Asserting Dominance Over Your Bridge of Receivings

Book 3: The Bridge of Receivings | Chapter 3.4 | 25 November 2020

A scriptwriter, an actor, and a film critic walk into a cinema. They watch the same movie but walk out with entirely different opinions, picking apart the project using distinct facets. For example, the dialogue, performances, special effects, and its significance concerning the greater medium. But it was the identical movie! How could three people express such contradicting viewpoints?

The film of Life does not play by your rules. But just like any movie, you can alter your experience by opting where to place your focus. Except this is not some two-dimensional two-hour scripted affair. We are talking about the infinite angles of the Universe, perceived by billions upon billions of unique minds every split second.

Has a new car ever come into your life? Perhaps you bought one, or a friend did, or it was a motor vehicle recently purchased by your parents. Did it all of a sudden seem as if that car was everywhere you looked? It was nowhere before, but now the whole world owned that duplicate model! Weird!

We can observe a similar process surrounding a new word you learn, a singer you discover, or an app you download. Prior to your involvement, it was as if those things never existed. But as soon as your awareness opens up, they flourish into reality just for you. It's why you can send a group of people into a library, and none will acknowledge the same books. It's why you and a friend may walk down the street together, and one of you will notice a shoe sale while the other notices the football on a television. It's why if someone whispers your name, you'll be the first to hear it. The primary focus is different, and the sensed surroundings obey.

The tendency to detect something more often after the first time is known as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon or Frequency Illusion/Bias, and the theories behind it are plentiful. A more "logical" notion states that an excess of external stimuli bombards the mind each millisecond, forcing it to develop a coping mechanism whereby it picks up on the stuff deemed essential, then blocks the rest. A more magical concept states that we manifest the mental images we concentrate on, churning our neurological waves into physical matter. You can debate these details until your atoms drift apart, but it serves no purpose because the consequences remain unchanged. Your reality reflects your thoughts. What you examine grows bigger. It's how advertising works.

Now, let us introduce the Janthopoyism idea of a Gatekeeper. The Gatekeeper is the personification of your Reticular Activating System. In biological terms, this is a collection of neurons located in the brain stem which are responsible for perceiving the world. In symbolic Jantho terms, it's a guard who stands on your Bridge of Receivings, only allowing those with membership to pass. Every ugly thing you see or every uncomfortable thought you think is landing on your radar due to the Gatekeeper opening its doors because you gave it the go-ahead. Directly or indirectly, these are items you have placed on your guest list, and they waltz on through. Hence, by intentionally concentrating on what you enjoy, you can slowly train your Gatekeeper to exclusively welcome vibrations you've approved while bouncing everything else away.

This chapter barely prods the surface, and we will bang upon this idea for many chapters to come. At this moment, all you need to do is determine the external conditions that vibrate your emotions with the highest of healthy passion (i.e. your True Path), then flood your immediate environment with examples of that stuff.

Chase as much media on those desirable topics as possible. Read texts, watch films, consume YouTube clips, attend seminars. Pursue people with similar enthusiasm and converse extensively. Decorate your space with reminders, repeat related affirmations, and convert your thoughts to written prose. Notice when something dodgy slips through, wave it hello, then shift your attention back to what you love, eventually automating this realignment. If a particular individual or news source perpetually sends incompatible material your way, quietly disallow them access. By focusing on (or even fantasising about) something, you're instructing the Gatekeeper to actively seek it out, feeding these subjects until they grow fat in your reality. That is why, before you engage with anything, you should ask yourself: is this what I want more of in my life? Because you're going to get it.

Fixating on matters you enjoy and disregarding matters you don't may sound like an "ignorance is bliss" model. But, we beg, with such an unlimited stream of headlines available, who have you assumed qualified to inform you? Trust that the necessary reports will always fall into your hands, and move on. One can safely be aware of important broadcastings without sacrificing energy, rather noting the vibe, then turning away to tune into something more advantageous to your mission. We are all conscious of the existence of pain, and we are all conscious of the existence of bunny rabbits. This information inescapably reaches every mind, no exceptions. But the human obsessed with pain will see pain everywhere. And the human obsessed with bunnies will see bunnies everywhere. Both are valid components of reality, so favour the topic that warms the joy in your cells. And when you find you have no control over the outcome, then yes, bliss is unquestionably the superior option.

Maintain this pursuit for long enough, and you will fine-tune your mind to your chosen station. A mere murmur on the subject will draw you near! You'll smell the word in the air! Furthermore, your internal monologue will be ripe to accept and contribute to any associated idea that the Universal Energy can throw into you.

And the Universal Energy will throw associated ideas into you.
Lots of them. Fast.
Many of which you will be in a position to execute yourself, designing a reality around you that deserves your person perfectly.

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