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Holistic Star · 04-01-2007, 08:58 PM

Oh - I was just about to start a new thread on precisely this topic!

This is long - but it might be of interest to those who think that IM doesn't work.

My intentions have been showing up - but there sure is a delay on them.

In August 2004 I was made redundant from my job. I wrote down what I thought was my dream job. It would be half organising training admin and half delivering training courses and I would have the space to grow and develop as I wanted.

I got a job (first 6 month admin, then a move to training) straight away - but I hated it. I didn't understand the product I was training on and the team I joined were horrible. From moving into the training side of the role, every day on the way to work I wished I could be made redundant so I could leave without admitting failure.
Within 3 months of wishing for redundancy every day, I had my redundancy cheque!

I started work on a contract at a charity and 3 weeks before my contract was up for renewal I got a call offering me a job - half admin / half training with the space to develop as I saw fit exactly as I had intented over a year and half before. I started in April 2006 - 20 months after I first intended that role. The only problem was with the location as it was a long drive from home. The thing is I hadn't given that intention any attention after the inital months after I wrote it down.

When I left the charity I remember thinking that I wanted the charity's training manager's job as the charity was so much more convenient to travel to. I remember writing that intention down and focusing on it intently at first, but then stopped for reasons I will go into later. 4 days ago (a year after leaving my role at the charity) I was late arriving at a conference. I plonked myself down in the only available seat, right next to the charity's training manager, who told me she leaves in the middle of May and did I want to apply for her job!

The daft thing is - after speaking to her, I realised I didn't want her job at all. The reason I had spent ages visualising getting it previously was that I thought her job would enable me to focus on my coaching and healing business as it was closer to home while still earning enough money to pay the mortgage. A few months ago I realised that I was trying to control the 'how' of my intentions manifested and I started asking instead for what I wanted for my business.

So what I am trying to say is that it is only by looking back at the pattern over the last couple of years that I can see how I have manifested exactly what I asked for, even though there was a delay of between 3 and 20 months so at the time it didn't feel that anything was happening at all. So my next move is to really work out what it is I am trying to manifest as I think that is some of the problem, I keep changing my mind!

04-01-2007, 08:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Holistic Star Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,611	Sorry this is long - but you did ask! Oh - I was just about to start a new thread on precisely this topic! This is long - but it might be of interest to those who think that IM doesn't work. My intentions have been showing up - but there sure is a delay on them. In August 2004 I was made redundant from my job. I wrote down what I thought was my dream job. It would be half organising training admin and half delivering training courses and I would have the space to grow and develop as I wanted. I got a job (first 6 month admin, then a move to training) straight away - but I hated it. I didn't understand the product I was training on and the team I joined were horrible. From moving into the training side of the role, every day on the way to work I wished I could be made redundant so I could leave without admitting failure. Within 3 months of wishing for redundancy every day, I had my redundancy cheque! I started work on a contract at a charity and 3 weeks before my contract was up for renewal I got a call offering me a job - half admin / half training with the space to develop as I saw fit exactly as I had intented over a year and half before. I started in April 2006 - 20 months after I first intended that role. The only problem was with the location as it was a long drive from home. The thing is I hadn't given that intention any attention after the inital months after I wrote it down. When I left the charity I remember thinking that I wanted the charity's training manager's job as the charity was so much more convenient to travel to. I remember writing that intention down and focusing on it intently at first, but then stopped for reasons I will go into later. 4 days ago (a year after leaving my role at the charity) I was late arriving at a conference. I plonked myself down in the only available seat, right next to the charity's training manager, who told me she leaves in the middle of May and did I want to apply for her job! The daft thing is - after speaking to her, I realised I didn't want her job at all. The reason I had spent ages visualising getting it previously was that I thought her job would enable me to focus on my coaching and healing business as it was closer to home while still earning enough money to pay the mortgage. A few months ago I realised that I was trying to control the 'how' of my intentions manifested and I started asking instead for what I wanted for my business. So what I am trying to say is that it is only by looking back at the pattern over the last couple of years that I can see how I have manifested exactly what I asked for, even though there was a delay of between 3 and 20 months so at the time it didn't feel that anything was happening at all. So my next move is to really work out what it is I am trying to manifest as I think that is some of the problem, I keep changing my mind!