Manifesting Intentions about Manifesting Intentions

[Acting Like Godot]

Yesterday I manifested an intention into the universe to learn how to manifest my intentions much more powerfully.

Do you think it will work?

Anyway - seriously - I got a couple of weird ideas popping into my head about IM yesterday. One was to use this affirmation:

"My powers are vast."

The other was to write a diary. An imaginary diary, of an imaginary life. My imaginary life. A version of it, where everything is going pretty much the way I would like it to go.

[Kylark]

Since I am an ALG fan I decided to look at threads started by you.

This thread, created in Fall of 2006, deserves a BUMP, in my opinion.

Would you say your intention is being manifested?

[impaul99]

I second that bump.

[Frans]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

I got a couple of weird ideas popping into my head about IM yesterday. One was to use this affirmation:

"My powers are vast."

The other was to write a diary. An imaginary diary, of an imaginary life. My imaginary life. A version of it, where everything is going pretty much the way I would like it to go.

Amazing, ALG.
You warned us beforehand that you would blog about "an imaginary life" and we all thought that your IM successes were based on real life experiences.

[Acting Like Godot]

HAhahaaaha.

No, when I write in this forum about my experiences, they are my real-life experiences. When I write in my blogs, those are also my real-life experiences.

My imaginary experiences are written in a separate notebook - they are all really the writing-based sorts of LOA exercises. However, these days the writing-based sorts of LOA exercises are no longer my favoured methods. My favoured methods all involve closing my eyes; relaxing; going to alpha; visualising my intentions etc.

As for the "My Powers Are Vast" thing, I must admit that for the purposes of my IM sessions, increasing my LOA abilities is one of the more regularly recurring intentions. In other words, I regularly intend things that are designed to make me better at LOA / IM / magick etc.

I do believe it works .....

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

HAhahaaaha.

No, when I write in this forum about my experiences, they are my real-life experiences. When I write in my blogs, those are also my real-life experiences.

My imaginary experiences are written in a separate notebook - they are all really the writing-based sorts of LOA exercises. However, these days the writing-based sorts of LOA exercises are no longer my favoured methods. My favoured methods all involve closing my eyes; relaxing; going to alpha; visualising my intentions etc.

As for the "My Powers Are Vast" thing, I must admit that for the purposes of my IM sessions, increasing my LOA abilities is one of the more regularly recurring intentions. In other words, I regularly intend things that are designed to make me better at LOA / IM / magick etc.

I do believe it works .....

You know I keep hearing you say this and it totally makes sense, yet I never seem to set that intention.

Doh! I gotta get on that. Setting an intention for getting better at manifesting intentions is brilliant!

It's like speeding up time.

[AngryIndian]

So when you say your powers are vast, I guess you're referring to the imaginary world?..

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by AngryIndian

So when you say your powers are vast, I guess you're referring to the imaginary world?..

Nah, he's talking about the real world. In the imaginary world he's actually chosen to shrink himself to the size of a chipmunk and he runs around aimlessly trying not to get hit by cars.

[Acting Like Godot]

Ah, if you only knew what imagination really is ....!

"You say that God speaks to you - but it's only your imagination." These words were declared to Joan of Arc, at her trial, by her inquisitors.

Replied Joan of Arc: "Of course. How else does God speak to us?"

In the conventional world, we have certain notions of what imagination is. We say, "Oh, that was just your imagination" and by this, we mean: "It's not real, it has no significance, don't waste your time on it."

But when you start studying magick (which is really a form of LOA), you get a very different perspective of imagination. Will and imagination are the two fundamental tools of magick.

Imagination is how you create something on the astral plane. Will is how you supply power to that thing you've created. All things which exist in physical reality must first exist on the astral plane. All things which exist on the astral plane and are sufficiently empowered must eventually manifest in our physical reality.

Going back to the famous blue feather LOA experiment - when you visualise a blue feather, you are creating it on the astral form. The creation is instantaneous. Supply enough power, and the blue feather must pop into your physical reality. It will find its way to manifest, and it will manifest in a manner consistent with the rules of your physical reality - but it must manifest, if it has enough power.

That's how it works ....

[dave marshall]

hi,

it is important to explore, understand and alter your beliefs about your beleifs, and your beleifs about your ability to consciously create.

We all have ideas about the law of attraction that will effect your ability to use the LOA and through altering and improving those ideas you can increase your ability to use the law of attraction, your imagination really is the limit..

I have the these (and more) core beleifs about myself and conscious creation:

I have an enourmeous natural ability to create a fantastic life.

My createive powers and abiltites create the very best life.

