[justin]

I don't think the IM model of thinking makes any distinction between "simple intentions" and "complex intentions." After all, IM isn't a "thing" that can distinguish another "thing," like our own minds can.

I see it as a reflection of your own mind, and nothing but that. You won't sprout wings because you know you can't. But you will get that promotion, or you will make that first million because you know you can. It has limitations, but those limitations exist in your mind--whether you've set those limitations yourself, or have accepted them from external sources as "Laws of the Universe" or what have you. I know that I won't sprout wings because I recognize these Laws as my own reality. I can't tell you whether it would be possible in someone else's reality--but I know if I were witness to someone trying to sprout wings in my reality, it wouldn't happen. And even if I did, I probably wouldn't believe it. That's the skeptic in me.

Here's a thought: what about those times when you're "pleasantly surprised" at the outcome of something? For instance, you weren't planning on having a good time at your company Christmas party, but you did. I think of those times as flaws in the IM system. I doubt anyone here thinks that intending something to happen is a surefire way to make it happen every single time without doubt. But in the case of the party, you intended--before ever going to the party--to have a bad time, yet you showed up and had a good time.

Were you subconsciously intending to have a good time? Doubtful. Was it a flaw in the IM system? Perhaps.