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| Ok, so I'm reading both of these books/philosophies/methods right now. Power of Now says to focus on just the now. Law of Attraction and Intention-Manifestation, if I understand it, says to focus on what you desire as if it is about to occur and you anticipate it happening. In a way, these two seems different - one is focus on the now, the other is focus on what you desire in your life....? So, how best to use the two approaches despite what seems to be their differences? |
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| Can you feel a delicious, anticipatory sense of expansion right now? That is desire, and it is now. This sense of being aligned with your desires, enjoying them as if they were created in reality right now in this moment (rather than as something that will happen 'someday', something that is lacking that must be fulfilled before you will be satisfied) -- this is pure, childlike desire at its most wonderful, and is perfectly compatible with being present in the moment and living like a dog. Dog desire -- that's pretty picturesque, isn't it? |
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If I read Angela's post right, she is talking about desire without expectation. Tolle tells a story on one of his recordings about a cat waiting outside a mouse hole. The cat is very focused in the now and is not 'waiting' like you would wait in line to pay for your groceries, but waiting in a sense of allowing space for the next thing to pop into it's experience. My experience of it is an electric feeling inside, but there's no mind-content hoping for the lottery, or a new job, or for the phone to ring. I just keep that feeling going, and stay open, allowing life to happen and to receive it as best I can. I do have thoughts that come in -- I'd like to do more hiking, backpacking, photography , move to Albuquerque, etc, etc. I see them and frame them as possibilities that I am choosing, and then return to the experience of the moment again.
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It's in the Spiritual section. Hope that helps you. |
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All is well, I am safe and supported, I have all the abundance in the world, because I am all the abundance in the world, just like that cat. I just have to remind myself once in awhile, cuz sometimes I forget! |
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Steve wrote a great article exactly about that. Look: A Better Life
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| That article though, says to intend improvement in the present moment. Not the visualization of a future desire happening now. So if your intention is to manifest a $1000 unexpected income. Then you would intend that you are getting closer and closer to that $1000 now. It is the momentum to the destination. Anyway, thats a timely article for me. Thanks for the pointer Rose... and it was your post 1111. |
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| I stumbled upon a nice quote from Saint Exupery : (self made translation I hope it makes sense) "what's important is neither the bowman, nor the bow, nor the arrow, nor even the target...what's important is the trajectory" Antoine de Saint Exupery. According to this quote, once we're on the path to our intention, it's ok. The path is even more important than the final intention actually. I like that. I guess focusing on the now is not stopping movement, but more focusing on the movement/trajectory itself. |
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| You all know that Tolle is about having the universe guide you? And that he's not about "telling the universe what I want"? And then that seems to be different approaches to operating. Like for the LoA it's figuring out what you want and the "putting your order in to the universe". But Tolle suggests that it's the other way around. Quote:
I see this as a bigger difference than being in the present moment versus having the LoA mindset that seems to project into the future (which has been dispelled in this thread). |
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| If I change the word "intention" to "attention", I can see how the Power of Now and Law of Attraction work together. We are always here and now, whether we are aware of it or not. The contents of here and now are determined by the location/object of one's attention. The longer one's attention spends in one location/object, the more the present reality conforms to it. The more often the attention 'visits' a certain location, the more clear a pathway to that place. Most people (me included) suffer from a short attention span that goes all over the place, giving reality a random nature to it. And what attention they do have goes to the same places based on social conditioning, genetics and acquired habit. There are moments where they focus on a particular object or place, but it is hard to get there on a regular basis (at first). So their attention returns to it's normal hang-outs. [For some reason I have this image of people's attention spans hanging out at a bar after work] The practice of being in the present moment brings the attention back to the seat of power. It expands the length/breadth of the attention span. Intention is the conscious choice of what will be in one's reality once the power of attention has been strengthened. Most forms of meditation I have come across have these two basic components. There is some method of coming back into the present moment followed by focus on a particular object. And the more a person practices the meditation, the more they resemble whatever they focus upon and the more their reality conforms to that resemblance. There is a third component to meditation, which is transcendence of the focused object. By putting the attention "through" or "beyond" the chosen object, escalating stages of samadhi are produced along with various siddhis. That's beyond the scope of this topic, but I thought I'd mention it. |
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One of the ways out of the game is to be in the moment. Receive the moment, fully, which means to not want for different conditions all the time. Practice being at peace with what is. Receive it like you created it, because you did. Focusing on the present moment, from the level of the ego, helps consciousness break the addiction. (Note: Many teachings put the ego in a bad light. Consciousness is focused here in the physical world to break its addiction to denial. The ego actually works through problems the 'higher' levels of self can't get. Practicing presence is very important to consciousness at this time.)
