Joseph E. Donlan

Archive for September, 2009

Hi Joe,
Instead of the earlier suggestion of delegating a section for “Success Stories” on the blog, a forum may be a more feasible option. The “Success Stories” could then have its own section.
Readers who comment on this blog may volunteer or make arrangements with you about becoming moderators for this forum.This would greatly accommodate your busy schedule. I would have loved to be the first volunteer but my expertise in these area is severly lacking.
Readers could then discuss your book in far greater detail.

All the best

Do people create their own future consciously or if not then is it created for them by default? Default; meaning that suggestions created and received from external causes (family, friends, society, media etc)
Or is it that everyones future is cast in stone so to speak.

Chance, Randomness, Probability, Possibilities..
What part do these play in the life of the individual who is attempting to ordain reality?
Do these even play any signicant role at all?

Is ordaining reality constraint by any of the following “systems” which greatly affect the lives of individuals:
Politics – Can a person living in Darfur or other regions of conflict ordain their reality? This is one criticism that is levelled at many “law of attraction” proponenets!

Economics: Will a person living in America ordain is reality better than someone who lives in North Korea or Cuba?

Religion: This one you touched on in previous posts – Do those who believe in a deity find ordaining reality(individual action) troublesome.

Looking forward to your responses and those of other reader

Hi Joe,
In a previous post you addressed the need to be generic(general) with desired outcomes.

Could this be a double edged sword? Is there the possibility that in being general, one may obtain the results through a negative or undesirable situation?
Example:
A person named X desires a car!
Person X gets a new car becuase is uncle(etc) passed away

While if one was being specific one could inlcude affirmations that would try as best as possible to include only favourable results.As you pointed out getting specific would narrow the ways in which the desired outcomes could happen.

Hi Joe,

Let me first off commend you on what you have attempted to do – to scientifically explain the phenomena of positive thinking and influencing the future with your thoughts. My hat goes of to and you deserve all the credit possible. The present market is awash with piles of junk books purporting to explain the subject matter. I was reading a popular science book “The Fabric of the Cosmos” and realized that most of the books that dealt with quantum physics were exaggerating or forming improper conclusions. At another junction is the attitude of these books towards science.

Generally speaking, when dealing with this type of subject matter (i.e ordaining reality, thoughts influencing future etc) there is an attitude of anti-science that abounds. People smugly tell you about “spirit blah blah” in all honesty I have no clue what that word mean. In contrast when I read the sample pages you provide from your book you painstakingly lay out your case and what it is that your attempting to do. You mentioned and I paraphrase “that there is a invisible world……..but you then go on to explain” All I can say is that I so much look forward to buying your book or books depending on what I find in the original.

………more to follow

Good morning Joe,

I have yet to read your book but in anticipation of its arrival from B&N, I have two questions:  I’m not certain if your method employs affirmations or not. If it doesn’t, I’d like to hear your take on whether supplementing visualizations with affirmations would be effective? Secondly, what are your thoughts about “supercharging” results by reinforcing visualizations with lucid dreaming?

Best,

Erik