How do YOU order?

[On A Lark]

LOVE Steve's recent blog on ordering and the thread here on what others have ordered. My question for you: When you want something, what's your process for ordering?

I've done vision boards with collages of all the things I want (and they've all come to fruition). I've also done a personal altar and had images or written words of things I want, and they've come true as well.

I've got a very specific, and to my finite mind, HUGE request that I have ordered, and I feel I want to give it some extra weight...so looking for suggestions from all you wonderful creators out there as to how you make an order "special".

[rei]

how about a nature ritual?

find a beautiful spot (your idea of beautiful, meaning, a place that speaks to you), bring some natural substance like tobacco (this was a traditional offering, and nature will consider it an offering even if you don't use it yourself) or corn, or some small token of appreciation (natural is probably better for the circumstances, but the gesture is what matters here).

give thanks to nature for housing you here, and for providing so many resources, and then proceed with the intention. then offer thanks again, and leave the offering as you go (since leaving it is part of the ritual, that's one reason i think a natural offering is probably better, something that won't knock the environment off balance as it sits there).

i sometimes do a little dance to build up energy before expressing an intention. it's an attitude of gratitude thing, to fun music, and it also sort of highlights the sacredness of working with cosmic laws in a conscious way.

if you prefer a more linear or left-brained way to make it "special" i may not have as many ideas. but if neither of these work for you, let me know if you like, because i do enjoy brainstorming

[On A Lark]

Nice, Rei, I like it! This weekend is full moon also which for me is a time of release and that actually works with what I'm manifesting so I think the timing is perfect for an outdoor ceremony.

[moonrambler]

I have a serious question if we're going to work with Steve's analogy about ordering at a restaurant. Why do we need all this methodology -- alpha meditation, affirmations, vision boards, visualizing, and so on? Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

[Lamusa]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

I have a serious question if we're going to work with Steve's analogy about ordering at a restaurant. Why do we need all this methodology -- alpha meditation, affirmations, vision boards, visualizing, and so on? Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

Good question. These strengthen the ask, especially if you have doubt but in a more perfect application we'd just order and let go. Or maybe those methods are the looking forward part.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

I have a serious question if we're going to work with Steve's analogy about ordering at a restaurant. Why do we need all this methodology -- alpha meditation, affirmations, vision boards, visualizing, and so on? Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

I think that folks should let their actual experience be their guide.

Go try out the different methods; experiment with a couple of variations, different intentions etc. Whatever works for you, works for you. And whatever doesn't, doesn't.

[aabbcc]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

Honestly, that's all I do. Works fine for me.

[Lamusa]

Originally Posted by On A Lark

LOVE Steve's recent blog on ordering and the thread here on what others have ordered. My question for you: When you want something, what's your process for ordering?

I've done vision boards with collages of all the things I want (and they've all come to fruition). I've also done a personal altar and had images or written words of things I want, and they've come true as well.

I've got a very specific, and to my finite mind, HUGE request that I have ordered, and I feel I want to give it some extra weight...so looking for suggestions from all you wonderful creators out there as to how you make an order "special".

I usually script about it. Meaning, I write out my ideal vision of it in as much detail as possible and read everyday. It's important that I read it everyday though.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

That's what I do -- but I like to put my requests in writing. For some reason, it just feels good, and I tend to get something delicious that way.

[rei]

On a Lark, glad you like it! and glad it will work well with what you have in the works

Originally Posted by moonrambler

I have a serious question if we're going to work with Steve's analogy about ordering at a restaurant. Why do we need all this methodology -- alpha meditation, affirmations, vision boards, visualizing, and so on? Why don't we just put in our request and say thank you and then look forward to the food arriving?

we don't need all the methodology. it is a choice. ritual speaks to the mind in a powerful way, you could research the studies that support this. ritual is timeless, archetypal, and it gets you in a state to receive blessings more easily.

it gets you less in your head (doubt, rationalizing, etc.) and more in your heart (abundance, gratitude, etc.).

but it is a choice, there is no need here. it can make it more effective, but it's not required. whatever works for you, is what works for you.

i usually don't add any extra pizazz to my intentions, it really depends on how i'm feeling about it, and i go with what feels right. sometimes that's just 'i intend' and sometimes it's a fun little dance. sometimes it's just fun to do a little dance!

