deadline for manifestation?

[attractabundance]

Is it ok to use a deadline for achieving a goal?

I am asking because I read in Think and Grow Rich suggested that you should state your goal in the following way "By the first day of XXX I will have in my possession $YYY ... "

Here is the link to the chapter on Faith:
Think and Grow Rich: Chapter 4. Auto-Suggestion (The Third Step toward Riches)

Thanks!

[aabbcc]

There is certainly no harm in giving it a go. Setting deadlines has never worked for me, but that's my issue. It might work just fine for you. Good luck!

[alexb5784]

I stopped setting deadlines because they only made me concentrate on the deadline and not the goal. I don't recommend focusing on deadlines. Perhaps what you want might come sooner to you IF you don't set the deadline. Or it might not be time for you to manifest the goal and a deadline is irrelevant.

[escapeplan]

Before worrying about a deadline, set up a plan to achieve your goal and assess how long it will take to achieve. If you set a deadline, base it on the plan.

[James81]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

Before worrying about a deadline, set up a plan to achieve your goal and assess how long it will take to achieve. If you set a deadline, base it on the plan.

[hiddenmaverick]

Well, I "unintentionally" set a deadline for certain manifestations to happen, by thinking that it will be an important day of change for me since it was an important day in world and computing history. I just thought it had some significance in my own life. Well, it didn't, necessarily...until I attached events and outcomes to that day that turned out to be real. And not all positive either...

[curiouslyrandom]

I have a deadline because rent will be due at the end of the month. While I have faith things will happen the way they need to happen, I have no idea how that will be.

Kinda scary, but I've done this sort of thing before. Self-employment can be tricky that way. Several times I've managed to manifest rent just in the nick of of time. Sometimes, just to push things, I do it the day after. Maybe it's my way of getting attention? If so, it's a negative trait and it needs to stop.

And boy, am I fed up with just surviving! My kids need braces and I'd like to be in a position to provide that for them, along with paying my bills on time.

[gigij]

Originally Posted by curiouslyrandom

I have a deadline because rent will be due at the end of the month. While I have faith things will happen the way they need to happen, I have no idea how that will be.

Kinda scary, but I've done this sort of thing before. Self-employment can be tricky that way. Several times I've managed to manifest rent just in the nick of of time. Sometimes, just to push things, I do it the day after. Maybe it's my way of getting attention? If so, it's a negative trait and it needs to stop.

And boy, am I fed up with just surviving! My kids need braces and I'd like to be in a position to provide that for them, along with paying my bills on time.

I have this problem as well - well sort of a problem.

For me it's the belief that money will always come 'just when I need it'. It always does.

Trying to change that to more of a constant abundance mind set so it keeps flowing no matter what. Maybe something to look at ...

[alexb5784]

I don't think it's your way of getting attention, just an unconscious habit.

Maybe you're going through this again but it needs to be the LAST time something like this has to happen. This could be your breakthrough.

I personally don't go with deadlines because it takes my focus off the goal. In your situation you could ask for the deadline since you need to pay rent. I thought you were talking about a more general goal.

I would seriously think of ways not to get yourself into this type of situation again. It seems your belief system has to change.

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by James81

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

Before worrying about a deadline, set up a plan to achieve your goal and assess how long it will take to achieve. If you set a deadline, base it on the plan.

How is that relevant to intention-manifestation?

[curiouslyrandom]

Originally Posted by gigij

For me it's the belief that money will always come 'just when I need it'. It always does.

Trying to change that to more of a constant abundance mind set so it keeps flowing no matter what. Maybe something to look at ...

Yep, good point.

The only time money didn't come through was when my mother was dying. Then it just stopped all together, for almost two years. Now I'm back to manifesting things in my life, and some manifestations have been spectacular! They took a long time to come about, haven't been financial, and I didn't have deadlines, so that may have helped.

I found a wonderful new home exactly when I needed it, and I had dreamt about it in detail a year before I knew I'd be moving. That was pretty special.

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by mikej

How is that relevant to intention-manifestation?

A plan of action can be considered as a way of focussing on what you want. As you work through the plan you can feel yourself getting closer to your goal. This keeps vibration high, and the action will be inspired as it is in line with your goal. As for the deadline that's optional.

At the end of it your goal will manifest. Simple!

[vinceh]

What happens when you set a deadline? You end up focusing more on the outcome than the process.

To accomplish what you want, keep your eye on the ball - the process. Because the process is what generates the outcome.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

A plan of action can be considered as a way of focussing on what you want. As you work through the plan you can feel yourself getting closer to your goal. This keeps vibration high, and the action will be inspired as it is in line with your goal. As for the deadline that's optional.

At the end of it your goal will manifest. Simple!

but that's not really what's meant by intention-manifestation though is it?

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by mikej

but that's not really what's meant by intention-manifestation though is it?

Why? If you intend for a certain outcome...

[curiouslyrandom]

Originally Posted by mikej

but that's not really what's meant by intention-manifestation though is it?

You can intend for something to manifest, and you can work toward that goal as well.

I intended to find a new home, but I had to look for it. It wasn't the first place I looked at, and it wasn't the cheapest (hence my need for more rent money!), but it was the right place for me and my family. I kept the images from my dream alive in my thoughts for a long time, so I recognized the home when I saw it.

What gives intention manifestation a bad rap is when people assume all you have to do is wish for something to happen and it will. When it doesn't, they get disappointed and say "LOA doesn't work, it's a scam", etc. What really didn't work was the person with the intention...

