"You create your own reality"
About this Quote
Reality, in Jane Roberts's work, is not a fixed backdrop but an ongoing creative act. Through the Seth material she channeled, especially in The Nature of Personal Reality, Roberts argued that beliefs, expectations, and emotions organize experience. Thought is not mere commentary; it is formative. What you habitually assume about yourself and the world filters perception, guides decisions, and opens or closes certain possibilities, so that inner patterns externalize as events and relationships. The effect is often ordinary rather than magical: a belief influences attention, attention shapes behavior, behavior changes outcomes, and outcomes reinforce belief.
Roberts framed this as a participatory universe composed of probabilities. You select among them with focus and feeling, much like an artist choosing colors from a palette. Imagination is not escapism but a blueprint; persistent mental images and narratives set the parameters within which you notice opportunities and act. At the same time, she emphasized co-creation. Personal reality unfolds within shared cultural beliefs and collective agreements, so authorship is real but not solitary omnipotence.
The phrase has been widely popularized by New Age and law-of-attraction movements, sometimes simplified into a promise of effortless manifestation. Roberts's version is subtler. It asks for responsibility without blame. It does not deny accidents, illness, or social forces; it claims that your response, your meanings, and the beliefs you consent to will influence both inner experience and future probabilities. In this sense the teaching rhymes with modern psychology: self-fulfilling prophecy, cognitive framing, and neuroplasticity all describe mechanisms by which mind shapes life.
Practically, the invitation is to examine the stories you repeat, the identities you rehearse, and the emotions you nourish, and to choose them deliberately. To create your reality is to notice the creative act already underway in every interpretation and habit of attention, and to practice authorship with curiosity, discipline, and care.
Roberts framed this as a participatory universe composed of probabilities. You select among them with focus and feeling, much like an artist choosing colors from a palette. Imagination is not escapism but a blueprint; persistent mental images and narratives set the parameters within which you notice opportunities and act. At the same time, she emphasized co-creation. Personal reality unfolds within shared cultural beliefs and collective agreements, so authorship is real but not solitary omnipotence.
The phrase has been widely popularized by New Age and law-of-attraction movements, sometimes simplified into a promise of effortless manifestation. Roberts's version is subtler. It asks for responsibility without blame. It does not deny accidents, illness, or social forces; it claims that your response, your meanings, and the beliefs you consent to will influence both inner experience and future probabilities. In this sense the teaching rhymes with modern psychology: self-fulfilling prophecy, cognitive framing, and neuroplasticity all describe mechanisms by which mind shapes life.
Practically, the invitation is to examine the stories you repeat, the identities you rehearse, and the emotions you nourish, and to choose them deliberately. To create your reality is to notice the creative act already underway in every interpretation and habit of attention, and to practice authorship with curiosity, discipline, and care.
Quote Details
| Topic | Self-Improvement |
|---|
More Quotes by Jane
Add to List
