Scared to have specific or large intentions

[mikethedrummer44]

Hey guys, I guess I'm still a beginner with manifesting. I know it works, there's been a lot of 'coincidences' that are just too random to be created by pure chance. I'm good having vague intentions manifest, things that have no time limit. Such as a free meal, or meeting a specific person. I intend these things, and usually within a week or so, they occur. This proves to me that IM does work.. however, I'm nervous to take the next step.

I'm always afraid to manifest something huge by a certain date. Say I want $5000 by the end of the month. I'm worried that if I focus on this intention all month, then $5000 doesn't come, that I'll start to feel doubts about IM. It's pretty stupid really... how can I get over this block? Should I start smaller?

[cylon]

One thing that I have learned about LOA, is that everyone has their own unique methods to use.

It is a very common goal-setting technique, to set out a specific date for something you wish to accomplish. Usually this is done to make you commit to taking enough action to accomplish the goal by the date.

I don't think this translates to LOA so well, but it CAN, if you want it to. Setting time limits, can keep the manifestation in your mind and keep you focused on it.

But it can also make you feel uncomfortable, like you are racing against the clock, and if you're feeling weird about it, it's probably not going to help you too much.

The reason you are feeling nervous about the date is that you don't believe it will happen by then. Totally understandable.

I would just remind myself of the fundamentals: it's not the words you use, but the way you feel when you are thinking about your life. If you are feeling good, and abundant and prosperous, you could actually get what you want even FASTER than if you had set a deadline, simply because you were in that state of allowing.

So whatever method you choose to use, just keep in mind it's not about the dates or the figures or the words in the intention. It's about how you feel in the moment, day after day. That's what gets the ball rolling.

You have to maintain those good feeling vibes, day after day. Even if you aren't thinking about a specific intention. That's how you add weight and strength and real pull to the type of happy life you continually focus on.

[themaster]

Well, let me put it this way.. I know that you think $5000 is big.. but what if to the universe there is no difference in manifesting a quarter and $5000..

What if to the universe it's all the same thing?

So that brings me to my point.. You are making a distinction as all humans do from the ego that there is a DIFFERENCE between a quarter and $5000.. that there is a difference between manifesting a shirt and a 20 story steel structure

The idea is if you can drop the DIFFERENCE.. it can come all the easier..

But let's say you can't.. let's say you have to work at it.. could you pretend that your Donald Trump and that $5000 is just a drop of the hat to you?

Yes that could work..

Could you build up manifestation to belief powers?

Yes that could work.. looks like you've already been doing that..

Here is one more clue.. my teacher states that the imagination is where we communicate with our inner self.. it is a effect partially a cell phone to higher mind..

Can you not hop in your imagination and explore ideas and go with what get's you excited.. go against that well ingrained human conundrum.. that you try and you will fail.. go into that idea of making that $5000 but assume FAILURE and come out with success

Ultimately.. what are you afraid off?

It sounds like you're afraid of that all too common reality beliefs get in the way and dash that dream.. I say push on.. expect failure and when you fail keep on pushing on anyway.. All abundance comes from you.. whether it's that free meal, $5000, or a 20 story glass and steel building.. it was all created from you, for you.. and even by you (I meant in the physical aspect with that one )

[annie]

Originally Posted by cylon

One thing that I have learned about LOA, is that everyone has their own unique methods to use.

It is a very common goal-setting technique, to set out a specific date for something you wish to accomplish. Usually this is done to make you commit to taking enough action to accomplish the goal by the date.

I don't think this translates to LOA so well, but it CAN, if you want it to. Setting time limits, can keep the manifestation in your mind and keep you focused on it.

This describes well how I've used LOA in my life. And I understand that most people would say that this isn't LOA...but I disagree.

I use The Power of Clear Intention to get me to take ACTION. And sometimes that action shows up very uniquely.

Here's the story of a client that came to my workshop in May. Her husband was a builder of multi-million dollar homes and the economy had crashed and he had no work whatsoever. But they were used to living the High Life. Their mortgage alone was close to $6,000. She told me for them to dodge foreclosure they would need to make $15,000 per month. They were currently making $1500 (she was working 3X a week as a dental hygenist) just to put food on the table.

So she comes to my class and says, I need to manifest $15,000 a month!!

Now as part of my process, she would have normally come up with a detailed action plan stemming from an idea of how she would generate that kind of income. But she was completely BLANK and had no ideas whatsoever. (obviously, or she would have already done it!)

So we came up with a very short paragraph...I can't think of it all, but this is the essense of it:

"My next opportunity is just around the corner. By networking with friends & family and keeping my eyes and ears open, I have attracted the perfect opportunity. And when that opportunity shows up, I KNOW IT INSTANTLY! My whole body reacts and I know THIS IS IT and I act upon it immediately. My mind is open to new ideas. Opportunities present themselves frequently, but when my million dollar opportunity shows up, I know, then ACT! By August of 2009 I make $15,000 a month".

