The Confidence Doc

Empowerment and the Quantum Field

Empowerment, or power within is about self-mastery, not power over others.  The attempt to control our outer environment, including the people in it is a waste of time and energy in the long run.

We can try to change situations and circumstances, however, good luck if you think you can do this without changing your very self.  This is the problem with looking at confidence and self-esteem from a traditional vantage point. 

It is not about fixing someone else or manipulation our environment.  It is really about understanding more about yourself and the Universe in which you are living.  For example, most people think that the world we live in is solid material and the air around us is “empty space”. 

First of all, in reality, everything, and I do mean everything, is energy.  Even the sidewalk beneath your feet only seems solid, in reality, it is 99% space that contains the quantum particles that are arranged in such a way that to your five sense perception, it appears solid. 

There was an article in the New York Times Science section on Friday June 12, 2009 written by John Tierny that discussed the “Physics of Nothing” click here .  In summary the article refers to the fact that science now knows that we are really in a sea of surrounding energy.  We are like the fish in the ocean that is not aware that it is surrounded by water. 

Quantum Physics: Everything IS Energy

Quantum Physics can substantiate that everything is energy – yes EVERYTHING.  This includes you!  Now about ten years ago, when I was in a different place, if someone started talking about energy, the judgment would be that it was “woo-woo” or “new age” (this is such a subjective term). 

It was said in a spooky negative way in the circle of people that I knew then.  Even now, there are still those who think that energy is something spooky or “other worldly”. 

The fact is, you don’t know what you don’t know.  This is why we as humans only use about 90% of our brains capacity; we are afraid of looking at or learning about anything new that does not neatly fit into our existing paradigm! 

I was talking to someone recently who made this comment about us not using our brain, and when I shared with him some of the most recent findings in neuroscience, you can probably guess what his rather typical response was – “I don’t know if I can believe that”.  This is so common. 

When I reminded him that he just a few moments before complained about people being closed minded and not using their minds to a greater capacity, he realized what he had just done.  Without even investigating what I was saying, his mind immediate ran to the “I don’t believe it” rut. 

Quantum Physics: What's Your Vibe?

Quantum Physics revels that everything is energy.  Everything is energy.  This reference to energy sometimes spooks some people out and others think it is woo-woo.  

Unfortunately, ignorance is not bliss. 

What you don’t know can sabotage your life and it has never been more important that you become aware of “reality”.  What I mean by this is that there is more to life than what you can experience with your five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. 

Just because you are not aware of the Law of Vibration does not mean that you are not affected by it.  It would be the same if you refused to believe the Law of Gravity.  Whether you believe it or not, if you go outside and jump off of the roof of your house - you are going down! 

Well, it is the same with the Law of Vibration.  Like attracts like.  We live in a vibratory Universe and it responds to preset parameters and principles.  This is true whether you are aware of them of not.  For example, we know that your energy flows where your attention goes.  If you are giving your attention to negative media all day, or worrying and focusing on doom and gloom, do not be surprised if it really starts to pour into your life! 

What you focus on expands. 

Quantum Field And The Law of Attraction

Quantum Physics is very interesting to me because it gives tangible credibility to what I now fairly often hear others talking about – The Law of Attraction. 

This Law can be referred to as the Law of Vibration or the Law of Resonance as well.  Years ago in science class we did the old tuning fork experiment where a tuning fork was activated and across the room, another tuning fork picked up on the vibration of the original fork and began to mysteriously vibrate on its own.  This is because they were on the ‘same wavelength’.

There are several things I find fascinating about Quantum Physics and one of them is how the intention of an observer can determine the form that the quantum particles being observed takes.  In other words, we, as conscious beings, can have an affect on our world around us based on our thoughts and feelings (the ingredients of belief). 

Also, since Quantum Physics is also now showing that we are all connected by this field of energy, literally ‘no man (person) is an island’.  We are living in a giant hologram.  Our thoughts are energy and our world is influenced by our thoughts. 

Of course, the larger the group, the more powerful the influence of their beliefs.  Hence, if the masses are thinking negatively, it can influence what is going on.  This collective thinking is thought to influence even our very economy meaning, if people are fearing recession on a mass scale, it is no surprise that the stock market goes crazy.  Of course, the media fuels this hysteria. 

I look forward to the day when a critical number of people change the generational negative thinking and begin to lend their energy to build a positive worldview. 

I find it interesting that we have a Department of War, but we do not have a Department of Peace.  It was Mother Teresa who was quoted as saying the she would not attend an anti-war rallying, but when she is invited to a Peace rally, she would attend.  She understood this Law of Attraction, meaning, what you focus on, what you give your attention to expands. 

I no longer focus on what I don’t want.  I want to attract what it is I DO WANT.  How about you?

