How to Order (Blog)

[Savage]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

How to Order

[Matt Willard]

Man, I was JUST rereading "How To Visualize Your New Reality" and then you throw this up? Gotta love it when things link together like that!

[Nameless One]

Don't forget to tip the waiter.

[Ron Stoppable]

Originally Posted by Nameless One

Don't forget to tip the waiter.

And Erin, for explaining this years ago.

[Berrie]

Originally Posted by Ron Stoppable

And Erin, for explaining this years ago.

Seriously. I was just going to ask why you'd repeat everything that's once been posted. I totally remembered this podcast (yet oddly couldn't remember if it was Steve's or Erin's. .-.)

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Berrie

Seriously. I was just going to ask why you'd repeat everything that's once been posted. I totally remembered this podcast (yet oddly couldn't remember if it was Steve's or Erin's. .-.)

I'll keep repeating it till everyone applies it correctly.

[Ohabu]

Thank you Steve. For this article, and for all the things I've learned from you.

[Angela]

Specific is one way to order. You can even be all Sally about it ("Waiter, I'll begin with a house salad, but I don't want the regular dressing. I'll have the balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side. And then the salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce on the side.")

Another way to order is to trust the establishment that you're ordering in, and ask them to bring you The Daily Special -- that is, ask the chef to bring you a wonderful tasting surprise that will benefit you most.

This works best if you are a regular.

And you may want to watch out for the exasperated patron at the corner table next to a geeky, vegan, bisexual dining companion, the guy brandishing a water pistol.

[Zach M]

The Universal Restaurant is not to be confused with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I know that’s what you were thinking.

LOL! How do you do that, Steve? Thanks, I needed a good laugh today.

[jayh]

This post was exactly the advice I needed to hear today. Thanks! Sorry to be holding up the line while I keep changing my mind!

[Zach M]

BTW, we aren't idiots if we've never been taught how to order. Of course now we have.

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Zach Matley

BTW, we aren't idiots if we've never been taught how to order. Of course now we have.

My apologies... my writing tends to get a bit aggro when I go a week w/o sex.

I'm sure some level of compassion will be restored in about 4-5 more days. My waiter is a bit slow tonight for some reason.

[bright]

Steve, what are your religious beliefs?

I haven't seen you mention 'god' anywhere in your posts so I think you don't believe in a god, but with the intention manifestation model it seems like you do believe in a higher power of some sort, so that means you're a pantheist?

[Cloverhart]

I giggled so loudly and so knowingly at 12:12 I can't even describe..but I agree, I always give much detail when I order

[jdbhouston]

Steve, thank you for finally talking to me like an idiot. Go on, shoot me in the eye with the water pistol, too (just water, please!). Your article is exactly how I needed it broken down for me. This goes along nicely with a dash of synchronicity (I watched a DVD of The Secret last night) and a couple of other experiences today, and so I feel like I am about to do some MAJOR ordering from the grown-ups menu at the Universal Restaurant. Sounds promising!

[ericonoahu]

I see the point but I also like Dooley's take on it - the Universe knows better than you do what you want and will bring it if you don't get bogged down in the how's and specifics.

How is $50,000 going to do anything for me? It's not the paper and ink its what I'm going to with the money - travel or whatever - that is going to make me happy. And its the happiness that's the real goal. So, if I say I want to write a book that's going to make me $50,000 the first year so I can take a cool trip to Europe I am placing limits on the Universe.

What I want is the international travel so I should ask for that rather than ask for the stuff that I think is the best way to get there. Admittedly, that's basically what the post says. Splitting hairs I guess.

I didn't get the cool gig I have now by asking specifically for it, I got it by just trusting/expecting that everything would work out. It did and better than I'd hoped for.

In any case, great post. Thanks for it.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

Love the Seinfeld and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy references

This was an excellent post. The analogy works super well. I'm going to order a brand new speedboat with red trim and I'll also have the $50k special with a side of tax free acquisition. And I'd like you to keep refilling my order of being an incredibly creative, talented and prolific artist. There's a tip in it for you if you get my orders right, Universe

[Zach M]

Waiter, I need to move to another table. It's hard to read the menu when my companions are complaining about the food and service.

[Elfwing]

*Laughs* So thanks to this post I went back to a message I wrote to the Universe, back in August, and what "I would like." I realised how timid it was, and reworded it, and I intend on seeing an awesome counselor next week. I feel a lot more empowered, and now I realise that the way I worded it suits the way I'd not-had it... it was always something that was just out of reach, and I'd worded it in a way that made it sound like it was far away and not coming.

So, that's fixed up.

Ordering's fun, though. Maybe I'll go order some more stuff!

[Rebecca800]

Awesome metaphor... and thanks for the gazillion comedy references - made me smile

[Savage]

Originally Posted by bright

Steve, what are your religious beliefs?

I haven't seen you mention 'god' anywhere in your posts so I think you don't believe in a god, but with the intention manifestation model it seems like you do believe in a higher power of some sort, so that means you're a pantheist?

None of the above. Read Chapter 13 of my book if you want the answer to your questions. Too much to explain in a forum post.

[bright]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

None of the above. Read Chapter 13 of my book if you want the answer to your questions. Too much to explain in a forum post.

But do you believe in god?

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by bright

But do you believe in god?

His beliefs are complex. They aren't as simple as black and white. Read the book. The whole definition of 'god' has a different meaning for certain people.

[cacheborn]

Excellent.

Guess we need to be reminded of the ordering procedure from time to time. Perhaps, it's the way we have been brought up, that makes us forget. and we always get caught up in the why's and how's and when's. I have found this many times that it works best when I forget about how it's going to happen, and simply order.

Seinfeld and HHGTTG rock.

one mulligatawny to go.

[Savage]

Originally Posted by bright

But do you believe in god?

Your question contains a false assumption I don't subscribe to (i.e. that I must equate beliefs with my identity). So I cannot answer it because it's a nonsensical question to me. Beliefs are lenses. I can pick them up and look through them or put them down and look past them. No need to turn them into my identity either way.

Best answer I can give to your question is: When I choose to.

[bright]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Your question contains a false assumption I don't subscribe to (i.e. that I must equate beliefs with my identity). So I cannot answer it because it's a nonsensical question to me. Beliefs are lenses. I can pick them up and look through them or put them down and look past them. No need to turn them into my identity either way.

Best answer I can give to your question is: When I choose to.

If I were to factually ask you whether there is a god or not, what would you say?

I.e if we're talking about facts rather than beliefs - e.g in all circumstances its a fact that the earth is spherical and that gravity pulls things down, etc, then would you consider the existence of god to be such a fact or not?

[theorique]

Originally Posted by bright

But do you believe in god?

Check this podcast out, it's pretty clear.

StevePavlina.com Podcast #013 – Beyond Religion

-jack

[Federer]

Steve, i got your answer. Remember that thread i was asking, did i write in right manner? yes, i wrote it.

Go for "i now have...", collect the power of presence, be clear what you want , order it(another form of let it go) and recieve it. Looks like ask and it is given. Whoaa!!

[yogi]

Loved reading the post Steve. One of your originals, keepers, and all-timers.

But here's the thing -- life can be seen as a training ground for learning how to manifest. We all get a life to learn, and if we don't learn, we come back to try again.

The reason why some people are better than others at manifesting is -- drum roll please -- that's just the way the universe works. Or, perhaps more correctly, that's just the way the universe is. Nothing to get upset about.

[danas]

I love this post and I love this restaurant, Ive had a some very successful dishes here.

-I'll have the sweet & smart committed man with our future kids on the side.
-Your order is comin' right up maam