My very easy intention didn't manifest

[001]

All I wanted today was one thing: To see, at some point, someone wearing a red hat to prove to myself that the LoA really works. Well, I kept a very close look out for someone with a red hat and didn't see one. This is the kind of thing that would be likely to happen anyway just by coincidence. I can't believe it. I had 100% faith that I would see someone in a red hat today. I was sure of it. What did I do wrong?

[Beloved]

ok here's what I am getting - You looked too hard and thought too much about the intention. What could have happened is that you held the intention too tightly and it couldn't get out there, you need to let it go for it to come back to you.

Either that or you were thinking "I probably won't see a red hat" which then puts the intention out there that you don't want to see one.

In future try to let the intention go and don't overthink it.

Something else I am thinking is that whereever you went today a redhat did cross your path, not in front but behind you.

[GranCanaria]

Originally Posted by Beloved

ok here's what I am getting - You looked too hard and thought too much about the intention. What could have happened is that you held the intention too tightly and it couldn't get out there, you need to let it go for it to come back to you.

I'm having the same problems manifesting a blue feather. Last week on a long walk I looked very hard at the ground and at the roadside for blue feathers. Then I thought: 'This isn't going to work. This isn't believing. I simply need to trust a blue feather will come on my path.' On Sunday I was walking and had already forgotten about manifesting a blue feather, when I almost stepped on a black and white feather. It reminded me of synchronicities that Steve and other forum visitors talk about, and made me smile. It was like a reminder from the Universe saying: 'Aren't you forgetting something?'

001, your intention made me think of Dutch airline Martinair whose flight attendants wear red hats: About Martinair

Originally Posted by Beloved

Either that or you were thinking "I probably won't see a red hat" which then puts the intention out there that you don't want to see one.

Beloved, I always thought that whatever you focused on with negative OR positive attention, will manifest. Surely thinking you won't manifest a red hat should manifest one also? Maybe a nice trick would be simulating a fear of red hats, since many of us are better at negative thoughts than positive ones?

I'm now going to close my eyes and imagine posting on this forum about how I found my blue feather...

Have a great day y'all!

GranCanaria

[Ninja]

Don't sweat it, it took me a while to get the hang of it too. I think Beloved is right and you clung to the intention too much. You need to intend it (visualize, afirmation, whatever floats your boat) and then let it go so the universe can do it's job. I knew you shouldn't cling to it too much, but I didn't tell you because to me, it just came 'natural'. It's difficult to hang around 'believers' for a while and then suddenly have to explain it to someone who is still new. You tend to forget steps that seem obvious to you.

Hang in there!

[001]

Originally Posted by Beloved

ok here's what I am getting - You looked too hard and thought too much about the intention. What could have happened is that you held the intention too tightly and it couldn't get out there, you need to let it go for it to come back to you.

Either that or you were thinking "I probably won't see a red hat" which then puts the intention out there that you don't want to see one.

In future try to let the intention go and don't overthink it.

Something else I am thinking is that whereever you went today a redhat did cross your path, not in front but behind you.

If someone behind me was wearing a red hat, then my manifestation still didn't work because a person in a red hat didn't enter my reality. That's like if someone decides to attract a beautiful woman into his life to be his girlfriend, except he never meets her, because she walks behind him, or if he decides to manifest $1 million, but it goes to someone else. You get the idea.

But you're right, I should try to let the intention go, although I would think that even thinking, "I won't see a red hat," would still work because I'm still thinking about a red hat.

[001]

Originally Posted by GranCanaria

I'm having the same problems manifesting a blue feather. Last week on a long walk I looked very hard at the ground and at the roadside for blue feathers. Then I thought: 'This isn't going to work. This isn't believing. I simply need to trust a blue feather will come on my path.' On Sunday I was walking and had already forgotten about manifesting a blue feather, when I almost stepped on a black and white feather. It reminded me of synchronicities that Steve and other forum visitors talk about, and made me smile. It was like a reminder from the Universe saying: 'Aren't you forgetting something?'

