When you have a totla faith in LOA and it fails-- how do you live after that?

[Floridagal]

As far as I understand when you practice LOA you have to take it seriously. You should have faith and feel emotionally positive as if you already have those things in your life…


Please detach, try to do something that is not way close to our ego, be spiritually grounded, do research,,,, Of course LOA works!!!!! You start to experience those positive emotions even if those things are not tangible at that particular moment. It is one of the keys to LOA.

It is like you manifest 10K of extra income it is totally reasonable that you can go to a mall and spend 2 K and charge it on your credit card knowing that you will you get your 10K and will be able to pay those 2K easily.. The faith means you believe unconditionally even if tangible evidents are not here in the moment…..

I have started to practice LOA when I was spiritually prepared, have done research, energy work, and consulted some psychics on that topic. I was not skeptical AND very POSITIVE. I knew when it was time to go. It didn’t work out and most things had timeframes (actually a lot of posts here indicate times on their LOA project). It brought to depression on my part. I have walked away from LOA for almost a year, when my depression was finally under control for 4-5 months I have tried again(this time a very small project) and it didn’t happen….. I originally have never experienced this conditions.

Of course you can manifest that great pizza with all you favorite fixings and drive to that little pizza place and they would be close. Sure most of us will be disappointed….

But there are many people who try to get certain things in their lives that are MUCH MORE substantial than a lunch pizza…. They go and try to find solutions and if there are no answers they apply LOA.


They manifest stuff that is very important for them and I am not only talking about materialistic stuff….

YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE FEELING AND EXPERINCING A JOY OF SOMETHING THAT YOU MANIFEST AND FEEL IT IS HERE......

I was manifesting 2 major things in my life and one was seeing my family and friends in Europe fro Xmas 2006. I was manifesting a reunion with my grandma as a part of that visit. I felt all those positive emotions from her and my part. She wanted me to visit and I wanted to thank you in person for all those graet things she has done for me when I was a kid.. I moved to the US became older and more appreciative of things.... It has not happened and she passed away unexpectedly several months later…. Yes I wasn't in Europe at for Xmas.. Very shortly I hit down a road of depression for the first time in my live.....And had strenght to seek a tretment and got out of depressionin summer 2006....

I have bought sleepers for my grandma. I was manifesting my presence on that family gathering in her house . I knew she would like those sleepers. I couldn’t find a gift for her for quite a while but I did finally and still keep it but she is in a grave now….

HOW CAN YOU JUST TAKE THINGS EASY IF YOU APPLY LOA TO THINGS THAT HAVE A DEEP MEANING FOR YOU? HOW CAN YOU JUST HANDLE A FAILURE IF YOU WERE LIVING A JOY OF THOSE THINGS AND FEELING THEM IN YOUR LIFE IN A SO POISTIVE NATURAL WAY…


YOU CAN'T JUST ERASE SOMETHING YOU FELT WAS HERE AND EXPERINCED ALL THAT JOY....

[RTF671]

Wait, so you are saying you were let down because she died so unexpectedly when you were so certain she would love the sleepers?

Everything was set and your intention was cut down by another unexpected event you could not have known about?

[Anagogy]

The things in life that give us the most joy, also have the potential to give us the most fear because we want them so much we greatly fear the loss. And that is unfortunate, because that is where things go awry. This world is composed of dualities, and you can think with the mindset in you that fears, or the mindset in you that loves. The stronger the love component, the more the fear component rises to tempt you into its thought system. It takes courage and practice to only choose thoughts of love and joy.

I sympathize with your difficulty in taking things easy in regards to that which is extremely important to you. But the problem is that force breeds resistance, and the more you try, the more you are pointed upstream, and the more you pointed upstream, the more resistance you will meet, and the more resistance you meet, the more you are just beating yourself against the rocks, and the more you beat yourself against the rocks, the more often you will fail...its a destructive cycle you see?

