What are my goals?

[themaster]

I wrote out a list of goals today.. I was going to share them with someone.. but instead I'll share them with the forum.. (goddite says I don't personally share much.. but see goddite I'm sharing? )

- To be myself
- Integration
- Experimentation in new mindset
- Study/Learn
- Follow Excitement
- No Expectations
- Live in the "now"
- Change "EGO"
- No Judgments
- Situations don't matter, only state of being matters

Long term goals = none (this has changed as I always usually have some form of long term goals.. for example.. I was to build/buy a house that I have only been working on for 1-2 years..)

So feel free to comment, write out your own or not.. or suggest some

[Acting Like Godot]

Not bad, themaster.

I must confess that sometimes I feel a little let down, coming to the IM section of these forums and seeing the kind of goals that people are setting here. Considering that these are people who supposedly really believe in the LOA, the goals seem rather small ... unexciting ... unambitious .... unimaginative.

I mean - you can often see much bigger goals stated in sections like "Personal Effectiveness" or "Health & Fitness" or "Business & Financial". And many of those people don't even believe in the LOA.

Oftentimes, people in the IM section just talk about some cute or charming little synchronicity that popped up in their lives, in response to their thoughts. But 95% of the time, apart from being cute or charming, the event is really not one that is going to produce any big, significant positive change in their lives.

I would be really inspired if everyday I came to this forum and there were people saying things like:

"Hey I've been training hard to climb Mount Everest and I tried to manifest ABCDE and amazingly it worked, all these coincidences X, Y, Z happened, I found the team, I raised the funds, I got the equipment, and now ... we'll climb Mount Everest next week!"

or

"Hi I am a handicapped person with no legs, and I was depressed for a long time, but when I heard about the LOA, I decided to give it a try, and what amazing changes it produced! My life has turned around 360 degrees, let me tell you all about it ..."

or

"My goal was to accomplish all these things in one single year (1) earn a million dollars (2) move to another country (3) find the love of my life, and get married, (4) get my dream job of working as a ______, and (5) live in a beautiful house by the sea .... And it all worked out!"

or

"...."

You know what I mean.

I dunno. Maybe the greatest limit on the average person's ability to use the LOA is the size of his average imagination. Making it very difficult to conceive of bigger-than-average goals.

[WordKeeper]

The Master - I encourage you to be more specific. For instance, how will you know when you have reached your goal of being yourself? Study/learn what. A goal has an end point - something achieved or accomplished.

Can you rewrite this list and give each item an endpoint?

Godot - that would be marvelous wouldn't it. Your last parapgrah is uncharacteristicly judgmental. When I read these I/Ms, I don't see an average imagination only limited expectation. But even that doesn't warrant criticism. I personally believe that building confidence by beginning with small I/Ms can have great vitality and provide strong, sure stepping-stones to bigger and better. BTW - where are your bold and massive I/Ms?

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by WordKeeper

When I read these I/Ms, I don't see an average imagination only limited expectation.

Whatever. Sounds like semantics to me. Eg:

"What do you think their expectation is limited by?"

"Errr ... Their imagination?". Etc

I personally believe that building confidence by beginning with small I/Ms can have great vitality and provide strong, sure stepping-stones to bigger and better.

Well, I hope to hear more about the "bigger and better" part.

Seriously if anyone talks again excitedly about finding a white feather or an empty parking lot or a few pennies on the ground, I think I'll just about screeeeeam in despair.

Okay, I won't. Just a figure of speech. But you get the idea.

BTW - where are your bold and massive I/Ms?

Well, I wrote a book, it's getting published. Actually it will be launched later this week. I'll be manifesting critical acclaim for it, and a national literary award next year.

I guess that's my best current personal example of a "bold and massive" IM. It might not be bold and massive to everyone, but it's significantly more than the white-feather sort of thing.

Really, the question I want to invite forummers here to consider for their individual selves is -

if you really believe in the LOA, are you setting the kind of goals and intentions that do justice to yourself, and what you're truly capable of?

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Seriously if anyone talks again excitedly about finding a white feather or an empty parking lot or a few pennies on the ground, I think I'll just about screeeeeam in despair.

I know what you mean; it seems that some people are focusing on synchronicity, and distracting themselves from their own huge personal power. That's okay, though; everyone's exactly where they should be.