001, your intention made me think of Dutch airline Martinair whose flight attendants wear red hats: About Martinair



Beloved, I always thought that whatever you focused on with negative OR positive attention, will manifest. Surely thinking you won't manifest a red hat should manifest one also? Maybe a nice trick would be simulating a fear of red hats, since many of us are better at negative thoughts than positive ones?

I'm now going to close my eyes and imagine posting on this forum about how I found my blue feather...

Have a great day y'all!

GranCanaria

I wonder why the feather you got was black and white even though you were attracting a blue one. Still, this is a good story. I'll see if I can try to develop a fear of red hats. Maybe that will help.

[001]

Originally Posted by Ninja

Don't sweat it, it took me a while to get the hang of it too. I think Beloved is right and you clung to the intention too much. You need to intend it (visualize, afirmation, whatever floats your boat) and then let it go so the universe can do it's job. I knew you shouldn't cling to it too much, but I didn't tell you because to me, it just came 'natural'. It's difficult to hang around 'believers' for a while and then suddenly have to explain it to someone who is still new. You tend to forget steps that seem obvious to you.

Hang in there!

I feel patronized.

I am a believer in this and I was 100% sure that I would see someone in a red hat at some point. I know I shouldn't cling to it, but I was worried that if I wasn't thinking about it, I wouldn't even notice when it manifested. Well, I guess I'll try again today.

I will see someone in a red hat.

[moonrambler]

See, I don't get either why stuff works the way it does. I have trouble conjuring/magnetizing/illusioning up things like this directly. They either seem to come at random unasked for, or they show up after the universe goofs around for awhile. I told the story recently about how I had decided to manifest olives one day (because somebody had been talking about olives around here). And the entire day there was never a sign of an olive or anything to do with them. Nothing. The next day, I decided to manifest for magic. And I started seeing stuff out and about, like a book with the word 'magic' in the title, and then I heard a couple songs on the radio with the word 'magic,' and then I got home and the Super-Nanny mentioned "a little bit of magic," and immediately after I went back to a novel I was reading and the word 'olive' was in the next sentence. Which made me laugh.

One day when I was in the car all day, I was trying to conjure up Elton John's song "Daniel" on the radio. And I was getting all sorts of other stuff, like songs from the same timeframe, another song by Elton, a song by Dan Fogelberg, a song by Dan Seals, you get the idea. I never did hear "Daniel." Then the next day sure enough, that song came on the radio in the car.

There was a protest on this forum recently from somebody who didn't like connecting the LoA to quantum physics, but it reminds me of that -- something about how you can't look at an atomic particle directly.

But this doesn't make sense when connecting the idea of intentionally manifesting something by focus, desire, action etc.

I'm sooooo confused.

[hkalchemy]

I don't really think you can test the LOA in this way. It's not the sort of thing you can experiment with. It's part of the fabric of things, and you can play around with it but not exactly 'test' it. It works, somehow, but in a very odd and hard to rationalize sort of way. Just relax and you'll see the red hat.

[RT Wolf]

Here's a PM I sent recently. It's a bit long but the main point is that your intention to test without LoA is accurate or not is contaminating your intention. The second point is do you really wnat to see the red hat? It doesn't seem like you want it for its own sake, you want proof of LoA. You could set another intention to see that LoA works (remember to focus on outcome, not process, red hat is a process to proving IM is accurate). The third point is to relax, let go and be detached. Relax, you deserve it.

Essentially, I've noticed that I was trying to force IM to work only in certain ways, ostensibly as a more accurate "test" of IM (ie, isolate the variables). So when I IMed, I wanted the things I IMed to happen only through synchronsity or magically. That's not allowing, though, especially nto allowing it to work through the path of least resistance, even if that path includes direct action. The real test of IM (and you suggested this but the wisdom of your words was lost), was to apply IM to one or more parts of your life (across the board, ideally), and recognize that all results comes from intentions, whether magically or not. The important thing is to remain open to the possibility of magic. The greater number of options (ie, I can do this through direct action, or through synchronisity, or through etc) increases the belief that this thing will manifest.

