How has Intention-Manifestation worked for you?

[Ati]

Greetings!

Just to start up some content here, I'd like to ask a question of folks coming in: How do you use Intention-Manifestation and how does it work for you?

I'll tell you that I use a slight variation of an introductory piece which I actually and really did find on Steve's site (it's in the million dollar experiment), and then add I my own intention to it.

Here's the introductory piece:

In an easy and relaxed manner
In a healthy and positive way
For the highest good of all
In its own perfect time, with its own perfect timing
In good faith and in good humor

I intend: (and then comes my intention )

I discipline myself to use this introduction for every intention (no double dipping !!) because it puts things into a perspective that feels just right to me.

I have several intentions which I keep daily, and then as things come up, I add others on.

I often do this while driving or before falling asleep at night.

I have often noticed a difference between days that I do this and days that I don't.

So.... your thoughts, experiences, ideas ?

All best to you and welcome!

Ati

[thadroe]

Just to start up some content here, I'd like to ask a question of folks coming in: How do you use Intention-Manifestation and how does it work for you?

Even though I've been reading Steve's blog for several months, it's just been recently that I started digging into the Intention-Manifestation posts.

I also watched The Secret and read Marc Allen's book.

I've started to really change my thought process and try to start each day with some quiet time visualizing the things I want to manifest.

What I've started noticing as a result over the past few weeks is a dramatic change in the results from my white collar wage slave job vs. my efforts to start making passive income. All of a sudden, business at my job has been falling apart...deals falling through, clients flaking out on me, and just a lot of problems in general. However, my passive income has started to increase dramatically!....I firmly believe this has been a direct result of what kind of intentions I've been sending out. I want to get away from my job more than anything and start generating income on my own so I can focus on waking up to my true purpose.

Thad

[Nathan]

Ati,

Although I have been familiar with Intention-Manifestation, I am fairly new manifesting intentions for myself. I'm yet to come up with an 'introductory piece' and haven't even attempted at making one. I simply address my intention to my higher self, guides and angels asking for assistance and guiding for me to manifest the intention.

My Intentions are often manifested through vibes and synchronicities (dreams sometimes) so it seems to be working.

[Akashic_Librarian]

Hi,

I have recently been making an attempt to manifest £500 into my life and I have noticed a few synchronicities and some "Alpha" refelctions. This is my first serious attempt at manifesting anything so I hope it goes well.

[Trina]

I don't have any experiences. LOL. I will share my thoughts though. I have a VERY hard time with intention manifestation. My husband has tried to help me learn how to do it, the reason for it, and what I can get out of it, but I feel completely silly.

[Lil Chris]

Originally Posted by Trina

I don't have any experiences. LOL. I will share my thoughts though. I have a VERY hard time with intention manifestation. My husband has tried to help me learn how to do it, the reason for it, and what I can get out of it, but I feel completely silly.

Hi Trina,
Your post has inspired me to reply. I'd like to explain what I see in your post. You state that "I don't have any experiences" and that you'll share your thoughts, and "I have a very hard time with intention manifestation" But it's those very thoughts that are keeping you from experiencing the intention manifestation you want. Because your thinking "I don't have" and "very hard time" THAT is what you're manifesting. Remember intention manifestation is something you're already doing, perhaps your just unaware that your already doing it... If you could try and start thinking and focus on the results you want, you are bound to "see" some results... It appears from your post that your focused on the results your NOT getting... Make sense...?

I hope this helped...
Lil Chris

"Money comes Easily and Frequently"

[Jill]

Originally Posted by Lil Chris

Remember intention manifestation is something you're already doing

I totally agree with this. I have rarely consciously intended stuff. However, when I read Wayne Dyer's Power of Intention a few years ago, I realized that I have been naturally doing it throughout my life without knowing it.

I kind of like it better that way as I would feel kind of "greedy" purposely intending all the good stuff that always seems to come my way!

