My perspective on LOA

[Andrew Gubb]

I think most people's problem with manifesting their intentions, whether they believe in LOA or not, is that they confuse action with intention.

Intention comes before the action. You can simply meditate on its energy. But it will start to move you. Your entire being will start aligning with the energy, and that'll often mean taking action. Other times it'll mean just a state of alert expectancy, waiting for the right opportunity or peice of information. Whether the universe helps you or not I think is unimportant; it works for both models of thinking.

If you think the intention is the action, then often when you can't immediately see how to take the first step you'll give up. The missing element here is trust; trust in your friends in the universe to help you, and trust in yourself to have the inner resources.

Rumi called God "the Friend" and I think this is a very good way of seeing it. Everything in the universe has a certain intelligence and is part of you. So when you decide what you want, of course your friends will start helping you. When a guy has conviction, people follow his lead.

[Judge]

From Chopra and the Bible.....

"When you do not resist anything, the universe opens itself up to you and then everything will be added"

What does that mean?

Your egoic self concern blocks and/or defines your reality.

judge

[Wax Frog]

I can't resist going off topic - the buttercat finally landed? Which side?

Being serious again - so my indecisive (and yes, often fearful) nature is holding me back more fully than I realize?

[Andrew Gubb]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I can't resist going off topic - the buttercat finally landed? Which side?

Being serious again - so my indecisive (and yes, often fearful) nature is holding me back more fully than I realize?

I don't know, is it?

I can say, though, that indecisiveness is not good I don't think you could really cast half an intention, if you think about it...

[boat]

Originally Posted by Judge

From Chopra and the Bible.....

"When you do not resist anything, the universe opens itself up to you and then everything will be added"

What does that mean?

Your egoic self concern blocks and/or defines your reality.

judge

Or put in another way, "let go and let God"
I think the key is to "clear" all the emotional garbage and the limiting beliefs. Once you do, you find yourself in a profound state of freedom, peace, and possibilities, and it's only a matter of "letting" your intention happen instead of forcing it.

Of course, the problem is reaching that state. Most people do not know how to get there.

[bluedragon]

Here is the thing - we don't only manifest what we intend, but also what we think about, and worrying is a way of thinking. That is unfortunate, but true, and that is why most people are confused when things they didn't want happen to them.

[jtracy]

I think that there are three problems that cause most people to have trouble with the Law of Attraction. One is definately that people don't realize that they have to take concrete action in order to get what they want, that no amount of wanting and/or visualizing will bring it to them. The other is the limiting beleifs and negative thoughts that we all have, but typically don't even know what they are let alone how to get rid of them.

The third is that it is very difficult to ignore what is going on around you right now, and only think about what you want. Even our laws rest on the idea of "precedents". It is too difficult for most of us to be sick and in pain and then think about having perfect health. It is too difficult for most of us who don't have a job or have trouble paying our bills to think about having an abundance of money. It is too difficult for most of us to live with an abusive person and think about having the perfect relationship.

[Judge]

Originally Posted by boat

Or put in another way, "let go and let God"

I agree, but would add that you are god. A better word for god is space, be the space for all that is.

Originally Posted by jtracy

One is definately that people don't realize that they have to take concrete action in order to get what they want, that no amount of wanting and/or visualizing will bring it to them.

From my own experience and observation, no action is required until we realise that we are creating everything right now with very little (or no) action at all.

Allowing reality to happen is to accept you're creating it all. This is to accept what is, be the space for all that is, then if there is a challenge, right action will present itself, could be just a simple thought that manifests, maybe some work, but when there is stress, struggle and suffering to obtain something, it may manifest, but ego will never be satisfied.

it is very difficult to ignore what is going on around you right now, and only think about what you want.

To ignore all the bad stuff means to deny you're creating it, then (as Steve says) you give up control........but never responsibility. The trick is not to ignore, deny, blame or judge anything. Accept everything right now as it is regardless of form. Nothing lasts, so there's no point in getting caught up in it.

When you allow, accept what you are already creating (good, bad, bad, good, good) then you are the space for what is, then everything will be added.

Sounds all spiritual, but it's very practical.

Judge

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I can't resist going off topic - the buttercat finally landed? Which side?

It will be a disaster if the buttered cat lands too soon. LOA is a tenacious beast... the minds don't want to let that one go. There's a lot of fear of the unknown and fear of space. If the cat actually lands (or continues to hover if the toast comes flying off), most everyone won't know how to move in the world anymore. Nothing will make sense, everything will be easy, all your stories will go away: no more suffering, victimization, lack, etc.

It will be crappy-boring-in-the-moment ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME! No more drama! No more problems! Just... the moment. Beingness. Peace. Joy. And whatever else I choose to experience.

[bluedragon]

Originally Posted by jtracy

... people don't realize that they have to take concrete action in order to get what they want, that no amount of wanting and/or visualizing will bring it to them.

I tend to agree in principle, but still think that often wanting will bring you what you want without having to take action... at most, you will need to have a reaction. For example, one of my ex girlfriends - she was the one who made the first... few moves on me. Also, I have thought about joining a dance class for a year, and this year I was invited to join my University's representative team and I now have 3 dance classes a week for free, together with about 30 people, with even gender distribution (which is rare), so about 15 girls, and very good looking, too. All I had to do was show up.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by jtracy

One is definately that people don't realize that they have to take concrete action in order to get what they want, that no amount of wanting and/or visualizing will bring it to them.

Most people do suffer from the illusion that they have to take concrete action in order to get what they want.

This illusion basically stems from ego - the perception of a limited, separate self, distinct from the rest of reality.

Failing to see the interconnectedness of reality, the person then believes that he needs to take concrete action in order to get what he wants.

He does not see that since the day he was born, and a nipple or bottle teat was first thrust into his baby mouth, the universe has been conspiring to deliver to him what he thinks about, usually regardless of whether he takes any concrete action or not.

Every day, every hour, every minute, this goes on and on and on ....

I daresay it is even arrogant and egoistical, to believe that what you want, you can get, solely with your own concrete actions. It is a belief stemming from a very small understanding of reality. It is similar to a fish in a river, believing that it survives because of its own concrete actions. The fish does not see how its life depends on the processes of an entire ecosystem, which in turn is linked to other ecosystems, which in turn links to the entire planet.