What is the one thing that all of us will understand?  It cannot be Life for many do not value it. It can not be God because so many do not respect the Idea. There is only one constant and that is self. I create my self. I create my world.

Your mind works constantly to find answers. You find those answers by seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting. Then you process this information by confirming your habits, beliefs and attitudes or by discovering something new. You have learned this process from time you were very young. In this way you are creating your world around you. This makes you unique.

I reach out to the world of which I am the center. And each of us, in this jostling crowd that is our World, is the center of our world. We are self without being selfish. Since the world I know is in my mind, and the world You know is in your mind, then You do not exist in my world without me. I do not exist in your world without you. I create my world and you are in it. You create your world and I am in it.

You create your own world. I create my own world. You are unique. Your world would not exist if your were not in it.  And without you, my world would be incomplete and different. And without me in your world, you would also not be complete. The energy that is you is part of the the energy that is I. The being that is you completes the being that is I.

We journey far when we only need to travel within. We are the message and the messenger.  

We reach across the seeming Emptiness of space between each other, each living in our own world, knowing that the other is also being and reaching. The energy called Love is the energy of reaching out. Living is not a precise instrument, a mathematical equation or a game with a set of rules. Life is for you to define. You create your world. If you choose to make yourself the Magician, the Wizard, or the King, then that is what you will get.  If you wish to populate your world with monsters, then that is also what you will get.

Others live in their own world. If you wish them to respect your world then you must also respect theirs'. Your are responsible for everything in your world. You choose how you respond to others. You choose which path you will take. You choose which thought you will think. You control your mind.

This secret will instantly be recognized by all.  But many will reject it.  It depends on where you are in life's journey. We have a past that gets us to here and now. We are here looking to the future in wonder. But we are only experiencing this very moment. I Am.

Do not let yourself be distracted by what is out there. Not drugs,not alcohol,  not money, not materials. What is important is that you make your world in your mind as comfortable for you as you want it to be. What is the meaning of life?  Experience!  What is the meaning of death?  Experience!  What is Meaning?  Only you can answer that for yourself because you create your world.

Wherever you are now on your journey, you can journey forward from here and now with a focus on what you want to receive, what messages you want to get from the world because you are creating it as you go along. If you want more joy, then make this moment the joy you want. If you want more peace, then make this the most peaceful moment ever. You Create your world. If you want more abundance, then see the abundance you do have, and be grateful for what you have. It isn't things that give you your share of Life, it is you in your mind creating your world in balance.

If I  had to live in the streets, I could be just as happy and joyful and peaceful as the man in the mansion.  Yes, my needs would be greater than a man of means because I would be constantly looking for food and shelter. All my needs would be more basic than the wealthiest man. But, I am alive to experience life and to create the world I want with whatever I have at hand. And, the World would be a lesser place I was not.

Then, we must deal with Expectations. Whose?  Society's, Mother's, Father's, Sibling's, Friend's and our Own. We grow fat because our expectations have not kept up with the changes in our technical efficiency. We have been very clever in making things for many to use and we have allowed ourselves to be distracted by these many things, forgetting  that we are complete only by understanding what we are and by reaching out to many.  We do not need our arms to reach out, only our infinite energy.

Out there in the world, there is a tug of war going on to distract us from our World Concept. Many are trying to make their message our message. Universities and schools and businesses each have a message and they want it to become ours. They define the Economy as being demand for a supply of limited goods.  They want what we have. They define jobs by making us learn what is specific to a job. But, you choose. If you choose knowingly, then their world will become a part of your world.

As a parent, I can only plant the seeds that will become my child's world.  Soon, enough they will go out into the world with their own representation of their mind-world. Then, they too become responsible for their own happiness, their own concept of the world. My job is done.  As parents we can only plant seeds that will begin their growth. They will choose their own reality. They will choose to live a life that is meaningful to them.

You already know everything you need to know to find happiness. Explore the world you have created. That is within you, within you mind. Whatever you are doing right now is exactly the right thing  for you. Since you have created that world, only you know what it is you need answered. I have reached some part of my answer and you have reached some part of your own. That is where I am on my journey and that is where you are on your own journey.

What about self-image? You can build a world of turmoil or you can find the peace you seek. The choice is yours. If you live and think by the expectations you imagine others have for you, then you will think and see yourself in their terms  and never feel comfortable. If you realize that only your definition of life is important in relation to yourself then you will have no need to worry about your self-image. You will realize that you create your world and your self-image.

And, if I try to get you to do what I want, to control your world, it is because I want you to come into the world as I see it. To make my world more real I need you to validate it so that I am not so unsure that my world exists. That is not possible. Only I can make my world real for myself.

Where I am on the journey is the right place for me. I must begin to realize that it is my world. I created it. I choose the paths to go on. This is my choice, my reality, my world, my happiness. If I pull at you to even catch a glimpse of where I am on the journey it is only to share. If I am telling you my secret. It will only be meaningful if  you are on the right place in your journey.

You are your own guru. It cannot be otherwise. No psychologist, therapist or social worker can cure you or make you whole. Only you, in your own world, in the world you create in your mind, can make you acceptable to you.

We are all the result of the choices we make. Yes, even when we were very young we made choices. We may not remember them but we chose to like a favorite toy, or favored a parent or grandparent. We were not even aware that we could make choices. And for many of us that is exactly how we see the world. The person who chooses the rule of law may become a policeman or a lawyer. The person who chooses the rule of church may become a minister or a nun or a devout member. They choose their world. 

If you want to go in a certain direction or you want to reach for a certain goal, then you will know what to do. You choose.  You will make the right decisions, take the right steps and make the right choices. You will do everything necessary to get to your desired goal. The steps will not seem like a sacrifice or a punishment. They are the actions you need to take.

You control your world. You cannot control the mind-world of others. You can chain people. You can make laws. You can brainwash them. You can hypnotize them. None of these things gives you control of their mind. They will still make their reality in their own mind.

Do you want that fancy car you dream of just to show everyone that you have arrived?  Or, are you happy just cycling through a park because that is what really matters to you. It's your world. You choose.

If you are not happy with the goals you chose, if you can never seem to reach them, then you need to look at those goals. You need to ask yourself if those are someone else's goals or whether you really want those goals. It is easy to blame or envy others because they are achieving goals that you wish were yours. 

You see a billionaire who seems to have reached a goal so easily, with such easy success. If you really want to reach that goal are you prepared to do whatever it takes?  And if that is your true goal then you already know what it takes and you too will find it easy to do. If you are dithering about what you need to do to reach that goal, then you need to consider that you are reaching for something you do not really want.

Remember that the man who became a billionaire made decisions, chose directions that to you may not think worth the risk.  Many have become affluent started with nothing. They found the reasons, the motivation for themselves. The made the choices. They knew where to go because they chose the goals. They knew where to focus. It was not an effort to them because they found joy in the choices the made. They created their world.

You choose. That is the meaning of Life. The Message is the Messenger.