http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...nd-resistance/
Listen to cylon.
Here's the way I look at it:
The downside of believing in IM (which you don't need expensive classes to learn about--just the internet and a library card, and if you're into that a little piracy) is that I hold one wrong belief and waste a bunch of time and energy in my life that could be better use. Honestly, though? I already have many beliefs which are incorrect and I'm in hella good company with half the country with me (in a poll, about half the people thought that Jesus the Christ would return in the next 50 years and Armagedden would happen). And of course, if I keep trying things that "normal" and "rational" people think are bad ideas, I figure I'll end up hitting on SOMETHING that will be totally awesome, maybe IM doesn't work, but maybe the next thing does.
Upside? Thoughts create reality.
Another way I look at it is this: Nothing I've encountered having to do with IM is a BAD thing, except for the fundamental belief that it works (which you don't necessarily need, just don't be resistant to it). Be detached from the outcome--good in its own way, from my own experience pre-IM. Feel good--well, DUH! That's the point of this existance!
I find a lot of the Tao Te Ching and Toaist thought in the Abraham material, too.
Another response I liked is this:
You have a choice
To be fair,t hough, even smart people can do dumb things. I'm studying psych and I've made a small study of cognitive biases and mistakes in thinking that people make and I can point most every way that IM can be explained using errors in thinking so I reckon I'm pretty aware of these biases...except I'm still not convinced. I may not be a 100% in the believing in IM camp but I'm definitely starting to think there's something to this whole shebang. I've a bike I l lost two years ago, stolen from my basement, that I got back earlier this year without any hassle, which in Toronto is akin to winning the lottery, which really makes me think there just might be something to this whole IM thing.
In case you're wondering, this post isn't actually for the OP.