In other words, I and others have tried to create an artificial situation for IM to work on. That guy Jack with the paddle with the red handle, for example, wants to test IM in an artificial way by a) asking for something he doesn't seem to want much at all, and b) ignoring the obvious choice in front of him and limiting IM to work through magic, which is forcing, not allowing. Many of our intentions (those of us testing them) are contaminated by our worries about each intention being a test of IM itself. I'm going to call this stage 1 testing. The kind of testing that you recommended and are doing now, I'll call this stage 2 testing. This, to me, seems to be the proper way of testing it, and has a lot to do with simply committing to a REAL test, by adopting the beliefs fully, rather than a skeptical approach.

The other thing I've realized is that the pure feel of desire is all I need. It doesn't need to be a burning desire, and I simply do not have to think about how it will manifest, will it manifest, all I can do is focus on how I want something, and that's it. I don't even need to worry about my doubts.

If I can remove the idea of forcing IM to work for me (and then worrying about whether it will or not, thus killing my intention), I can just focus on how I want something. And that's it, no doubts, no questions on how it'll come, or worrying that I don't hvae it. Just a pure feeling of desire. That's why my favourite phrasing for IM is, "I would like this thing" or "I want this thing" because that's a lot easier.

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[Dharma]

Originally Posted by 001

To see, at some point, someone wearing a red hat to prove to myself that the LoA really works. (

^^^ That was your intention and you got what you asked for. LoA does not work. Can you receive that? Seems like you're fighting it. Maybe you're telling yourself to look elsewhere.

[001]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

See, I don't get either why stuff works the way it does. I have trouble conjuring/magnetizing/illusioning up things like this directly. They either seem to come at random unasked for, or they show up after the universe goofs around for awhile. I told the story recently about how I had decided to manifest olives one day (because somebody had been talking about olives around here). And the entire day there was never a sign of an olive or anything to do with them. Nothing. The next day, I decided to manifest for magic. And I started seeing stuff out and about, like a book with the word 'magic' in the title, and then I heard a couple songs on the radio with the word 'magic,' and then I got home and the Super-Nanny mentioned "a little bit of magic," and immediately after I went back to a novel I was reading and the word 'olive' was in the next sentence. Which made me laugh.

One day when I was in the car all day, I was trying to conjure up Elton John's song "Daniel" on the radio. And I was getting all sorts of other stuff, like songs from the same timeframe, another song by Elton, a song by Dan Fogelberg, a song by Dan Seals, you get the idea. I never did hear "Daniel." Then the next day sure enough, that song came on the radio in the car.

There was a protest on this forum recently from somebody who didn't like connecting the LoA to quantum physics, but it reminds me of that -- something about how you can't look at an atomic particle directly.

But this doesn't make sense when connecting the idea of intentionally manifesting something by focus, desire, action etc.

I'm sooooo confused.

Believe me, I am just as confused as you are. I wish it were possible to better control the time frame of my manifestations.

Originally Posted by hkalchemy

I don't really think you can test the LOA in this way. It's not the sort of thing you can experiment with. It's part of the fabric of things, and you can play around with it but not exactly 'test' it. It works, somehow, but in a very odd and hard to rationalize sort of way. Just relax and you'll see the red hat.

I love your blog! Still, I don't quite understand what you mean when you say it works in an odd and hard to rationalize way.

Originally Posted by RT Wolf

Here's a PM I sent recently. It's a bit long but the main point is that your intention to test without LoA is accurate or not is contaminating your intention. The second point is do you really wnat to see the red hat? It doesn't seem like you want it for its own sake, you want proof of LoA. You could set another intention to see that LoA works (remember to focus on outcome, not process, red hat is a process to proving IM is accurate). The third point is to relax, let go and be detached. Relax, you deserve it.

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Thanks, this is some good advice. I actually have seen other things manifest, which only adds to my confusion, of course.

Originally Posted by Dharma

LoA does not work. Can you receive that? Seems like you're fighting it.

Eh, you must be the resident troll. Every forum's got one.

[jeff3]

I think the time limit is what hung you up, not because it's not possible, but because it creates an attachment. You are testing something that is still a theory to you which means doubt is still in the equation.

Try a more light hearted approach and pick several things to find, or, one of my favorite suggestions is that you send out the intention to witness something very bizarre and that your intuition will alert you when it happens, you will know when it happens without a doubt because you will have an ahaaa moment the instant you see it.

