Is “expectation” really the right word for it? It gives off the impression that there needs to be some kind of positive attitude for it, or a forcing of feelings.

Or a certain kind of knowing and understanding.

With the idle tides of passing moods mixed with sometimes lingering physicalist ideals from years of conditioning, sometimes it’s hard to “expect” results a few days after intending or even a few hours after. I find that even if I do doubt myself, I experience some results.

Intent is never truly lost, and so even if you have some contradictory intentionality, your pro-goal intent is not lost in the face of anti-goal intentionality. That’s why it’s possible to experience some measure of a positive result even despite doubts, etc.

I don’t know whether manifestations being fully realized have to do with my “expectations” or it’s just the fact that I’ve only just begun practicing this.

Be careful what kind of causality story you spin. :) You have many options, but some causality stories are weaker than the others.

Don’t forget that deep down you are secretly omniscient already. Of course you shouldn’t take my word for it.

And when I say doubt myself, I mean doubt my ability to assert facts into my experience.

But you cannot doubt your ability to face all your doubts. Even if there are 10 thousand doubts, each one a demon in its own right, you can “stand” (not literally) there and face them. Your heart should be able to overwhelm countless universes. Never mind this tiny and pathetic universe right here. Consider your heart as an infinite gale storm, or a vast expanse, and this entire universe is just a tiny grain of sand that’s helplessly caught in the expanse of your heart.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-08-11 12:29:53 (dlgh3kl)