How Unconscious Thoughts Create Our Present Reality
By Anna Biela, Ph.D.
20 / 09 / 2026 Bristol UK (Rockaway Park)
One of the things I have been learning through synchronicity is how much attention I need to give to my thoughts.
Not only the thoughts I consciously choose, but especially the thoughts that appear without me consciously creating them.
I call this mind clutter.
Mental recall—replaying scenes in the mind, imagining conversations, remembering what happened, wondering what someone meant, creating possible scenarios, or going over something again and again—can become a constant stream of unconscious thinking.
Before we even realize it, the mind starts creating.
A memory appears.
A feeling follows.
Then an interpretation.
Then another thought.
And suddenly, we are inside an entire story that we did not consciously choose.
This is the part I find most difficult.
I have learned that we can be influenced by what we see, what we hear, what we eat, what we feel, and what we think about. For me, the thinking part is the hardest to become conscious of because thoughts can begin flowing before I even notice them.
This is where I feel I have the most work to do.
For me, this has also become a spiritual practice.
I have come to understand my mind as a place that needs discernment. Not every thought that enters my mind needs to be accepted, entertained, or followed.
A thought can appear without being something I consciously chose.
I don’t have to give it my attention.
I don’t have to give it my energy.
I don’t have to turn it into a story.
I can observe it and let it go.
This distinction is important to me because I believe there is a difference between having a thought and feeding a thought.
The first may happen automatically.
The second is where our conscious participation begins.
When we repeatedly think about something, we give it our attention. When we give something our attention, we often give it emotion as well. And when a thought is repeated enough, it can begin to influence how we perceive the present moment.
We may start seeing everything through the lens of that thought.
A memory can affect how we experience today.
A fear can affect how we interpret someone’s words.
An expectation can affect what we notice.
A story we keep replaying can begin to feel like reality—even though it exists primarily inside our own mind.
This is what I mean by the unconscious creation of our reality.
I am not saying that we consciously create every circumstance that happens to us. Life is far more complex than that. But I have learned that our inner world influences the way we experience the outer world.
And that is something I can take responsibility for.
Today, I had one of those moments.
I found myself rethinking whether I had read the signs correctly, whether I had understood the synchronicities correctly, and whether what I experienced actually meant what I thought it meant.
And then I caught myself.
I could feel my mind beginning to spiral.
One thought was creating another, and another, and suddenly I was creating an entire world inside my mind.
Mind clutter.
This is the lesson of today for me: catch yourself before you fall into the spiral.
Pause.
Breathe.
Step back.
Come back to the present.
And perhaps, instead of trying to figure everything out, be a little more whimsical.
I think I am learning that being whimsical can be a beautiful form of letting go.
To leave a little room for mystery.
To not take every thought so seriously.
To allow life to surprise me.
To see the synchronicities, smile at them, and keep moving without needing to immediately turn every sign into a story.
Maybe not everything needs to be analyzed.
Maybe not every question needs an answer today.
Maybe some things can simply be beautiful, curious, playful, and unknown.
For me, the goal is not to have a completely empty mind.
It is to become aware.
To catch myself when I begin replaying something.
To recognize when I am creating a scenario that isn’t happening in the present moment.
To notice when I am allowing fear, imagination, or old memories to take over my attention.
And then to return.
Return to God.
Return to love.
Return to gratitude.
Return to the present moment.
Return to a little more lightness.
Perhaps clearing the mind is not about stopping every thought.
Perhaps it is about no longer allowing every thought to become our reality.
And perhaps the lesson is not always to think less, but to hold our thoughts more lightly.
Today, I choose to be more whimsical.
To trust God.
To stay present.
To notice the signs without becoming lost inside them.
And to remember that I don’t have to solve the mystery.
I can simply enjoy being part of it.
Mind clutter is unconscious creation. Awareness gives us the opportunity to create consciously.