Two different principles

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Here's the quote from the above link (near the very bottom of the page): "Rather than trying to 'make' something happen, just 'let it' happen."

This was enlightening, and it made clear that the "as-if" principle is NOT quite the same as focused intention. The principle of focused intention (PFI) assumes that the thing you want has not happened yet, and you want it to happen. The "as-if" principle assumes that the thing you want already exists, and you express gratitude for it. The "as-if" principle is like PFI only insomuch that the focused intention is on the gratitude and assumtion that the wish has already been granted, versus wishing for something you don't yet have.

Following the principles of huna (see the website above)--as I understand it anyway--and the fundamentals to the "as-if" principle, this makes sense. To make something real, you have to believe that it can be real. If you DON'T have the thing you wish for, and you are wishing FOR it, then you are in a state that the thing you want is NOT yet real; and therefore, the thing you want is NOT real. Therefore, you cannot MAKE it real.

I'm not sure I conveyed that clear enough, but there goes. Chew on that for a bit.