Visualize it now!

[tbushmoney]

The LoA pops up everywhere I swear to God. I was reading a book about the Illuminati and upper levels of the elite and what not and the author begins talking about the Law Of Attraction, saying that one of the goals is to keep the general public from finding out about this as it would take their power to control us away, so they work to make any ideas and thoughts outside of the "norm" sound crazy.

But anyways, the book said something that I found very helpful and informative andreally made alot of sense. I've heard it before but I guess not with this type of description.

It basically said visualize what yourself as the way you imagine yourself to be NOW. Don't visualize it in the future, or that's what you will create..... you being fulfilled and peaceful and abundant in the future and not now. And the future is just an imaginary place anyways! The only time that is real is the current moment. The future exists only in our thoughts. So whatever you are trying to attrack, visualize that you have it right this very second.

I know that this has been discussed here many times, but I haven't read a description like that here and I found it very helpful and decided to share it.

[Lil Chris]

tmoney,
Can I ask you what book you were reading... I kinda follow the Illuminati / secret world stuff. I enjoy the conspiracy's...

[alexinspire]

Yup! I think visualizing it in a "now" moment sends out stronger emotions and vibrations to the universe and I feel more energy too.

Thanks for sharing.

[kismet]

Originally Posted by tbushmoney

And the future is just an imaginary place anyways! The only time that is real is the current moment. The future exists only in our thoughts. So whatever you are trying to attrack, visualize that you have it right this very second.

Visualizations and fantasies exist only in our thoughts too. What is the difference between the future and these visualizations and fantasies? Both are not the current moment and both are not real, right now, at this very moment. The only thing that is real is what we see when we open our eyes.

[Lil Chris]

Originally Posted by kismet

The only thing that is real is what we see when we open our eyes.

True, but these things you call real, are malleable (manageable, governable, transformable)... The things you see when you open your eyes are there because of what you think and how you feel, they are created by you...

If you truly thought that, then you would have to believe the sun just disappears every night (from existence, since you cannot see it) only to reappear magically the next morning on the other side of the sky (but you know better).

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by kismet

Visualizations and fantasies exist only in our thoughts too. What is the difference between the future and these visualizations and fantasies? Both are not the current moment and both are not real, right now, at this very moment. The only thing that is real is what we see when we open our eyes.

You hit upon something important right here in regards to intention manifestation. While visualizing what you want in the "future", you deny yourself satisfaction in the "now". This is a keen and valid observation. What is also to be considered is the fact that visualizing something massively different from your current "now" can cause a detrimental psychological reaction that involves resistance to the desired manifestation.

Subconsciously, you think: no way! That is too unrealistic, the likelihood of that happening is miniscule. And your manifestation withers away. I think there is much wisdom in the idea of reaching towards "downstream thoughts" as presented by Abraham through Esther Hicks. The idea is to navigate your thoughts positively through circumstances that have an otherwise ambiguous outcome. For example, say you lose your job for some reason. On the one hand, you could be headed toward financial ruin. On the other hand, this might have happened because there is an even better oppurtunity in the works for you. Turning your thoughts about this particular circumstance around from negative to positive would be an example of transition from upstream resistance to downstream flow.

A positive attitude doesn't set off an incredulous subconscious reaction (usually), and utilizes a more believable outcome for individuals who haven't developed their manifestation muscles to a high degree.

Perspective is a snowball that can gain mass and momentum rapidly as it rolls downhill in the landscape of your mind, and manifest in your life experiences in a powerful and positive way.

[Acting Like Godot]

When you take a walk through your home, or your workplace, or a shopping mall, or a crowded street, light is reflecting off EVERYTHING in your field of vision and entering your eyes. In other words, in each second, there's probably a million bits of visual data entering your eyes.

What you actually and consciously notice, however, is probably not more than 3 or 4 things at a time. In other words, 99.99999% of the visual data that enters your eyes is not being consciously registered. We are all constantly missing out a lot, and the funny thing is that we don't even know what we're missing out on.

For example, consider the way you read a newspaper. You flip through the entire newspaper, and as usual, you only read the articles that interest you. Let's say on a given day, you read 10 out of the 70 articles in the newspaper.

The funny thing is that when you finish reading, you will probably not be able to recall anything about the 60 articles you did NOT read. Yet if you had really not "seen" these 60 articles at all, how did you manage to judge them to be "uninteresting", and consequently decide to skip them?

The short answer is that our minds all have automatic, subconscious filters that screen out most of our sensory data. What registers in our conscious mind, is only what the subconscious filters allows the conscious mind to register.

And what determines how your subconscious filters operate? Basically it's your thoughts, beliefs etc.

Example - if you are a doctor, then when you go to a public place, you would be more inclined than a non-doctor to notice anyone who sneezes, or coughs, or has a rash, or has a skin colour suggesting a liver problem.

If you are a heterosexual man, then when you go to a public place, you are more inclined than a prepubescent child to notice a sexy woman with big breasts.

If you are an artist, then when you go to a public place, you are more inclined than the average non-artist to notice any paintings that may be exhibited on the wall.

If you are an entomologist, you will be more inclined to notice when a cockroach appears in a public place. "Aha, that was a cute little Blattella germanica (Linnaeus)!" you would say.

But the key point to note here is that you notice only what you notice. You don't notice what you don't notice.

What if you succeeded in suddenly, rapidly changing your thoughts and beliefs? What if you suddenly believed that you can be extremely happy, extremely rich, extremely healthy, extremely good at whatever it is you want to be extremely good at? That you are going to find your dream job? Or meet your dream lover? Or find God? Or become a millionaire?