[Lil Chris]

0x43,
I know exactly how you feel...
I seems to have better luck when I consciously think about what I want for like 15-30 minutes, then let the thought go (letting the thought go seems to achieve better results for me) but at the same time I half to pay attention to the events that transpire...

For expample,
I put out the intention to "see" a ferrari out on the road. (in kansas city in the last five years i've never seen one). So, I thought about seeing this ferrari for like 15 minutes, then let it go... Three days later I was in a car with my friend going to look at his new house, my friend makes the comment look at magnum pi over there. I was like what did you say, just then a ferrari 308 goes by... I was purely excited, I did it!!! So then my logical mind kicks in and says maybe that was just a coincidence... So I proceed to think a little more specifically about a ferrari "spyder" (different model) so I go to google images and type in ferrari spyder and peruse the images for about 20 minutes or so (thinking i'd like to see one of those)... Then I let the thought go. Not three days later I was driving to go to an appointment and missed my turn, no big deal i'll just turn around, after doing so and stopping at the next light, to my right, stopped at adjacent light the very first car in the line... I'll give you three guesses...
To my amazement I had done it again!!!

After rationalizing what I had done and how I had done it, the conclusion I've come to is that:
1) Focus on what you want (15-30 minutes)
2) Let the thought go
3) Go about living
4) and PRESTO!!

I can't explain it anymore than that, other than Ferraris inspire me (it's something I like). Now is there one in my garage (not as of yet) but their will be...

Hope this helps...
Lil Chris

[Tripp444]

I've been playing around with this myself for the last couple months, and I find I get the best results whenever I just state my intention and then release it. I decide what I want, put the intention out there, and then trust that the universe will bring it. I like to think that the second I intend something, it's already in "escrow" waiting for me (as Esther Hicks puts it). For a while I thought I had to spend some time each day focusing on what I wanted. I didnt get very good results with that.
For instance, the other day, I put out the intention that I wanted to be appreciated more at work. That same day, I went into work, and soon found out that a patient had written a note to my manager praising me for all the help I had given her. I have been at this job for over a year and that's the first compliment I've gotten. Or... a while ago, I put out the intention to find a daycare for my son. The one we had just visited didnt have any openings. The next day, I got a phone call that a spot had opened up.
These are the only one I can think of now... I think it happens a lot more than I realize, and I will think to myself, "Man, that is so cool! I can't believe that just happened..." but then I'll forget about it. lol.
I would try putting out the intention for something small. I dont know if money is the best way to go either, because most people have a lot of issues with money to begin with. That is going to trip you up and make you doubt yourself. Try putting out the intention of having green lights all the way to work That's one of my favorites. On the days that I intend it, it almost ALWAYS works. And I have a lot of stop lights on my way. Just think about what you want. BELIEVE that you deserve a quick, easy commute to work, KNOW that you can create whatever you desire, and TRUST that the universe is bringing it to you. Then let it go. And have fun with it.

[Lucas]

I am going to share something with you guys, which I believe is a direct result of intention-manifestation, and completely shattered my doubt. The thing is, its perfect representation of how you can't look for a certain path.

Anyway, here goes. I had been unemployed for almost a year. Making the most of it I played a bunch of shows with my band, disregarding how we could barely afford to change strings, let alone pay for gas to get to shows. However, it was time to pay rent and bills, and this was right around the time I started applying intention manifestation, I had no idea how i was going to get rent. So I put out the intention.

