Here’s where we get tripped up with the create your own reality idea. When we hear that we can have a better life, better friends, relationships, home, job, car, and a bigger TV; and we decide to create our own reality, it’s our ego doing that. Our ego is indeed good at helping us create things. But it’s not very good at helping us find true fulfillment. It’s mostly good at helping us get what we think we need, from a very limited perspective. That’s why there are so many unhappy, confused, and frustrated rich people. Also why there are lots of criminals and people in jail. Lots of creativity, just channeled into areas that are not so great.

Have you ever actually tried to “create” something? Try this experiment, and let’s start with something easy. Sit quietly, don’t move, and concentrate on the floor in front of you, and see if you can create a toothpick there.