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Originally Posted by moonrambler  Of course now I have to mention the two instances you recently talked about, where you were so happy to manifest a large amount of money and it didn't require any action other than visualization.  |
Of course. Let me make myself clear.
1. Thought affects reality.
2. Your own action is a form, or an expression, of your own thought.
3. Therefore thought certainly can, and does, affect reality, through your own actions.
4. HOWEVER, your own action is NOT the only form, or expression, of your own thought.
5. In other words, your thought can ALSO affect reality through means other than your own action. This is what we can conveniently refer to, as the "magical" aspects of LOA.
Now, if you truly desire to attain X, you WILL take action towards attaining X. HOWEVER, at the same time, if you are using IM, the universe will cooperate with you, to attain X.
Depending on circumstances, sometimes your own action is all it takes to attain X. Sometimes the situation is such that you can do NOTHING yourself to attain X, but the universe will do everything necessary to bring X. And sometimes X will come to you as a result of a combination of your own action AND the universe doing its own stuff.
If there are simple, obvious steps that you can personally take to attain X, why shoudn't you? Suppose you want a cup of coffee. You really, really want a cup of coffee. Should you try to manifest one out of thin air? Or should you move your legs, walk to the kitchen and make yourself a cup of coffee.
Now if your powers are so advanced that like Sai Baba and Jesus, you can consistently manifest objects out of thin air (Sai Baba manifests personal items, jewelry, watches etc, which his disciples lost years ago; Jesus manifests bread and fish for his hungry followers) -
you may wish to try manifesting a cup of coffee out of thin air. Alternatively, just move your legs, walk to the kitchen and make yourself a cup of coffee. Bearing in mind that moving your legs, walking to the kitchen and making coffee are all forms of thought in themselves - actions which you could not possibly accomplish, if you were brain-dead.