ABIGAIL BLACK: “What's the most important thing I need to know to succeed in life?”
EASTWOOD: “That your beliefs, thoughts, and emotions are energy that materializes as events in your life. You form your reality with your mind. That fact is the cornerstone of this great educational institution and is the basis of the new science transforming humanity's understanding of reality at this time in history.”
STEVEN: “Are you saying that consciousness forms matter?”
EASTWOOD: “Yes. Once you understand that your mind forms your reality, you can begin to get rid of what you don't want in life, and create what you do want. This is the truth that can set you free.”
ABBEY: “There is a lot of new evidence for what you're saying because of advances in science and a growing willingness on the part of some scientists to conduct research along those lines.”
STEVEN: “I'm not convinced that mind forms matter.”
ABBEY: “I've already achieved enough to know my beliefs, thoughts and emotions create my reality. I'm visualizing a house on the north shore of Oahu. I'm really excited about that.”
STEVEN: “If all of that was really true, if your thoughts turned into physical things, everyone would already know it. And teachers from grade school on would teach manifesting in their classes. Colleges would have courses on it. I'm in my freshman year of college and I've never heard the idea mentioned in elementary school, middle school, high school or college. Obviously then it's not true.”
EASTWOOD: “Take a look at yourself and what you're saying. You're acting like a commoner in the time of Columbus saying, ‘You dummy, the world is flat because everyone says so.' Think back to when you were a very young child sitting in a classroom looking at your teachers. At that time, for all you knew your mind did create your reality. Children under six do believe their thought affect events, and at that time you constantly utilized your imagination in a variety of beneficial ways. However, at this time when you were very small, dependent on adults and impressionable, adult words carried great weight. Teachers and other adults told you what to believe. At first you didn't believe them, but eventually you did.
“The children sitting next to you who went on to become teachers had to agree with their teachers' views to an even greater degree. So forget what the universities and teachers say because they've been ‘brainwashed' more than anyone. They sold out. Not all of them, but many have.
“When those children grew up, in order to have gotten positions as recognized authorities or teachers, they had to pass tests or appeal to those in the higher-up positions. This has to be done in such a way that confirms that they know and believe in the worldviews they have been sold. Adherence to the orthodoxed, status-quo paradigm is in this way required before you are allowed to teach youth or be in any leading position.
“And, if you're not an accredited practitioner, licensed doctor, qualified and approved teacher, or licensed whatever, most sheep-people won't listen to you. It is extremely difficult, therefore, to make a significant impact on the mainstream consensus about reality. But it doesn't stop there. When everyone in a society accepts the same kind of worldview, it is reinforced in all areas of living, in education, in conversation, on T.V. and in all forms of media.”
ABBEY: “I've learned that people see what they want to see.”
EASTWOOD: “Exactly. This happens because your mind automatically screens out data contrary to what you believe. This is why people become more closed-minded later in life. As you live your life you collect evidence in support of your worldview and reject everything else. Your worldview grows in this way. Scholars are more affected by status quo beliefs than laymen due to their greater degree of exposure. The result is a formidable personal hypnotic focus that then spreads to society to become a collective trance that's virtually impossible to break. The media and big institutions then reflect back only that which fits the narrow picture.
“Think about this. Those that write newscasts must appeal to the majority, to the beliefs of their viewers, otherwise the station's ratings fall, advertisers pay less for commercials, and ultimately employees must be laid off or are fired. In the same way, a university student or young scientist can write a paper on the mental source of events, or that we are multidimensional spiritual beings who are eternal and unlimited, but it won't usually get far if it is in direct opposition to the guarded beliefs of professors and the higher-up circle who publish scientific journals.
“The position that those at the top hold is dependant on their being right. That is why they are terrified of people outside of the box like me, and will do anything to discredit me. A scientist's self-worth is tied up in his intellect. If his intellectual paradigm is wrong, he will suffer an existential crisis.
