The good news about understanding the Three Principles: We are the thinkers of our own thoughts and we can create anything. The "bad" news about understanding the Three Principles: We are the thinkers of our own thoughts; our thinking creates our reality; we are totally responsible for our moment-to-moment experience of what our life offers. For many people who have spent a lot of time telling therapists and friends about their awful pasts, or the people who have disappointed them or hurt them or made them angry, or the many reasons they have to be cynical or depressed or hopeless... the Principles at first are scary. But it dawns on all of us that we don't need anything or anyone outside ourselves to take care of our bad feelings. We are the thinkers creating our lives; we can turn away from dark thoughts; we can quiet our thinking and find our own wisdom; we can think anything. We are responsible for ourselves. That is freedom.