It’s easy to say I want this, or I’d like to have that. But I think it’s jsut as easy to fool ourselves with half-hearted intentions.

Small desire equals small manifestation. Large desire, and therefore large energy, results in large manifestations.

Maybe this is simplistic. Maybe you could argue that desire is said to be something to avoid in Taoist and Buudhist teachings.

I would counter that all things have their place. And the fact remains that many people, myself included, have a tendancy to say “I want that”" without really having a strong desire.

Think about this: William Walker Atkinson in his great book Thought Vibrations asks if we want what we say we want…

“in the same way a prisoner wants his freedom…”

Really let that sink in. Do you want what you claim you want as badly as a man or woman behind bars wants to be free?

That’s a great and powerful analogy to consider the next time you aren’t getting what you say you want. The very fact may be that your desire is not powerful enough.

If you find your wanting is not as real as it could be, it may even be true that you simply don’t want this person, place, or event at all. Often we “want” what others believe we need rather than what our hearts really desire.

This is definitely something for thought.

At the same time if it turns out you are really drawn to your desire perhaps you simply need to strengthen your power of will. Most of us lose our power of will at some point and then need to regain it.

And willpower is more than just the ability one exerts to abstain from that second drink. True power of the will is the extension of our minds to harness our essence and manifest the world around us.