so, I was just thinking about how none of my journal entries so far have been very deep and meaningful, which I would like them to be. maybe this one will change that monotony.
I have a lot of interests. Something new catches my attention practically every other day. lately my obsession has been with Carl Jung, theosophy, lucid dreaming, Carlos Castanada, and thought-forms. pretty trippy stuff. but I was talking to my mom about how when she was young, she had an imaginary friend, as many children do. she said he was as real as can be. he ate, played, slept, talked, and acted independently as far as she could remember. my mind made the connection to thought-forms, or "manifestations of mental energy" as Wikipedia defines them. some people I've met in my life believe that if you imagine something hard enough, then it will come to be. this got me thinking, and I came up with this pitiful little metaphor. here:
let's say that the universe is a book and the mind is a light. with the light we can see and read the book, and perceive it from there as we wish. but can we control the book itself with the light? we can control the light in which the book is viewed, yes, but we cannot change the words.
this makes sense to me. but you know, the mind is a part of this world too. who's to say we can't manifest things from our mind's contents? isn't that what inventing is?
meh, who knows. I'm just rambling.
what do you guys think?