The other day I'm speaking to an attorney (not my own) and we are talking about life and he offers this philosophical metaphor: We are bringing about that which we believe is happening to us.

I reply, "The self fulfilling prophecy" with confidence.

"No." He answers. 

Now before I offer any more answers, I realize it's time to think of the context of his words.

I've been thinking on it for days.  I don't mean as it consumes me but when I'm driving or laying in bed waiting for slumber to take me, with my eyes closed and thoughts are all I'm left with I think about what could it mean?

Is it  a matter of power without perception?  Could it be about perception alone?   I've often said, "Perception is everything, reality is nothing." 

While I operate on trying to see things for what the really are, I've learned that others have used my own metaphor (Perception is everything, reality is nothing) against me.  I won't digress.

If you are anyone you know has a true understanding of what We are bringing about that which we believe is happening to us means, please share with me what you know.  I can be e-mailed through this site if you have a reader account.

For now, I'll continue to ponder the substance of this metaphor.