[Acting Like Godot]

I kinda agree with jennihul (the part about answering the same questions again and again) but anyway I will take a quick stab at the questions.

Originally Posted by Tim Brownson

Well yeh ok and I don’t mean to be flippant here but does that mean I can manifest Pluto into my backyard?

Probably not. Among other things, the appearance of Pluto in your backyard would violate many of your current beliefs about how your reality works. You see, you always have to work within the limits of your current belief system (or you have to work at expanding those limits).

If currently you don't even believe that you could, say, make beautiful flowers spontaneously start blooming in your backyward through the power of your own thoughts, well then, I think you are a looooong way off from making Pluto do an appearance in your backyard.

I hated it because I now have to deal with the occasional client that says, “I’ve seen The Secret and all this crap in my life is my fault”

As I have said many times before, this blame mentality arises only out of a misunderstanding of how the LOA works. While the "crap" in your life is caused by your own thoughts, the "crap" in your life is your "fault" (or moral culpability) only to the extent that:

(1) you are able to control your thoughts; and
(2) you failed to do so.

For example, if a toddler falls down while trying to learn to walk, the event is caused by himself. But we do not say that he is "at fault". He has not yet learned enough bodily coordination, balance etc.

In the same way, if crap happens in your life, it is caused by you, but it is generally not your "fault" (that is, there is no need to hate yourself). You simply had limited ability to control your thoughts.

Last summer 2 young boys died from an amoeba infection in their brain after swimming in a lake here in Orlando. Did they manifest that?

Short answer is yes, which looks terribly drastic until you understand Abraham Hick's perspective on death. That perspective says that you are pretty much eternal and have already lived and died numerous times; and death looks scary or unpleasant because from where we currently are, we can't (generally) recall that.

Why have some really negative and miserable people that worry constantly gone on to live long and very prosperous lives? I know some very wealthy people that are constantly worrying about losing money. Why don’t they?

There are a couple of ways to answer that, so I'll give you an answer which I think isn't so commonly heard in this forum.

If a wealthy person frets constantly about losing money but doesn't, it's because the thought is being counteracted by other thoughts of his (eg the belief that if he does certain things, he can prevent the loss of his money).

For example, my mother has this fear of losing her luggage when travelling. Hence she is hypervigilant about her luggage, makes sure that they are all labelled, and locked etc. The latter behaviour is motivated by the belief "If I am very careful, nothing will happen to my luggage". This belief is strong enough to counteract the belief "Luggage can easily get stolen or lost when one is travelling".

Of course this is the resistant way of living - the byproduct is worry, anxiety etc.

Why can’t a great manifester prove it to the world by stepping off a tall building and manifesting a safe landing? Or maybe winning lotto 2 weeks on the trot? I saw a post by a person below that said she was scary good at this. Really??? Why not manifest an end to violence in her hometown or even on broader scale. Again I know it involves others so why not manifest all guns to stop working or food to arrive to feed the hungry?

I'll answer the above later, as I need to rush off somewhere now.