[eternomi]

Sorry Steve... It was a nice try, but it is not the answer.

Being the root of creation is the ultimate solution because
it removes the uncertainty that everyone is so afraid of.
If "I" am creating it all, then "I" can somehow control it all and
get what I -oops I mean we- want as well. Being in control is a
big ticket item. It has been for many many centuries.

However, LoA, I-M and S-R fail to answer questions like "What if I
intend something and someone else intends the exact opposite,
then what?"

Some people answer it as if it is a math problem. If A's intention
is greater than B's intention, then the stronger of the two wins.. BUT
this explanation goes against the theory of "there is a single
consciousness" concept (which I strongly agree with. Science already
proved this beyond doubt). How or why would a single consciousness
contradict itself? Especially if it did not intend it in the first place!
The answer is it won't. For example, in lucid dreams, you are indeed
that single consciousness and no dream character can go against you.
But the waking awareness is clearly not like that.

I think the answer is, we are not the root of creation, but we are where the
"created reality" is expressed. We are channels or even endpoints of creation,
not the source of it. Thoughts and the resulting actions are waves of energy
we receive like a radio. Whatever you are tuned to, you receive and you act out.
What you are in tune with is indicated by your own very thoughts.

So if you can manage to align your thoughts and actions in line with your desires,
that's a pretty good sign that you'll be successful. If you can't even
do that (I know I need to lose weight, but I can't get myself to exercise.
Oh uh!), then no amount of visualizing or intending will get you there.
And if your desire is contradicting someone else's, then it depends on
which one was predetermined to win out in a way that works out for both or all
sides involved in terms of their unique destinies and personal growth. Whoever
needs to get something will get it. Whoever doesn't need something won't get it
even if they desire it. Only the "single consciousness" can know all this. If "you" don't
know it already, then you are not that "single consciousness" at all. Just its pawn.

One last thing.. Why do we intend things we won't need, hence won't get?
It's part of the growth business. You will know you don't need it after you don't get
it or when you get clues that you need something else... Failure doesn't sound
so bad after all, does it? Maybe not getting something is a good exercise for you
to drop the attachment to specific outcomes for success.. Who knows. You'll figure
it out though.

There are so many threads discussing this very issue. I think this will
be my last attempt to annoy you the LoA, the I-M and S-R supporters out
there. I could be very flawed, and this might just be a cop-out for not
getting what I want, but I sure as hell cannot explain everything such as
how I came up with the subatomic world, how I am holding it all together, how
I manifested people that contradict my thoughts, etc..

Good luck to us all!