'Merging' intentions

[this is fun]

This is what occurred to me the other day: while visualizing, is it necessary to do so for each intention separately?
Let's say you have two intentions, you can either visualize both of them in one session ( first one, then the other), or you can visualize one in the evening and the other in the morning.
But how about merging more intentions? Has anyone tried it?

Let's assume I want to take up dancing lessons, lose weight and find a partner. Instead of visualizing each of these things separately, could I visualize that I'm passionately dancing with a great man and I look great/slim while doing so

I mean...I've been doing this for the past two days, and it feels great, there's a lot of exciting emotion behind my visualization. But maybe I'm overlooking something more experienced people have already figured out and explained? Could this 'merging' weaken the intention?

Thanks

[ladystrange]

That is a great question. I have been wondering that same thing. Any help from you master manifesters would surely be appreciated.

Peace

[impaul99]

Absolutely. It's not only possible to merge intentions, it's actually better if you do it that way.

I wrote this article a long time ago on my old Blog. It might help:

Multiple Intentions Multiply Your Results | Self Help Wisdom . com

[Acting Like Godot]

Yes, I often do more than one intention per session. If they are quite distinct and different kinds of intentions, however, I normally spend a few minutes between one intention and the next, in plain solid meditation. Sort of clearing a "space" between one intention and the next.

[MonkeyFace]

Let's say that both intentions have somethining common and you visualise them both in a scene together. Can't that also limit the possibilities of coming about Intenton A and Intention B?

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by impaul99

It might help:

Multiple Intentions Multiply Your Results | Self Help Wisdom . com

Thanks for the link, I'll read it.

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

If they are quite distinct and different kinds of intentions, however, I normally spend a few minutes between one intention and the next, in plain solid meditation. Sort of clearing a "space" between one intention and the next.

Could you elaborate on this a bit more, please?
On the one hand it makes sense to me, but on the other I wonder... if you want to manifest two things into your life it means those two things should coexist in your reality (of course it depends whether or not you want them to manifest in your life at the same time).
Let's say you consider two intentions to be quite distinct and different, for example, you want to get a new job and eat healthier or you intend for a new car and improved dancing skills. These intentions belong to different areas of your life, but if they do come true they'll exist in your life at the same time. So why not merging them even though they're distinct, for example, I can visualize eating healthy food in a canteen in my new company or driving in my new car to an advanced level of a dancing lesson.

[pyrogen]

Sometimes you can get a manifestation where multiple intentions are met by one manifestation. The intentions end up becoming subsets of a master set (the manifestation).

Maybe it's easier for the "universe", your higher self, et cetera to fill *one* order (by giving you things that fulfill multiple intentions) than to fill several.

I needed 1) a new job that would allow me to be a full time student and 2) a way to stay in shape that would be part of my every day routine

I didn't know at this time that I would end up being a caregiver for senior citizens and people with disabilities. My job meets all of the above needs.

Another example is if you manifest a job and manifest a car. You really only need the car for work purposes - and you end up with a job that gives you a company car.

Or you manifest a mate and manifest a car. You get mate and end up being primary driver of their car, or they buy you one.

Maybe you should be careful to manifest things that are yours. But I'm not sure your higher self/the universe/God/Ralph the Cosmic Muffin/the Flying Spaghetti Monster/whoever knows the difference between something you own "on paper" (that you don't really own anyway, unless it's totally paid off) and something you use. On an energy level, is there a difference between "ownership" and access?

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by pyrogen

Sometimes you can get a manifestation where multiple intentions are met by one manifestation. The intentions end up becoming subsets of a master set (the manifestation).

Maybe it's easier for the "universe", your higher self, et cetera to fill *one* order (by giving you things that fulfill multiple intentions) than to fill several.

I needed 1) a new job that would allow me to be a full time student and 2) a way to stay in shape that would be part of my every day routine

I didn't know at this time that I would end up being a caregiver for senior citizens and people with disabilities. My job meets all of the above needs.

Another example is if you manifest a job and manifest a car. You really only need the car for work purposes - and you end up with a job that gives you a company car.

Or you manifest a mate and manifest a car. You get mate and end up being primary driver of their car, or they buy you one.

Maybe you should be careful to manifest things that are yours. But I'm not sure your higher self/the universe/God/Ralph the Cosmic Muffin/the Flying Spaghetti Monster/whoever knows the difference between something you own "on paper" (that you don't really own anyway, unless it's totally paid off) and something you use. On an energy level, is there a difference between "ownership" and access?

Good points. I have used the "multiple intentions" thing quite a lot myself as well and it works.

As for "owning on paper" vs. "owning outright" , it's all up to you. For example, lets say I want a new car that has 4x4 because my current car sucks in snow. Let's say it costs $30k. There are a few approaches I could take with this:

(1) I could ask the Universe for a new 4x4 car. If that's all I ask for, it could turn out that I end up going to a dealership, trading in my existing car for lets say $10k, and driving out of the dealership with a $30k car and a $20k debt on loan, which means I now have a $300/month payment. That sucks. This is typically what people do when they aren't specific enough with their intentions. This is why a lot of people who first start using LoA end up going into debt...it's the easiest way to get what they want, and the Universe is efficient, so it always provides in the easiest way.

(2) I could ask the Universe for a new 4x4 car debt-free. Here the universe knows I want the car without the debt associated with it. I may end up going to the same dealership and now there happens to be a 4x4 there worth $10k so with my trade-in of $10k I drive off the lot with a 4x4 and no debt. Problem is, the "new" (new to me) 4x4 may end up having problems, like for example the clutch gives out or it stalls or whatever. The Universe gave me what I wanted, but I wasn't specific enough.

