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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  The simple, practical approach to integrating LOA with the Power of Now is as follows.
Just concentrate on whatever you're doing. For example, if you are washing the dishes now, concentrate on washing the dishes. If you are reading a book now, concentrate on reading a book.
And if you are doing your IM visualisation now, concentrate on doing your IM visualisation. When you're done, go do whatever you need to do, and concentrate on it. |
That may work for some of the more mundane, everyday manifestations, but I seriously doubt if it would work for manifesting the vision of being a ‘great artist’, with its compartmentalized approach of, for example, ‘I’ll do the housework first, then I’ll visualize being a great artist for twenty minutes, then I'll take the cat for a walk’.
A great artist is born with genius. No one ever became one by creating a picture of it in their mind. Accept it and get over it.
You can improve your skills through daily practice, and perhaps reach a level where you are competent enough to go professional, but you will never be ‘great’ unless you already have that genius within you. The world is full of mediocre artists, writers, musicians and performers who think they are ‘great’ because they have an inflated image of themselves. Yes, some do become rich and famous, not through their talent, but through their pushy egos.
The whole of these teachings can be summarized in one sentence:
Be in the present moment.
It’s not new, it’s not difficult to do, it’s not some mysterious, arcane secret. You don't need a guru to explain it.