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| Chapter 10 of Eckart Tolle's "A New Earth" talks about manifestation. In his webinar with Oprah, he had this to say about manifesting. I am copying-pasting from pg. 22-26 of the webinar transcript: --------------- KIPPY: ...My question is, is how can we have goals or visions if we are to always remain in the present? ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): ...When you are in touch with your own power... [you do not] ... say, "I would like to achieve this or that at some future point, I need that, I want that to complete myself." You're reaching out toward that goal; you're losing yourself; you're not present. ...I give an example now in The Power of Now, before I ever wrote the book, I had this vision of that that book was already on some level already there, had already been written. And so I felt all I'm doing is I'm externalizing what's already there. I had this strong inner feeling that the book already exists inside me. I saw it as a reality already. I didn't try to achieve writing a book. The book was already there, and all then I had to do was be open to this energy movement coming from within, to manifest what was already there on a deeper level. And that's why Jesus said whenever you asked for anything, "Believe that you already have received it, and it will be yours." So if you believe that you already have received it, it means it must already be a reality inside yourself. So you're not coming from lack or scarcity or neediness because then ... there's no power behind your vision or your goal. You're already coming from fullness. So the goal is already a reality inside. You already feel as if you had it. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Right. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): It's already a reality and what you feel ... is the fullness that is already there in the present moment. And then you don't lose yourself, then you are fully there as you begin to respond to this inner impulse. You manifest it in your life in the present moment. So it's not a future thing really. A powerful goal ... you're not visualizing in order to achieve something in the future, you're visualizing in order to bring something out that's already inside you. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Wow. That's powerful, but I can understand why a lot of people would be confused by it because then how do you ever achieve anything in the future? Isn't that what you're saying too, Kippy? KIPPY: Right. Right. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): How do you ever achieve anything in the future? Say, I want to be an actress. A lot of people ... have day jobs, but what they really want—I want to be an actress. That's a future goal, I want to be an actor or actress, or I want to get a job working for, you know, a major corporation. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Yes. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): ... How can you not hold that as a vision for yourself? ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): ...The power that is there inside you that will manifest externally in time and in the future is already there. Get in touch with the power. What would it feel like if you were an actress already successful? What does that feel like inside you? And where does the power come from with which you can make a difference in people's lives when you are doing something like that? Where does the power reside? OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Yeah, because you say, instead of saying "I want to be a great actress" is "How do I use this talent to manifest in such a way that causes people to feel a certain way?" ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): So it's already a reality inside you, and then you can take steps toward implementing that. But it comes from fullness rather than neediness. The mistake is not finding the place of power that is in the present moment, and believing that something else that is not in the present moment is going to bring you to the place of power. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Okay. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): It won't. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Okay. I just got it, Kippy. I just got it. ...What he's saying is, is that whatever goal that you have or vision that you have must come from the place of being or consciousness ... If it comes from being or consciousness, then it comes through you, out into the world instead of you reaching out into the world saying, "This is what I want for myself." And so all things—and I can use the example of myself. I have always wanted to do exactly what I'm doing here with all of you tonight. I've always felt that deep inside me this is what I was meant to do. I was meant to be a teacher, I was meant to use television as a platform for helping people to better know themselves. ...Knowing that, knowing that deep inside myself, is what has helped bring this into fruition this way, instead of saying, you know, "One day I want to have a webcast and have a million people on the webcast." ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Yes. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): You see what I'm saying? KIPPY: I do, yes. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): That it comes from the inner part of you. There's a feeling that comes from the consciousness part of yourself, the being of yourself that says, "This is what I now need to do." (to Eckhart) And that's why you were saying it doesn't matter what you do. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): No. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): It's how you do what you do. And it doesn't matter what you do, everything that you do has to be fueled by consciousness or the spirit of God ... otherwise, it has no real meaning in your life. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Yes. And the place of power is in the present moment. That's a vital thing is you can only touch that power in the present moment. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): And so you said last week it's about this step, the step today that it takes to get to the next step, then the next step, and the next step, and the next step. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Yes. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): You don't get there by thinking, let me, you know. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): No. And even if you're doing something at the moment that life has given you that doesn't seem to be part of your vision. ...Let's say you're working in a restaurant but your vision is being a great artist ... You still need to honor whatever it is that you're doing at this moment fully and completely. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): Right. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Because it may, some way it may arise out of that. That may also be part of it. OPRAH WINFREY (HOST): That's right. Because every step leads you to the direction. It's the means and not the end that counts. ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR A NEW EARTH: AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE): Yes, excellent. |
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Many great artists lived in poverty. The weren't interested in their physical needs, they just did what their souls compelled them to do, whether they were successful or not, whether they were recognized or not. They didn't jus dream about it, while they were washing dishes. To be 'great' at anything, you have to live and breathe it with a passion. |
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| Cantando, you may be right that someone who wants to be an artist would be wise to quit his dishwashing job and go paint, but what Eckhart Tolle is saying is Do what you're doing when you're doing it. Whatever your next right action is, whether it's painting, doing the dishes, or meditating about your vision, be present and honor the moment. And by the way, I don't believe that great artists don't worry about their physical needs! |
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Nevertheless, if an artist/musician/writer has an overriding passion for his calling, he/she just gets on with it, lives it and does it, regardless of any financial compensation or recognition within their own lifetimes. Take Van Gogh and Mozart as examples. If their physical needs are met, then fine, if they are not, that doesn't hinder them or dampen their ardour. |
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| The simple, practical approach to integrating LOA with the Power of Now is as follows. Just concentrate on whatever you're doing. For example, if you are washing the dishes now, concentrate on washing the dishes. If you are reading a book now, concentrate on reading a book. And if you are doing your IM visualisation now, concentrate on doing your IM visualisation. When you're done, go do whatever you need to do, and concentrate on it. |
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A great artist is born with genius. No one ever became one by creating a picture of it in their mind. Accept it and get over it. You can improve your skills through daily practice, and perhaps reach a level where you are competent enough to go professional, but you will never be ‘great’ unless you already have that genius within you. The world is full of mediocre artists, writers, musicians and performers who think they are ‘great’ because they have an inflated image of themselves. Yes, some do become rich and famous, not through their talent, but through their pushy egos. The whole of these teachings can be summarized in one sentence: Be in the present moment. It’s not new, it’s not difficult to do, it’s not some mysterious, arcane secret. You don't need a guru to explain it. |
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I don't think anyone can claim to be a genius, unless he actually produces works of genius. However, the actual production of any artistic work begins in the artist's mind. Example here: Quote:
The visualisation must come first. Quite similar to blue feathers, actually. |
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Otherwise brain-dead, comatose people could also produce great works. |


