Letting Go of Intentions

[pianoperformer]

I've been realizing lately that things generally come to me when I stop trying to make them happen. I think this making them happen is a form of resistance, because I'm focusing so much on how they are not yet happening, and hoping they will.

For example: I started my online store about a month ago. I worked on it constantly and tried everything I could to get orders, both practically and through LoA.

Then, my attention was sidetracked to something else for a time. Pretty soon, once my focus was off of trying to get orders, I started getting several orders, all of at least 5-6 products in each, so these were pretty major orders.

I know this is pretty small in comparison to what others have experienced, but I see it as a pretty good start, and finally I'm figuring out how this works. When I'm trying to make it happen, it doesn't. When I just know it will happen, or even let my attention go to something else entirely, it does.

[Sbonn]

Originally Posted by pianoperformer

I've been realizing lately that things generally come to me when I stop trying to make them happen. I think this making them happen is a form of resistance, because I'm focusing so much on how they are not yet happening, and hoping they will.

For example: I started my online store about a month ago. I worked on it constantly and tried everything I could to get orders, both practically and through LoA.

Then, my attention was sidetracked to something else for a time. Pretty soon, once my focus was off of trying to get orders, I started getting several orders, all of at least 5-6 products in each, so these were pretty major orders.

I know this is pretty small in comparison to what others have experienced, but I see it as a pretty good start, and finally I'm figuring out how this works. When I'm trying to make it happen, it doesn't. When I just know it will happen, or even let my attention go to something else entirely, it does.

It is amazing what happens when you let go of the why how who what when where aka the action part ( make it happen) of things and just let go and let things happen as they should isn't it? ( getting out of the way is what I call it)

I am curious the thing you were distracted by... was it something that felt good?

[pianoperformer]

Originally Posted by Sbonn

I am curious the thing you were distracted by... was it something that felt good?

Yes, I believe it was. I just have a lot of things going on. I have several training programs I'm running, and had an influx of students around that time.

[Sbonn]

GOOD! that is what I was hoping to hear!!

You got distracted by something that felt good to you! By doing that you "got out of the way" which allowed LOA to start doing its thing with your online store.. that the distraction felt good helped too by keeping you in a lighter happier vibe..

I hope I am making sense!

Big Hugs
SBonn

[cacheborn]

I've been realizing lately that things generally come to me when I stop trying to make them happen.

Bull's eye. Print that sentence and post it on your fridge.

[Roaring Springs]

Piano Performer,

Thank you so very much for opening this thread. I wish I would have stumbled across a thread like this long ago, but as my aunt taught me not too long ago, it is best to accept and milk what you learn now instead of wishing you learned it before now.

I'm not going to get into the full story here, but I've spent the past three years trying to manifest a girlfriend. Note that I've boldfaced and Italicized those three words for reasons I'm-sure-you-know-why. But last night, I've finally decided and told the Universe this:

"Y'know what? I'm done. I quit trying to make this happen. It happens when it happens and she comes when she comes. If it's not meant in the cards for me to have, then fine, because you know what? I don't need a girlfriend to have a blissful life and I love myself enough to be my own soulmate, AND I appreciate the love already showered on me."

I mean, I've said this stuff many times, but it was in just a suck-up, kiss-behind nature just to get the Universe to send her to me. There was never any feeling behind it and I was forcing myself to do the exercises and manifestation rituals just for the sake of enforcing my request to the universe, and that's why she ain't here yet!

Well guess what? Now I'm seriously meaning it this time, I really am accepting and willing for it not to ever happen. I mean, if it happens, great. But if it doesn't that's cool too. I did ask if it was mean to be and if it was, to show her to me before September and then August the first. But tonight, I'm telling it to take its time because if I really surrendered, I wouldn't put a time frame on it. I just wanted to know. So from now on, no more rituals, visualizations of her, unless the joy and motivation is really there.

