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weird (adj.)

c. 1400,

• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"

• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),

• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),

• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

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A practical exploration, in terms of having the experiences we want:

“When I know what I want in this world, when I am thinking of it, it is always beyond me. When I know what I want, I enter into that state and think from it.” - Neville Goddard

I often find myself in the former, with the experience I desire out of my reach. Quite frustrating.

One night, I was somehow accidentally able to think from it with ease. It was surprisingly simple to do, like something hidden in plain sight all along. It was less of a lateral move - just imagining or visualizing over top of this moment, as I usually do. It was more like my awareness moved up in time, I was less so 'here', and everything was being drawn towards it. A great sense of ease. I'd like to practice this.

Perhaps some of you are familiar with this or have some insights on the subject?

edit: I suppose 'thinking from' could be seen under the umbrella of detachment, letting go.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I sometimes perceive people writing about manifestation, as seeking to find an esoteric pathway that allows them to go on what one of my teachers called "the great metaphysically-powered shopping spree". E.g. asking by what rarified means they can "hurry up and get what they want". I also love Desire and I love having the things I want. Here's some thoughts on the specifics of methodology.

I think each thing gained in life is gained at a cost, that each thing rendered unto us is given in response to an effort or a hand put forth to reach for it. So when I seek something from the universe, I understand that I first must give something - and usually its something of myself. Usually in some way I must be transformed or (ostensibly--!) diminished to allow in the greater light of God which alone will help bring to me the things I need.

So I ask, what can I give up of myself, what illusion can I awaken from, what emotions can I work through, what greater responsibility can I take within my own experience, in order to move to a place where (more) things will be given to me? The less specific I can be in the asking. the greater my faith. And the rewards are compounded, it seems to me, the greater the faith. Because I know what I want and need, but I do not know what I actually require. Only my higher self knows that. I do not know what is necessary. In my belief system, none of us knows what is truly necessary.

In terms of thinking 'from something' - my perspective is this. If you are trying to help the mind and it's belief systems evolve towards more balanced states, the best thing I've found is the balancing exercises. (The balancing exercises are given in the Law of One, which is a channeled religious text). This is where you allow yourself to simulate very strong emotions - the feelings of being worthless, alternating with the feeling of being very worthy, for example. When you alternate between strong, emotionally opposite states, the mind can see either side of a wrinkle within itself, and the midpoint is somehow, by a means I don't know, almost immediately and easily grasped. So if you use your imagination of a situation as a proxy to access the felt-states that arise with getting / not-getting the object of your desire, and intensify and alternate those states of feeling until you digest them entirely, you'll work through some of the belief systems that anchor that thing in/out of your life in the way it now is, hovering just out of reach. Seeing the 'I cant have this' feeling will teach your mind about one side of itself, and seeing the 'I can have this' feeling will teach the other side of your mind.

Specifically how the consequences of this would unfold in your life, is anyone's guess. To me it seems its always for the better.

Originally commented by u/[deleted] on 2018-01-16 15:25:42 (dsqzwqb)