's that whole idea of ontological guilt: every time you make a choice, you're essentially killing off every other option that might have been just as important. Making choices can feel like punching holes in the fabric of the world. It’s much nicer to find some sort of harmony rather than making these hard, jagged decisions.
Plus, maybe "letting go" is what Laozi was getting at: just don't mess everything up by overacting, and the good stuff will find its way to you.

As for > how do we create *our own* reality By looking. What we see is simply because we are looking at it.
We manifest the world through the touch of our own consciousness.

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