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Cantando · 10-16-2007, 11:55 AM

LoA may have some value in daily life - you have a negative thought, so you replace it with a positive one and you feel a bit better for a while. That's all well and good. But, how lasting is that? Isn't the negative thought still there, lurking in the background, ready to spring into your attention again?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that all teachings about thoughts leading to the manifestation of things in reality are simply incorrect.

What if you have had a traumatic, childhood experience which you cannot remember? You go about your day generally feeling cr*p, but you don't know why. You manage to generate a good feeling thought, using your will power, but it soon fades and you are back to feeling cr*p. There is no specific negative thought, just a lousy, overall state.

I'm coming round to thinking that thoughts, whether poitive or negative, don't really matter
I don't believe they create anything. If I focus on a thought of having a big house, it doesn't mean I'll get one. If I focus on a thought of being sick tomorrow, it doesn't mean I will be. I may allow thoughts to colour my view of reality, but it doesn't mean things are going to start popping up in front of my eyes, no matter how hard I focus on a thought. A thought is a just thought - you create it in your mind and it has a bit of energy and significance attached to it. That's all it is. It doesn't become real in front of you (unless you are hallucinating).

If you want to manifest anything, thought doesn't have to come into it. All you have to do is state the initial desire to yourself and it is answered. You then allow it to manifest by releasing all resistance. All thoughts are resistance - whether good or bad. If you meditate and ignore all thoughts, you will connect with source. Once that happens, the allowing begins. You don't have to think or worry about it. Thinking nice, happy thoughts during meditation is just as much an obstacle to connecting with source as thinking sad, depressing ones. You are actually just diverting your focus and attention from the flow of source energy, and thus preventing the manifestation.

If you are spending a lot of time trying to think nice, happy thoughts and wondering why you are still not manifesting your desires, then that is the reason. You are just daydreaming.

10-16-2007, 11:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cantando Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,108	All thoughts, including good ones, are useless LoA may have some value in daily life - you have a negative thought, so you replace it with a positive one and you feel a bit better for a while. That's all well and good. But, how lasting is that? Isn't the negative thought still there, lurking in the background, ready to spring into your attention again? I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that all teachings about thoughts leading to the manifestation of things in reality are simply incorrect. What if you have had a traumatic, childhood experience which you cannot remember? You go about your day generally feeling crp, but you don't know why. You manage to generate a good feeling thought, using your will power, but it soon fades and you are back to feeling crp. There is no specific negative thought, just a lousy, overall state. I'm coming round to thinking that thoughts, whether poitive or negative, don't really matter I don't believe they create anything. If I focus on a thought of having a big house, it doesn't mean I'll get one. If I focus on a thought of being sick tomorrow, it doesn't mean I will be. I may allow thoughts to colour my view of reality, but it doesn't mean things are going to start popping up in front of my eyes, no matter how hard I focus on a thought. A thought is a just thought - you create it in your mind and it has a bit of energy and significance attached to it. That's all it is. It doesn't become real in front of you (unless you are hallucinating). If you want to manifest anything, thought doesn't have to come into it. All you have to do is state the initial desire to yourself and it is answered. You then allow it to manifest by releasing all resistance. All thoughts are resistance - whether good or bad. If you meditate and ignore all thoughts, you will connect with source. Once that happens, the allowing begins. You don't have to think or worry about it. Thinking nice, happy thoughts during meditation is just as much an obstacle to connecting with source as thinking sad, depressing ones. You are actually just diverting your focus and attention from the flow of source energy, and thus preventing the manifestation. If you are spending a lot of time trying to think nice, happy thoughts and wondering why you are still not manifesting your desires, then that is the reason. You are just daydreaming.