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

Why? If you intend for a certain outcome...

what you're describing is WORKING towards a goal according to a plan you've devised which is hardly the same as focusing on an intention and ALLOWING it to manifest in whichever way the universe decides.

[cylon]

Originally Posted by gigij

I have this problem as well - well sort of a problem.

For me it's the belief that money will always come 'just when I need it'. It always does.

Trying to change that to more of a constant abundance mind set so it keeps flowing no matter what. Maybe something to look at ...

I've noticed it's come to me when I always need it as well. And even when I don't need it, if I find myself just appreciating all the abundance I've had in moments like that, inevitably more money will come as a consequence of thinking about the money I received earlier. And it always feels right and natural and just like the "natural consequence" of the thought.

However when I feel I must plan ahead and think in terms of "I need xyz amount of money by abc date" then the whole thing just stops working. That appreciation goes away, probably because it takes me right out of the moment and puts me in the future. And the future isn't real.

I will never BE in the future, so I will never be able to RECEIVE in the future. I can only receive, right now. The deadline is: right now.

Everything is created in the present moment. I think that may be why simply appreciating and trusting in the moment is the easiest way to manifestation... because everything is IN the moment, anyway.

It's when you worry too much about the future that the momentum stops and you return to anxiety, planning, and busy work. And I think busy work is simply a coping mechanism to distract you from the anxiety of living in the uncertain future, and not the perfectness of the present moment.

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by mikej

what you're describing is WORKING towards a goal according to a plan you've devised which is hardly the same as focusing on an intention and ALLOWING it to manifest in whichever way the universe decides.

No, I said you would be taking inspired actions in line with your goal.

[curiouslyrandom]

Originally Posted by cylon

However when I feel I must plan ahead and think in terms of "I need xyz amount of money by abc date" then the whole thing just stops working. That appreciation goes away, probably because it takes me right out of the moment and puts me in the future. And the future isn't real.

It's when you worry too much about the future that the momentum stops and you return to anxiety, planning, and busy work. And I think busy work is simply a coping mechanism to distract you from the anxiety of living in the future, and not the present moment.

Ooooh, yeah. I've hit the anxiety roller coaster this week because I've only been losing money, not earning any for quite some time. I just moved into my perfect home, I don't want to have to move back out again!

Instead of thinking of money, which is what I was doing last month, I've decided to focus on how comfortable I am in this house and how grateful I am to be here. I have apple trees! A garden! A studio/workshop! My friends tell me I deserve this place, that it's so obviously perfect for me.

I realized last night that if abundance is a river, I've only ever dipped my cup into it all these years. I'd rather be swimming.

[gigij]

Originally Posted by cylon

And even when I don't need it, if I find myself just appreciating all the abundance I've had in moments like that, inevitably more money will come as a consequence of thinking about the money I received earlier.

That's what I have to work on. I always get just enough, just when I need it, and so that belief is constantly reinforced ...

Need to work on creating abundance and keeping it flowing.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

No, I said you would be taking inspired actions in line with your goal.

and where do those inspired actions come from?

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by mikej

and where do those inspired actions come from?

Ok. You want to achieve a goal. Let's say you want to meet a perfect girl. Now you could sit around meditating and thinking all day, but...

If you plan, you can decide on the actions that will be comfortable- maybe chatting in supermarkets, going to speed dating, anything that feels good. Because they feel good, they are inspired actions- not work.

As you go through your plan you will see positive results taking shape. Before long you will get your girl. Deadline optional.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

Ok. You want to achieve a goal. Let's say you want to meet a perfect girl. Now you could sit around meditating and thinking all day, but...

If you plan, you can decide on the actions that will be comfortable- maybe chatting in supermarkets, going to speed dating, anything that feels good. Because they feel good, they are inspired actions- not work.

As you go through your plan you will see positive results taking shape. Before long you will get your girl. Deadline optional.

but surely intention-manifestation means focusing on the intention and not trying to work out exactly how it's going to happen?

[escapeplan]

Originally Posted by mikej

but surely intention-manifestation means focusing on the intention and not trying to work out exactly how it's going to happen?

Not necessarily. Would the plan help you know EXACTLY how the girl will come along? She might end up being the friend of a new friend you made etc...

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by attractabundance

Is it ok to use a deadline for achieving a goal?

I am asking because I read in Think and Grow Rich suggested that you should state your goal in the following way "By the first day of XXX I will have in my possession $YYY ... "

Here is the link to the chapter on Faith:
Think and Grow Rich: Chapter 4. Auto-Suggestion (The Third Step toward Riches)

Thanks!

There is no such thing as time so why need a deadline?

[mikej]

Originally Posted by escapeplan

Not necessarily. Would the plan help you know EXACTLY how the girl will come along? She might end up being the friend of a new friend you made etc...

but you're still trying to second guess how it could happen. is that really intention-manifestation as steve pavlina describes it? is that how his million dollar experiment is supposed to work for example?

[cylon]

No, it isn't.

Intention Manifestation as Steve Pavlina describes it is like this:

YouTube - Creating Abundance (Part 1 of 4)

[MissEmpress]

I think all these questions of what works and doesn't work, goes back to your feelings about it. Deadlines can work and have worked for me in the past, or time frames; however, with certain things I found it to make me more anxious so I set the intention as "When the time is right" or instead of Sept 10th, I would just say before the month is up.

I think it is whatever leaves you expectant but not anxious. To me, you can't go wrong with an intention that states you want it: "When the time is right and in the quickest way possible".