[infinitethoughts]

Originally Posted by Dharma

^^^ That was your intention and you got what you asked for. LoA does not work. Can you receive that? Seems like you're fighting it. Maybe you're telling yourself to look elsewhere.

BUMP.

(To emphasize Dharma's excellent point.)

[Cantando]

LoA seems to be a bit like betting on horses.
The gamblers always go on about the the winners they backed, but don't mention the vast majority of bets they lost.
You are far more likely to manifest, or rather 'experience', what you don't particularly want in life. Learn the lesson from that.

I read 'Ask and it is Given' four times last year and discussed my views about it on this forum. I quoted chapter and verse the ambiguities it contained.
The main one was that the book alternates between saying you must be vibrationally aligned with your desire and you must be vibrationally aligned with Source.
So, what if you want a million dollars? You are aligned with the desire but not with Source. Source may think it is not in your best interest to have it. You work out the rest.

The teaching boils down to little more than, 'If you really want something, go for it'. But, of course, in true American fashion, someone makes a packet out of selling the idea.
The 'experts' appear, doling out advice to the gullible. 'You're not doing it right. What you need to do is ... etc, etc, etc'.
The gullible lap it up. 'Wow, I manifested a parking space at the supermarket today!'.

I manifested a toothache the other day. I don't remember asking for it.

[infinitethoughts]

Originally Posted by Cantando

......and you must be vibrationally aligned with Source.
So, what if you want a million dollars? You are aligned with the desire but not with Source. Source may think it is not in your best interest to have it. You work out the rest.

The main problem most people have is that they are putting Source, (god, life, all that is, Higher self, etc.) outside and separate from themselves.

It's your universe, no one else's. You want a million dollars, say you have it, and you'll give it to yourself. (Barring any self defeatists ideas left over from Cultural programming.)

[001]

Originally Posted by jeff3

I think the time limit is what hung you up, not because it's not possible, but because it creates an attachment. You are testing something that is still a theory to you which means doubt is still in the equation.

Try a more light hearted approach and pick several things to find, or, one of my favorite suggestions is that you send out the intention to witness something very bizarre and that your intuition will alert you when it happens, you will know when it happens without a doubt because you will have an ahaaa moment the instant you see it.

So, you're saying I can't expect all of my intentions to manifest so I have to pick and choose?

Originally Posted by infinitethoughts

BUMP.

(To emphasize Dharma's excellent point.)

Er, thanks for contributing... that was really lame.

Originally Posted by Cantando

LoA seems to be a bit like betting on horses.
The gamblers always go on about the the winners they backed, but don't mention the vast majority of bets they lost.
You are far more likely to manifest, or rather 'experience', what you don't particularly want in life. Learn the lesson from that.

I read 'Ask and it is Given' four times last year and discussed my views about it on this forum. I quoted chapter and verse the ambiguities it contained.
The main one was that the book alternates between saying you must be vibrationally aligned with your desire and you must be vibrationally aligned with Source.
So, what if you want a million dollars? You are aligned with the desire but not with Source. Source may think it is not in your best interest to have it. You work out the rest.

The teaching boils down to little more than, 'If you really want something, go for it'. But, of course, in true American fashion, someone makes a packet out of selling the idea.
The 'experts' appear, doling out advice to the gullible. 'You're not doing it right. What you need to do is ... etc, etc, etc'.
The gullible lap it up. 'Wow, I manifested a parking space at the supermarket today!'.

I manifested a toothache the other day. I don't remember asking for it.

Wow, this is brilliant, great metaphor too. You know, you're right. I'm sure a lot of these "experts" have had certain things not manifest. And no one should need to read thirty books about the LoA to understand it. You just saved me a lot of wasted hours.

Originally Posted by infinitethoughts

The main problem most people have is that they are putting Source, (god, life, all that is, etc.) outside and separate from themselves.

It's your universe, no one else's. You want a million dollars, say you have it, and you'll give it to yourself. (Barring any self defeatists ideas left over from Cultural programming.)

I wanted to see someone in a red hat, said I saw one, and it didn't work.

