You Created Your Own Reality & Here’s How To Change It

Summary

James presents a spiritual framework in which consciousness and belief shape a person’s experience of reality. He says people often live on “subconscious autopilot,” influenced by childhood, society, and media. Becoming aware of these influences, he argues, can help people act more intentionally.

He uses dreams and lucid dreaming as analogies for how awareness might interrupt habitual patterns. His comparison with quantum physics is an analogy, not a scientific demonstration.

Key Strategies and Techniques

• Pause for a “reality check.” When something happens, stop and ask whether you would choose or want that experience. The goal is to interrupt automatic acceptance and examine your assumptions, not necessarily to find an immediate answer.
• Question the source of your thoughts. Notice whether a belief or reaction feels chosen or may have been absorbed from family, teachers, society, or media.
• Practice consistently. James says the reality-check exercise may not produce an immediate shift, so repeat it regularly rather than expecting instant results.
• Start changing beliefs with possibility. Instead of insisting that a desired outcome is already true, begin by considering whether it could be possible.
• Notice small examples that support a desired belief. For example, if you want to feel happier, pay attention to small moments of happiness. James says noticing them can reinforce the belief and encourage more of those experiences.
• Treat belief-building like practice. He describes strengthening the mind through repetition, much like exercising a muscle.
• Use meditation as supportive, not necessarily sufficient. James says meditation may improve one’s experience, but argues that examining underlying thoughts and beliefs is more fundamental to the kind of awakening he describes.

James describes awakening as a felt shift in awareness or a sense of reconnecting with a deeper consciousness. He also says that changing reality is a broader topic involving different techniques, but focuses on belief as a starting point.

Presenters and Sources Mentioned

• Presenter: James, from the channel Blue Rose Numinous
• Sources and references discussed: James’s reported spiritually transformative experience; lucid dreaming and reality checks; quantum physics as an analogy for observation and possibility; the esoteric phrase “as above, so below”; and the Bible’s description of humanity being created in God’s image.