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Originally Posted by Frans  It's interesting to know that almost all people who defend I-M have a good reason to do this: they promote their own book, their own blog, etc. In summary: they earn money directly or indirectly with this I-M stuff.
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So Steve Pavlina only says IM works because he's trying to scam some money out of you? Is that what you're saying?
I defend IM because it works for me in my life. I am not trying to sell you any book or video or make money off of you.
By your logic, I would then have to say that my dentist is part of an international scam to make money off of me by forcing me to brush my teeth and it is the brushing of my teeth that leads to tooth decay. He makes money off of me, so the advice he gives me about brushing and flossing must be a scam to get my teeth rotten so I can come back often.
With your logic, we might as well discount ALL self development materials, books, videos, seminars, etc. because the people teaching them are making money from the people purchasing the advice.
In fact, if we really think about it, someone always has some form of interest from us, so we might as well lock ourselves in a room with our dog and only trust him, nobody else. Actually wait, he's only interested in the food you give him, so he's out too.
I would have to say that out of all the arguements I've heard on this forum about whether or not IM works or not etc. your arguement that the only reason IM theory exists is simply to line the pockets of it's defenders by scamming money out of unsuspecting victims is not only immature but also very insulting.
I guess in your books someone like Steve should be forced to go out and get a "real job" and if he's interested in writing articles on self development topics, including IM, that's fine but if he has any intent to make money from the site in the process it's safe to say his articles are now lies designed to put money in his pocket.
At least Markus thinks that we believers are simply deluding ourselves with wishful thinking which is the rational thing to think for someone who hasn't seen proof of LoA and IM working, but your thinking is that we're greedy people who would lie and cheat to make money off of you.
Oh wait, are you saying that only Steve's articles on IM was a fake one, and the other ones on time management or polyphasic sleeping or any other things you actually know to be true yourself are real? So his intention is to help people but whenever he starts talking about Subjective Reality and IM and LoA he's scamming? How convenient for you.
My only question for you is this: What if you're wrong? What if IM and LoA are real? What if the authors of the books and the makers of the videos, and Steve and everyone on these forums is genuinely trying to help the people around them discover this level of awareness so that we can all manifest a better life for ourselves? What if you're wrong and you live the rest of your life missing out on something that could have made an incredible impact in the quality of your life? Nobody's asking you to buy anything anymore. Steve's articles are free. If you don't click on the advertisements, he doesn't make a penny "off of you". You have a free ticket to try this thing out but you don't want to because you think we're all trying to make money off of you. What if you're wrong?