In the calculus of faith, believing you have already achieved what you desire is the same as being utterly content that you never will. Both renounce autonomy, or the ego in otherwords, which is the illusionary barrier between you and that which you desire. This is why detatchment is part of the process. Your mind is interfaced with all things in existence, and spiritually, and in regard to the Law of Attraction, the distance measured between you and the object of your desire, is not measured by any sort of physical marker, but by the vibrational difference between your consciousness and the consciousness of your desire. Everything in existence is a cosmic sea of frequency, and reality is a station you tuned into. I wish you best of luck tuning into another station.

[RT Wolf]

Well, that depends, how do people who've lost limbs still wake up with a smile on their faces? How do people who've been wrongfully imprisoned for decades still say that it was the best experience of their lives? Why do some people drop out of school and live out their lives in quiet desperation, while others go on to build great businesses and enjoy their lives?

The answer is in how you handle failure. Pretty fundamental PD thing. I'd recommend reading Failing Forward.

This isn't about LoA working or not working. This is about you. You seeked help back when you were depressed. Don't quit now, if you haven't.

[Akashic_Librarian]

In LoA terms your deeper, more ingrained belief that death is inevitable overrides any superficial belief you might have which you have only held for a few months.

Thats in terms of the LoA.

To take a more objectivist approach you might say that Luck is a far more powerful tool than the brain, and whatever you do, whatever "Laws" you may or may not observe, irrespective of your own input Luck has more to do with it - old people will die, unhappy things will happen.

The real answer to your question is not the answer your probably looking for. There is real answer. This is your incongruency and you have to decide if it's more appropriate to put yourself into another belief system, or non at all.

Anagogy:

Are you saying that thoughts can only be Love-based or Fear-based? What of other emotions, are they only judged on an imaginary line between Love and Hate? (not rhetorical, please answer)

[Jennihul]

It sounds trite but it's not: You're not ready. In fact, your lesson in all this isn't to learn or master LOA. It's to learn that you aren't ready to master LOA.

Your current human mission lies along a different, though no less important, path. Please change your focus and just relax and be happy and soon it will be revealed to you.

We aren't all here to learn the same things. We aren't all here to teach each other the same lessons, either. LOA is currently a prominent and popular lesson that many of us have been charged with learning. But it doesn't lessen the importance of whatever it is YOU have been charged with learning or teaching. If you feel you are somehow "missing out" or are envious because LOA isn't your lesson to learn, you wandered into that classroom for the wrong reasons anyway.

Your obsession with your own negative experiences with LOA will also have an impact on people that maybe ARE charged with learning it insofar as your constantly re-hashing negative experiences may dissuade them from the path that they SHOULD be on. Please, do the right thing and just release this.


Jennifer

[dancer]

It kind of sounds like you are blaming LOA for some of the recent negative events in your life. If LOA worked for you then you would not have missed Xmas in Europe with your family and friends. Is there something else to learn from these events than that LOA does not work? Where is your responsibility in these events?

I am really sorry that you did not get to meet your Grandmother and tell her how grateful you are for what she did for you when you were a child. I understand your disappointment. But, is it possible that what you have gone on to do in your life i.e become a doctor is something she was very proud of? Just you being who you are, your achievements etc. was evidence for her that she had helped you find your strengths.

Jennihul, are only positive LOA success practioners allowed here? There are lessons to be learned in all posts, moreso in those that contain negative experience with LOA, or are you afraid that Floridagal's experiences will jinx us?

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by dancer

Jennihul, are only positive LOA success practioners allowed here? There are lessons to be learned in all posts, moreso in those that contain negative experience with LOA, or are you afraid that Floridagal's experiences will jinx us?

IMO, postings like Floridagal's are really important, because many of us are having problems with all this and finding that LoA does not seem to be 'working.'