I will admit when she told me of her situation I was nervous. I had never had a client that NEEDED it to work so desperately. She and her 5 kids and husband would be out on the street in 3 months if it didn't. (Luckily, I was able to surpress my own doubt within a few seconds...remembering that I had seen "miracles")

She recorded this along with the rest of her LifeVision (with the Baroque music) and listened to it. She texted me the next month (June) to let me know that she had found the opportunity and then called me in August to tell me that on August 31, she had made just short of $18,000 that month. Someones going to ask....She made it as a founding member of NuCerity, a new MLM company.

So this is my prime example of how LOA REALLY works. She put it out there, she believed, but she also took massive amount of action.

Maybe I'll get booed off the board, but I understand your hesitation. Find a concrete way to attract it. If you have a plan for manifesting $5,000 go with it. If you don't....then attract it. But my caution is that you can't just put it out there that you'll manifest $5,000 and think it's going to show up in your mailbox or someone is going to hand it to you. It could happen, but not month after month after month.

So that's my 2 cents!

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by mikethedrummer44

I'm always afraid to manifest something huge by a certain date. Say I want $5000 by the end of the month. I'm worried that if I focus on this intention all month, then $5000 doesn't come, that I'll start to feel doubts about IM. It's pretty stupid really... how can I get over this block?

You can start by being very logical.

Either IM is true, or it is false.

Whether it is true or it is false, you will have goals to achieve. Therefore continue to take sensible action towards your goals.

In addition - if you knew for certain that IM is true, you would spend a little time also visualising & meditating on your goals.

And if you knew for certain that IM is false, then you would not do any such things.

Since you do not know whether IM is true or false, the logical thing to do is spend a little time visualising & meditating on your goals.

Because .... even if it is false, the only thing you stand to lose is a little time.

Which you can probably afford.

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Your fundamental fear is one of failure. The reason why you do not wish to use IM/LOA on a big goal is essentially the same reason why a person might, in the first place, hesitate to set a big goal at all.

Such reasoning is actually logical, if the pursuit of the big goal requires the investment of considerable resources (eg money, effort, time, opportunity costs).

But the reasoning is illogical, if the pursuit requires minimal investment of resources (eg 20 minutes of visualisation per day is much less than the time many people spend watching useless TV programmes per day).

To put it in simple terms -

What have you got to lose? Very little, and the extent of loss is very controllable by yourself.

What have you got to gain? Potentially a lot.

[jacare]

I am of the mindset that you must use all the spiritual things, LOA, IM, and the rest. But you also must have a practical means of accumulating money. In the back of my mind, I think this is only the first stage of enlightenment. I do believe there may be a more advanced stage where you can actually manifest with your mind. I've had too many serendipitous telephone calls and contacts, people showing up on cue, etc., after thinking of something to totally discount another level of communication, or "woo woo" type stuff, some might say.

Actually, I am not quite in the situation of Annie's builder client, but I also need to manifest a large amount of money each month, similar to the builder. So far, I have done so for many years, and there have been a few miracles along the way.

This time I would like to manifest several million dollars. I am working on clearing to achieve this. There is a big enough market for my products, as I sell into 70 countries, and have potentially 100's of thousands of customers in each country. I'm at the point where I need to package the company in a way to set it up for that kind of growth. It's been selected as a to 30 innovative company in my State, and I'm speaking at a competition in a couple of days for the top honor. I have several offers on the table for a good deal of venture capital, but cannot decide of that is the route to take.

Now I wonder why I have not already achieved my goal? What has held me back? Will coaching help get me to the next level? Why do I still struggle?

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by jacare

Now I wonder why I have not already achieved my goal? What has held me back? Will coaching help get me to the next level? Why do I still struggle?

Just put a little more thought into it.

[annie]

JACARE

You may not have achieved your goal YET, but as you said yourself (in so many words)...There is work to be done. Systems, marketing, packaging etc.

It sounds like it's all coming together. Don't discount all that is conspiring to make your dreams come true. It's in the works!

So I have a similar dream.... I have a very cool system (LifeVision) that people love, but that alone wasn't making me any money. So last year I hired my own business coach that is helping me with all the SYSTEMS I need to turn my dream into REALITY.

That's what held me back. Not knowing what to do next...hence the coach. And she not only helps me with all that hands on stuff, but she's a great mind-set coach as well. Keeping me UP when things are sometimes like a roller coaster.

Maybe no other LOA gurus will admit it....but even we go through the up and down cycles. We have our doubts sometimes, but for me (on occasion) they come in the form of "Am I good enough?" "Do I have what it takes to be super successful?" (Taking me back to some deep-seated beliefs that I needed to shift!)