Spirituality and Quantum Physics: Strange Bedfellows No Longer

Spirituality and Quantum Physics have much more in common than is realized by many people.  But then, ask ten people what is spirituality and you may very well get ten different answers…ahhhh the beauty of diversity.

From my point of view, wisdom has to be practical to my everyday life or it is of no use to me.  For me spirituality is not about dogma or a long list of rules and regulations as much as it is about the belief in the power, love, beauty and creativity of Spirit or God Itself. 

Practical spirituality for me means Truth based on Universal Principles, Oneness or unity of all life and a Universe that is there to support me - in other words, a friendly universe. 

I believe that we play a role in our lives as co-creators.  Our part is to learn and follow universal principles of life as the road map to fulfillment and for the upward evolution of humanity, using our creative power through imagination.  We are not hapless victims of circumstance.  As Einstein the physicist said, ‘Imagination Rules’. 

Intention Matters: Thoughts are Things!

Thoughts are indeed things.  Before you think another thought, another thing, stop and think about this.  Now, realize that in general most of your thoughts are thoughtless ramblings. 

I do not know how it was determined, but I’ve read that supposedly we think about 40,000 thoughts per day.  Most of it is repetitive and most is completely unconscious.  Also, sad to say, but most of it is also negative or fear based. 

This is why the emphasis with some areas of Neuroscience is being placed on mindfulness so that the evidence can be given which show the importance of becoming aware of your thoughts and how this can positively impact your physiology (bodily functions), your relationships and your reality (experience). 

As you slow down your rambling mind, you will notice more personal power and presence that can translate to ‘more time’ amongst many other benefits. You can also begin to set conscious ‘intention’ (intention has to be conscious, of course). 

There are many experiments that have been conducted on the power of intention and it’s effects on how we experience our lives.  How you think and feel will actually cause a vibration that determines your state and what you resonate with in your world.  Resonance affects everything from your health, to your relationships and occupation! 

This may sound left field, but stay posted.  If you are like most people, you MAY start to hear about these cutting edge new findings in the next 5-10 years if you are fortunate. Or, instead of waiting for the six o’clock news to inform you, you can Google a few sites and find out now. 

IONS, or the Institute of Noetic Sciences, founded by former astronaut of Apollo 14 fame, Edgar Mitchell, over 30 years ago, is a wonderful well respected place to begin.  Here is a one-minute video clip that speaks to the topic of intention that is produced by IONS.  Enjoy!

Quantum Physics: Perception Is Everything

Quantum Physics is fascinating in that it has many practical applications that can be applied by discerning minds.  While scientists cannot neatly explain everything in a simple quantitative neat little box, I personally perceive enough from what has been discovered to come to my own personal conclusions.

If you wait until you are given the ‘ok’ from ‘official Sciencedom’ to believe some of these theories, depending on your age, there is an excellent chance that you will die before you see it. 

Science itself is by no means as objective, or ‘perfectly right’ as the prevailing paradigm would lead you to believe.  What I mean by this is that the beliefs and perceptions of the scientists themselves influence what is taken seriously, what is violently opposed and what is accepted as ‘true’. 

For example, some neuroscientists are showing how the mind and the brain are not the same entity whereas there are those scientists who argue completely against this regardless of the findings.  In other words, if it is out of their perceptual range, they reject it. 

Quantum Field, DNA and Self-Esteem

The Quantum Field is an omnipresent Field of energy that interconnects all things, living and all material form.  It is also called the matrix, (I like the term, Divine Matrix which I hear now being used,) the Quantum Hologram and even simply ‘The Field” 

Here on my blog is a link to the book by this name written by Lynne McTaggert which is an excellent book on this subject matter for lay people. 

The current model of life based on Newtonian Physics which is still very much the predominant world view (though incorrect) is that we are all separate and what we think and do has no effect on our experience or what forms in our visible world.  Well, one of the many paradigms that are currently shifting is this one and it is a positive earthquake of a shift! 

Quantum Physics and the Observer Effect - HEY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

A Quantum Physicist who is prominent and well respected by the name of John Wheeler, who had Einstein for a colleague, is known for his statement that we live in a 'participatory' Universe.

He is quoted by Cosmic Search Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4) as saying “No elementary phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed (or registered) phenomenon”.

We are not victims of circumstance and we do have a role to play in what we believe and how we experience our lives.  Quantum Physics experiments show that at the level of quantum energy, the influence of the person observing has quite a remarkable affect on whether or not the quanta becomes a particle or a wave.

Brain and Mind as Technology Metaphor

Brain and the Mind have a interesting metaphor that can be found in technology.  I compare the brain with the computer hard-drive and the Mind with the World Wide Web, or Internet. 

It is becoming more and more clear that the mind is not located in the brain.  The brain acts more like a receptor for information taken from The Zero Point Field and from there, mind boggling physiologic neuro-chemical reactions take place to ultimately ‘wire’ your physiology.