To tell or not to tell others about your intention

[C33]

I was listening to a Tony Robbins tape the other day, and he was talking about 2 people at his seminars who manifested winning the lottery ( was it true? I don t know.) They started to tell everyone they met, that they had won the lottery, before it even happened.

I need enlightenment about this. ( and many other things...)

O.K, so my most cherished goal is not impossible, but it is quite challenging, because it means starting out an artistic career late in life. (No, it doesn t involve acrobatics, I am not vying for a position at Cirque du Soleil...)

This is something that can be done, but seems completely unrealistic to most people.

What is helpful?

Excitedly tell everyone I come accross that I am getting into this exciting new career, voice out my intention , share it with others, like the lottery winners.
Does feeling silly and being scared doing this, mean that I don t have the confidence? Is it a lack of belief? Or will I gain confidence by actually stating my intention?

Not tell a soul, just in case other people input their negative energy, thinking: "she'll never make it!" or telling me things I do not want to hear because they reinforce my self-doubt?

My friends are not supportive of my artistic endeavours in general,time,they show indifference and do not validate my experience in that field.It brings me down and stalls my energy,causing me to doubt that my goal is realistic,if even I can t make my favorite people on earth midly interested in it.

On the other hand, if I am able to find a place where I am so excited and absolutely sure about the future manifestation of my goal, telling others would be a kind of pep talk and make it out of my mind into the real world.

I am confused.

[TheColonel]

There are 2 schools of thought on this, and I think it comes down to what works for you.

I believe that if you tell someone something, and it makes you feel nervous, uneasy or anxious, you have just created resistance to the goal.

This has happened with me, and I never tell anyone my specific intentions anymore. I might say "I'm in the process of getting into politics, and I'm focusing on X, Y and Z." But I never say "I am now a US Senator" when it obviously isn't so.

I think that going around telling people you won the lottery is a huge mistake...even if you actually did win it.

[Andrew Brunelle]

I am now working as an artistic "whatever" and I am loving every minute of it. If you can't create some part of what it is you want right now, then it will have trouble manifesting. So, you don't have to go around telling people about it, just know that it will happen. You can tell people about what you are getting into, but don't tell them you've already achieved your goal because they might want to see proof

[Athena]

Balance it out.

Depending on the goal, and the timing:

• Keep some goals to yourself/share with God,
  
• Share some goals with people close to you, who are positive and supportive,
  and as you get closer to achieving your goal,
• Expand the circle of people with which you share it, to acquainances and strangers.

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I would not recommend sharing all your goals with everyone right away, because often you need some time with your own thoughts and planning and intentions, to feel out what path to take.

When you are ready to share and feel internally more certain of achieving it- I also notice the following effect- when I initate certain goals, or get closer to achieving goals, often having the support and expectation of people around me acts as a kind of energizer which multiplies the intention energy for that goal or event- as those people are also sending out their expectation and intention to the universe.


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Also btw, it is possible that those lottery winners 'knew' on some level that they were going to win, so felt compelled to share that with others.

[Acting Like Godot]

Hi C33

Yes, I have faced the same kind of issues as you are facing.

I talk freely to my wife about all my goals; but obviously because I trust her and she actually takes me seriously when I say, "I'm gonna do ____, have ___, be ______, earn _____, learn to _______, succeed in ______, achieve _____, all by the end of this year."

There is no one else I would talk freely about my goals, except for some people on the Internet. Strangely, the distance between people on the Internet creates the security for people to share things which they wouldn't with real people in the real world.

For instance, as "C33", you could write about your artistic goals and share them with artists on the Internet. They would be interested and supportive, although you may never come to know them by any name other than their Internet ID. They won't know you as anything other than "C33" either, so you're "safe".

[C33]

POSITIVE outcome of today: Learned the multi-quote feature on this forum!


[QUOTE=TheColonel;35691]I believe that if you tell someone something, and it makes you feel nervous, uneasy or anxious, you have just created resistance to the goal.

This has happened with me, and I never tell anyone my specific intentions anymore. I might say "I'm in the process of getting into politics, and I'm focusing on X, Y and Z." But I never say "I am now a US Senator" when it obviously isn't so.

[QUOTE]

Yes, I agree Senator! Thank you for your advice.

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

I am now working as an artistic "whatever" and I am loving every minute of it.

I love the term artistic "whatever"! Will use it when someone asks me: What do you do in life? Thank you, this is great inspiration to know someone is enjoying this path.

