It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not 'you' or 'reality. ' For instance, if you have the thought that you have to get a certain number of things done today and you don't recognize it as a thought but act as if it's the 'the truth,' then you have created a reality in that moment in which you really believe that those things must all be done today.
All things are symbols: the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.