Good links there, I hadn't read that one from Steve (I had read paul's).
Resistance: When I started getting into IM (well, I was into manifesting when I was a teenager but walked away from it for many years) about a year ago, at first I was excited and was feeling GOOD. But along the way, when I started thinking about manifesting money/love/peace of mind/ I had some big issues with the idea that I actually DESERVED to have abundance in my life. I was feeding myself all this great stuff about accepting abundance, visualizing abundance, finding what you want, getting excited about your desires... but I finally FACED the fact that I didn't think I actually deserved to have any of that stuff to begin with! I would see myself with lots of money and all I could feel was guilt and shame.
RESISTANCE. I believe that the seed I planted when I got back into IM forced me to face all the lame stuff in my past, and be brave enough to face my self image. I've had lots of emotions, all over the scale as I've been studying this LOA stuff. I kept reading "just feel good!" (and that's really the SECRET™) but I was actually afraid of feeling good. You have to prepare yourself for this stuff.
Don't mean to ramble, I've brought this up before but I think to fully use IM or just be happy in life, you have to face that resistance in yourself before you can transmute it to something good. Thinking life is horrible and that the world is a cold, cruel place, how could that possibly put you in the state of mind you need to feel GOOD let alone start creating stuff that challenges your reality?
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