This OP, though, themaster -- I don't see what he's posted here as goals -- they're actually states. States you can have right here, right now, anytime you want, in far less time than it takes to "set a goal." It sounds to me like he's just making a commitment to himself to generate these states, and that sounds like a good idea to me!

Goals -- that is, games you set up for yourself to move towards in steps and in time -- are fun, but not absolutely necessary. I tend to be more inspired by them -- you know, when a person projects out an inspiring intention and then follows that projection easily and effortlessly out into that possibility. I just love that! But it's not for everyone.

[marinik]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

if you really believe in the LOA, are you setting the kind of goals and intentions that do justice to yourself, and what you're truly capable of?

I really admire you ALG... but what happened to you? Why are you being so cynical?

People who come here are at the beginning of their journey. And their first steps are baby steps. So if it is a white feather GREAT, it is a start. And if syncs build their faith in themselves as creators, also great.

We are all so different, in different stages of our lives... why judge? Yes you are among the best here so why undermine the others if they are only beginners?

[Daffy Duck]

I think ALG is just encouraging people to not sell themselves short. He has spent a lot of time and effort to educate this forum about LoA and maybe it's a bit disheartening to see people use that knowledge to "manifest pennies."

[Arboretor]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

"My goal was to accomplish all these things in one single year (1) earn a million dollars (2) move to another country (3) find the love of my life, and get married, (4) get my dream job of working as a ______, and (5) live in a beautiful house by the sea ....

Oh, ALG, it's not that I don't have these goals (and a few even larger ones... you wouldn't believe...) It's just that part:

And it all worked out!"

which I cannot report at the moment

[themaster]

Originally Posted by WordKeeper

The Master - I encourage you to be more specific. For instance, how will you know when you have reached your goal of being yourself? Study/learn what. A goal has an end point - something achieved or accomplished.

Can you rewrite this list and give each item an endpoint?

Endpoint.. from the idea of time is a illusion.. there is no endpoint

I think it's like Angela said.. maybe the better word is "states", when I wrote the list I just used the question "what are my goals" as you can see I didn't really think of much of anything that needed physical doing..

Originally Posted by Angela

This OP, though, themaster -- I don't see what he's posted here as goals -- they're actually states. States you can have right here, right now, anytime you want, in far less time than it takes to "set a goal." It sounds to me like he's just making a commitment to himself to generate these states, and that sounds like a good idea to me!

Let's see if I were to right a list of physical action.. that list could go on and on.. not that I consider 1 thing on that list super important..

As for goddites post.. I didn't really catch him playing judgment much.. I think he down played it, so it read fine to me I know exactly what he's talking about..

[marinik]

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

I think ALG is just encouraging people to not sell themselves short. He has spent a lot of time and effort to educate this forum about LoA and maybe it's a bit disheartening to see people use that knowledge to "manifest pennies."

I agree but we "can't" all move mountains or even want to move mountains. Happiness and success are measured with different "sticks" for all of us. I have done all that other people crave and I wasn't happy. I have it all, the position, the money, house cars.... for me it can be something totally "of" the mainstream picture of what is not selling myself short. So my blue feather is THE thing for me today... Tomorrow who knows... I just want to be the best version of myself at any given time. So does everybody else. One step at a time.

[Daffy Duck]

Originally Posted by themaster

I think it's like Angela said.. maybe the better word is "states"

I think you figured that out ahead of time and put it at the end of your list. At the bottom, it says: "Situations don't matter, only state of being matters."

Originally Posted by marinik

I agree but we "can't" all move mountains or even want to move mountains.

I agree. Angela basically pointed this out as well.

ALG was pointing out what would inspire him. It doesn't mean any of us need to or should be doing those things. Personally, I have no desire to climb Everest.

[marinik]

I want to be the guru of life coaching on the Balkans. But it sounds so pretentious when I write it that I kept it to myself until now. So we are not all out there all the time. We are shy or cautious, or even do not want to jinks the dream in some way. So we keep it to ourselves!

My goal is to find enough love in myself and stop craving outside validation... I need to feel worthy enough without recognition of it from someone else.

This is my "white feather". For me it is huge. Much more than climbing any mountain.

[themaster]

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

I think you figured that out ahead of time and put it at the end of your list. At the bottom, it says: "Situations don't matter, only state of being matters."