Originally Posted by Athena

Balance it out.

I would not recommend sharing all your goals with everyone right away, because often you need some time with your own thoughts and planning and intentions, to feel out what path to take.

Thank you Athena.This is the stage I am at, right now: planning my intentions.

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Hi C33

For instance, as "C33", you could write about your artistic goals and share them with artists on the Internet. They would be interested and supportive, although you may never come to know them by any name other than their Internet ID. They won't know you as anything other than "C33" either, so you're "safe".

Thank you Godot! But my name is really C33 so what to do? Joke aside, your advice makes sense and I have found a few sites that seem interesting and where I will be able to find information and support without disclosing my identity

I knew this was the right place to ask!

Good luck on all of your goals and 100% positive good vibes for you!

[Somaya]

Hi CC,

3 years ago I was in the same situation as you, I decided to go into a performing career.Some people weren't suportive, but what I understood is that rather than expressing some expert opinion regarding my talent or potential they were only expressing their own limited view of their own potential.

I decided to create a congruent environment for myself, an environment that will support me in manisfesting my vision. In the same way you would clear you cupboards of junk food if you're going on a healthy diet; I cleaned up my environment and dumped everyTom, Dick and Harry who didn't support my vision..simple. and to reply to your question, here is a quote from W Dyers's book Manifest your destiny: 'what you want to attract is a private matter between you and God and discussing it others will dissipate the energy in the directions of Ego and the opinions of other'.

All the best,
S

[C33]

This is what I needed to read!

You truly put in words something I was afraid to do: clearing up my cupboards of Dick, Jane with the last name of "You'll never make it..."

[Mayo]

I also get into foolishness of telling to my close ones my intentions, and i had learned that you have to make those intentions REAL to be able to tell them to someone else. It is good to talk about intentions, but when you start talking seriously about some fringe topics people tend to get worried about you! (^_^)

[trekr5]

I just posted my goals for the year 2007 today.

I did it here because I consider this forum filled with positive people who are all on the path of personal development. Not only that but my declaration acts as something put down in black and white so it is more impetus to me to make it happen as I have shared it with the world

But then again, each to their own

[MindReality]

Hi, the answer to your question about whether you should reveal your intentions or keep it to yourself can be found here:

Silent reserved Power is most Potent » Secrets of Mind and Reality

It will benefit you to keep your plans for a better life to yourself while you are growing into you position. There will be plenty of time to talk about your success once it has actually taken place. The time to tell them about your goals is after you have achieved your goals. It is not worth risking the chance of some miserable individual trying to discourage you from doing something you feel in your heart. If you keep your goals and intention statements to yourself, people are less likely to try to stop or advise you. Only reveal your intentions and goals to people who need to know or can help you realize your goals more quickly.

Share your intentions with only those who you know will be supportive and encouraging. Share your mind only with people who are worthy.

[JPX]

I agree with MindReality. Sometimes it is dangerous to share your intentions with the people you know (and love). I have been writing a personal blog -- sort of a diary -- since 2002.

That is the place where I vent about a lot of things in my life, and where I write about my plans to conquer the world. I never told anybody about it, and I was perfectly happy with the feedback I received from complete strangers who found it randomly on the Internet.

But in 2005 while on a business trip I loaned my laptop to a co-worker so she could check her email. Snooping around I guess, she found the blog on My Favorites or somewhere on my computer. She immediatley forwarded a link to many other people who know me, and before I knew it, co-workers, friends, and family members were the ones leaving comments on my blog.

That turned out to be a bad thing because now people ask me all the time about something that I wrote 2 or 3 years ago. About this or that person, or about a plan that never came to fruition. It makes people who don't understand very skeptical, and in the process it can affect the way you view your own intentions.

That also damaged the integrity of my blog, because now I am very conscious of what I write on there, wondering who might read it and what they might think, so the purity of the blog has dissapeared. It is no longer what I really feel, but more like what I want other people to think I'm feeling.

I'm not sure if that's clear, but my point is, I think it's better to keep your intentions to yourself, or share them online with people who don't really know you. When you succeed like only YOU know you can, then people will automatically be drawn to you in more positive manner.

Just my .02 cents.

[C33]

PBX,

I am so sorry that people broke your trust and invaded your privacy.

Through this example, I can understand that it is not the wisest thing to publicly boast about achievements that are not in the present, in order to manifest them in the future.