Revised: 11/7/2024

The American filmmaker George Lucas reputedly said, “Your focus determines your reality.” What Lucas is referring to is your subjective or perceived reality, not your actual reality. He is suggesting that what we are not focused on simply does not seem real to us. Inversely, what we focus on seems not only very real, but imperative.

The human mind is incredibly limited and finite. Your mind is a stage. What you enact on that stage is, as far as your own awareness is concerned, the only consequential reality. For this reason, it is incredibly easy to fill our minds with truth, fantasy, and anything in between; but as far as your mind is concerned, it is all reality.

The problem with this is that a perceived reality based on lies and fantasy can never lead to a favorable reality which must be based upon honesty, faithfulness, virtue, and truth. So often people are dissatisfied with the fruits of their actions when their actions were not honest, faithful, or virtuous. This has been true in the past, and it will continue to be true in the future.

Furthermore, it needs to be understood that we live in a universe governed by eternal principles and laws which stipulate the conditions upon which specific outcomes must be achieved. Violation of those eternal principles and laws governing specific outcomes must inexorably forbid those specific outcomes. Accordingly, specific outcomes are predicated on fulfillment of specific conditions, actions, and laws. In many cases, there is only one way to satisfy the law(s) governing specific outcomes.

In a very real sense, this is the science of God, necessarily relevant to man, which also governs[1] every sphere, every creature, and every molecule in existence.

In seeking to comprehend and apply the eternal truths, principles, and laws of God, we find that the details matter. Precision matters. Accuracy matters. Quality matters. Getting it right matters.

When it comes to flight path management, we find that one tiny misstep can be disastrous. Just a one-degree deviation may cause one to entirely miss the target, especially in such a vast universe with such far reaching distances, consequences, implications, and eternal results. After all, we are not just talking about rocket science, we are talking about God-science and the eternal consequences of every minute decision we make. Not to scare anyone, but the reality is that every breath you take, every thought you think, every word you say, and every action you take have vast and irreversible eternal consequences.

Should we fear that? Well, yes. Should we be paralyzed by that. No. What we have been given is irresistible freedom, the opportunity for diverse expressions and outcomes of faith, and the possibility for infinite learning, expansion, elevation, and progression.

Realize that if you want to transcend the boundaries of your current predicament, if you want to ascend to the highest levels of creation, if you want to burst the canopy of the stars and explore the uttermost corners of the cosmos, then you must learn, apply, and fulfill the laws regulating such outcomes. Similarly, if you want to live happily and prosper within this sphere, then you must learn, apply, and fulfill the laws regulating and allowing that outcome.

As an example, perhaps you would like to establish good civil government, live a blessed and edifying religion, and live up to the full measure and potential of your existence in this sphere. If this is the case, then you must identify and satisfy the laws governing such outcomes.

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[1] To “govern” can mean to rule, influence, or have controlling relevance. Most people choose not to be governed by God’s laws or commandments, but they cannot escape God’s relevance as the consequences for broken laws are inevitable. Additionally, we find that the laws of nature, to include cause and effect, are unbending, unyielding, irreversible, and unbreakable.

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