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impaul99 · 12-18-2006, 10:34 AM

I have a question for the rest of you. Are you finding these forums valuable?

I have to say that when Steve announced that he is going to be setting up these forums I was really excited. Finally a place for like minded people to converse and share new ideas and experiences. I signed up and have been trying to post as much as I can to support the forum community, however I have come to a stumbling block here.

It may be just my perspective, but it seems like the majority of the discussions in the threads are not about discussing IM and LoA and adding new ideas or possibilities to the equation, but rather defending the concept altogether.

I have personally proved to myself that LoA and IM work a few years ago and have been using them successfully, especially in the financial category of life. I have many things to learn still and am nowhere near perfect in being able to manifest everything yet and that is why I enjoy Steve's blog as there's always something new, some new insight that takes me further along in the quest. However, when it comes to these forums I haven't had very much success learning anything new or getting any valuable information I can use to further my studies along. Does anyone else feel this way?

I guess I was hoping that this forum would be a place where people like Steve and myself and others who have had success with IM and LoA could discuss different ideas and such, but I really feel alone here. There seems to be just a few others who have tried out IM and believe in it, Steve doesn't post in here very often, and the rest of the members seem to be either very early beginners just new to IM and LoA or skeptics who don't believe in it at all.

I am not judging anyone or trying to say that the skeptics or beginners are wrong, as everyone is at a different point in life, but I'm just a bit disappointed that there aren't more people on here that are further along in the process. Have they just given up on the forums, deciding not to spend their time debating with the skeptics perhaps?

As much as I like the occasional debate on the topic to keep me grounded and get my thoughts organized, I only have so much time to answer the questions that are already answered by watching the movie "The Secret" for $5 and reading Steve's free posts and spending a bit of time on personal experimentation.

What are your guy's thoughts on these forums?

12-18-2006, 10:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
impaul99 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,935	Value of these Forums I have a question for the rest of you. Are you finding these forums valuable? I have to say that when Steve announced that he is going to be setting up these forums I was really excited. Finally a place for like minded people to converse and share new ideas and experiences. I signed up and have been trying to post as much as I can to support the forum community, however I have come to a stumbling block here. It may be just my perspective, but it seems like the majority of the discussions in the threads are not about discussing IM and LoA and adding new ideas or possibilities to the equation, but rather defending the concept altogether. I have personally proved to myself that LoA and IM work a few years ago and have been using them successfully, especially in the financial category of life. I have many things to learn still and am nowhere near perfect in being able to manifest everything yet and that is why I enjoy Steve's blog as there's always something new, some new insight that takes me further along in the quest. However, when it comes to these forums I haven't had very much success learning anything new or getting any valuable information I can use to further my studies along. Does anyone else feel this way? I guess I was hoping that this forum would be a place where people like Steve and myself and others who have had success with IM and LoA could discuss different ideas and such, but I really feel alone here. There seems to be just a few others who have tried out IM and believe in it, Steve doesn't post in here very often, and the rest of the members seem to be either very early beginners just new to IM and LoA or skeptics who don't believe in it at all. I am not judging anyone or trying to say that the skeptics or beginners are wrong, as everyone is at a different point in life, but I'm just a bit disappointed that there aren't more people on here that are further along in the process. Have they just given up on the forums, deciding not to spend their time debating with the skeptics perhaps? As much as I like the occasional debate on the topic to keep me grounded and get my thoughts organized, I only have so much time to answer the questions that are already answered by watching the movie "The Secret" for $5 and reading Steve's free posts and spending a bit of time on personal experimentation. What are your guy's thoughts on these forums?