[Weena]

Visual support seems to work well for me . And obviously, gratitude. Sometimes though it could just be as simple as a thought or a prayer. I'm specific for some things and non-specific for others.

For example once i thought that as i am bilingual, i could look for a job where it'd come handy. I had a look on the net but did not find anything in this city. Not to worry, just thought it would be nice.
Not too long after that, my husband had a non-english speaking client who was there with an interpreter. My husband mentioned i was bilingual, and it turns out the interpreter was the owner of the intrepreting company, he got all excited to hear i spoke French and gave my husband his card asking me to call him...and the day after i was a freelance interpreter for that company.
For the house I'm in the process of buying, I was very precise in my order. When the right one came on the market, i printed the photo and stuck it on my fridge with a note saying it was our new house and thank you .

[marinik]

Reading this thread has been one of the AHA moments on these Forums for me and I want to thank you all. I have just realized one of my biggest obstacles in form of a belief. I believed until a few minutes ago I needed to meditate deeply, to practice day in day out, although it was something that didn't make me feel so much better at anything - in order to get the "really big stuff". And all the time the things I would just say out loud of write down with passion and strong will would appear very soon. So now I am just strongly voicing to the Universe what I want and writing it down so the "waiter" gets my order just the way I wanted it to the last little detail!

Thanks

[Wax Frog]

Please tell me your waiter has tentacles

[On A Lark]

I know for myself that I like some kind of ritual because it feeds my ego which always has to make things more complicated..it HAS to be work or I won't "deserve" it!

That's really all there is to it for me, things come whether you do any kind of ritual or not...but I really love the feeling it gives me, like I'm connected to larger cycles/patterns in the Universe and it just feels good. I follow a loosely Native American based spiritual philosophy so that's part of it for me too, honoring the "old ways", etc.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

I think that folks should let their actual experience be their guide.

Go try out the different methods; experiment with a couple of variations, different intentions etc. Whatever works for you, works for you. And whatever doesn't, doesn't.

Oh, I understand that. There's plenty of discussion on the forum about the How. I was just thinking if we're going to work with the idea Steve presented about ordering, we might want to try doing it just like we would in a restaurant.

The only thing I can see is we might need to actually go somewhere, either in our minds (alpha meditation) or out in nature, as rei mentioned, or anywhere that symbolizes the restaurant. Putting the request in writing as Angela mentioned could fit as well, since it saves a step for the wait staff!

Originally Posted by marinik

I believed until a few minutes ago I needed to meditate deeply, to practice day in day out, although it was something that didn't make me feel so much better at anything - in order to get the "really big stuff". And all the time the things I would just say out loud of write down with passion and strong will would appear very soon.

This is what I've been wondering about. I've done the practice of writing affirmations for years and years, but have noticed that sometimes just writing in my journal, "I wish that . . . . " or saying in conversation, "Here's what I'd like to happen . . ." just as a thought, correlates with that event actually materializing soon after. I have to admit I'm not so sure writing affirmations has ever been effective for me, except maybe for the first year or so. When I looked at the ones I was writing over the past few years, very few of them have actually taken place! And I really believed in that method.

Originally Posted by On A Lark

I know for myself that I like some kind of ritual because it feeds my ego which always has to make things more complicated..it HAS to be work or I won't "deserve" it!

That's really all there is to it for me, things come whether you do any kind of ritual or not...but I really love the feeling it gives me, like I'm connected to larger cycles/patterns in the Universe and it just feels good.

I found your comment here interesting because you sound so dismissive of your preferred method at first: "it feeds my ego which always has to make things more complicated" "it HAS to be work" -- which makes it all sound very unpleasant. Then you do a 180 in your next paragraph and make it sound wonderful. You "love the feeling and it just feels good." I really don't think it's about ego or complicating things or how it has to be work. I hope you weren't saying that to justify your method to me or anyone else. If we're using the symbolism of the restaurant, maybe it's a little work to get there . . . we might have to drive or walk there, and maybe it's cold out or raining or whatever . . . there might even be a half-hour wait to get a table. . . but we know it will be an enjoyable experience all in all.