It naturally follows that your filters will change. For examle, out of the one million bits of visual data that you receive per second, of which 99.999999% do not register in your conscious mind, your filters will start letting through the data relevant to becoming happy, rich, healthy, capable, getting your dream job etc.

So all the coincidences, synchronicities. opportunities will rapidly appear. In effect, the universe is infinite in its potential possibilities. By controlling your thoughts, you can make the universe manifest in your reality all the specific possibilities you want.

[Old Soul]

I'm visualising my cake buisness now, every day I see it, I live it, walk in it, I discuss the details of this buisness with my friends and family... I am supported by them every day... together we are fullfiling my dream, my passion

so much so that I bought 2 larger pans for big orders and cake drums, I have my first 2 paying orders one for Feb one for March !!

[3500]

Wow, Acting Like Godot, that was a great explanation of how things work!

I'd like to add, for anyone who's sceptic and doesn't think this is how it works, take a dose of magic mushrooms and experience all the filters between your conscious and subconscious coming down... a helluva lot of information will be flowing into your conscious! I speak from experience...

[Nigel]

Anagogy said:
"Subconsciously, you think: no way! That is too unrealistic, the likelihood of that happening is miniscule."
But from what I´ve read in the Master Key system, the subconscious cannot make this sort of thought, it can only ever believe what the conscious mind tells it.
Is that not the case, or have I got the wrong idea?

[Nigel]

[QUOTE=Anagogy;150310]
Subconsciously, you think: no way! That is too unrealistic, the likelihood of that happening is miniscule.
But from what I´ve read in the Master Key system, the subconscious cannot make this sort of thought, it can only ever believe what the conscious mind tells it.
Is that not the case, or have I got the wrong idea?

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Nigel

But from what I´ve read in the Master Key system, the subconscious cannot make this sort of thought, it can only ever believe what the conscious mind tells it.
Is that not the case, or have I got the wrong idea?

I have not read the Master Key system, but be careful not to get caught up visualizing the subconscious as a separate mind from you. It is true that the subconscious part of your thoughts are derived from your present conscious inferences (and past), but you can have superficial thoughts at a conscious level, that you don't, in your heart, truly believe. This is what I'm talking about. You have to get your whole self to believe, it can't just be a transitory thought like, "I'm gonna eat a potato chip."

This is why people who are deathly sick, don't generally recover overnight. Or why people who are dirt poor one second, are not ridiculously wealthy the next. I'm not saying it can't happen, just saying it probably won't. The law of attraction gathers strength the more you think about whatever you think about, but it can't attract thoughts that are vastly different from your current thoughts. It is a gradual change. Like tuning into a specific radio station.

The subconscious mind is a collection of patterns, that have been consciously or unconsciously chosen to reduce chaos. It handles details that you, at some level, decided you didn't want to handle. This includes habits and other repetitive behaviors, preferences, and collections of data you didn't want to consciously wade through or deal with. Think of it as the robot or automatic part of your mind. It accepts conscious instruction, that is, unless you have given it instruction not to follow conscious instructions. Then you would have a barrier to overcome.

[cylon]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

...Think of it as the robot or automatic part of your mind. It accepts conscious instruction, that is, unless you have given it instruction not to follow conscious instructions. Then you would have a barrier to overcome.

Like when I grab for a cigarette every ten minutes. Consciously I say "I don't want to do that" but somewhere I must have said "....but do it anyway."

Today I didn't buy a pack. I smoked today but right now I'm out. So I'm going to consciously choose to not smoke for as long as I can, at least today.

[tbushmoney]

hey cylon,
i got this book on my comp that i downloaded called "The Easy Way To Quit". i havent read more than a chapter yet because i've been super busy but the author talks about how he used to smoke constantly, and by constantly i mean he never WASN'T smoking. seriously cigarette after cigarettes. he thought he was going to die and then he discovered and came up with this new way to quit and he quit instantly. he wrote a book, and councelled people and says he has a 99% success rate, people quit right after they read the book and have not a single withdrawl symptom or craving.

all i've read so far was he was basically talking about removing the fear of quitting, the fear of going through those symptoms and then asking yourself "why do i smoke?" instead of "why shouldnt i smoke" which of course everybody knows.

if you want it man, drop your email address and ill email it to you. its a pdf.

[Old Soul]

so much so that I bought 2 larger pans for big orders and cake drums, I have my first 2 paying orders one for Feb one for March !!

And....... the winnings are getting bigger!!! slowly but consistantly yippee

[JimmyJam87]

Originally Posted by tbushmoney

It basically said visualize what yourself as the way you imagine yourself to be NOW. Don't visualize it in the future, or that's what you will create..... you being fulfilled and peaceful and abundant in the future and not now. And the future is just an imaginary place anyways! The only time that is real is the current moment. The future exists only in our thoughts. So whatever you are trying to attrack, visualize that you have it right this very second.

It is an interesting take on LoA but when I read that I immediately thought surely your setting yourself up for further dissappointment.

I'm sure a lot of folk on this board wants to be stupidly rich NOW marry a beautiful model NOW etc etc but the sad fact of life is these things don't necessarily come to a lot of people.

It is a good way of looking at it and theres no way of me completely disproving that theory but its unlikely as in my own experience it does not always happen that way....

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by JimmyJam87

It is an interesting take on LoA but when I read that I immediately thought surely your setting yourself up for further dissappointment.

Only if you're attached to the outcome. And the attachment itself is detrimental to your IM attempt.

By the way, the "now"-or-"future" issue only arises in the context of IM exercises utilising words (eg where you write down your goals, or verbalise your intentions to yourself while thinking. In contrast, if you manifest by using visualisation, that's automatically framed in the "now".