“Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you.” ~ Ibn Arabi
Humans are taught to judge the world based on their experiences and perceptions. In this process of judgment, we rarely pause to reflect on the origin of our experiences. We blame luck, destiny, or the people who cross our path—leaving behind our power and responsibility over our own lives. We forget who we are and what we’re capable of generating. But forgetting doesn’t mean we stop creating—on the contrary, we continue to manifest our reality. The issue is that, in our unconscious state, we often generate chaos while looking for someone or something to blame.
The process of manifestation works in the opposite direction: we first generate a perception, and that perception then manifests in our external reality. It sounds simple—but in truth, it’s a challenge to reset the mental patterns and become aware of the creative process. Until then, it remains just a beautiful hypothesis we don’t actually embody.
You might argue that your beliefs are shaped by your experiences, and that before your first experience, your mind was blank—that you made a judgment only after the outcome. However, your first mental pattern is formed unconsciously, through the energetic imprint passed down from your family lineage. Your beliefs about life are rooted in ancestral memory and transmitted on a subtle level. Even if they are not in your conscious mind, they are still shaping your experience.
A representation of this is the 8 of Swords—a woman walking through life without seeing the path, trapped in mental structures (the swords) inherited from her ancestral lineage. These structures are obsolete, symbolized by the grey castle behind her.
When an experience manifests in your reality, it merely confirms the ancestral voices within you, reinforcing the belief until it forms a barrier. These unconscious mental structures protect the ego, not allowing anything outside their parameters to enter your energetic field. They create a layer that repels new, revitalizing energies. This is why it’s often difficult to experience anything that truly shifts your perception—because the mental layer has become so thick that light cannot get through, and darkness is reinforced.
Mental barriers don’t dissolve by challenging the universe or demanding a different experience. The universe doesn’t respond to tantrums or egoic manipulation. The suffering that results from experience is the first door we must cross to begin manifesting something new. Pain is an indicator that the current experience is misaligned with the desires of your soul. At this point, we must decide to change our manifestation. Often, we get stuck here, feeling like victims, powerless. If we don’t realize that the solution lies within, and instead attempt to change the outcome by chasing different external experiences, we only reinforce the mental barrier—because everything and everyone we attract resonates with our core belief.
Mental barriers don’t shatter on the first try—especially if all we’re doing is acting or hoping for different experiences. The first step is to revise the pattern: Why am I repeating this situation? What belief underlies it? There’s always a unifying belief anchoring all similar experiences, shaping our perception. Simply trying to “open up” to new experiences won’t change much; they’ll just mirror what’s already within us. The place to go is the core belief. Dissolving it can happen in two ways: a conscious route (slow and effortful), or unconsciously—but sparked by a conscious intention.
Conscious intention is a sacred tool that fuels all manifestation in our reality. It is the alchemical power of humans, synthesized in The Magician I. Once we set a clear intention, life responds by showing us all the beliefs and mental blocks standing in the way of our desire. These appear as conversations, encounters, memories—even the most mundane interactions may hold messages from the universe. An awakened inner eye is essential to catch these signs, and it’s this awareness that begins dissolving the mental barriers. This process is called consciousness: the awareness of what we think, the voice of the Higher Self observing the thoughts, words, and actions of the Lower Self. Seeing the root belief behind our experiences can be painful, but liberating. Once exposed, the ego softens, and the mental walls begin to melt.
Once that awareness is established, it’s crucial not to fall back into the same actions or behaviors that once led to distorted manifestations. Changing physical patterns of action is necessary to rewire the brain. The manifestations that follow will be improved versions—depending on the effort we commit to transformation.
Another mysterious but potent way mental barriers melt is through energetic exchanges we have with others. People enter our field—some physically, others energetically—and trigger soul-level alchemy. This happens all the time, whether we’re aware of it or not.
You can tell if you’re in an energetic exchange if you’re constantly thinking about someone, dreaming of them, or sensing their energy strongly. These exchanges don’t only happen with loving or inspiring people; they also occur with those who embody shadow aspects—those traits we deny or suppress within ourselves or our ancestral line. These interactions aren’t necessarily peaceful or friendly, because our ego interprets the encounter through its wounds. But the universe pairs us with people who hold strengths in areas where we are weak, and vice versa.
All past or present experiences have lasted as long as they did because they involved an energetic exchange. If the experience was painful, it may be because the lesson hasn’t been integrated yet—like retaking a test after failing it the first time.
Opening yourself to the experience by blessing the soul of your brother and asking your Higher Self for help in understanding the lesson can ease the process and reduce unnecessary suffering. Thick mental walls and defense mechanisms can turn what was meant to be a spiritual exchange into a karmic connection—especially if we engage in low-vibrational emotions like hatred, attachment, codependency, resentment, or vengeance. These reactions pull in more karma and amplify darkness.
Blessing the soul of your brother does not mean tolerating abuse or toxicity. The inner work can be done energetically. If you’re in an unhealthy dynamic, the work begins with walking away and allowing your soul to extract the lesson. Blessing someone is an act of gratitude—acknowledging the master behind their earthly role.
This is why so many of our early adult relationships are karmic—they are reflections of the distorted reality we’ve created through our mental structures. These soul-contracts help us awaken—not to reinforce the structure, but to dissolve it.
Once the mental barrier starts to melt, new possibilities enter the field. They cannot come in if we continue feeding the old belief system. If we reinforce limiting patterns through repetition, even the highest-quality expressions of love cannot reach us—we won’t meet those people because we’re not yet vibrating at their frequency. It’s not about meeting more people or going to new places. It’s about letting go of the beliefs that have been keeping your reality stagnant.
You are not a victim of the universe. Your reality is your creation. You are the director of your own life. And the moment you decide to change the plot, the story can be rewritten in the stars.
“All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware.” ~Rumi
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