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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Today something which I've been IM'ing for, came true. I did not feel particularly excited or happy. I only felt moderately ok. In fact, I felt slightly bored, when the announcement was made and the people around me came to shake my hand and congratulate me for my "achievement".
The problem with IM is that for your desire to come true, you must adopt an attitude of confident expectation. You must deeply believe that the desired thing is indeed going to happen.
I have been so confidently expecting this outcome that its manifestation into reality brought me little joy. I already knew it was going to happen. I had made myself believe it. So there was no surprise at all. |
Reminds me of wanting a train set for Xmas and then getting it and then was surprised that I felt empty. It turned out thinking about having it was more enjoyable that having it.
Seems like we always want something else and then to have something is not enough. Does that make sense? It's part of sociateal conditioning in a comsumerism world, I think.
Curious were you asking for joy in your IM? Were you expecting to feel joyous attached to the achievement? I know IM is about generating the feelings that come with the manifestation as if it's already here, so what feelings were you exercising? Dont' mind me too much, I have yet to IM anything specific - have started stating some descition and have to learn to express the intent from only my feelings. Kind of at step one, inother words.