Stories have been used since the beginning of humanity to impart information and to entertain. As a Shaman, and conscious creator, I write stories to help illustrate certain concepts. Shamanism recognizes that the "story world" is akin to the "dream world", and as such, is just as real as the physical reality you exist in at this moment. But have you ever thought about why the story, as an entity in itself, has become such an integral part of human development? Sure, we often identify with the characters in a story as other facets of ourselves. We like to see them succeed and imagine that we are the ones coming out ahead. If we are not presently "ahead" then we might prefer to see their struggles and relate them to our own. In addition to, and separate from, the archetypes and characters, we are also drawn to certain themes, or "plot lines" (such as boy finds girl, loses girl and finds girl again, or the Greek model of tragic figures who fall and then rise again) over and over again because there is something about the reality that they create which speaks to us on a deep level. The story structure itself becomes the archetype, and because this resonates so strongly with humans, it makes the information conveyed by the story that much easier to remember.
But it is the story itself-meaning the creation of information based on the imagination- that has a much more powerful meaning in the inclusive Universe.
Life is a story:
Look at it this way, each moment you exist is the next moment in the continuing adventures of you. If you were to take a few moments to examine your life as you have experienced it to this point, you would see certain themes, habits, illustrations, actions, reactions, feelings and patterns emerge- in other words, a story. Your story is utterly unique to you, and is playing concurrently with any number of other stories generated by the people around you. You may play a major character in some of those stories or be relegated to a minor, supporting role. But your own story exists as a complete and self-contained vibration and this is what gives you such power in it.
The Story As Magic:
Telling a story involves all 3 components of creation; Physical mind (the body-mind), The Thinking Mind (the Ego), and The Higher Mind. This is similar to what those practitioners of Magic might call "Intent-Focus-Belief"-Identification of the desire, the focus of energy on the desire and the belief that the desire will come to fruition.
Law of Attraction fans may define the process as "Want-Ask-Allow"; The Thinking Mind identifies a desire and focuses attention on it while the Physical mind (tied to the body-mind) summons up deep feelings and passion about the subject which are taken and interpreted by the Higher Mind, which in turn takes care of the details and arranges the circumstances needed to bring that desire into manifestation. Run-on sentences aside, both are simply different ways of referring to the same thing. ;)
When seen in this context it becomes clear that all "spells" are simply ways of convincing the practitioner that the present story (the reality of the moment) has, in effect, been re-written into a story which is more representative of the practitioner's desires.
Law of Attraction fans may define the process as "Want-Ask-Allow"; The Thinking Mind identifies a desire and focuses attention on it while the Physical mind (tied to the body-mind) summons up deep feelings and passion about the subject which are taken and interpreted by the Higher Mind, which in turn takes care of the details and arranges the circumstances needed to bring that desire into manifestation. Run-on sentences aside, both are simply different ways of referring to the same thing. ;)
When seen in this context it becomes clear that all "spells" are simply ways of convincing the practitioner that the present story (the reality of the moment) has, in effect, been re-written into a story which is more representative of the practitioner's desires.
The Story As Creation:
When we put forth a particular story, is it said that we are vibrating at a particular frequency. You support and sustain this frequency by living your story- behaving and believing in such a way that supports your vision. Something as simple as looking at your life as it exists now, in other words, the story that it represents; and deciding to change the story, can have profound effects on what you experience in reality. This is another tool that has been given to us, "hard wired" by the Universe to help us become conscious creators in our own Lives. You may be happy with your story as it is playing out, or wish to make changes. If you wish to make changes, then envision your story as you would prefer it to be and live as though it has already happened. You can do this because you have ultimate control over your own story, even to the meaning you attribute to the events occurring around you.
The Story is Meaning-less:
All events, all stories, are neutral. They have no intrinsic meaning in and of themselves. It is the observer who assigns the meaning to the circumstances and therefore, it is the observer who can choose to change the meaning that they had previously assigned. If someone doesn't call you when they say they will, how many of you choose to believe that it means they dislike or are avoiding you? How many of you will choose to believe that it means they simply lost track of time? What you choose is determined by your habitual beliefs (belief is a vibration). If you choose to assign a positive belief and meaning to an event, then that event must ultimately serve you in a positive way because you have changed the vibration.
Life does not write your story, YOU write your story. You have only to imagine it, and trust that your Higher Self knows the way to make your story happen.
Change the story, change the vibration and change what is being attracted to you.
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