“Professors and big institutions are the most deeply invested in their worldviews . . . after all, universities are in the business of selling their own beliefs and their own thoughtforms. They are the most heavily invested in the status quo. They guard it. If those status quo thoughtforms are exposed to have no intrinsic worth, then the universities and professors lose their standing in the eyes of the public and are in disrepute by other scientists in their elite circles, in which case income and wealth is lost. Individually, if professors are considered quacks they lose their jobs, in which case they can lose their homes and their means to support their loved ones such as beloved children. The possibility of ruin is a very strong motivator. For all these reasons they are the most heavily invested in the status quo.
“To disagree with the elite's guarded worldviews is intellectual and moral blaspheme to all those running the show. It would mean that what the universities have been teaching is largely false . . . and it is! However, the most brilliant do know the truth, that matter is solidified consciousness. Just as Galileo and Columbus knew important facts in their time, the great renowned contemporary physicists such as David Bohm do know in our time that the universe is materialized consciousness . . . which is what our teachings are based on. But the majority, as similarly happened in Columbus's time, don't want to hear it, don't want to know. Anything that threatens the worldview of a close-minded person scares them to the bone.”
ABBEY: “I think what you say is true, yet I am aware of dozens of renowned doctors affiliated with universities writing and conducting research on how emotions affect our health and can create illness.”
EASTWOOD: “Yes, the tide is beginning to change, but the majority of these people you speak of barely touch on the depth and vastness of the subject of mind forming matter. Yet, as you have noticed, in some fields we are seeing an influx of revelatory information in that direction.”
STEVEN: “I was taught that thoughts and emotions are nothing, like radiation, say, from my microwave oven.”
EASTWOOD: “Have you ever watched food cook in a microwave oven? You don't see the microwaves but you do see your food change color or whatever. It's the same with thoughts. You don't see them but you see their results. “Thoughts are things. They form your reality. If you want to live in a peaceful world, you must project peaceful thoughts. If you want a successful life, you must think thoughts of success. Otherwise, nothing you do will achieve these ends.
“Thoughts are powerful. Don't deny the goose that lays the golden eggs. Don't use the power of your thoughts to deny the power of your thoughts.”
STEVEN: “Are you saying that mind forms all matter? Are you two both saying that I can create events with my mind alone? Are you saying that this is a fact based on science?”
EASTWOOD: “Yes, to all three.”
STEVEN: “So all I have to do is think about money and I'll create it . . . I'll be rich?”
EASTWOOD: “If your convictions are strong and you believe it, yes, you can. However, if you have conflicting beliefs and thoughts, it may not be so easy.
“In terms of attracting or repelling money, if your thoughts are mostly about your lack of money or needing more money, it's impossible for you to sustain wealth, even if you win the lottery or receive an inheritance. You just end up losing the money in some way. It could be a bad investment, overspending, or a medical emergency. It doesn't matter what it is, but you will lose it.
“If you are new to these ideas, you need to realize that these truths are based on both ancient wisdom and scientific understanding of how the universe works. All through history a select few have taught these secrets, revealing ancient wisdom to those who were willing to listen, but currently there are dozens of books on the subject. Read them. If you are skeptical, do an investigation in this way. As part of that investigation, go online to take advantage of EN's free public website earth-network.com. Read my book ‘Your Future,' which is only available through that website, and then talk to me again.
“At least give the idea that mind forms matter a chance. If your thoughts were forming your reality, wouldn't this be an important thing to know?”
STEVEN: “It sure would be! Wow! If what you say is true, this means that I must look at the world in a whole different way. Maybe life isn't as bad as I thought it was.”
EASTWOOD: “Experience on earth is meant to be incredibly joyful, and no matter what your situation, it can be for you, too.”
EASTWOOD: “The EN material is a result of 35 years of in-depth studies of the best teachings in the world on consciousness-based science. For this reason and others, and because of its quality, there is nothing that compares to it.
“The big universities can't help you obtain this most important and advantageous information. That's sad because these are the most necessary and most helpful sets of skills a person needs to know to succeed in life.
“No one else is going to make your life work. Only you can do that. The smartest investment you can make is in yourself and your future.”
(Part One of “Interview with EN's Founder” will be posted next month. Please return to http://www.earth-network.com/. Thank you.