I am motivated enough though to start my own Self-Help How-To guide to manifesting a soulmate.

edit:
And I'm not just saying all this to occupy peoples' ears with good sentences. It's the truth.

If you were the Universe, and you had two people on their journey to manifest their dream love partners.

Person A is desperate, has asked you several times to show them their dream woman/man and just. Would Not. Give Up! And does all the rituals all night. Several hours of exhausting themselves visualizing themselves WITH their dream partners, not doing any work on themselves, and is so dang needy.

Then you got Person B who doesn't really care if they meet their dream partner, only didn't one may two or three rituals and visualizations, and care more about taking care of themselves or other goals in their lives.

Who would you grant their soulmate wish to? Person A or Person B?
I don't know about you, but I would manifest the dream partner for Person B while I show Person A what she/he should be doing to make their dream come true instead of searching for love outside themself.

[pianoperformer]

Roaring Springs,

I never thought I would meet someone. Then almost two years ago, I met the girl who would become my fiance, and wife in less than three weeks from now. Totally unexpected for both of us. I was clueless.

I think it's counterproductive to try so hard. Then you end up with people who aren't the best for you because you are just desperate to be with someone, anyone.

But just sit back and focus on other things, and the best partner for you comes along when you least expect it.

[Roaring Springs]

Roaring Springs,

I never thought I would meet someone. Then almost two years ago, I met the girl who would become my fiance, and wife in less than three weeks from now. Totally unexpected for both of us. I was clueless.

I think it's counterproductive to try so hard. Then you end up with people who aren't the best for you because you are just desperate to be with someone, anyone.

But just sit back and focus on other things, and the best partner for you comes along when you least expect it.


Piano Performer,

Oh my goodness! That's mind-blowing! You were online as I was typing this, so I will ask you now as fast as I can. The day or night prior to manifesting your girlfriend, was your bedroom clean? Did you sleep on only one side of the bed, have a love altar? etc?

UUGH! I love and hate at the same time how people keeps saying "love will find you when you least expect it. I hate it because I'm fighting with my thoughts, trying to stop thinking about her and focus on other things and love it because I want my mind to be blown and pleasantly surprise like never before!

[pianoperformer]

Something amazing just happened today that confirms what has been said in this thread.

I'm getting married in two and a half weeks, so obviously finances have been a little short. I lent $200 to my mother last week, and was in the process of transferring it back, but that takes a few days. So in the meantime I was a bit short.

Well, anyway, a charge came through during that time that left me overdrawn. I was a bit panicked yesterday, since I didn't want to get hit with overdraft fees on top of everything else.

However, I told myself that I couldn't worry about it. Worrying about it would only give more reality to it. It was hard, but I got my mind off of it through doing something else; I worked on the programming for a project I'm working on. I wasn't perfectly at peace, but I trusted for the most part that it would work out somehow, and was open to anything happening that had to to make it work out.

So I wake up this morning, and nervously checked my account. I noticed that I was no longer overdrawn. I checked, and there were no credits to my account, so none of the incoming deposits had come through yet. OK, so that was weird, I thought. On closer examination, I realized that the charge that put me in the red was no longer there. Not even any evidence that it had ever been there.

I was a bit worried at this. This is a payment for an online service I rely on, so I went and made sure there was no problem. It was still active, and the invoice was marked as "paid".

I've never witnessed such an error before in my life, and had a valid payment just disappear into thin air like that. I've checked several times throughout the day in disbelief.

Whether it was removed for good, and I have $150 extra that I wouldn't have had otherwise, or whether it will come back through when there are the funds to cover it, I don't know. But either way, it was a perfectly clear manifestation of my need yesterday, and my not worrying about it and letting go of the intention and therefore the worry obviously allowed an opening for it to come through into my reality.

Just thought I'd share this additional experience, and maybe it could provide encouragement for others.

[GuitarChick]

Originally Posted by pianoperformer

Just thought I'd share this additional experience, and maybe it could provide encouragement for others.

Thank you for sharing! Inspirational!