Planifestation Is The Key
“Who makes that window on your drawing?” so said my father early on in my design career.
He looked at the front elevation drawing I had done of the store building, a single story Colonial style, and asked the above question.
The demeanor of an engineer, architect, naval officer, boss, and a father, rolled into one, oftentimes felt overwhelming.
With very little experience, fifty years ago, I still had the idea that even sizes in feet was reasonable. It was. That day I was introduced to “Sweets Catalogues”, a multi-volume set of very thick books which contained all the specifications of products available for building construction.
Planning is not made up of ifs and maybes. It is very specific and very precise. Budget and economics also play a part. Pella windows were more expensive than Anderson windows back then. If a more expensive window is chosen, the cost may have to be justified to a client whose eyes are on the budget.
Planifestation is a trademarked term.
Lessons Learned From A Window
I chose an Anderson window and also put dimensions on the plan in a window schedule. It had the manufacturer’s name, the model number, the size of the window unit, the dimensions of the rough opening required and also the finished opening in the wall in which it would be placed.
Redundancy systems are such that they sometimes additionally expound upon the information on a plan and include even more specific information in the specifications which accompany the plan.
Specificity and accuracy ensure that planifestation happens.
The plans become the basis of source for what appears in the physical universe, a fully functioning building that serves the purpose for which it was designed. In the window, there is a glass thickness stated, whether it is single, double, or triple pane and if it is air or a special gas between the panes used to help prevent heat loss or heat gain. The window has a rating as to its insulation properties and its sound transmission properties. There also are light transmission factors. Reflective coatings or tinting are part of the specifications.
Specifications are very specific. When nothing is left to chance, only human error is the variable. Most errors are correctable, if something is done incorrectly or something is inadvertently omitted by a contractor. The reality is that all errors are correctable and must be corrected. If ever there was an absolute component in construction, this is the one.
Planning a life or planning a goal in life, if done precisely and specifically is step number one. Step number two is the action necessary to manifest (make happen) the plan.
Law Of Attraction
Is it? Is it a law? There are magnetic forces and attractions in physics. Do you use magnets for anything? Do you know how they work and why they work? Opposite poles (north and south) attract, but the same poles repel each other.
Gravity is a force, supposedly moving at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second, approximately). Earth’s gravity attracts the mass of your body, pulling it toward the center of the earth. The sun’s gravity holds the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors in orbit around itself. This is an attraction.
Subatomic particles are held in place, the strongest force being aptly named strong force. We’re just barely getting into the workings of quantum physics and exciting discoveries are often made. Quantum entanglement is one of the more peculiar of the forces discovered and Einstein predicted its existence.
Two objects (subatomic particles) move in the exact same way, at the exact same time, even when separated by great distances. They are thus said to be “entangled”. We could say connected, but there is no physical connection that we can see or measure. It is mind-blowing, but it is proven. The exploration of such connections between people has yet to be done, but there’s no proof that it doesn’t exist.
What does attraction have to do with the resultant manifestation of planifestation?
Attraction has a connection to feelings and emotions. It also connects to intention. There is a feeling connected to inexorable manifestation. Being unstoppable is part and parcel of the philosophy of the philosophy of architectural design. The question of “if” is not in the recipe or equation. “When” may be part of the equation, and that is often an absolute.
Which way does attraction actually flow? Are you attracted to your goal or is it attracted to you? Could it be a combination of the two forces? Quantum entanglement may hold the secrets which contain the answers to these questions and the ones not asked yet.
Regardless of the direction of attraction, the sole determining factor always is the intention that something will happen. Period. The end.