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Acting Like Godot · 01-16-2007, 02:17 AM

I believe that what's being said is true. In particular, I agree with Antarananda. (I normally find myself agreeing with almost everything Antarananda says, but that's another story).

Problem for me is that I'm not ready to pursue the path of spiritual development wholeheartedly. I think that there are different paths, but I think truly, there are very few people who can, or even try to, live every day in line with their innermost spiritual self. I'm not one of them, not yet anyway.

I do believe that the use of LOA is a potential path to higher spiritual development. You begin by manifesting little things ... and then you manifest bigger things ... and bigger things .... and if you keep progressing and going on, I imagine that sooner or later you must reach a point when many material things no longer interest you. Because you have progressed so far that you know that whatever you want, you can get.

Consider Maslow's hierarchy of needs. What's happening is that you can use LOA to fulfill each level of need, and when it's done, you move to the next higher level, and you use LOA there, and then you move to the next higher level, and the next higher level. Finally you are at the level of self-actualisation, when things like money, or a nice home, or respect from others etc are no longer the point.

Then you become motivated by the deeper aspects of your self. The ever-deeper aspects of your self. What that leads you to do, depends on what your deeper aspects are. Once in a while, as you operate at the level of self-actualisation, you may have what Maslow calls a peak experience.

You can think of it as briefly touching the face of God. Or a mini-enlightenment.

Most people who have it don't stay there very long, of course.

On a separate point, I believe that LOA can be a (more) direct tool in spiritual development. In fact I believe that some applications of LOA are simply meditations in themselves.

For example, in some forms of Buddhist meditation, the meditator meditates until he experiences feelings of love, compassion, kindness etc and then sustains his meditative concentration on those feelings. I feel that you could see this as a form of IM. What he is manifesting is love, compassion & kindness. He is making these attributes manifest into his reality.

(Meditation is indeed often said to have the ability to make you a kinder, more compassionate person.)

01-16-2007, 02:17 AM	#30 (permalink)
Acting Like Godot Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9,613	I believe that what's being said is true. In particular, I agree with Antarananda. (I normally find myself agreeing with almost everything Antarananda says, but that's another story). Problem for me is that I'm not ready to pursue the path of spiritual development wholeheartedly. I think that there are different paths, but I think truly, there are very few people who can, or even try to, live every day in line with their innermost spiritual self. I'm not one of them, not yet anyway. I do believe that the use of LOA is a potential path to higher spiritual development. You begin by manifesting little things ... and then you manifest bigger things ... and bigger things .... and if you keep progressing and going on, I imagine that sooner or later you must reach a point when many material things no longer interest you. Because you have progressed so far that you know that whatever you want, you can get. Consider Maslow's hierarchy of needs. What's happening is that you can use LOA to fulfill each level of need, and when it's done, you move to the next higher level, and you use LOA there, and then you move to the next higher level, and the next higher level. Finally you are at the level of self-actualisation, when things like money, or a nice home, or respect from others etc are no longer the point. Then you become motivated by the deeper aspects of your self. The ever-deeper aspects of your self. What that leads you to do, depends on what your deeper aspects are. Once in a while, as you operate at the level of self-actualisation, you may have what Maslow calls a peak experience. You can think of it as briefly touching the face of God. Or a mini-enlightenment. Most people who have it don't stay there very long, of course. On a separate point, I believe that LOA can be a (more) direct tool in spiritual development. In fact I believe that some applications of LOA are simply meditations in themselves. For example, in some forms of Buddhist meditation, the meditator meditates until he experiences feelings of love, compassion, kindness etc and then sustains his meditative concentration on those feelings. I feel that you could see this as a form of IM. What he is manifesting is love, compassion & kindness. He is making these attributes manifest into his reality. (Meditation is indeed often said to have the ability to make you a kinder, more compassionate person.)