Maybe so.. but I didn't really recognize it as "states of being" till Angela pointed it out..

So the new title of the thread "What are my states of being"

All I can say is that it was important to add the "situations" line cause I had to go through one of those experiences lately

It looks like before I wrote this list.. I wrote "What do I want?" and that has physical action stuff on it.. somewhat..

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

ALG was pointing out what would inspire him. It doesn't mean any of us need to or should be doing those things. Personally, I have no desire to climb Everest.

Yep, I understand what he means.. unfortunately I'd say most of us our still doing some baby steps.. and the things we manifest don't always quantify as the "big" he's looking for..

[marinik]

Originally Posted by themaster

Yep, I understand what he means.. unfortunately I'd say most of us our still doing some baby steps.. and the things we manifest don't always quantify as the "big" he's looking for..

Here here!!!

[cylon]

I have to agree more or less with ALG.

I'm afraid quite a few of us are victims of our own navel-gazing and overintellectualizing, and not holding each other accountable for results. Instead of the hours spent online idly chatting, imagine what could be done if we actively pursued our dreams and didn't settle for mediocrity.

No one should be satisfied with minor little synks, or seek them as ends in themselves. They are nothing. We are here to CREATE OUR WORLDS. Get busy doing that. Anything else is wasted time, and a wasted life.

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

I think I'll just about screeeeeam in despair.
[/I]

First, I'd like to say that I've been reading your older post about LoA and find them really useful.
But here you remind me of a friend of mine. He's a personal trainer and he wanted to help (for free) members on other forum to get into shape. So, 40 people contacted him, full of enthusiasm and willingness to learn, and he spent hours every day, for three weeks, writing their plans, checking their progress, explaining..and then people starting dropping out He was so disappointed, he could not for the life of him see why, there he was helping, explaining...they said they wanted to lose weight but wouldn't budge. I guess what I'm trying to say it's all in the head, some get there sooner...

But, according to LoA, aren't you responsible for your reality? So, how come you notice these posts about white feathers and pennies? Why did you attract them?

Yes, for now, I'm one of those in feather light category

[themaster]

Originally Posted by this is fun

But, according to LoA, aren't you responsible for your reality? So, how come you notice these posts about white feathers and pennies? Why did you attract them?

Technically you can't blame goddite, I'm responsible.. from this perspective, this writing.. he's getting what I'm allowing and what we all are..

Originally Posted by this is fun

they said they wanted to lose weight but wouldn't budge. I guess what I'm trying to say it's all in the head, some get there sooner...

There is a lot of this idea going around.. the point is 1 way isn't always the best way for everyone.. you don't need to take it as a failure if everyone can't keep up with us DEEP jumpers.. you think people like goddite or myself are deep you'd be wrong.. there are seriously much deeper into the rabbit whole "new agers" out there..

I think they moved beyond the idea of having to even converse about it.. or at least converse about it in lower depths.. which is what they would probaly label this..

Goddite might have gotten himself stuck in the idea of helping people.. or maybe not but that's for him to decide I leave him and you to do your own things

[TonyToneTone]

Good post themaster.

I've been thinking about ALG's response all-day. This post makes me want to set some really monumental goals.

[Bradshaw]

Originally Posted by themaster

I wrote out a list of goals today.. I was going to share them with someone.. but instead I'll share them with the forum.. (goddite says I don't personally share much.. but see goddite I'm sharing? )

- To be myself
- Integration
- Experimentation in new mindset
- Study/Learn
- Follow Excitement
- No Expectations
- Live in the "now"
- Change "EGO"
- No Judgments
- Situations don't matter, only state of being matters

Long term goals = none (this has changed as I always usually have some form of long term goals.. for example.. I was to build/buy a house that I have only been working on for 1-2 years..)

So feel free to comment, write out your own or not.. or suggest some

I've had nine intentions since March:

#1 to #7 are regular intentions. Health, increased power with LoA, dream recall, life skills, attracting opportunities, etc.

Intention #8 is to be the best lover in the world.
Intention #9 is to be the best writer in the world.

Curiously, these two intentions seem to be progressing faster than all my other intentions. Ah, you gotta love exaggerated intentions. They work so well.

