"You create your reality"

[Aion]

I am going to go way out on a limb and suggest that the whole paradigm of 'creating' reality is, imo, misconstrued. This is largely due to the word 'create' that gets tossed around with it and is where I believe the confusion comes from. Many will suggest that under the basis of the idea of all being the Creator and the thought that we are 'co-creators' obviously brings to mind the idea of creation.

However, to illustrate my thought I will give a quote.

Ra: I am Ra. This is the plan of the One Infinite Creator. The One Original Thought is the harvest of all previous, if you would use this term, experience of the Creator by the Creator. As It decides to know Itself It generates Itself into that plenum, full of the glory and the power of the One Infinite Creator which is manifested to your perceptions as space or outer space. Each generation of this knowing begets a knowing which has the capacity, through free will, to choose methods of knowing Itself. Therefore, gradually, step by step, the Creator becomes that which may know Itself, and the portions of the Creator partake less purely in the power of the original word or thought. This is for the purpose of refinement of the one original thought. The Creator does not properly create as much as It experiences Itself.

The last bit is where the crux of my thoughts come from.

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. In the balanced individual the energies lie waiting for the hand of the Creator to pluck harmony.

So, one of the major ideas being moved around that we are the Creator would first imply that we do not 'create' our reality but rather reality is an experience of ourselves. On the surface that may appear like the same thing but to my eyes it is the difference between building a house and growing a tree. I don't think reality is put together like a house, it is grown like a tree, and you yourself are both seed and environment.

Thus, the experience of reality changes with consciousness not because of being some builder of reality but due to the growth of self knowledge which is self experience and is a step further in the Creator knowing and experiencing itself.

So, I agree with both camps here. To continue my analogy I would agree with anagogy that having a greater idea of the conditions that induce growth for yourself can give you a manner of influence over how the tree grows. Look at that guy who grew crazy square trees by talking to them, but you don't see everybody doing that. However, I agree with others that it can be very difficult to understand those conditions, some people may program to remain ignorant of them, and it is even more so difficult to determine what someone else needs for theiir growth. I doubt the trees lecture eachother on what is the best way to grow, right?

There are some universal needs though such as water, earth, sunlight, etc. Humans are the same way, we have some universal needs and then many different ones which I believe is actually just a microcosmic reflection of this process here:

"Therefore, gradually, step by step, the Creator becomes that which may know Itself, and the portions of the Creator partake less purely in the power of the original word or thought. This is for the purpose of refinement of the one original thought."

With that I would humbly proclaim that you do not 'create' your reality but rather you refine it. Reality already exists, the Creator is full and complete, you are only refining yourself as an experience of yourself. No assembly required.

That being said, that isn't to say I think there is no place for the 'builder' as that is what the adept does. The adept has learned the wood of the tree can be used for many things. Most people are still working on growing their tree. So on that note I would point out to Anagogy that you are talking about adept concepts and are clearly functioning towards adepthood which is very much a minority of harvestables.