Torilink, what you say is a contradiction is not a contradiction, I just expressed myself in an unprecise manner.
I know and believe that from the moment I want something, I already have it, it's already true. But that's on some abstract level. What I want already exists, it's out there, on its way to me. But in my concrete, material life, I don't have it yet. It hasn't arrived yet. I first have to allow it to come into this concrete, material life.
Now the point is, how do you allow? You say, allowing means accepting you have it NOW. Well, yes, if you think "I have it now" and mean this abstract level, on this level that's true, you already have it, and I totally agree with you! But when I think "I have it now", I think of my concrete life now, and no, I cannot believe that I have it in this concrete life when I obviously don't have it.
That's why I prefer not to think "I have it", but use the "wouldn't it be nice" or probability methods. I don't think they are wishful thinking. They've worked well so far for me.
Are you really saying I should believe what is obviously not true? (again, it is true because it exists and is coming to me, but not true in my concrete life now)
I guess my mistake with "I have it now" is to think of my little concrete life instead of the bigger one where I already have everything I want. I should think of "I have it now" not as what exists in my material life but as this abstract level where I really already have it.
That means, I have to define "I have" differently, and shift my focus on there. Is that correct? I'll give it a try and see how it works!
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