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian

Anagogy:

Are you saying that thoughts can only be Love-based or Fear-based? What of other emotions, are they only judged on an imaginary line between Love and Hate? (not rhetorical, please answer)

If you desire to further subdivide the continuum, yes, a plethora of definable emotions exist on the continuum between love and fear, and even those terms have been abused in so many ways that what I actually intend to mean could be completely different from what you are getting from these words. Perhaps it would be more specific for me to merely state that there are those emotions that feel positive/creative and those emotions which feel negative/destructive. We come up with different names for these feelings based on how they arise and whether they feel good or bad, but I've never experienced a "neutral" emotion. Unless you consider the perception of no emotion to be an emotion unto itself.

[Jennihul]

Originally Posted by dancer

Jennihul, are only positive LOA success practioners allowed here? There are lessons to be learned in all posts, moreso in those that contain negative experience with LOA, or are you afraid that Floridagal's experiences will jinx us?

No. You misunderstand. Floridagirl is torturing herself over this. It's pretty much all she posts about since I started here. I sincerely and strongly feel scared for her owing to her near-suicidal feelings after not manifesting her trip. I'm not begging her to stop for MY sake. I'm begging her to stop for her own sake.

Jennifer

[Acting Like Godot]

Yup. For a moment, drop her past problems and issues, and just consider Floridagal's present state of mind. What's her current vibrational level; what's her current emotional state; what are her current dominant thoughts?
And this is my Big Question:

What do you think she's attracting/creating now?

We will all have slightly different views on that, but I think the vast majority of us will agree that she isn't attracting/creating anything very nice or positive.

Personally, I see her as stuck in the bargaining stage of the Kubler-Ross grief cycle. She's having internal conversations with a concept called LOA, and the cnversation goes along these lines:

"I did everything right; I visualised; I visited psychics; I meditated; I tried really hard; why didn't you give me what I wanted? Why did my grandmother die? Shouldn't you have given me what I asked for?"

She'll get through it ....... someday ....... We all do ...... She's just taking a damn long time, that's all ..........

(And personally I don't think people should try to do conscious creation when they're stuck at any point of the Kubler-Ross grief cycle. The vibrations are just bad (the person is still grieving, for goodness sakes), how are you going to succeed in pulling off positive manifestations? You'll just end up screwing your own US PR application, as Floridagal has been doing).

I already told her to stop, take a break from LOA, go relax, be happy, cheer herself up, surround herself with friends and enjoyable experiences - and come back to LOA later, if she wants to, when her vibrations have improved.

But nooo, she wouldn't listen. And now she's just making it worse. If you keep obsessing:

"The LOA has failed me ..... Why has the LOA failed me .... I want to know why the LOA has failed me ...... The LOA has failed me .... Why has it failed me ....... I want to know why it has failed me ....."

... seriously, what do you think you're ATTRACTING?

[dancer]

Originally Posted by Jennihul

No. You misunderstand. Floridagirl is torturing herself over this. It's pretty much all she posts about since I started here. I sincerely and strongly feel scared for her owing to her near-suicidal feelings after not manifesting her trip. I'm not begging her to stop for MY sake. I'm begging her to stop for her own sake.

Jennifer

My apologies for misunderstanding your post.

[Tigerlilly]

Looking at this thread I wonder what can it teach me? When you say you wanted to thank your Grandma for what she meant for your life, it has me thinking about someone who lives out of my reach, and whom I'd like to thank for the positive impact this someone had on my life without possibly ever realising it.

I wonder whether or not I should simply write this person, cause when I read your post I wonder why you didn't simply write your Grandma or phone her and tell her how much she meant to you and sent her the present meant for her without waiting for Christmas to come by, or sent her presents every other day for that matter.

There's no need to thank people face to face on one special day you wait for, or to wait to be reunited with them in the flesh, when you've got a chance to express your feelings right now.

When I read your post I feel you're grieving over the loss of a chance to express your love to your Grandma fully when there was time much more than missing out on celebrating Xmas with her or that LoA seems to have failed you.

LoA isn't a substitute for living life in the present. If you feel like expressing gratitude and love do so right now in whatever ways possible. Same goes for all other areas of your life. Then when death comes - and not even LoA can prevent that - you have closure.

