I'll be blunt Dude:

Considering your conclusions about Jesus, I don't know if you are completely open.

I've found that the mind is a tricky thing. We judge what we're open to by what we perceive consciously. But often there are parts of our mind that we are so closed to acknowledging that we don't become conscious of them.  When this is the case, how can we become certain that we're completely open.

When I consider your posts about Jesus, I see that there is rebel element within you. Could this be getting in the way.

Hi OOBD  Jesus loves you ,he really does,even though he knows you have doubts,but he will always love you.

always keep that thought in your heart.That Jesus loves you.

I love Jesus very much with all my heart.Jesus is the most beautiful spirit that ever walked on this earth plain.

Love and God bless        Love Juditha

It must have been your Grandmother Ra  exactly like your tag line says.

My Granny pops up every now and then - she's always knitting!.  At the time you might think you are not connecting but I think alot of telepathic communication is taking place in the sub-conscious.

You do have spiritual eyes!

I went to the casino for my 21st birthday last night.  I knew I would be playing blackjack, so I placed intent to win win win!  I did my whole process, visualizing getting blackjack every hand and having a huge stack of chips, feeling the excitement and happiness of winning.  I sat at the table and knew that I was going to win.  I didn't hope, I knew.  The first card I was dealt was a King.  The next card was an Ace.  Blackjack!  I was pretty amazed, yet not that suprised due to my past success with placing intent.  I did pretty well, I was up $150 in about half an hour at the $10 table I was at. 

During my time playing I was drinking a little bit.  I started to get a little buzzed.  Then I got really buzzed.  Then I got a little drunk.  I haven't drank for almost 2 months, so I got drunk pretty quickly without actually intending to.  This is when my intent failed me.  I was no longer drawing the consistant tens and aces I was getting throughout the night, I no longer drew the cards I needed to hit 21.  As hard as I concentrated I could no longer create my reality. 

I basically learned that you need to have a clear head in order to open up the connection that we all have to the universe.  I was also wondering somthing else.  Doc, you put emphasis on the fact that using intent for self-serving needs will bring about bad karma.  If I was to continue to use intent to win at the casino, what negative consequences would you predict could come about for me? 

The way I see it is, we all have these gifts inside of us, so if we are able to use them then we should do so in every situation, as long as we do not let the power get to our head and corrupt us.

Vin,

What I mean to say is this:

Abundance can be yours with the power of intent.  God and the universe do not find nobility in poverty and suffering.  That being said, initially using this "magic" to change probabilities in the physical world is exciting - - -INITIALLY.  Yet your spiritual quest has nothing to do with material success.  Perhaps this is why so many religions have advocated giving up worldly possessions, since the ideals of love, gratitude,  and assistance to others  usually have little to do with material things.

I am reminded of the new student who came to a Shao lin temple to learn Kung Fu, and asked "master, how long will it take me to become a master?"  "20 years," was the reply.  "But master, if I practice night and day in live in the temple, then how long will it be?"  "30 years!" said the master.  "What if I set my mind on it, and practice day and night?  Then will it be less"   To this the master replied "40 years!"

The student was frustrated.  "master why do you say it will take longer and longer the more I practice to make it there more quickly."  The answer -  "because if you have one eye on the clock you will only have one eye to focus on your lessons in Kung Fu!"

This is what I mean about the use of intent to achieve material desires vs. a spiritual quest.  If your thoughts are on the material, you likely will have less time to apply intent toward love.  This is not, by any means an absolute.  

So, what I advocate is use intent wisely.  Apply it to succeed; in business, love, education.  However, keep in mind the bigger picture, and apply intent to the spiritual quest to express more love at the same time.  In the movie The Secret, a man talks of how he used intent to create his dream mansion, by making a "wish board."  He cut out pictures from magazines and made a dream house in his mind first.  He then applied intent, and within several years he unpacked his old wishboard, and much to his surprise, he was living in his dream house.  Nothing wrong with it.  But abudance for the sake of abundance alone, while comfortable, eventually rings hollow without love.


As for the bad karma - it only comes about if you apply intent at the cost of acting ethically or taking into account the feelings of another.  The dog eat dog philosophy of business comes back to bite you on the bottom.  It is not worth it to apply intent to make another fail so that you get the coveted spot at work, or apply intent to achieve success by having another suffer a catastrophe.  This is the origin of "black magic," which inevitably leads to negative interactions/karms.

Matthew

Matthew,

How do I get a copy of "the secret"?  THis is my first time writing to a forum!

Ginny