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Originally Posted by seeker5  Ok, so I'm reading both of these books/philosophies/methods right now.
Power of Now says to focus on just the now.
Law of Attraction and Intention-Manifestation, if I understand it, says to focus on what you desire as if it is about to occur and you anticipate it happening.
In a way, these two seems different - one is focus on the now, the other is focus on what you desire in your life....?
So, how best to use the two approaches despite what seems to be their differences? |
I'd focus on the now, that's it. Wanting (desire) is such a trap. A very slight one too. Wanting life to be different than what it is shuts you off from what your are experiencing now. Wanting is the manifestation of
some thing and also the manifestation of the
lack of some thing at the same time, and your focus is on the lack. The emotional experience of wanting closes down the expansion and spark that will allow a magical flow into your experience.
If I read Angela's post right, she is talking about desire without expectation. Tolle tells a story on one of his recordings about a cat waiting outside a mouse hole. The cat is very focused in the now and is not 'waiting' like you would wait in line to pay for your groceries, but waiting in a sense of allowing space for the next thing to pop into it's experience.
My experience of it is an electric feeling inside, but there's no mind-content hoping for the lottery, or a new job, or for the phone to ring. I just keep that feeling going, and stay open, allowing life to happen and to receive it as best I can. I do have thoughts that come in -- I'd like to do more hiking, backpacking, photography , move to Albuquerque, etc, etc. I see them and frame them as possibilities that I am choosing, and then return to the experience of the moment again.