“What the Bleep Do We Know?”  is a documentary about the neuroscience behind how our thoughts and emotions create our realities. I absolutely loved this documentary, and because this week is all about reprogramming your life script.

What the eyes really see is the back of the brain. The brain imprints what it has the ability to see, and what we see is filtered based on our objectives and our judgments. Is it possible that our eyes see more than our brains actually process?

We only see what we believe is possible.

A friend of mine brought his baby into work today, and during lunch I watched her with wonder. Her eyes were open wide as she explored the world around her. One of my colleagues laughed about how excited she got about every little thing, but as I looked at her wide and alert eyes I started to think about the film. If what we see is filtered by our brain based one what we believe to be true/possible, isn’t it likely that this little toddler sees more than we do? At that age, she probably hasn’t had a chance to develop specific paradigms (lenses through which we each see the world), and so to her the world is limitless and overflowing with potential.

My coaches at school have told my class on more than one occasion: “if you want to learn about acting, observe the freedom with which young children play.” After looking into the eyes of that little baby, I think there is so much more that we can learn by watching a child.

There was another quote from the film that jolted my heart, and forced me to seriously look at my life.

Why do we keep recreating the same reality? Why do we keep getting the same jobs over and over again. Isn’t it amazing that we are surrounded by opportunities, and yet we don’t see them.

We have been conditioned to believe that the external world is more real than the internal world.

Right now I am working as a receptionist at a gym – the lowest position. The next position (and the higher paid position) is the sales rep. Before working at the gym, I worked at a restaurant as a hostess – also at the bottom of the hierarchy of that job. Isn’t it interesting that in both jobs I seem to be following a pattern? Doesn’t it seem like I’m maybe playing it safe, because somewhere in my life script it has been imprinted “secondary character.”

Why do I keep recreating the same reality for myself? 

Answer that question for yourself today