[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by Markus74

No, but seriously:

I was serious. Either you believe that Jesus performed miracles, or you believe that he did not. If you believe that he did, how do you think he did it? He probably didn't do it accidentally or while asleep or unintentionally.

Ahhhh ... what does that mean? He had an intention. It's all back to IM again.

Originally Posted by Markus74

Let's say I want to manifest money. Do I just need to think about it and be convinced that it will manifest, or do I have to actually work to get to a certain goal/job/point that allows me to make money?

Let me explain. Your thoughts affect reality. However, your physical body is also part of reality.

Suppose you want a cup of coffee. You think to yourself, "Hmmm, I really feel like having a cup of coffee now." That's an intention. If it is strong enough, reality should alter, such that you receive a cup of coffee.

You now have two possible courses of action. Firstly, you could move your ass, go to the kitchen, and fix yourself a cup of coffee. There - your intention has manifested. I believe that there are millions of people around the world whose intention to drink coffee manifest into reality in this way, every morning.

Secondly, you could sit right where you are, refusing to move. You could keep thinking to yourself, "I want coffee. I want coffee. A cup of coffee is right before me now."

If you choose the 2nd course of action, what may happen is that after some time, your mother may come in and say, "Are you ok, dear? You look a bit strange." Because coffee is on your mind, you'll say, "Mum, I want a cup of coffee." Your mother might reply, "Okay, dear, I'll get it for you now, but you're really looking strange." Anyway she comes back shortly with a cup of coffee. There - your intention has manifested.

Or maybe your mother isn't home. You keep sitting there thinking ""I want coffee. I want coffee. A cup of coffee is right before me now." Well, chances are, a cup of coffee isn't going to manifest - because your intention is too weak. After all, if your intention was strong enough, if you really, really wanted a cup of coffee -

you would just move your ass, go to the kitchen, and fix yourself a cup of coffee.

Then a cup of coffee would really have manifested into your reality. And bear in mind, the movement of your ass into the kitchen, the movement of your hands towards the coffee can, towards the coffee mug, towards the kettle - all that is part of reality.

(By the way, there is this guy in India, "Said Baba" - some call him a holy man, others call him a cult leader, others call him a conman - but basically he's been known to manifest objects out of thin air. He has devotees and followers from all over the world. Anyway, I digress).

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Let me now turn to your specific query:

Originally Posted by Markus74

Let's say I want to manifest money. Do I just need to think about it and be convinced that it will manifest, or do I have to actually work to get to a certain goal/job/point that allows me to make money?

Let me analyse your possible true intentions.

Let's say that your true intention is that you wish to earn money without actually having to work for it.

This is entirely possible. In fact, there are millions of people around the world who are like that. For example, some of them may own a couple of properties and they just collect rent every month. You'll see that this state of affairs didn't come about randomly either. At some point in time, they must have intended to buy a property, and they must have intended to rent it out. And their intentions must have manifested.

What you see though is that the manifestation of intention into reality takes time. (For instance, it may take years before you have enough money to invest in property). How much time it takes for an intention to manifest depends on what you're trying to manifest and how good you are at doing it. (For example, making a cup of coffee in the kitchen normally takes the average person about one minute if he's going for 3-in-1 instant packet coffee).

Back to money. Actually I know what your true intention is. Your true intention right now is not to manifest money without working. Your true intention is to find out whether LOA really works. You want to run a couple of experiments to test it.

Your difficulty is that you're skeptical. Well, you already know the IM theory. If you're skeptical, you block your own intentions, whether you're trying to manifest a cup of coffee, or free money, or proof of IM. That's your challenge.