dave,
I'd agree essentially with what Steve said but consider this:
In The Secret - and I've only watched half of it I'll admit - they talked about people trying,trying trying and the roots of the plant were just about to bust through the surface. But all the person could see was the surface and since nothing was there they said "ah this stuff doesn't work" and then stopped feeding the plant so it died. Did you give up too easily?
Are you stuck in a "how" rather than a "what"? Look at all the things you want, can you add a "so that I can" to them.
For example, is it "I want a car" or is it "I want a car so I can have more freedom." In which case freedom is the feeling, the what, the end result? A car is just one way of delivering that, a "how".
Ironically, for me at least, when I really dwell and connect with that emotion, I get the physical indulgences and all the other hows and more.
Overall your tone seems to convey that you threw yourself into this as a quick fix solution to all your problems. You latched on to this because THIS was the answer. I've seen people do it with other things as well. So essentially you were bringing desperation with you, and more "please God let this work" than "I trust, I just know, this will work" which seems to me to be the way it works.
How much are you focusing on what you already have, and being grateful for that, rather than thinking about how things could be? For example, you have a problem with your landlady. But, you have a roof over your head, unlike literally millions of people. And what's more you have what sounds like an actually nice place (physically, I understand there is associated hassle)
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Did you actively back up your intentions with focused action? Or did you go into this with the expectation that these things would somehow magically arrive while you sat passively waiting for them? To do the latter is to corrupt every intention with the silent addendum, "Never mind."
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I tend to think that what is up to me, how is up to the universe, and when you're aligned with what you want, the how door opens and all you need to do is walk through it. Like cylon says it takes effort. I found my purpose and destiny, and I'm doing the how now. It takes massive amounts of effort but the rewards are infinite to me. Have I see even a fraction of 1% yet? No! Will I? Definitely.
On that, how much believe did you place in yourself to embrace the I-M and achieve these things? These posts might help you:
Stages of Belief &
Believing Confidence is Possible (Obviously they're based around confidence but I think they fit in here as well.
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I'm probably going to have to write an article to connect the dots between IM and direct action.
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I look forward to it Steve.
TheColonel,
I love your Sales Force analogy.
Lots of love,
Colm