[JeremyNoelJohnson]

This is a great question. How do you order?

Here's what I've already done:

Deciding that you want to order. I know I want more than my day job. I have a great family and wife, no complaints there.

Here's what I am working on:

What do you want to order? For me, publishing my first book and continued growth on my websites. A steady increase in visitors and interaction every month. The realization from others that I am providing value.

How will I pay for the order? I think this is a crucial step and one that gets overlooked. You don't get food for free generally. So how do you pay for it? For me, this is increasing my skills as a writer, working my rear end off to learn and add value, and fully accepting the responsibilities that come with success. This means I will travel, respond to questions, and fully take the time to accept what I get back and digest it.

What if I don't like what I ordered? I honestly believe if I haven't spent at least a year of blood, sweat, and tears paying for my order, there is no way to answer this. A year is just a ball park figure. Some length of extended effort.

Just a few of my thoughts, I hope they help.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

Putting the request in writing as Angela mentioned could fit as well, since it saves a step for the wait staff!

Yes, my favorite place to order from is ROOM SERVICE! I like to just write down what I expect to show up and when, and hang it out on the doorknob so that the delightful staff will bring it to me with a smile.

This is what I've been wondering about. I've done the practice of writing affirmations for years and years, but have noticed that sometimes just writing in my journal, "I wish that . . . . " or saying in conversation, "Here's what I'd like to happen . . ." just as a thought, correlates with that event actually materializing soon after. I have to admit I'm not so sure writing affirmations has ever been effective for me, except maybe for the first year or so. When I looked at the ones I was writing over the past few years, very few of them have actually taken place! And I really believed in that method.

Moonrambler, wishes, speculations, and affirmations are not intentions. A lot of people believe in wishes, speculations, and affirmations, but they've never really worked well for me, either. Although sometimes the "Wouldn't it be nice if..."'s have turned out well -- just not terribly reliably.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by Angela

Moonrambler, wishes, speculations, and affirmations are not intentions. A lot of people believe in wishes, speculations, and affirmations, but they've never really worked well for me, either. Although sometimes the "Wouldn't it be nice if..."'s have turned out well -- just not terribly reliably.

I probably didn't write that up very well, but my point was that my affirmations really were intentions, definitive intentions, but writing affirmations hasn't worked very well. On the other hand, the wishes and speculations have shown a remarkable capacity to materialize, even though I wasn't doing anything specifically designed to get them to do so, they were just sort of "wishful thinking," unlike with the affirmations. I am not sure why that would be the case.

I've told the story here a few times about getting a new cat, which was last April. What was so striking about that is I wasn't ready to "intend" for a new cat, but I just described my ideal cat over dinner one day to Bob, and a week later *poof* one of the vet techs called and asked me if I wanted this exact cat I had described. (Interesting -- I just realized I was in a restaurant when I placed the order )

Here's something that happened just recently that really weirded me out. I went looking for a discussion I had been involved in here about a year and a half ago. In this discussion, it turns out I mentioned a certain amount of money I wanted to be making a month. It wasn't even an authentic figure, just a number I had tossed out, and it wasn't very big. I had completely forgotten all about that, and had been searching for that discussion for a different reason.

What was very weird is right around the time I was searching for this conversation a few weeks ago, I was very frustrated because I had gotten "stuck" at a level of income and could not figure out why. Of course the amount I was stuck at was the amount I had specified in that discussion 1-1/2 years ago. It was bizarre. And I remember iampaul99 saying that exact same thing happened to him once, that he couldn't figure out why he was "stuck" and then he ran across an old journal or something where he had specified that amount of income. Except for him it actually was a deliberate intention. For me, it was just discussion.

So after I found that, I sent myself an e-mail with a much larger amount specified I hadn't thought about 'placing a request,' (I feel more comfortable with 'request') I just wanted to get a larger desired amount out into the ether. Maybe it's like placing an order with eBay or Amazon as compared with your Room Service And I get so excited and pleased when my online order arrives. When the UPS truck showed up and I knew it was my new laptop, I went outside and jumped up and down in the driveway. The UPS driver looked at me like I was wack

[rei]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

I probably didn't write that up very well, but my point was that my affirmations really were intentions, definitive intentions, but writing affirmations hasn't worked very well. On the other hand, the wishes and speculations have shown a remarkable capacity to materialize, even though I wasn't doing anything specifically designed to get them to do so, they were just sort of "wishful thinking," unlike with the affirmations. I am not sure why that would be the case.