[Lil Chris]

Originally Posted by jeff3

Try a more light hearted approach and pick several things to find, or, one of my favorite suggestions is that you send out the intention to witness something very bizarre and that your intuition will alert you when it happens, you will know when it happens without a doubt because you will have an ahaaa moment the instant you see it.

I like this suggestion (the part I bolded), it reminds me of when I see 11:11, or 2:22, or 4:44 on clocks and such. It can happen several times a day for me. I seem to remember when I was a child someone telling me that I could "program" myself to wake up at a certain time in the morning. It seems to me you could "program" yourself to see or experience certain things, Like seeing your red hat or being "notified" of the red hat when it's there (so you don't miss it).

But, I also think you're trying to hard, struggling instead of allowing...

It's all good, keep practicing....

[001]

Originally Posted by Lil Chris

I like this suggestion (the part I bolded), it reminds me of when I see 11:11, or 2:22, or 4:44 on clocks and such. It can happen several times a day for me. I seem to remember when I was a child someone telling me that I could "program" myself to wake up at a certain time in the morning. It seems to me you could "program" yourself to see or experience certain things, Like seeing your red hat or being "notified" of the red hat when it's there (so you don't miss it).

But, I also think you're trying to hard, struggling instead of allowing...

It's all good, keep practicing....

You're right, that's a good idea. I'll use that for my second attempt.

[Angela]

oh, no?

[001]

Eh, Angela is a guy? And images don't count. :P

[Angela]

Originally Posted by 001

Eh, Angela is a guy? And images don't count. :P

#1 -- it's ALL images.
#2 -- one of the most important things about the LoA is allowing, and you are not allowing a very obvious manifestation of "someone in a red hat" right in front of you. Why should the Universe listen to your requests if you are going to spurn its gifts to you?
#3 -- acceptance and gratitude is the grease which will slide what you desire into your life.
#4 -- I am a Woman. And How.

[Lil Chris]

Originally Posted by 001

And images don't count. :P

You may be joking on this but, you shouldn't take this approach. Instead try being specific in your request. Now that I think about it, was your request to see a red hat specific...? Like, I would like to see a red hat on a girl when i'm at the mall...

My most pleasing request that I experienced was asking to see a Ferrari out on the road. I did this not once but twice, the second time being more specific in choosing the model "Ferrari spider". To challenge it being a coincidence. Both times I saw a Ferrari with-in 3 days. I live in north Kansas city, Missouri (not known for being a Ferrari paradise). I chose Ferrari for that reason, being possible but not likely (plus they're cool cars)

[sbdiane]

Why did you say "today". Why a time limit? Why not just let it unfold as it will?

I needed an empty bleach bottle. I decided that one would appear for me. Sure enough, on recycling day I happened to walk by a bin with an empty bleach bottle right on top. It was mine.

Next I decided I needed an empty scoop-away cat litter bucket. One of the big ones. Today was recycling day but I forgot to go take a walk. Then I realized I already have a bucket I can use and don't need a "new" one.

Simple little manifestations but they were intentional on my part. I was certain my bucket and bottle needs would be filled and in time for when I'd need them (not on a specific time-table but a time-table nonetheless) and they were.

[001]

But that totally doesn't count because she knew what I was trying to manifest. I mean, I could ask for anything and she could just put a picture of it on here. That doesn't at all prove to me that the LoA works....

What would prove it is if she posted a picture of something without knowing that I was trying to manifest it.

Just hypothetically, let's assume that LoA was a scam and she wanted me to believe it. Well, every time I posted something where I say, "I tried to attract ____ and it didn't work," she could just post a picture of ____. So, yeah, I don't think that really counts.

[moonrambler]

This thread is turning into something that easily will make people go, "Garbage, all of it."

001 wanted to see somebody in a red hat. Decided it was a given. Then it didn't happen. C'mon, people. I don't think we can get much clearer than that. Coming to the forum and having somebody put up a picture of somebody in a red hat is not going to get it done.

If I say there's an extra $10,000 that is already mine, and I come here and somebody shows me a picture of $10,000, that is not going to get it done. It's not going to get it done unless there's an extra $10,000 in my Paypal account that I can transfer to my bank and withdraw in cash and pile it up on my kitchen table and hold it up to my nose and smell it and then go pay all my bills with it.

