I've spent a bit more time thinking about it and I thought I would share my findings here in case anyone else found them useful.
There are indeed two kinds of detachment, as ALG said. The first one appears to be in the buddhist tradition, which basically says one should not have any desires/preferences because desires are the cause of human suffering, if I recall this correctly. I was into this stuff for a while but I eventually realized that I am not ready for this state just yet. I want to have many different experiences before I am willing to commit to that level of spirituality. But, I figure if I keep growing I'll get here at the right time for me, if it is the true path for me.
The second kind of detachment has certain qualities:
1. You aren't attached to the outcome, and that makes it easier for you to be totally committed to it and believe completely it will occur. I know that sounds paradoxical but I think that that is the causal chain which everyone here is referring to, you become detached from the outcome then you can totally believe it. Its not that you don't care if your intention does not manifest, you still have a preference, but its not a desire in the traditional sense.
2. There isn't a strong desire in the traditional sense, because a strong desire in the traditional sense includes a sense of lack--that of not having it now. The kind of desire that Abraham-Hicks talks about here:
"We would describe the sensation of desire as the delicious awareness of new possibilities. Desire is a fresh, free feeling of anticipating wonderful expansion. The feeling of desire is truly the feeling of life flowing through you. But many people, while they are using the word desire, feel something quite different. Desire, for them, often feels like yearning, for while they are focused upon something that they want to experience or have, they are equally aware of its absence. And so, while they are using words of desire, they are offering a vibration of lack. They come to think that the feeling of desire is like wanting something that they do not have. But there is no feeling of lack in pure desire." -Beginning of Chap 22 in Ask And It is Given
3. This correlates with my experience, where it was easiest for me to manifest when I wanted something to be a certain way but it was ok for things to be different. I also think I've had an experience where I wanted something and had the absolute certainty that I will get it, one way or another.
I still have to go a bit of a way to understanding what kinds of emotions/energy manifest best, but for right now, I'm willing to go on with my work with The Sedona Method. When the sedona method suggests to release on my wants, I'm not giving up the preference of that thing, I am just giving up my desire which includes a feeling of lack, allowing me to manifest easier. Interesting.
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