I find it very interesting that many people "percieve" that those people promoting and or teaching intention manifestation are promoting materialism and or just want money themselves.
How do you think a person who has lived in poverty for their whole life would feel if they were able to manifest home ownership and a means to maintain it, a car instead of the bus? Is this materialistic? How about that lonely man with a bad limp who may want to find someone he can share his life with who does not care about his limp leg? How about that person who has a "desire" to make organic, eco- toys for children and give them away? He may want to be able to fund his dream to create to give. Is he selfish and materialistic because he intends a million dollars to come into his life? Or maybe those children are materialistic.
About the whole idea of being satisfied with what you have theory... we may not be considering what others may have. Brain cancer, alcholism, abusive relations, poverty, depression, the list could go on...
Some of us are conditioned to judge what others are "really all about". The TRUTH is... you don't have ANY idea what any of the people who put out The Secret or any other book, dvd, cd, whatever on LOA or IM is "really all about". You barely know what yourself is really all about. Many people toggle between the idea that God or Spirit or whatever doesn't want us to "desire" yet it seems it is our very nature and purpose. Just the idea of trying to not desire is a desire. So why kill yourself trying to not be human?
How simple would life be if we would see Breath is to Humans as Water is to all Sea Creatures. Without it, we would cease to exist, thus it is God... Energy...God, so...... no hibbie jibbies, no forcing yourself not to feel, or judging everything... just plain old loving to breathe and feel good.
Further more, what would make me happy is to live in a beautiful clean house on the beach somewhere in the Caribbean. I would like to have beautiful, colorful furnishings and artwork. I certainly would enjoy family and friends around to make life enjoyable for our children and for eating and being social. I would also love for my businesses to be rather successful.
I am originally from the Caribbean and this is what I remember growing up. So, that I want to give it to my children, I would think, is only natural. Now, some of you may say, well, you are not talking about having millions of dollars and cars and what not. Well, I also am looking forward to having the income to support my lifestyle and to support my life's work. Oh, yeah, and I will occasionally be going to the spa sometimes and on various adventurous excursions. Again, does this sound materialistic? selfish? UN-humble?
Well, there are enough religions and philosophies to support the various cultures and differences in choices all over the globe. If you can't relate, don't choose to hate. Just click on a the topic you can relate to and show your love. I choose to manifest what would make me happy, FREEDOM. I choose to free myself from all confining thought patterns, philosophies or opinions.
Thank you, to those of you who wrote about the truth in manifesting your reality. Thank you to those of you who wrote about your dislike of it all. It all serves to give us more to think about and more chances to smile at our choices to be free.
Respect,
Michi
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