So my recommendation. Get a good business coach, and/or an accountability coach and/or a friend/mentor that totally believes in you. It sounds like you have what you need for the business....now just build your support team!!

[Strem2]

Originally Posted by mikethedrummer44

Hey guys, I guess I'm still a beginner with manifesting. I know it works, there's been a lot of 'coincidences' that are just too random to be created by pure chance.....
I'm always afraid to manifest something huge by a certain date. Say I want $5000 by the end of the month. I'm worried that if I focus on this intention all month, then $5000 doesn't come, that I'll start to feel doubts about IM. It's pretty stupid really... how can I get over this block? Should I start smaller?

The Hicks say that the big manifestation is in escrow for when you are a vibrational match. I have often wondered why some say that LOA is instantaneous, and sometimes it takes quite a while. This explained if for me.

What keeps you from being a vibrational match? Blocks.

[mikethedrummer44]

Wow. I thought this thread was going to die fairly quickly, then I come back in a few weeks and it's still here. Tons of great information guys, thanks. You've helped me a lot. I've been getting close to panicking lately because I'm in college, and would like to continue. I need a couple hundred more bucks to pay for next semester, and I DO NOT want a job. Hopefully I'll be able to use your guy's suggestions and generate some income. I especially like Annie's example where her client intended to KNOW when the million dollar idea hit her. I'll try something like this. Thanks again!

On a side note, what techniques do you guys do? Meditation? Visualizing? Or something more solid, like keeping a journal? Just today I started writing down my intentions multiple times. I'm hoping this will produce some good results!

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by annie

Maybe no other LOA gurus will admit it....but even we go through the up and down cycles.

Pssst, Annie. Here's the secret. Sounds wacky, I read it in occult books and am going to explore the idea further.

The up and down cycles coincide with the phases of the moon.

[annie]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Pssst, Annie. Here's the secret. Sounds wacky, I read it in occult books and am going to explore the idea further.

The up and down cycles coincide with the phases of the moon.

I heard the same thing. One of my friends told me that I'd be a basket case until the end of the month.....But she told me to blame it on Mercury

[Indy107]

Originally Posted by mikethedrummer44

On a side note, what techniques do you guys do? Meditation? Visualizing? Or something more solid, like keeping a journal? Just today I started writing down my intentions multiple times. I'm hoping this will produce some good results!

All are good techniques to try. Journal which ones work best or quickest for you.

As far as writing down your intentions, I just wanted to remind you of another person who did this. He would write down 15 times in a row, that he would be a "famous, syndicated, artist". When that actually happened, he changed it to, "the most successful comic artist in the world".

In June 1996 The Dilbert Principle hit the number one slot on the Hardcover Non - Fiction list of the New York Times. It stayed in the top three all summer and by November, Scott Adams had the top two slots when Dogberts Top Secret Management Handbook was a sell out success.

By most peoples definition, he was at least for a short period “the most successful comic artist in the world”.

[annie]

Originally Posted by annie

Here's the story of a client that came to my workshop in May. Her husband was a builder of multi-million dollar homes and the economy had crashed and he had no work whatsoever. But they were used to living the High Life. Their mortgage alone was close to $6,000. She told me for them to dodge foreclosure they would need to make $15,000 per month. They were currently making $1500 (she was working 3X a week as a dental hygenist) just to put food on the table.

So she comes to my class and says, I need to manifest $15,000 a month!!

Now as part of my process, she would have normally come up with a detailed action plan stemming from an idea of how she would generate that kind of income. But she was completely BLANK and had no ideas whatsoever. (obviously, or she would have already done it!)

So we came up with a very short paragraph...I can't think of it all, but this is the essense of it:

"My next opportunity is just around the corner. By networking with friends & family and keeping my eyes and ears open, I have attracted the perfect opportunity. And when that opportunity shows up, I KNOW IT INSTANTLY! My whole body reacts and I know THIS IS IT and I act upon it immediately. My mind is open to new ideas. Opportunities present themselves frequently, but when my million dollar opportunity shows up, I know, then ACT! By August of 2009 I make $15,000 a month".

I will admit when she told me of her situation I was nervous. I had never had a client that NEEDED it to work so desperately. She and her 5 kids and husband would be out on the street in 3 months if it didn't. (Luckily, I was able to surpress my own doubt within a few seconds...remembering that I had seen "miracles")

She recorded this along with the rest of her LifeVision (with the Baroque music) and listened to it. She texted me the next month (June) to let me know that she had found the opportunity and then called me in August to tell me that on August 31, she had made just short of $18,000 that month. Someones going to ask....She made it as a founding member of NuCerity, a new MLM company.

So this is my prime example of how LOA REALLY works. She put it out there, she believed, but she also took massive amount of action.

So I had lunch with her yesterday and got a video testimonial. It's the featured blog article on my website (link below).

I consider going from $1500 - $15,000 an amazing manifestation!