Also, while i state them as "the best in the world", i really think more along the lines of being extremely skilled at both things, as being "the best" at something involves competition, and i prefer to stay away from competition. It's just words though. When i actually visualize i just visualize myself as being extremely skilled at both things.

I also like to tell myself when I'm at the gym that "I have insane, superhuman strength" when lifting weights. That's a lot of fun too.

[Daffy Duck]

Originally Posted by Bradshaw

Intention #8 is to be the best lover in the world.

I won't give up my title easily. Be prepared to fight.

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by themaster

Technically you can't blame goddite, I'm responsible.. from this perspective, this writing.. he's getting what I'm allowing and what we all are..

But he is the one who brought it up first, not you. You talked about your goals.

Originally Posted by themaster

the point is 1 way isn't always the best way for everyone.. you don't need to take it as a failure if everyone can't keep up with us DEEP jumpers..

Well, this is what I'm saying too.

Originally Posted by themaster

I think they moved beyond the idea of having to even converse about it.. or at least converse about it in lower depths..

Reading his previous posts, I was actually quite surprised to see how patiently and in detail,he would reply to a question that had been discussed for the hundredth time. And not just him, many others who are much better at the LoA,too.I'm sure after a while you don't feel like explaining the 'basics' anymore, and seeing how people are not using it to create something you and he know is possible.

Originally Posted by themaster

I leave him and you to do your own things

Good luck with your goals You gave me some ideas about my own goals.

[Wax Frog]

Just for the record, my current (and first serious) target is, while modest, a far cry from feathers and coins ...

[Bradshaw]

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

I won't give up my title easily. Be prepared to fight.

No competition! Competition bad! We can both have our intention fulfilled in each of our respective realities.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

I won't give up my title easily. Be prepared to fight.

I am prepared to be the judge. You're welcome.

[Diandra25]

oI Bradshaw!

Hmm i think that you two can be the best lovers in the world!!!...just for different people... it is advised to be that way too hihihih

i consider my bf the best,and i intend to be the only one thinking that,thank you very much hihihihi

concerning the rest of the discussion,i´ll give my 2 cents also:

i think your goals are great Master.

if when looking at them,picturing them coming true,you feel true happiness or fullfillment,why not???they are as good as anyone else´s goals.

and i share Marinik´s viewpoint:

- even being One,we still dream different things in our life..and Thank God for that!
For Bill a white or blue feather can mean the world to him,if he is in the beginning of the process,but to Peter,who is already practising years and years,he might now Be in the level of manifesting a million dollars or the love of his life.

Whatever the Goal is...it is perfect.Not less not bigger than what it should Be.Just Is.

For me,manifesting a real felt smile from my mother,is for example,a miracle.Ands yet....it SEEMS JUST A SMILE....but is it just that really???.....We must see from each one´s perspective and experiences....not judge even by a second...what other´s wishes are....

[Acting Like Godot]

I believe that my post is being misunderstood by some people here.

I fully appreciate that people will have different intentions. Eg some people may think that it is worthwhile and meaningful to do X, or Y or Z; while other people may not.

My simple challenge is for people to become focused on what is worthwhile and meaningful to them, personally.

If a blue feather is very worthwhile and meaningful to you, then by all means, go for it. Get a blue feather ... then your 2nd blue feather ... then your 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th ..... whatever. I think I would get bored by then, but hey, if you want more and still find it meaningful and worthwhile, go ahead ... manifest your 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th blue feather.

My sense, however, is that there are people who do not focus on what is worthwhile and meaningful to them. These are people who believe in the LOA, who have some experience with it, who already have a good idea of what it can potentially do for them ...... and yet they do not use it (in any consistent or regular way) to achieve, create or attract what is personally worthwhile and meaningful to themselves. All they have done is fall back into old patterns of unconscious living.

What is that phrase that Steve likes to use? Something about *slapping* people's faces to wake them up.

(Of course, there may also be many people who are actively using the LOA in a worthwhile and meaningful way, but just do not bother posting about it on these forums).

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

What is that phrase that Steve likes to use? Something about *slapping* people's faces to wake them up.

To paraphrase one Michael Brown, maybe it's better not to force the sleepers awake, as they need their rest Now, what to do with a half-sleeper like myself, hmm...

