Our mind, yes, affects reality because our mind reflects reality, and vice versa, reality reflects our mind. A kind of bootstrap process. But like a mirror reflecting our image, what we see as we gaze into it, and what it reflects, may be two different things!

Is the glass half-empty, or half-full?

We are our world. It reflects who we are perfectly, even denial, even hubris, it's all reflected.

My take!

You may be interested in my somewhat whimsical interpretation of the Adam and Eve story as a way of understanding who we are now, as a way of projecting where we might go:

https://johnnyroneill.medium.com/the-genius-of-eve-a5f0d244aad7

Thanks for the read!