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Acting Like Godot · 01-11-2008, 12:50 PM

For the next phase of my LOA adventures, I will be experimenting with highly exaggerated intentions. What do I mean?

Suppose my "real" intention is to be physically fit. Well, instead of visualising myself merely as being "physically fit", I would visualise myself to be as amazingly fit as, say, a world-class Olympic athlete.

Suppose my "real" intention is to get a promotion. Instead of merely visualising myself as merely getting a promotion, I would visualise myself to be the CEO of the entire company.

Suppose my "real" intention is to publish a book. Instead of visualising myself as merely having published a book, I would visualise myself as having published five books, all award-winning, bestselling and critically acclaimed.

You get the idea.

I know that there's a chunk of LOA theory which says that you can't manifest things which you find unbelievable.

On the other hand, I have a feeling that playing with highly exaggerated intentions may greatly accelerate the manifestation of at least the "smaller" version of the intention. Eg visualising that you have published five books may greatly accelerate the actual publication of at least one book.

I don't think I personally would have any difficulty playing pretend with myself. In my school days, I used to be actively involved in (1) drama and (2) creative writing, and in both cases I had to spend a lot of time seriously getting into the minds of fictional, quite complex characters and seeing the world from their perspectives. So I expect that I would be quite good, (if I wanted to) at imagining myself to be an Olympic athlete, a CEO, a bestselling author, or whatever.

Of course, in my school days, I didn't know anything about LOA. Now that I know about LOA, and about how to deliberately access deeper mental states, I want to discover the effects of LOA on reality, when I "play pretend" at a very deep level, and with highly exaggerated intentions.

Any views, people? Let me know especially if you have personally played with very, very big intentions which had seemed very nearly impossible to you then.

01-11-2008, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Acting Like Godot Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9,613	Highly Exaggerated Intentions For the next phase of my LOA adventures, I will be experimenting with highly exaggerated intentions. What do I mean? Suppose my "real" intention is to be physically fit. Well, instead of visualising myself merely as being "physically fit", I would visualise myself to be as amazingly fit as, say, a world-class Olympic athlete. Suppose my "real" intention is to get a promotion. Instead of merely visualising myself as merely getting a promotion, I would visualise myself to be the CEO of the entire company. Suppose my "real" intention is to publish a book. Instead of visualising myself as merely having published a book, I would visualise myself as having published five books, all award-winning, bestselling and critically acclaimed. You get the idea. I know that there's a chunk of LOA theory which says that you can't manifest things which you find unbelievable. On the other hand, I have a feeling that playing with highly exaggerated intentions may greatly accelerate the manifestation of at least the "smaller" version of the intention. Eg visualising that you have published five books may greatly accelerate the actual publication of at least one book. I don't think I personally would have any difficulty playing pretend with myself. In my school days, I used to be actively involved in (1) drama and (2) creative writing, and in both cases I had to spend a lot of time seriously getting into the minds of fictional, quite complex characters and seeing the world from their perspectives. So I expect that I would be quite good, (if I wanted to) at imagining myself to be an Olympic athlete, a CEO, a bestselling author, or whatever. Of course, in my school days, I didn't know anything about LOA. Now that I know about LOA, and about how to deliberately access deeper mental states, I want to discover the effects of LOA on reality, when I "play pretend" at a very deep level, and with highly exaggerated intentions. Any views, people? Let me know especially if you have personally played with very, very big intentions which had seemed very nearly impossible to you then.