thinking too mcuh often block things from coming

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Permalink Reply by Happy Camper-Too on November 8, 2008 at 1:33pm

Hi Siobhan,
I find the same thing happens for me. The other day I was thinking I'd like to have some pink grapefruit and figured I'd just buy some the next time I went shopping and forgot about it. The very next day a friend of mine came to my office and gave me some. I've had this happen lot's of times, think of a food or item briefly and then shortly after have it show up but the relationship that I've wanted for the past two years still hasn't manifested and I know it's because I'm too attached to it.

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Permalink Reply by Lucy on November 8, 2008 at 3:42pm

I can think of two reasons: one is having doubts etc which arise when thinking too much about something and the other is impatience. Either way, both come in the way of letting go, which is crucial. Detaching oneself from an intention that has been set is very tricky, as it is important. To complete the process, you just have to relax and let go/allow, ie. knowing it is on its way. Not checking where it is or constantly thinking and rethinking it. Hope, I was of help:)

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Permalink Reply by KeepsGettinBetter on November 9, 2008 at 12:05am

The same exact thing happens to me too! Its really really hard for me to try and let go, and is frustrating at times.

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Permalink Reply by Anya on November 9, 2008 at 2:39am

thanks, appreciate this post a lot. totally true - will have to practice letting go.

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Permalink Reply by Divine Muse on November 9, 2008 at 12:01pm

I always found this to be a bit of double standard.

Say, I really wanted a White Mocha Chocolate from Starbucks. I think about it constantly and in a short amount of time I get my Starbucks drink. I don't necessarily detach myself from that particular want, because I really want my *White Chocolate Mocha*. I will focus on it, until I get that drink, thank you very much.

However, on the big stuff, say the lottery for example, I want it just as much, but all of the constant focus and thinking has not at this point in time produced the intended result.

I always found in my experience that if I focus on a goal I can achieve it.

Which is why the idea of letting go seems so contradictory to me, when you couple it with methods on achieving your desired manifestation. We should "let it go", but visualize, pretend, create a vision board, write a letter detailing how our manifestation would work out, begin to make changes into our lives to allow say a husband or boyfriend enter. None of that to me says "letting go."

It says, "Keep focusing on it."

Am I the only one who thinks this? Can someone explain the discrepancy to me. I would appreciate it.

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Permalink Reply by Divine Charm on November 12, 2008 at 3:39am

Hi
The White Mocha Chocolate and other food items are easy to manifest because there is/was no deep-seated resistance in the subconscious.

Whereas with the lottery, most of us have fossilised doubts..
Just my 2 cents ...

I agree with the "keep focusing on it." too but it is important to remain "detached" with no neediness or as Martha Beck calls it..not operating/intending from a "shallowness" vibrational point.

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Permalink Reply by Rico on November 9, 2008 at 3:17pm

I think this is a subject that we all strugle with. And I believe that the reason it is so much harder with the bigger things is that we have such a lower level of belief or faith that we are going to receive the big things than we do when it is something small like a cup of coffee from Starbucks. If we have the same level of belief and faith in the big things as we do with the small things they would manifest just as fast.

What we have to do is "let go" of the creating part. We only have to do that once. If we think we have to keep sending the energy to create what we are asking for we are sending out disbelief that it worked the first time.

Let me give an example:

Let's say I decide that I want Pizza for diner and I want it delivered to my home. Ok, I pick up the phone and I call a local pizza place and place my order. Now once I hang up that phone I have complete faith that in about 30-45 mins there is going to be someone knocking on my door to give me exactly what I asked for. I do not keep calling them back every 5 mins to see where they are in the preparation of my order or to see if they have left or need further directions to my house. And I certainly don't feel the need to call them more than once to place the order to make sure that it gets made. No, what I do is I make out the check so it will be ready to give to the driver when he/she gets there...I set out some plates, napkins and drinking glasses on the table so that when it arrives I am prepared to eat and I am not rushing around at the time it gets here to get ready to eat.

That is exactly what we have to do when we place our order with the universe. Once the order is placed, we have to realize that we have done all that we have to do to create what we ordered and get it on it's way to us. What we now have to do is prepare for it's arrival...prepare ourselves to receive it.

I just realized the other day that I am guilty of this mistake myself. One of the things that I am wanting is two new computers. One high end PC and one iMac. My plan is that when I get these two new computers that I will give the one I currently work on to my daughter to replace the even older one that she has now. But I look around my home office which is in a complete mess right now and realize that I am not prepared to recieve those. If they arrived today I would have no place to put them. So what I need to do is clean up my office and get a second desk for my daughter as we are sharing one right now so that I am prepared and in alignment to recieve what I have asked for.

Rico

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Permalink Reply by Divine Muse on November 9, 2008 at 8:34pm

Rico, I like your thinking.

I suppose I should see what adjustments I should make in my life to receive my intended manifestations.

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Permalink Reply by Rositsa Zaharieva on November 11, 2008 at 3:07pm

I, too, like your point, Rico. It reminded me of why am I not receiving what I want right now - a relationship - more than 3 years now. It once again opened my eyes to how pretentious I sometimes am, how unready I've been and so on. Perhaps there are still some things I need to change in order to finally meet and keep that guy. I guess I need to review my requirements in order to figure out what changes I need to make.

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Permalink Reply by Sonlorr on November 12, 2008 at 12:31am

This has been something I've been wondering about for a while too(new member by the way, hello!)

Because in the movie, Jack Canfield talks about his manifestation of a one hundred thousand dollar increase of income, and one of the things he does is look at a one hundred thousand dollar bill on the ceiling when he wakes up. He said it was to remind him of his intention.

So everything that you create, do you only make one big powerful intention, and the rest is just to keep yourself on the right path for receiving it? But what if you affirmed that you had it every day? Would that be keeping yourself aligned, or re-creating what you already created?

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Permalink Reply by Zver on November 12, 2008 at 12:28am

The very same thing I've noticed and it keeps showing up again and again... I just think that this is a good thing, we are developing and we keep noticing this small things manifesting and as we go forth we will keep more and more understanding how it is done, how we are doing this, until we understand it completely. At first times it bothered me alot... like, I even did not want that thing, I just focused on it for a sec or two and it showed up... and now is see that my process of learning took it's place! Everything in the universe is done with zero effort, so, I guess, if we act like this, we will do it.

Keep the faith, know truly that the way the Secret is teaching us is just so simple! And be happy about all of this, for me it started to be really fun, as you do it more and more you will keep noticing more and more differences YOU are doing while really wanting something and not showing up for you (yet) between the things you manifest the way you described "this small manifestations". And finally we will learn how it's done and we will be able to manifest in our lives the things we really want.

Just so, be happy :)

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Permalink Reply by songstar on November 12, 2008 at 12:53am

Thank you all, this is exactly what I needed to read tonight. I just fail to see what I'm focusing on sometimes, particularly when the emotions amplify it. I, too, can manifest almost anything if I don't dwell on it. Thanks so much, I really needed this timely message.

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