A Play of shadows: The manifestation of a scripted scenario
Imagine a huge theater in which a fantastic play is being conducted right now. The actors outpour the emotions from their souls in precisely the way in which it has been intended according to the script. The performance is like an exact reflection of what was imagined in the mind of the originator of all this spectacle. The actors are even so immersed in their roles that they quite literally become their character. Now everything in the script comes natural to them and there is no need to remember how to feel in a given situation, how to act, or what to think. It is all natural.
This is your life.
Your life is like the stage of that theater. And you are both the originator of the script, and the main actor within it. On one level, the script represents your intentions, and on another, the exact nature of in which these express themselves. When you decide to play a certain part in life, and consistently focus on it, then you become the person who fits those circumstances. Once you are that person in your default state of being, you naturally behave in line with that course of action which would most efficiently help with the realization of what you want in life. Just like the actors in the stage play who have become so immersed in their roles hat they have become their part.
Our world is like a play of shadows in which our innermost thoughts and feelings 'externalize' themselves to show us people, places and situations which are of the nature of those thoughts and feelings. The circumstances we attract aren't actual and substantial, but rather mere shadows. They aren't the cause of where our life goes, but the effect of something greater.
We are both the director and the main actor in this play, but if we think that we are just an actor, then we can become so immersed in the play that we become the actor, and attract circumstances which make it appear as though the script is not in our control. If we just take a moment to investigate what is all around us on the stage of our life though, then we may find that we have carefully rehearsed the part we're playing by imagining ourselves as doing so. And within not too long a while, we got the physical equivalent. Maybe we like what our life shows us, or maybe we don't. One thing is clear though: If we want a play to change, then we need to look at the script. We need to be clear about our intentions, and that means to be honest with ourselves.
-Thomas
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