To master the astral planes when you haven't mastered how to live in the physical one to the fullest is a fruitless effort. It makes little sense to try to move an object with your mind when you have hands to move it. Likewise if you want to talk to someone you haven't seen in a while, don't try to use LoA to make it happen, but pick up the phone.

LoA is a Universal Law, it is part of the design of the Universe and it doesn't fail. And no, you still don't always get the results your ego had in mind, but that doesn't prove a limitation of an Universal law, but just the limitation of your mind and your ability to control the Universe or yourself. If this causes you unhappiness then let go.

You still got your own hands to rely on to make things work for you in the physical world and that was enough for generations who'd never heard of LoA to get by on. Their own hands and faith in God and themselves. You don't need to believe in LoA or know how to apply its principles to lead a happy, fulfilled life. Don't think about it, just do it.

[dancer]

Nice post, Tigerlilly.

[Tigerlilly]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

I already told her to stop, take a break from LOA, go relax, be happy, cheer herself up, surround herself with friends and enjoyable experiences - and come back to LOA later, if she wants to, when her vibrations have improved.

... seriously, what do you think you're ATTRACTING?

Help.

I walked in the very same shoes in 2006 as well, when -not knowing about LoA at that time- I used Sonia Choquette's book "Your heart's desire" to finding and realising my life's true desires. I felt terrific when I set out, partially due to a major change in my life early that year which had me feeling just great about life on the whole.

I went into some soul searching and decided that I wanted to find my other half, the soul bonded to mine in heaven. I was laid back about the whole thing, it was like some child's play, making a magic box and all that and I really enjoyed the process in itself.

And then out of the blue I came across a total stranger by chance and an inner voice said this is him. At first I wasn't convinced at all, but then synchronicity( I didn't know that something like this existed either back then) started to rush in, and within a few weeks I was utterly convinced that we were what I'd now call twin souls (though I didn't know the term back then either).

Well, what ensued WAS a life changing experience in many ways, but not quiet in the way I expected.

To cut things short at one point everyone told me to let go, my friends on the Net, my family, all were scared, and yet I couldn't let go at that time. It was as if all hell had broken loose, and I had no idea how that could have happened when I'd set out with the best intentions and feeling good about life in general, but I felt compelled to hang in there as best as I could, being a crying, panicky mess at the time.

I'm glad I did. Otherwise I'd have missed out on the experiences that helped me become a more mature and self-reliant person and learn so much about who I am and about the world I live in.

Still I do believe that it might be a good idea in this circumstance to give LoA a rest for now. But I'm aware that any of my thoughts on the subject aren't an unshakeable truth and advice is an offer that comes without an obligation to take it into consideration or act on it.

Have to say ActinglikeGodot to my ears your post sounds heavily annoyed at your previous advice not being followed, and I wonder why you are so angry about that.

[jawillie]

Can I just offer an observation?

LoA is always at work, so I am not sure how one can not use it?

Before I knew what LoA was, I knew that you get what you give in terms of the universe, etc. And, I always noticed that those with attitudes of tragedy, worry, anxiety, etc. always have something to feel anxious, worried, and tragic about.

Maybe instead of focusing on what you want to get from LoA in terms of stuff, or relationships, you could focus on feeling good? (someone else gave me that advise here) Focus on healing.

I wish you the best!!!

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by Tigerlilly

Have to say ActinglikeGodot to my ears your post sounds heavily annoyed at your previous advice not being followed, and I wonder why you are so angry about that.

I am not angry. Mild despair would be closer to it.

Your excellent advice to Floridagal, I have already given to her about one dozen times, in various forms.

Wait and see .... when you are giving your advice to Floridagal for the 13th time and she still circulates around the same exact viewpoints as she is expressing, well, I suspect you will experience some mild despair as well.

Her Grandma died two Christmases ago, and she is still going on about it. All her psychiatric counselling and anti-depressant drugs obviously haven't worked ... at least not completely.