If I need an empty bleach bottle and then on recycling day I go walk by some recycling bins and find an empty bleach bottle, we're going to count that as an intentional manifestation? Watch me manifest some used coffee grounds on garbage day!

We're told to be specific. Then we're told not to be specific about a time frame. Then we're told we're being too specific about how it will happen. Then we're told we weren't specific enough.

We're told we manifest what we fear, so we should be afraid of a red hat and then we'll attract it. Whereas if we're just doing it for fun, then it won't happen. Because we're too attached to the outcome. And so on. Or maybe it will if we just forget about it. Never mind that the odds are within a few days we would see somebody in a red hat whether we ever thought about it in the first place or not. So even if it takes a week, that's still LOA. If it never happens, we screwed up somewhere.

Something we happily daydream about every day may never happen. But one random thought about how we could re-hydrate with an IV can send us into the hospital for days with a serious illness.

It gets to be a bit much sometimes.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by 001

But that totally doesn't count because she knew what I was trying to manifest. I mean, I could ask for anything and she could just put a picture of it on here. That doesn't at all prove to me that the LoA works....

What would prove it is if she posted a picture of something without knowing that I was trying to manifest it.

Just hypothetically, let's assume that LoA was a scam and she wanted me to believe it. Well, every time I posted something where I say, "I tried to attract ____ and it didn't work," she could just post a picture of ____. So, yeah, I don't think that really counts.

Exactly.

[001]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

This thread is turning into something that easily will make people go, "Garbage, all of it."

001 wanted to see somebody in a red hat. Decided it was a given. Then it didn't happen. C'mon, people. I don't think we can get much clearer than that. Coming to the forum and having somebody put up a picture of somebody in a red hat is not going to get it done.

If I say there's an extra $10,000 that is already mine, and I come here and somebody shows me a picture of $10,000, that is not going to get it done. It's not going to get it done unless there's an extra $10,000 in my Paypal account that I can transfer to my bank and withdraw in cash and pile it up on my kitchen table and hold it up to my nose and smell it and then go pay all my bills with it.

If I need an empty bleach bottle and then on recycling day I go walk by some recycling bins and find an empty bleach bottle, we're going to count that as an intentional manifestation? Watch me manifest some used coffee grounds on garbage day!

We're told to be specific. Then we're told not to be specific about a time frame. Then we're told we're being too specific about how it will happen. Then we're told we weren't specific enough.

We're told we manifest what we fear, so we should be afraid of a red hat and then we'll attract it. Whereas if we're just doing it for fun, then it won't happen. Because we're too attached to the outcome. And so on. Or maybe it will if we just forget about it. Never mind that the odds are within a few days we would see somebody in a red hat whether we ever thought about it in the first place or not. So even if it takes a week, that's still LOA. If it never happens, we screwed up somewhere.

Something we happily daydream about every day may never happen. But one random thought about how we could re-hydrate with an IV can send us into the hospital for days with a serious illness.

It gets to be a bit much sometimes.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have managed to convey the personal sense of outright confusion and frustration that I was not able to.

Maybe I just wanted it to be true... it all seems so wonderful. Just by thinking about positive things, I can attract them to me. Who wouldn't want to believe in such a thing?

[Dan.Linehan]

Dharma and RTWolf are right about the way your intention was worded.

To see, at some point, someone wearing a red hat to prove to myself that the LoA really works.

This is a disingenuously phrased intention. It's a test, implicitly worded with doubt. As such, the intention only brought you more doubt.

An example of a pure intention would be, "I want to see a red hat." Then you would take action to make sure you did see a red hat. LOA isn't a means to change reality through inaction. Erin has a good post on this as well if you want more info.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by 001

All I wanted today was one thing: To see, at some point, someone wearing a red hat to prove to myself that the LoA really works. Well, I kept a very close look out for someone with a red hat and didn't see one. This is the kind of thing that would be likely to happen anyway just by coincidence. I can't believe it. I had 100% faith that I would see someone in a red hat today. I was sure of it. What did I do wrong?

Exactly mate, it's a complete crock............

Dont wate your energy on the mumbo jumbo: plant your feet squarely on the ground and take action to achieve what you want.