How the Mind Creates the Physical World

Jul 26, 2025By David Ranscht
David Ranscht

How the Mind Creates the Physical World


Let us start with the Mirror Metaphor
Imagine the physical world is like a mirror.

You look into it and see your reflection.

Now, imagine your reflection is frowning.
Would you try to fix the mirror?
Would you reach out and try to adjust the face in the glass?

No. You change your own expression and the reflection changes.

The world is a reflection of your mind.
Not the surface thoughts but the deep beliefs, emotions, expectations, and frequencies you hold.
 
The Mind Is a Projector, Not a Camera
Most people think the mind is like a camera, it takes in the world and responds.

But in truth, the mind is a projector. It sends out images, frequencies, beliefs and the world conforms to what it is being shown.

What ever’s on the film (beliefs, feelings, expectations) is what shows up on the screen.

The world is not happening to you.
It is happening through you.
 
Belief Structures Shape Perception
The subconscious mind holds belief systems, many of which we inherited or adopted unconsciously. These beliefs act as filters or programs.

For example:

If I believe I’m not worthy, I attract people and events that reflect that belief.
If I believe people are generally kind, I see more kindness in the world.
If I expect loss, I often experience it.
If I truly forgive and release fear, peace begins to manifest.
What you believe, you perceive.
What you perceive, you experience.
What you experience, you then call reality.
But it all started with a thought.

 
The Field Responds to Vibration


Everything is energy even so called solid matter.

Your thoughts, emotions, and intentions radiate into the field around you like ripples in a pond or frequencies on a radio.

The field (sometimes called the quantum field, or God, or the Universe) responds to your vibration not your words, but your true state of being.

That’s why:

Angry people attract more anger.
Grateful people experience more to be grateful for.
Fear creates more things to fear.
Love draws forth more love.
The outer world mirrors the inner frequency.
 
Collective Mind = Shared Dream

You are not the only creator there’s a collective mind at play too.

If you believe in fear, and so does the collective, the illusion becomes very convincing.

But once you awaken and begin to rise above the collective fear, you begin to exit the dream. You live in the world, but not of it.

You are dreaming but you can become a lucid dreamer.
And when you do, you become a creator, not a reactor.
 
Creation vs. Reaction
We are constantly creating:

Through imagination
Through feeling
Through belief
Through identity
When we create unconsciously, it looks like reaction to a chaotic world.

When we create consciously, we step into alignment and the physical world reorganizes itself accordingly.

 
Here is a simple Practice

Try this today:  Say to yourself every chance you get.

"I am the cause of my experience.
I choose peace. I choose love. I choose to remember my power."


Watch what shifts.