Most recently, Floridagal failed to win any prize during her workplace's Christmas party lucky draw and she started going on about how the LOA seemed to have failed her again.

[Angela]

Tigerlily, your post is so right on -- 'what is there to learn from this'?

I believe that whenever there is an emotion present that causes you discomfort or pain, I am being given the huge gift of a potential breakthrough. The more I complain or fume, the more valuable the gift is likely to be. The more inquiry I bring to my thoughts about my discomfort or pain, the faster I can reach breakthrough results -- and generate something that works much, much better in living a life I love.

So when I see someone beating her head against the wall in anguish, I am so grateful, because she is me, and I get to ask where I'm beating my head against the wall, too. In this case, I think part of it is "why am I beating my head against the wall about people who beat their heads against the wall?"

If any thought would benefit from inquiry, THAT one would!

Thanks, Floridagal.

Love,
Angela

[Floridagal]

From Florida girl...

First, when I got depressed I have stopped practicing LOA and somehow some people believe that I am still doing it. I have stopped around last January, got out of depression in June-July and later in December tried a small manifestation project about winning a gift basket at an office Xmas party.

However, going back a year later I am not sure why my manifestation hasn't taken place. I am on a break from LOA now and has been for a year (except a gift basket a month ago).

I would guess that 95% of the US population have no clue about LOA. I feel that this is knowledge can work in your advantage as many individuals indicate.


Someone above wrote about ego factor. Well, I see that when people manifest new cars, money, houses it is a clear example of ego factor but manifestations clearly go through.

Yes it is totally normal to go back months or years ago and wonder why when that job interview went so well you didn't get an offer, or why that person whom you dated decided to walk away and etc. You learn this way.


It clearly doesn't make me depressed or causes me axiety at the moment. In my situation I try to figure out why it has failed.

[SunnKali]

Just my opinion, but time spent trying to figure out why it has failed, will only result in blocking future growth and possibilities of success with LOA.

Let it go. Forgive the universe, and forgive yourself. Be gentle with the process. Sometime, when you are ready, the message will appear for you.

[Calisto]

Floridagal,

All you have failed to do is understand the concept. What some have chosen to call 'The Law Of Attraction' is happening all the time. It isn't something we turn on and off.

The quality of your life will depend on the quality of your thoughts. Some people believe that in order to improve the quality of our life we need only train ourselves to think more positively - more constructively.

Negative thoughts are not bad, they simply tell us when something needs our attention. The problems only come when we fail to take care of that something.

Some people have simply misunderstood the concept. They think it means that you can sit meditation style and will things into your life. If this is what you have been doing, it's no wonder you think you have failed.

I say forget about visualisation and materialisation and cultivate positive thinking instead. Think more about the things you want in your life, and less about the things you don't want.

As you become more aware of the real concept you will discover that it is not so much about what you take on (information, ideas, opinions, etc) but more about what you take off (a letting go of outdated ideas, beliefs, opinions etc).

.

[Tigerlilly]

Originally Posted by Floridagal

In my situation I try to figure out why it has failed.

With the gift basket, that sort of thing I've "failed" to manifest countless times. Yet...

Last year I put out the intention to receive 50.000 into my life before Christmas. Result: Not anything near it, I found 5 on the ground. BUT in the life of someone I'm really focused on for totally different reasons 500.000 manifested shortly after I put out the intention. Now, what does that tell me about the state of things? What I do is work back from the end result and try to find out what caused it using LoA as a dogma.

Then I already posted that by mid2006 I'd set out to find my other half and crossed paths with this total stranger. The synchronicity that ensued would have been enough to convince anyone that here was a spiritual bond of incredible nature and that this was the One Whatever.

Yet nothing of what I expected in my mind to happen actually happened, and believe me I also spent days in happy expectation sure to the bones of an expected outcome, but yet all sorts of circumstances were created which were too obviously related to what I'd been focusing about to be called coincidental. You see the end result and know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there are forces at work you can neither properly understand nor control. And those forces are what LoA is about.