I drive my girlfriends Honda Element to shows, because it fits all our gear, and she drives my car to meet us at the venue. On the way to our show, a 16 year old girl rear ended her in my car. Nothing too horrible, but enough to make my car uglier. I was glad everyone was ok, and they exchanged information. So I waited a couple days and called the girls mom and talked to her a little, telling them that I understand she's a new driver, and that I would give them the choice of settling out of court or through the insurance companies (which I dont like, and don't want to support in any way if possible). Now, I drive a 1987 Chevy Celebrity, which isnt the nicest car ever, but it only had 70k miles on it, and barely any rust...so, its not fancy, but it was a nice car. The estimate that I got said it would run about 3200 dollars to fix, and I know that the Insurance Company would have just totaled my car and written me a check for the bluebook value (probably a lower one too, 400 or so dollars)...so I told the gils parents that I would settle for 1200 dollars out of court, which I thought was a good median, not trying to screw them (because the insurance on a 16 year old girl would most likely triple). I told them I was in no hurry and they could weigh their options, just let me know soon if they wanted to go the insurance route. Five minutes after I offered, they called back and said that the would send me a check in the morning. 3 days later, I got a check for 1200 dollars and paid my bills. I do have an uglier car, but, if I cared how my car looked, i wouldnt have bought a 1987 Celebrity, right?

Maybe this doesnt convince the doubters, but it opened my eyes to the idea of looking for the way the universe rearranges itself, not looking for the exact object. If I had been waiting for sacks of money to show up on my door, I might have handled the accident in a different way...I might have blown up, calling their daughter negligent, freaking out, and ending up with (maybe) a 400 dollar check from an institution I loathe. However, I saw an opportunity to help a girl stay out of trouble (if I had been mean, the parents might have transferred it to their daughter), not feed the glutinous insurance company, and pay my rent for 2 months.

I don't doubt it any longer, and have been working towards making myself better at I-M...because I really think it's the best personal development tool.

[Erock]

For me personally, the issue with intention-manifestation has not been getting it to work, it's been figuring out what I want. I have everything I need right now, and I'm not trying to pay bills or anything because I am still in high school.

I have been experimenting with it though, like when I took the SAT for the second time I raised my score about 300 points without any extra studying, because I visualized conquering the test about 20 minutes a night for the three nights prior to the test.

My conclusion is that it works, and I am excited to try it out with other things.

Love
Erock

[RandomJohn]

One of the things that I'm learning about intention-manifestation is that you manifest a reflection of yourself, including those parts of yourself of which you are not aware. So intention-manifestation seems to be great as a self-development tool.

Using Steve's ideas as well as those on HunaTrainer, I manifested $4 million this week (the culmination was this week, but quite frankly I didn't spend a lot of time or effort on it). While I can't spend a dime of it, it is a huge sum of money for a company that needs it and somehow I'm confident I'll be able to take part in enjoying a small part of it. It's a glimmer of what is possible, and has led me to uncover some fundamental assumptions I'm making about life and seem to want to cling to and is helping me challenge them.

Intention-manifestation happens. I think the real work is in tuning and refining the manifestation part by exploring our fundamental beliefs about life.

[toomuchtoabsorb]

Personally, I don't use intention-manifesting regularly at this time. Perhaps I should, maybe I could sort out some of my troubles that way...
However, this summer, after I had been introduced to it via this site, I was damn good at it.
I've realised that I've almost always used it, mostly to make sure that I wouldn't have to worry about cash (and I've almost never have) and untimely school tasks (I should probably pick this up again. ).
Anyway, this summer, just before the end of the school semester; I was down to a pitiful amount in my bank account and I was trying to woo a very.. complicated girl.
In the following two weeks after I put out my intentions, I had gotten a job (albeit a short and merely decently-paying one) and my primary income stream increased by 10%.
And the girl? The thing with manifesting is... Sometimes, you don't get what you asked for. You get something even better. A girl I had barely noticed up until then almost literaly fell into my lap (I had, just two days before, said that I wasn't actively searching, but merely waiting for what the universe would place in my arms, to some old friends of mine) during a class party that I didn't even think I would be invited to. Currently, we're in the best relationship I've had so far (which admittedly doesn't say much), despite her moving to Holland.

So, at the moment I don't use my manifesting muscles at all, because I simply don't have much that I would want to have right now. I'm more or less satisfied (which I probably shouldn't be, one should always strive higher, after all). I know what you're talking about Erock.