I've told the story here a few times about getting a new cat, which was last April. What was so striking about that is I wasn't ready to "intend" for a new cat, but I just described my ideal cat over dinner one day to Bob, and a week later *poof* one of the vet techs called and asked me if I wanted this exact cat I had described. (Interesting -- I just realized I was in a restaurant when I placed the order )

Here's something that happened just recently that really weirded me out. I went looking for a discussion I had been involved in here about a year and a half ago. In this discussion, it turns out I mentioned a certain amount of money I wanted to be making a month. It wasn't even an authentic figure, just a number I had tossed out, and it wasn't very big. I had completely forgotten all about that, and had been searching for that discussion for a different reason.

What was very weird is right around the time I was searching for this conversation a few weeks ago, I was very frustrated because I had gotten "stuck" at a level of income and could not figure out why. Of course the amount I was stuck at was the amount I had specified in that discussion 1-1/2 years ago. It was bizarre. And I remember iampaul99 saying that exact same thing happened to him once, that he couldn't figure out why he was "stuck" and then he ran across an old journal or something where he had specified that amount of income. Except for him it actually was a deliberate intention. For me, it was just discussion.

So after I found that, I sent myself an e-mail with a much larger amount specified I hadn't thought about 'placing a request,' (I feel more comfortable with 'request') I just wanted to get a larger desired amount out into the ether. Maybe it's like placing an order with eBay or Amazon as compared with your Room Service And I get so excited and pleased when my online order arrives. When the UPS truck showed up and I knew it was my new laptop, I went outside and jumped up and down in the driveway. The UPS driver looked at me like I was wack

what i see going on here, is resistance.
part of you resists the idea of intention-poof-manifested. setting it up as a casual, wouldn't this be cool, is a way to get around your own resistance.

i'm guessing you resist it because you don't like the full ramifications of being the only creator in your reality, but it could be something else.

so, the hypothetical wishing works, and the full-blown direct intention doesn't, because you have set up a block for the latter.

that seems to be going on, anyway, but i could be wrong! (the idea here, is you are still creating it to work this way, to not work as well when it's a direct intention, because of your choice and belief around it... so, you're still creating, just creating resistance to that specific route of getting it... and you could release that if you wanted, not sure you want to though.)

[Angela]

A few years ago when I was up for a job review, I took the time to write out before the meeting what results I wanted out of it. I wrote on a piece of paper and tucked away where no one could see it:

(my boss) will say to me, "Angela, we work extraordinarily well together" or something similar.
(my boss) has given me a 10% raise

I went into the meeting and my boss said, "Angela, I think we work extraordinarily well together."

I ran back to my office, scratched out the 10% and wrote 20%. And I got a 20% raise, which is sort of large-ish for a corporate raise.

(and no, I don't think I was being monitored by a hidden camera. )

[On A Lark]

Originally Posted by moonrambler

I found your comment here interesting because you sound so dismissive of your preferred method at first: "it feeds my ego which always has to make things more complicated" "it HAS to be work" -- which makes it all sound very unpleasant. Then you do a 180 in your next paragraph and make it sound wonderful. You "love the feeling and it just feels good." I really don't think it's about ego or complicating things or how it has to be work. I hope you weren't saying that to justify your method to me or anyone else. If we're using the symbolism of the restaurant, maybe it's a little work to get there . . . we might have to drive or walk there, and maybe it's cold out or raining or whatever . . . there might even be a half-hour wait to get a table. . . but we know it will be an enjoyable experience all in all.

Nope, not justifying anything to anyone, just acknowledging that despite "knowing better" (on a consciousness level) I still struggle mightily with my ego, so in the end it's just easier to give it something to do (a ritual/ceremony, etc.) and then since I feel like I've "done something", I can let go and believe it's going to come to me.