I have the power of the gods to choose my experience.

Everyday my creative abiltities become more powerful.

Changing my beleifs is easy

I always focus more than enough energy to create all that is best for myself, my family and world i experience.


these, and other core beleifs, have helped me create a great life and may be helpful for you to think about,

dave

[Bene]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Imagination is how you create something on the astral plane. Will is how you supply power to that thing you've created. All things which exist in physical reality must first exist on the astral plane. All things which exist on the astral plane and are sufficiently empowered must eventually manifest in our physical reality.

Going back to the famous blue feather LOA experiment - when you visualise a blue feather, you are creating it on the astral form. The creation is instantaneous. Supply enough power, and the blue feather must pop into your physical reality. It will find its way to manifest, and it will manifest in a manner consistent with the rules of your physical reality - but it must manifest, if it has enough power.

That's how it works ....

That means there must be a lot of money in the astral plane, from so many people asking for it. Can anyone access those thoughtforms?

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Imagination is how you create something on the astral plane. Will is how you supply power to that thing you've created.

Looks like I must have will issues, because I can and have visualized like a mad fiend since childhood

[John Freestone]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Looks like I must have will issues, because I can and have visualized like a mad fiend since childhood

Before anyone jumps in to tell you several reasons why your intentions aren't being manifested, I'd like to say that your experience is probably quite normal, and in fact intentions don't "manifest" in a magical way from the astral plane to the physical.

In a much more limited way, of course, we influence our reality by what we think, and in particular our negative thoughts about ourselves can cause us to have low self esteem and not try for things we could acheive if we only believed in ourselves. But blue feathers and money don't manifest out of our imagination.

What does come from our imagination is belief, and it's often possible to hold a pleasing or self-congratulatory belief that is utterly incorrect, because so far no fact has disproved it, or we have not noticed any fact that disproves it.

Dave Marshal has, for instance, several core beliefs from which he believes he has created for himself a great life, when it is entirely possible that his great life is largely due to other factors that he doesn't consider: perhaps his relatively great opportunities in life, not being born into slavery, the ordinary (non-magical) processes of cause and effect and a helpful confidence in his magical powers (which cause him to try things where others might not)...and even the LoL (Law of Luck ), which can be demonstrated very efficiently by intending to get 10 straight heads and tossing a coin.

You appear not to have been so lucky. It is a great pity that in addition to bad luck, somtimes people are told that it's their fault because they only get the reality they attract to themselves.

ALG, good luck increasing your manifestation proficiency. Of course, the nature of reality might be that we have a fixed proficiency quotient and some are just better at it than others. It also might be that none of us have a magical ability to manifest at all, but some of us are more imaginative than others, and some are prone to magical beliefs than others, while reality goes on doing what it was doing regardless. Are Christians and atheists both right, just in their own "realities"? Can we make God real or unreal by our intention?

Impaul99, it does not "totally make sense" and it's nothing like "speeding up time". It's more like "intentinally increasing the gap between one's mental functioning and reality".

Is there any significant difference between 'magick' and 'magic', ALG, or does it just help you imagine it's possible?

Love
John

[Wax Frog]

John, I have had many a debate with my "inner skeptic", but the only way I can truly settle the matter for myself is to gain and apply as full an understanding of the pro-IM argument as possible.

Since you took the time and trouble to reply to me directly, I feel it's only fair to let you know that I am, by conscious choice, presently avoiding all pro-vs.-con" threads and posts. They're too much of a distraction under the conditions I've set for myself.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by John Freestone

Is there any significant difference between 'magick' and 'magic', ALG,

Certainly. You can look up the difference yourself in the dictionary.

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by John Freestone

Impaul99, it does not "totally make sense" and it's nothing like "speeding up time". It's more like "intentinally increasing the gap between one's mental functioning and reality".

Oh really? So now I have to check with you to know what "makes sense" and what doesn't for me?

I realize that you're probably an "Intention Manifestation" skeptic. Let me save you some time. Don't bother trying to "convert" me (or ALG for that matter) or prove to me that my version of reality is "unrealistic". I'm writing this from the office of my house sitting on a 5 acre property I paid for by manifesting the money for it using LoA. Out of the +1,200 posts I've got on this forum since it began, I'd probably say 75% of them are related to defending and teaching LoA techniques.

I also run a Blog and have written eBooks which talk about Law of Attraction. There is really nothing you can possibly say that would convince me that Intention Manifestation isn't real, or that LoA doesn't work as I have already proven to myself, to my wife and family members that it does.