[RandomJohn]

TMTA - aren't you manifesting what you currently have in your life right now? Sure, you may not be putting much effort into it, or even think that you are manifesting, but isn't intention-manifestation really what's going on right now?

[toomuchtoabsorb]

Of course; I meant that I don't actively, consciously do it as much as I used to.

[Nico Kempe]

Okay, this may sound obsessive, but:

For fun I shared an intention with my colleague that stated we wanted redheaded females at work, since we both love redheaded females
two days later, one of the girls that work there had dyed her hair red.

So I tried another one, I stated I would like to see a redheaded girl in green clothes, and visualised it happening near the trainstation at work.
A few days later I saw a little girl with red hair near the station, and I thought "well, this must be the alpha state, the universe is telling me it got the message". Also, I think the universe was joking with me, saying "hey, you wanted a redhead near the station, I got you one. You didn't state her age though :P".
So I redefined my intention a little, and two days later I was walking towards the station, and there she was: natural red hair, about my age, and all green clothes. ..and two probably parents too, but again, that wasn't in my intention..)

So I definetly think the law of attraction works, but i have been slacking in using it consciously lately, guess I'll put it on my todo list with al those other development issues

[Sadhana]

Originally Posted by Nico Kempe

Okay, this may sound obsessive, but:

For fun I shared an intention with my colleague that stated we wanted redheaded females at work, since we both love redheaded females
two days later, one of the girls that work there had dyed her hair red.

So I tried another one, I stated I would like to see a redheaded girl in green clothes, and visualised it happening near the trainstation at work.
A few days later I saw a little girl with red hair near the station, and I thought "well, this must be the alpha state, the universe is telling me it got the message". Also, I think the universe was joking with me, saying "hey, you wanted a redhead near the station, I got you one. You didn't state her age though :P".
So I redefined my intention a little, and two days later I was walking towards the station, and there she was: natural red hair, about my age, and all green clothes. ..and two probably parents too, but again, that wasn't in my intention..)

So I definetly think the law of attraction works, but i have been slacking in using it consciously lately, guess I'll put it on my todo list with al those other development issues

Nice.

And maybe your post is a wink from the universe for my intention (does it really work?).

[33Nick]

I have been manifesting birth it feels and each new philosophy I stumble upon or hidden book uncovered adds a new technique to the way I do it.

For one thing, I am still alive! That's the best manifestation I can think of.

Books that have helped me in the past hone manifesting were definitly The Kybalion, by the Three Initiates. It is the "grand father" of all this manifestation phase we are experiencing currently. Written in the 20's and that is pretty much all we know but they bring fourth the seven fundemental principles of the Universe as seen through Hermatic philosophy. BAsically that All is Mind. Simple and to the point.

When: "What The Bleep Do We Know..." came out and now "The Secret" I thought it was brilliant as they each take on some of the principles explained in the Kybalion. The Kybalion talks more about the law of vibration, poles, rhythm, etc. Put to work, it is probably the most valuable book I have ever read.

Also, The Nature of Personal Reality, by Seth is "a grand father" of sorts. It was the first book of its genre that started this whole channeling thing in the 60s of an entity called Seth who describes quite simply, the nature of reality.

I am a Reiki Master also which helps in focusing intention as well as other occult techniques I practice, Kofutu, meditation, etc.

Basically, manifesting intentions for me are done like this, 1) visualize, and visualize as with much details as possible, 2) hold the feeling close to you, as if you were living it and 3) releasing it. I think the last part is the most important as you finally let the Universe take care of the details you might not be aware of, such as the synchronious events involved in order to give you what you wish for.

[Ati]

Hi all of you, what great posts here. Lots of different experiences and that seems natural in trying out something from different perspectives and situations.

Lots of great things said here. I like how you phrased this, Lucas: ..." but it opened my eyes to the idea of looking for the way the universe rearranges itself, not looking for the exact object."...and I like how you pointed out the variances of your own attitude towards others in your experience there, based on how you deal with intention.