I've certainly manifested things without doing any kind of ritual/ceremony, etc. but for the "big" things I like to do something concrete...to me it has to do with the releasing portion of LOA...if I feel like I've "done something" then I can believe that what I want can come to me.

I'm not advocating that anyone needs to actually DO anything, I was just curious what other people have done that they enjoyed.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by On A Lark

Nope, not justifying anything to anyone, just acknowledging that despite "knowing better" (on a consciousness level) I still struggle mightily with my ego, so in the end it's just easier to give it something to do (a ritual/ceremony, etc.) and then since I feel like I've "done something", I can let go and believe it's going to come to me.

I've certainly manifested things without doing any kind of ritual/ceremony, etc. but for the "big" things I like to do something concrete...to me it has to do with the releasing portion of LOA...if I feel like I've "done something" then I can believe that what I want can come to me.

I'm not advocating that anyone needs to actually DO anything, I was just curious what other people have done that they enjoyed.

I'm thinking if you enjoy the ritual, as you said, that you love the feeling and it feels good, then the ritual is a very beneficial thing to do, and maybe not simply an ego thing

In the restaurant analogy, even going to a restaurant has a certain ritual, depending on who you are and the type of place it is. If I go out with a specific friend, for instance, most likely we stop at the bar first for a glass of wine and conversation, and maybe talk with the bartender, and maybe talk with other people at the bar. We usually look at menus there too. This is all very helpful if we go to a place that has a 30-minute wait, because we don't get annoyed

When I go out with three specific girlfriends, on the other hand, we go right to a table, and we spend 2 to 3 hours lingering over drinks and dinner and conversation. We take a long time to order. We take a long time to finish. We sit there a long time after we're done eating. Then we leave a real big tip since the wait staff had to deal with us for three hours

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by rei

what i see going on here, is resistance.
part of you resists the idea of intention-poof-manifested. setting it up as a casual, wouldn't this be cool, is a way to get around your own resistance.

i'm guessing you resist it because you don't like the full ramifications of being the only creator in your reality, but it could be something else.

so, the hypothetical wishing works, and the full-blown direct intention doesn't, because you have set up a block for the latter.

that seems to be going on, anyway, but i could be wrong! (the idea here, is you are still creating it to work this way, to not work as well when it's a direct intention, because of your choice and belief around it... so, you're still creating, just creating resistance to that specific route of getting it... and you could release that if you wanted, not sure you want to though.)

You may have something there.

[nicbrahms]

I like to get naked and shake my thang, to mambo no. 5.

When I got a good sweat worked up, I lay done on my latex bedsheets, and chant horizontal fashion.

Then I get busy and tell hobo, thats the name I gave to the universe, what I want. I mix it up, spread it about, elaborate and shake it up.

When I've done explaining what I want for dinner, I get a shower and sit down at my desk with my specs on and write down, say aloud and visualise about that which I want.

Boo yah! It is usually delivered the next day via UPS.

Coolio, I'm off to work up a good sweat. I fancy a curry tonight, gotta go order it via hobo.

Darn tootin'

[SethWilliams]

Originally Posted by nicbrahms

I like to get naked and shake my thang, to mambo no. 5.

When I got a good sweat worked up, I lay done on my latex bedsheets, and chant horizontal fashion.

Then I get busy and tell hobo, thats the name I gave to the universe, what I want. I mix it up, spread it about, elaborate and shake it up.

When I've done explaining what I want for dinner, I get a shower and sit down at my desk with my specs on and write down, say aloud and visualise about that which I want.

Boo yah! It is usually delivered the next day via UPS.

Coolio, I'm off to work up a good sweat. I fancy a curry tonight, gotta go order it via hobo.

Darn tootin'

Damn nic, that has to be the most funnest way to order. May try that

Love Seth

[nicbrahms]

Originally Posted by SethWilliams

Damn nic, that has to be the most funnest way to order. May try that

Love Seth

Oh you should it rocks.

Lol

[JeremyNoelJohnson]

I second that: nicbrahms - you've just inspired me with more ideas. Thank you!

[nicbrahms]

Originally Posted by JeremyNoelJohnson

I second that: nicbrahms - you've just inspired me with more ideas. Thank you!

No problem, I aim to please.