This is why I try to be as detailed as possible when asking for things. Another way to be able to manifest a car like that, which most people totally miss is to make the MEANS available to manifest it.

For example, I ask for a $30k 4x4 car and instead of POOF a 4x4 appearing in my drive way, the income produced by my Blog jumps by $300/month net. That means that I can now afford to trade-in my car and get that car loan for $300/m. Since I'm now making an extra $300/m that I wasn't before, the Universe has given me the car without any extra cost to me.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by this is fun

On the one hand it makes sense to me, but on the other I wonder... if you want to manifest two things into your life it means those two things should coexist in your reality (of course it depends whether or not you want them to manifest in your life at the same time).

Well I guess as long as you're clear, you're clear.

If you're not clear, you can get results which are definitely linked to your manifestation, but not quite what you expected.

Example 1

This year I took part in a blogging competition. The first prize was a laptop. I wanted to win the first prize, so I spent a lot of time visualising laptops. In the end I was a top 3 finalist in the blogging competition, but I didn't win the laptop.

However, around the same time, my wife's company wanted to get rid of their laptops and buy new ones. Rather than just throw away the existing laptops, the company held an auction among the staff. My wife put in some ridiculously low bid and got a laptop. She gave the laptop to me.

So I got the laptop, but I didn't win the blogging competition. I attribute this to lack of clarity in my manifestation.

Example 2

Last year we wanted to hire a new maid. My wife went to the employment agency and went through many CVs, but didn't find anyone with suitable experience.

"The kind of maid I would really like is someone with the same kind of experience as P's maid," my wife told the employment agency. P is a friend who had also gone to this same employment agency for a maid.

So my wife went home that day and started manifesting for a maid like P's maid.

Two days later, the job agency called us and said that P's maid had suddenly resigned and did not want to work for P anymore. The maid was looking for a new job, and would we be interested?

This again resulted from a lack of clarity. We didn't want to employ P's maid. We wanted to employ someone who was LIKE P's maid, and had similar job experience and background. Garbled again.

[Jesann]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

This again resulted from a lack of clarity. We didn't want to employ P's maid. We wanted to employ someone who was LIKE P's maid, and had similar job experience and background. Garbled again.

Not necessarily. It could be that in the end, P and P's maid weren't the best fit for each other, and that the best solution for all involved the maid leaving P (ending what might have turned into not-the-best situation) and going to you (because the maid most like P's maid is going to be P's maid).

[Acting Like Godot]

Well the thing is, we never hired P's maid anyway. After the interview, we felt that her personality was the wrong fit for us. She had the suitable experience and background, but the personality wasn't right.

This happened in December 2007:

Creation & Other Adventures: My Wife Does Magic Too

[Acting Like Godot]

And the laptop thing happened in September 2008. In case anyone is interested, a fuller account is available here:

Laptop « Constructions of the Mind

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by impaul99

(1) I could ask the Universe for a new 4x4 car. If that's all I ask for, it could turn out that I end up going to a dealership, trading in my existing car for lets say $10k, and driving out of the dealership with a $30k car and a $20k debt on loan, which means I now have a $300/month payment. That sucks. This is typically what people do when they aren't specific enough with their intentions. This is why a lot of people who first start using LoA end up going into debt...it's the easiest way to get what they want, and the Universe is efficient, so it always provides in the easiest way.

Have you ever written on this subject, Paul? This idea seems very profound to me.

In a way, this turns the idea of limiting beliefs about money upside-down. Perhaps it's not limiting beliefs at all -- maybe it's an error in manifesting. People open their mailbox and every time they look in there, voila, yet another offer for a $5,000 line of credit!

[pyrogen]

Originally Posted by impaul99

For example, I ask for a $30k 4x4 car and instead of POOF a 4x4 appearing in my drive way, the income produced by my Blog jumps by $300/month net. That means that I can now afford to trade-in my car and get that car loan for $300/m. Since I'm now making an extra $300/m that I wasn't before, the Universe has given me the car without any extra cost to me.

Here's the problem I've been having with money. I need to manifest the thing, not the money, unless I can manifest ENOUGH money for every possible incidental to be handled.

I was hoping to start a part-time training program in January that is going to cost 3900 dollars.

I took out a student loan from my other school, that would cover that amount.

Then suddenly the car needed new brakes, and a bunch of other serious/dire incidentals chose that moment to need to be paid for. This tends to happen when I get "money for thing" rather than "thing itself", I end up having to pay the money out elsewhere and end up not getting the thing.

How do you explain that?

[Jesann]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Well the thing is, we never hired P's maid anyway. After the interview, we felt that her personality was the wrong fit for us. She had the suitable experience and background, but the personality wasn't right.

This happened in December 2007:

Creation & Other Adventures: My Wife Does Magic Too

Ah. I'd read your blog before but didn't realize you never hired her.

[Jesann]

Originally Posted by impaul99

This is typically what people do when they aren't specific enough with their intentions. This is why a lot of people who first start using LoA end up going into debt...it's the easiest way to get what they want, and the Universe is efficient, so it always provides in the easiest way.

You know, I read this when you first posted it, but didn't get hit by this sentence until today.

This is EXACTLY what happened to me. My work temporarily dried up, and the last year has been spent living mostly off credit (yes, I did apply for several regular jobs, got none). I've tried phrasing intentions with "my OWN money," but that hasn't done much (at least not much that's been obvious).

How do we switch this around? How do we get clear that we want money that doesn't lead to debt? Keep in mind I'm talking about money that will be used for living expenses, etc., so it's not a thing, like a car, that I can substitute. I'm also independent, so having my rent taken care of by moving back in with family is unwelcome (not to mention somewhat impossible).