Laugh, and the World Laughs With You

Dr. Pavan Nihalani

The universe always reinforces your belief systems.

To be even more emphatic, the universe does everything in its power to reinforce every single one of your belief systems, every single time.

When you believe something, you take great pleasure in noting that the circumstances around you seem to reflect that very same belief, thereby validating it. You then strut around with your chest out, claiming to have understood something very important about the way the universe works, and cite your experiences as proof. You call the kettle black, and then actually see that it is black, and then tell everyone around you that you always knew the kettle was black. Rarely do you realise, that if you had called the kettle white in the first place, the universe would have shown you a white kettle, and you would be just as justified in telling everyone that you always knew the kettle was white.

To put it in real terms, many of you have a person in your lives that you just don’t like. For one reason or another, there is always tension with this person and every experience with said person can be an excruciating ordeal. Miraculously, you find that nobody around you likes this person either. One by one, your families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances all come up to you and relate some story about how this very same person has screwed them over too. This makes you even angrier at the person, but now a sense of vindication creeps in – I knew it! I knew that there was something wrong with this person and look, everybody else thinks so too. Unfortunately, all this does is lead you into a downward spiral of contempt and anger and coldness, from which it is difficult to extricate yourself.

But, you have a choice.

You can continue to exist in this glutinous quagmire and condemn this person, and feel justified and proud each time someone comes along and reinforces your belief. Or you can change your belief system. You can step back and understand that the universe is just showing you a black kettle because you believe it to be black. And that if you want to see a white kettle, then all you have to do is start believing it is white. Many of you don’t want to see a white kettle. Your lives are just fine with a black kettle. But for those of you who want to change, you simply have to change your belief system about the person, and one by one, your families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances will come up to you and tell you about something nice that that very person has done to them.

It’s up to you.

PVN is partner at Illuminations and conducts workshops, therapies and awareness seminars on a variety of different holistic modalities. Contact him on pavan@illuminationsworld.com