I do think an introduction that reminds me of some important things (both in general and quite possibly important to having the process work its best) is real important. "For the greatest good of all" is a good reminder. "In its own perfect time", "In a healthy and positive way" I think formulating one's own general approach to reaching for the highest, (whether that be spiritual, emotional, physical, material, relationship, creative, other things) might be real important. And that general approach may work best if it reminds me of my highest values in life.

If everything I want is in concert and connected to my own highest values, won't it all be better?

I appreciate your honesty a lot Trina and others who've said, gee I don't know, I'm trying to do this but.... I hope this can be a good place to share these experiences and get feedback on process. I think this is highly individualized and everybody's experience will help.

Last, for those who don't want anything right now, cool! How about some intentions towards the success of this forum collection? World peace? Help for the folks down the street or that old man I saw just today limping slowly and bravely across the road with his cane and one leg dragging? I do think this works and the more we do it the more it works...maybe it's a bit like playing music every day.....

My best to all of you,

Ati

[annie]

I have had INCREDIBLE experiences with Intention/Manifestation. It works!!!! I consider the most pivotal moment in my life the day I discovered HOW it works....my life has never been the same. Just to nutshell the LONG story below. I created my own "personal creed". I wrote it first...it was 4 pages single spaced typed covering what I considered "my ideal life" in all areas such as physical, financial, relationships, spiritual etc. After writing it, I then recorded it to Baroque music (in the background) and listened to it for 10 months. I made the $20,000 that was my intention. It blew my mind!!!! And so I continue doing it... just adding a zero to the back of that number now.

I was (and still am) a pretty down-to-earth girl...and so if I can do it....anyone can! I didn't know at the time...WHY this worked, but now I do and I teach it to others and assist them in creating their own LifeVision or Creed.

So everyone...Keep those clear intentions at the front of your brain....


I've included MY STORY, because it's completely relevant to the topic.I know it's a long story and if the mods ask me to delete it....or if they delete it...it's all good!


My Story

My story begins in the fall of 1988. At the time, my husband and I were a few years out of graduate school and living in the Washington D.C. area. Upon graduation, we were optimistic that our future, including our financial future, would be bright and prosperous. However, we were unprepared for the high cost of living in the DC area. That, along with our new student loan payment, and the usual expenses of a young family of 4 nearly put us under. To put it bluntly, we were dying financially! If we needed new tires for our car, or had to make a car insurance payment, it all went on the credit card. New furniture and new clothes were unheard of. After 7 years of marriage, we still couldn’t afford to go on a “date”. Instead, we had friends over to play games and enjoy a treat. Nothing wrong with that, until one time it all came to a head. Our friends wanted a drink of milk with the brownies we had offered them; they came into the kitchen and poured themselves one glass, then another glass, and another, until finally the whole gallon was gone. It wasn’t until they were gone, that I broke down in sobs, knowing we didn’t have enough money to purchase another gallon until the next week. Things had to change! I desperately began trying to make money-at-home. I tried several different things, from network marketing to piano lessons, but never made more than $300 in any business adventure I pursued.

One day my father called and offered to buy airline tickets for the whole family to come home at Christmas. He said he had 2 new ideas that were so exciting they “kept him up at night” and he wanted to share those when we came home for Christmas. I begged him to tell me then, but he wouldn’t relent, saying I had to wait until Christmas.

Finally, upon arriving at my parents home, I dropped my suitcase in the doorway and said “TELL ME!”. My dad began in a very animated and rambling way, telling how he had hired a “life coach”, created a “Creed” and continued jabbering about how all of his goals were coming to fruition. I’m sure the blank stare on my face told him “I’m not getting this!!!” My only comment was “Dad, you’re too old to play sports!”. After rolling his eyes, he started from the beginning and told me how he had hired Leo Weidner, a former student of Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich to be his “life coach”. Leo was assisting him in writing down all of his goals from all areas of his life in a method that I had never heard of before. (Remember, thi