[BlueCrane]

That's right, Steve.

"Less than ideal" means that we don't like - or even hate - what we've manifested; that tension compels us to strive for something that we individually perceive as "better". These individual challenges will at first manifest the "better" for ourselves, only later will our example rub off on our environment.

Why do some people seem to be able to manifest certain things right away, Manomanman? While others have to struggle through the "less than ideal" opposite first?

Because some people have been through this particular struggle in a previous life, forgotten the details but learnt their lesson and apply their skills easily now.