LoA IS. And LoA is at work all the time, it never ever fails, what does fail is your attempt to understand it and to manipulate it according to your will or what your mind considers the thing to happen.

As ALG already pointed out, when you're saying "LoA failed" you're exposing a wrong assumption you are working with. It's like stating "Gravity failed." and you'd never do that because you believe gravity to be a fundamental physical principle.

To make things even more difficult LoA is an Universal law that can't be seen separately from you. Imagine when they found out that looking at a particle changes it location, just the same you're not a separate entitiy using LoA but part of it. So if you test the principle out trying to manifest a gift basket, working with the assumption that LoA can actually fail, so believing there might not even be a law to work with, what are the chances of success in working with a law that is ultimately responsive to your being?

As it was also pointed out correctly you can never make it stop from working, but you can stop trying to manipulate it consciously to get the wished for results.

Mastering LoA first takes understanding it. When you go for trial and error attempts and don't get the expected result, keep on changing yourself, your approach, your attitude. Dig deep down and keep on changing. You will never be able to change the laws of the Universe, so this is the only way of one day being able to maybe apply them successfully...to the best of your human abilities that is.

You said you used LoA for two major things in your life and didn't get the wished for result. It took Edison a 1000 failed attempts to work out a lightbulb, so how many attempts do you think it might take to get the hang of working with LoA? This is a learning process, expect yourself- or better the ego part of yourself- to be frustrated.

You can do everything right and be working from a wrong basis yet, and get blotched or no result, and even if all is right you still might not get what you asked for, or you get in a shape that -if you are very set on appearances of what you had in mind- you might not even recognize as the result.

So there it is, you wrote you wanted reunion with your Grandma, you even bought her some slippers you knew she'd like. You simply expected reunion to take place a certain way, the way you had in mind. But are you sure it didn't take place any other way?

Same thing when you asked to win the gift basket, what else happened around that might qualify for the experience of "free gift" without the appearance wrapping you had in mind?

Thing is, it is nearly impossible for any outsider to exactly determine whether you actually failed to produce a wished for result, or didn't recognize the result cause it didn't come in the expected shape. And if you didn't produce the wished for result in any way, it's even more difficult to exactly determine where the snag lies in your attitude and approach.

One snag ALG has pointed out to you on this thread. The assumption that LoA can fail is basically wrong, and influences LoA itself in a counterproductive way.

Like I said you don't need LoA to be able to lead a happy life. If you are determined to keep practising, it might not be a bad idea to regard it as a hobby, like a sport you can learn to master.

[yorik]

The universe is always vibrating, always flowing into new realities. We attempt to attract to us our desired reality, but it doesn't always come, since our desires are not always in tune with the universe, or in tune with other people's realities. That doesn't mean the LoA doesn't work. It's the Law of Attraction, after all. Not the Law of 100% Fullfilment.

I have no doubt that FloridaGal's effort at reuniting with her grandmother brought her closer to her goal, even if it didn't work. She quite obviously felt much closer and experienced many positive states before her grandmother died. Something positive came out of it, right?

Floridagal,

What I don't understand is why you can't thank your grandmother now. Just because she's not physically present doesn't mean you can't offer up that emotion and blessing. Sure, you can't give her a present, but maybe it's time to be thankful for what she did for you, and wish her well on her current journey into other dimensions. Thank her, and let her go. That's a surprisingly powerful idea, offering thanks and moving on. Try it.

[torilink]

I just want to comment on a few things here:

Originally Posted by Floridagal

As far as I understand when you practice LOA you have to take it seriously. You should have faith and feel emotionally positive as if you already have those things in your life…

why be so serious? I don't think that is a requirement - don't miss the joy of experiencing it all - and having fun.

Originally Posted by Floridagal

Please detach, try to do something that is not way close to our ego, be spiritually grounded, do research,,,, Of course LOA works!!!!! You start to experience those positive emotions even if those things are not tangible at that particular moment. It is one of the keys to LOA.

detach from limiting beliefs, re-evaluate what you believe and why - never detach from the desire.

