Your assessment of me is very logical and spot on. I would say both your points apply to me. I am fairly new to this site but I've been using/reading PD all my life. I’m not riding on an emotional high. How do I describe it? I feel I am currently acting with a calm joy yet always manifesting enthusiasm.
For the longest time, I have acted with overconfidence—obviously not always justified. However, with IM/ creative observation/ total responsibility and 30 Day Goal Strategy combined with this, I feel that I have transformed this trait into real confidence. My assessment of myself is that “I genuinely don't have those kinds of limiting beliefs or fears”--this is correct. I believe that with the right mindset there is no need to fear anything and I apply this knowledge practically, in everything I do right now.
With no disrespect to Steve, I had trouble fully concentrating while reading what is on the link you posted about IM. The reason for this is because I realize that this does not help me as I don’t have those kinds of limiting beliefs or fears. However, I did go through the whole article with the intention that more knowledge of IM will help me better understand others on this forum.
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Manifesting a million dollars, losing 50 pounds, getting married, moving to a new city, or switching careers are significant changes. A common mistake we make when putting out new intentions is that we consider those intentions in isolation, failing to account for the complete package of side effects. If you spend even 10 minutes doing this exercise (longer is good too), you’ll notice there’s a lot more to your intentions than you initially realized. But if you don’t consider these side effects when focusing on your intentions, then your intentions will have little power to manifest because deep down, you’ll know they don’t represent a realistic, stable situation.”
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I didn’t realize it until I read this but I do this automatically using holistic learning; this happens so fast in my head I don’t even consciously realize that I’m doing it: the holistic learning web method to take into account "the complete package of side effects".
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As another example I worried that some people would react negatively to my attempts to attract greater financial abundance, misjudging my motives and assuming I’m “just in it for the money,” especially as I reach beyond the survival income range and into the abundance range. But I realized this is totally my issue, not anyone else’s.
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This is definitely not a problem that applies to me, it matters very little to me how other people could react negatively to my attempts to attract good things for myself and for them as well.
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If you want your intentions to manifest, then you need to understand that they’re a package deal. You have to accept and intend the whole package, not just the convenient parts.
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I’ll give an example showing why I feel that I am doing this perfectly and how I'm doing it, please feel free to correct me if you are of a dissenting opinion:
Intention: $10 passive income a month by the beginning of September while working for Steve.
Reality: Steve has not responded to any of my posts, the email I sent him, nor has he sent me a PM in response.
Action: Sending him a del.icio.us link that I think could inspire a solid blog entry, continuing to post in his forum using my best effort.
Intention: Not failing to manifest the above intention!
Reality: Well, we’ll see. If in the case that I do fail, I will follow Steve’s advice about triaging ruthlessly. If it no longer helps my goals to help others while making money to post on this site, I will not spend so much effort and time posting on this site and perhaps leave it altogether (just the forum, I’ll of course keep using Steve’s articles!)
Intention: (Darn, writing this almost makes it appear as if I think will fail in establishing a connection with Steve, this isn't the case I assure you *wags his index finger*)—if in the unfortunate reality that Steve completely ignores my existence, and if he does I’m sure he has legitimate reasons for doing so, I will find other methods of making this passive $10 a month. Of course, if I leave, it will be with much gratefulness that it helped give me a chance to connect with others in learning PD together and had given me the opportunity to further develop my writing ability.
Action: Talking to other famous bloggers and establishing friendships with the intention that this will manifest, as well as offering to edit, review and post on their sites.
Reality: I have made a few connections with other famous bloggers and am currently communicating with them. I see this is as a manifestation towards success, a sign that my intentions are working. In the case that my $10 passive income does not manifest by the beginning of September, this just means that my intentions are not congruent with my thoughts because of a lack of effort in my part, an apparent unwillingness to sacrifice enough time and energy on other life matters: summer school, summer (not online) job, a relationship. I look at the previous sentence I wrote and cannot help but laugh out loud; I so strongly feel that I can achieve that which I feel are of utmost importance all at the same time. I mean, if Steve can do what he did with his schooling, why can’t I? It’s not like he hasn’t bared his core success ideas that lead to his great life as well as many of his secret key inner thoughts to the world. If I fail, which I won't, it will be my fault; even then it will be easy to pick myself off the ground and start over having these tools that Steve has given me. Two concepts comes to mind: Total Responsibility and Creative Observation.
Action: By the way, there are a lot of Toronto people here and I’m looking for a summer job, if you are interested in hiring me, please send a PM.
Anyways, please tell me if I’m going about this the wrong way.