This is a fascinating thread and I have very much liked reading through it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  You are saying that if a person fails to manifest successfully, it could be due to their goals are not aligned with greater good for all; or they weren't motivated to use LOA properly; or didn't learn the right techniques etc.
HOWEVER - what we're talking about in this thread (before it got heavily sidetracked by Mrs Cogan) are people like Dave Angeles and Floridagal. They apparently did everything right, knew all the LOA theory, practised and persisted with LOA for a considerable time (Floridagal even attended classes or consulted psychics or professional LOA coaches or something ), visualised, thought positive, felt positive ..... and still fell completely flat on their faces.
At the other end of the spectrum, a few individuals who frequent this forum seem to manifest their intentions quite easily, quite successfully and quite regularly. Me, for instance - I started experimenting casually with LOA only in mid 2006, and by 2007, my monthly salary shot up so much that I'm in the 98.5th percentile of all income-tax paying citizens in my country (and I'm not yet 35 years old).
So I am suggesting that this difference (in results with conscious creation) possibly has something to do with the natural distribution of a particular intelligence (intrapersonal intelligence). |
I wonder about all this too. It is frustrating when working with IM on certain issues and nothing happens, and people will say it's because I'm not doing it right, or haven't done it long enough, or aren't positive enough, or whatever. There's no way to win at this. If the IM doesn't work, then it's always because I've done something wrong. I've come to a point where I don't believe this, because IM success shows up for me in startling ways, but in certain issues (money in particular), I fall flat on my face.
Money is a huge issue for me and it is the reason I found this website, because I've been spending a fair bit of time every morning working with affirmations, IM, PD, reading, and so on. An epiphany for me has been that I find it hard to attract money in easy, relaxed, healthy and positive ways; while being able to attract it in stressful and negative ways. This tends to be my attitude about money.
When I started this heavy concentration on IM for money a couple months ago, I started with the intention for an extra $100 that week. The next day, I discovered I'd made a $140 error in my checkbook in my favor. I was shocked that the amount was so close to what my intention was, that it was so immediate, and also because I don't think I'd EVER made an checkbook error in my favor before!
Ok, that was easy, relaxed, positive, and healthy. Next, I decided to go for $1,000 by the end of the month. I concentrated on that $1,000 like crazy. I woke up one morning and it was in the mid-50s in the house because the furnace had gone out. The furnace people showed up and said it needed replacing. It was 15 years old and had pretty much died. They got it up and running but said it could start spewing carbon monoxide and I had to replace it. Their first estimate was $3100.
I completely freaked. Completely. I had no easy way to get that kind of money right away. The only thing I could think of was cashing in a chip with a friend who I'd done a big financial favor for years back, who now is doing very well financially. She talked me down from my hysteria and got me to call around for estimates, and eventually my own heating contractor came down to a less expensive option for $2400. My girlfriend loaned me the money in cash. The heating contractor then said they would take half down. Poof, I had my thousand bucks.
I felt like Willow on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, unable to channel her power, doing things like asking for the group to be able to get through a locked door, and then having the door explode and the doorknob breaking Zander's nose.
I tried manifesting another $1,000 by specifying it as "income", but nothing happened.
So it seems to me that IM and LoA works, but I have a block in regard to this issue which is tough to break.
I get a lot of synchronicities/coincidences. I seem to have a peculiar talent in this area. However, they don't seem to point to answers to difficulties, they often seem random, though sometimes I seem to be able to get the ball rolling until it even gets a little disturbing.