Originally Posted by Floridagal

It is like you manifest 10K of extra income it is totally reasonable that you can go to a mall and spend 2 K and charge it on your credit card knowing that you will you get your 10K and will be able to pay those 2K easily.. The faith means you believe unconditionally even if tangible evidents are not here in the moment…..

here is my problem with this statement - if you believed truly you were earning 10K per month, you'd be earning 10K per month right now, and then you'd be going to the mall and spending what you believe you have now - placing it in the future like that is risky - because you'll always be looking "There" for the money, not here & now.

If you had that faith now, you'd have the money now. The money would be the physical manifestation of that faith/belief.

Originally Posted by Floridagal

I have started to practice LOA when I was spiritually prepared, have done research, energy work, and consulted some psychics on that topic. I was not skeptical AND very POSITIVE. I knew when it was time to go. It didn’t work out and most things had timeframes (actually a lot of posts here indicate times on their LOA project). It brought to depression on my part. I have walked away from LOA for almost a year, when my depression was finally under control for 4-5 months I have tried again(this time a very small project) and it didn’t happen….. I originally have never experienced this conditions.

I think you need to work on your core limiting beliefs - you will not align while carrying limiting beliefs.

Originally Posted by Floridagal

I was manifesting 2 major things in my life and one was seeing my family and friends in Europe fro Xmas 2006. I was manifesting a reunion with my grandma as a part of that visit. I felt all those positive emotions from her and my part. She wanted me to visit and I wanted to thank you in person for all those graet things she has done for me when I was a kid.. I moved to the US became older and more appreciative of things.... It has not happened and she passed away unexpectedly several months later…. Yes I wasn't in Europe at for Xmas.. Very shortly I hit down a road of depression for the first time in my live.....And had strenght to seek a tretment and got out of depressionin summer 2006....

I have bought sleepers for my grandma. I was manifesting my presence on that family gathering in her house . I knew she would like those sleepers. I couldn’t find a gift for her for quite a while but I did finally and still keep it but she is in a grave now….

HOW CAN YOU JUST TAKE THINGS EASY IF YOU APPLY LOA TO THINGS THAT HAVE A DEEP MEANING FOR YOU? HOW CAN YOU JUST HANDLE A FAILURE IF YOU WERE LIVING A JOY OF THOSE THINGS AND FEELING THEM IN YOUR LIFE IN A SO POISTIVE NATURAL WAY…


YOU CAN'T JUST ERASE SOMETHING YOU FELT WAS HERE AND EXPERINCED ALL THAT JOY....

obviously we are not "Manifesting" anything if we aren't perceiving it in our reality - we are only trying to manifest it.

The belief we must "Try" is a limiting belief in itself.

I wish I knew the correct thing to say to help you -

I wish you success and happiness.

[MgC]

One thing I've noticed with my own intention manifestation is that when I feel the need to "test" it, I am implicitly lining the intention with doubt. Would I try to test out gravity to see if it worked?
What I have come to believe about all of this is that my feelings, my intentions, are more important than the outcome at this point. My job, if I want to call it that, is to be positive...and not just the peppy, "life is just great" positive...but the deep feeling of gratitude for all moments. Even the moments that have not turned out the way I would have liked are moments that I am grateful for. I am grateful because I am on the road. I have faith that this is the right road, even if I've not mastered it. I have faith and gratitude for the lessons that I am presented with, because the universe is supremely benevolent and knows just what I need each moment.
We all face moments in our lives that are far from what we would have chosen. What I am trying in this moment is trust! Trust and a little gratitude are carrying me farther than I ever thought I'd go.
We are pioneers here...we are the ones who are travelling before. We need to have patience and compassion for our journey. I am also trying to remember that it is my choice to walk this path conciously...
Find peace...that is my suggestion. Find peace and gratitude....and know that everything is going to be OK.
Mg

[Jack]

Florida girl,I think you may try watching your thoughts carefully,then i think you will be able to notice the synchronities between your thoughts-beliefs and the external events.I think impatience is a resistance too (at least i've read a similar sentence on a book)I sometimes do the same thing too.