I'm perfectly happy for you if you don't believe in LoA and IM, and I'm not saying you or anyone else has to believe in it. But please don't tell me what makes sense to me and what doesn't, as I very much prefer to make that decision on my own.

Thanks!

[John Freestone]

Originally Posted by impaul99

Oh really? So now I have to check with you to know what "makes sense" and what doesn't for me?

Yes. I am the only part of the reality you have created for yourself that knows what reality is. You attracted me into existence, and this thread, to wake you up to reality. I have absolutely no objective existence. There's no point arguing with me.

I realize that you're probably an "Intention Manifestation" skeptic.

Very good. You have been paying attention.

Let me save you some time. Don't bother trying to "convert" me (or ALG for that matter) or prove to me that my version of reality is "unrealistic". I'm writing this from the office of my house sitting on a 5 acre property I paid for by manifesting the money for it using LoA. Out of the +1,200 posts I've got on this forum since it began, I'd probably say 75% of them are related to defending and teaching LoA techniques.

It's ok. None of those subjective impressions of yours is of much concern to me. I'd guess it's more like 88% pro, and your property is actually 5.07 acres. I imagine ALG can be responsible for his own conversions.

I also run a Blog and have written eBooks which talk about Law of Attraction.

Yes. You and lots of other people. However, my point is that talking about the Law of Attraction - no matter how much of the net is taken up by it - doesn't make it come true. I wonder how many people write blogs talking about fundamental christianity, or how they were born on Venus and find it a bit warm here. People have blogs about materialism, scepticism and how they built a nuclear power station out of belly-button fluff and keep it in a matchbox (probably).

There is really nothing you can possibly say that would convince me that Intention Manifestation isn't real

...I have little doubt of that, but find it odd when people almost seem to be boasting about how closed their minds are...

, or that LoA doesn't work as I have already proven to myself, to my wife and family members that it does.

You have a very loose idea of what constitutes proof, that's all. You are thinking superstitiously.

I'm perfectly happy for you if you don't believe in LoA and IM, and I'm not saying you or anyone else has to believe in it. But please don't tell me what makes sense to me and what doesn't, as I very much prefer to make that decision on my own.

But since you manifested me, I don't really see the problem. Just unimagine me (or if your IM skills aren't up to that just yet, you can probably block posts from me so you don't have to see them anymore). It's fine by me. I'm not really posting here for the benefit of people who refuse to consider other points of view from the one they already hold. I just wanted to express the counter-opinion to yours, that it doesn't "totally make sense".

Thanks!

You're welcome!

[John Freestone]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Certainly. You can look up the difference yourself in the dictionary.

Sorry, ALG. I did look it up at wikipedia, but I really don't see the difference. The information coincided with my expectation, that (a) "magick" would probably have some archaic use, and (b) that it would have been reappropriated in modern times by some esotericist or other, looking to validate what is, essentially "magic".

Oh, plus, of course, the numerology around the letter 'k' that is absolutely de rigeur in new age circkles. I ckan't discern any cklearly funcktional difference though.

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by John Freestone

Sorry, ALG. I did look it up at wikipedia, but I really don't see the difference. The information coincided with my expectation, that (a) "magick" would probably have some archaic use, and (b) that it would have been reappropriated in modern times by some esotericist or other, looking to validate what is, essentially "magic".

Oh, plus, of course, the numerology around the letter 'k' that is absolutely de rigeur in new age circkles. I ckan't discern any cklearly funcktional difference though.

From my understanding "Magic" = tricks, card tricks, coin tricks, David Copperfield, David Blaine, etc. Meaning, let me show you some Magic, but we all agree that it's all just trickery and illusion.

"Magick" is the 'real stuff'. Meaning, spells, crystals, etc. It's not supposed to be trickery and illusion but rather how to really manipulate reality. I don't think you'll find "How to palm a coin" in a Magick book. You'll find it in a Magic book.

THat's my understanding of the difference between the two.

[impaul99]

Originally Posted by John Freestone

But since you manifested me, I don't really see the problem. Just unimagine me (or if your IM skills aren't up to that just yet, you can probably block posts from me so you don't have to see them anymore). It's fine by me. I'm not really posting here for the benefit of people who refuse to consider other points of view from the one they already hold. I just wanted to express the counter-opinion to yours, that it doesn't "totally make sense".

Well, at least this time I managed to manifest you to be a little bit more intelligent than your predecessors. Hey ALG, "upgrades!". Might have to use both hands for this one.

On second thought, lets save some time. John, I forgive you and I love you.

Now please, save me from my delusional fantasy thinking and tell me all about how reality really works.