[Mister Change]

Originally Posted by themaster

So feel free to comment, write out your own or not.. or suggest some

Not a bad idea for my first post on this forum. Let me share some of my current goals:

- I run a small money management company that specializes in FX trading. My goal is to increase our client base each month, even during the months we're in drawdown.

- I also manage an internet marketing business, and would like to steadily increase traffic to all of my landing pages. I've been using the LOA to come up with fresh, creative ideas for tapping into challenging markets.

- I am in my first long-term relationship, and it has been about 1.5 years. I'd like to use the LOA to keep this relationship going for as long as we're both happy, by focusing on all the great moments we've shared together and keeping myself in a positive mindset. I sometimes fall into the trap of focusing on insignificant issues and letting them get to me.

- Staying in the present moment as often as possible, and observing the moments when I react strongly to any given situation.

- Keeping a regular journal about my spiritual development, including any dreams I can remember. I've experienced some very interesting manifestations, but I find that after some time my perspective changes and they're not as exciting as when they first happened. A journal should help me revisit the experience more accurately than relying on memory.

[MagicalRealist]

Okay, here's mine for 2009:

1) Buy the perfect house and move back to San Francisco by the end of the year (and things have started to line up for this to happen).

2) Sell my current house, plus another piece of property I own. Get good prices for both.

3) Clear my life of clutter, both in preparation for the move and so I can finally release old energy and thought patterns that keep new, better things from entering my life. If I don't love it, if it's replaceable, and if I'm not using it, out it goes. And while this might not, on the surface, seem like a LoA-relevant goal, it is. It's about learning to feel good about letting go of things because more is coming, and what is coming is more in alignment with where I am and where I want to be than the old stuff was.

4) With all the disruptions in my physical environment, and everything I have to do in order to move, it might not be the best year to make art. But there is a lot of prepatory work I can do so that once I am moved and settled into my new studio I can enjoy the new, productive phase I envision for 2010-2012. Remaining open to inspiration (and expanding that openness), and acting upon it by keeping sketchbooks and developing preliminary drawings are all things I can do even if painting isn't practical. This year, I'm building the springboard from which I will leap into the next phase of productivity.

5) Keep my cat, who has stage IV kidney disease, healthy and happy for as long as possible (so far, so good--our vet is astonished at how well he is doing).


My longer-term goals for 2010-2012 include:

6) Create a substantial, coherent body of creative work.

7) Get a dog--I've always wanted a German Shepherd, but I've always been afraid I wouldn't be able to handle a dog and its needs (especially a really smart dog like a GSD). I now know I can, so once I'm settled I'm going to meet the perfect adolescent/young adult dog who is in need of a home.

8) Meet other artists and oddballs who are on my wavelength, and develop new friendships. Re-establish old ones that have suffered due to geographic distance. Expand my social life. I've been a hermit for the last 15 years since I left San Francisco; I'm entering a period of expansion, and I want that to include my social life.

9) Meet the people who will be happy to do work of taking my art out into the world. There are prevailing ideas of what an artist must do to get gallery representation, and all of them seem to involve toil, heartbreak, financial hardship, and exploitation. I believe, however, that I can get exactly what I want and get it easily. I intend to have my first real gallery show in 2012.

10) Meet my perfect partner. I've already picked up on his signals and know he's out there looking for me--it's uncanny, all the strange little synchs and other psychic messages-in-bottles I keep getting. It's going to be interesting to see how we finally meet up in meatspace.


Putting these out there like this, I understand why so many people don't openly state their biggest goals, or why they might stick with vague, open-ended ones. Tell everyone your Big Goals, and someday they might come back and ask, "So, how'd those work out for you?" And if you've failed to see them manifested? That could be embarrassing. Or they might say, "Hmm--ambitious, aren't you?" in that supercilous way.

But the thing about the LoA is that if you're that afraid things won't manifest, and that it will be embarrasing when they don't--that's what you'll get.

And if other people's opinions, based on limited thinking, make you feel self-conscious or "unrealistic" or bring uncomfortable doubts to the surface, avoiding that by keeping your Big Goals to yourself doesn't really help. Other people don't crush your dreams; they just hold up mirrors so you can see the ways in which you will crush your own dreams unassisted.

[cylon]

My goal is to make it to SF as well. Took my first trip there just over a month ago and am obsessed with going back.
In my case, as a composer writing music all day.