Also,remind yourself this,if the child would give up at his/her first falling,he/she would never be able to walk.

These are advices from an amateur Loa fan

[noirlecroi]

One thing that I always try to remember when practicing the law of attraction in something I read in one of the Wayne Dyer books. Without rummaging around for the book, it left me we the impression that we should always be open to the fact that when things do not manifest in the way we desired, what we asked for may have still manifested. When my grandfather fell ill, I of course desired for his health to improve and for him to continue living, and for him to be without the pain. When he died, I was comforted by the fact that at least one of those desires were attained. And even if I had not wished for the pain to end consciously, it would have been a desire nonetheless. Some may find that rationale trite, but with all the wonderous things (and negative things) I know I have attracted into my life, it provided some comfort and resolution.

Be Well.Noirlecroi.com - Spiritual. Secular. Whole. The Sum is Self Development.

[Rockchick26]

I thought i'd post on here too cuz tonight i had a huge let down,if any of you saw my other post then you know what happened. Basically i was intending to manifest a relationship with a certain guy. Yeah i know that's frowned upon in these LOA circles,but there HAVE been instances where it has still worked anyway! So i kept the faith. I have been intending this for about a year. I went through all of the 22 processes in Ask And It Is Given,i was getting signs from the Universe about it,i had never felt so sure that it was happening. Then,when i met him tonight,it was almost as if doing all this LOA stuff did just the opposite...he seemed to be avoiding me (i know it wasnt personal,but still!) and i didnt even get a chance to say a word to him. Then in an instant,he turned and walked away. Now i'm left wondering,how could i have gotten all those signs if it wasnt meant to be? Would it have turned out as bad if i wasnt intending this at all?! Is this karma getting back at me for trying to attract a specific person? But it worked for other people! I just dont know what to do now. I hate to give up but i also hate to set myself up for another letdown. I've read all these responses and there really is no consolation,and no explanation. I'm left alone with my confusion. What i did learn from this though is that since i got let down,i am in no shape to be manifesting anything else right now.

[fascinoma]

Originally Posted by RT Wolf

Why do some people drop out of school and live out their lives in quiet desperation, while others go on to build great businesses and enjoy their lives?

Had to address this because of the assumption that dropping out of school = leading a life of quiet desperation. This might be discouraging to those who did drop out of school. There *is* someone who dropped out of school (college) and went on to build a great business - Bill Gates. And in today's world of the GED, community college, military + GI Bill, and other opportunities, even leaving high school isn't the end of the world. There are lots of ways to go on to college as a high school dropout, and lots of opportunities for success and happiness even if you don't go to school, especially if you're a business-oriented person as opposed to a frustrated academic/physician/something that actually requires a degree. Lots of successful businesses were built by people who didn't go to college. All leaving school means anymore, is that you didn't go to the senior prom.

[starkey]

Originally Posted by fascinoma

Had to address this because of the assumption that dropping out of school = leading a life of quiet desperation. This might be discouraging to those who did drop out of school. There *is* someone who dropped out of school (college) and went on to build a great business - Bill Gates. And in today's world of the GED, community college, military + GI Bill, and other opportunities, even leaving high school isn't the end of the world. There are lots of ways to go on to college as a high school dropout, and lots of opportunities for success and happiness even if you don't go to school, especially if you're a business-oriented person as opposed to a frustrated academic/physician/something that actually requires a degree. Lots of successful businesses were built by people who didn't go to college. All leaving school means anymore, is that you didn't go to the senior prom.

actually, that's what i read him as saying: some people who drop out of school lead lives of quiet desparation, while others [who drop out of school] go on to build great businesses. he (she?) was talking about moving on after failure or disappointment.