I have some questions that are puzzling me that I would like to ask you. I would also like to have conversation here about the potentiality of combining the two ideas into one and end the confusion about this. In fact some seem to have already done that, but I'm still puzzling anyway

In fact now I'm only going to bring up two biggest conflicts that are bugging me:
1) Thoughts are powerful and create reality VS Thoughts are false and illusory thing, nothing but delusion and a thing to be overcome
2) Creating positive beliefs VS no beliefs at all
Here are my current thoughts, feel free to comment:
1) LOA and our responsibility in creating our own outer-reality seems to be self-evident to me. There is so much teachings about it, successful people tend to promote it, it has had big affect on my life already and I've seen many lives changing for better when consciously creating a mindset that matches ones desires of life. I've noticed that the ones who get the benefits from this are also the ones who gain awareness of ones thoughts and beliefs in the process and start living more in the moment, which would mean of course, awakening at least to some extent. The proof is in the pudding and this thing works in real life, though some people have tried and failed and would disagree with me. LOA goes deeper than thoughts, because the foundation is the state of allowing and acceptance and you must FEEL and BELIEVE that you already have whatever it is that you desire. You can't manifest something that you don't have already. This is why it seems to me and some others that ET and LOA could make a perfect team.
So it seems to work in the real world. Thoughts really have some kind of power over our outer world at least to some degree. Inner becomes outer, that's what Eckhart and LOA both say. Could it be so simple that thoughts are just tools to create outer things in the playfield of life? They're not who we are but they are our magnificent tool to create? So Eckhart Tolle teaches awakening and LOA teaches practical use of mind to create things in our lives, which works best when you are awakened?
2) Beliefs are just build-up thought patterns as far as I understand this. In LOA circles it's popular idea that creating a desired belief system is the way to get what we want in this life. Most of us have belief systems that are working against us and the idea is simply to change that belief system to work FOR us. Positive beliefs. It's undeniably true that we have a subconscious picture of ourselves as a person and we act out the way we see ourselves.
This I believe is where the two schools of thought conflict most. In LOA circles it's a popular idea that we simply should change our beliefs or our picture of ourselves to get what we want in life. This makes perfect sense too and again it appears to work in the real world. Beliefs will make you or break you and you have the power to choose your beliefs. Then Eckhart Tolle and most other spiritual teachers teach that one should get rid of all beliefs and all identification with the picture and idea of "little me". OSHO says that whoever gives you a belief system is your enemy. He also said once that he has been "nothing" for 20 years. No personality, no identity, nothing.
The question is, if we shouldn’t create beliefs, then how are we supposed to achieve our goals and visions? You have to BELIEVE that it will happen don't you? Some of us still have high goals and visions (a ”big” outer purpose) even after awakening and it’s not from the ego. We have to do what we need to do in that realm to get where we want to be. LOA, creating effective beliefs and manipulating thoughts and attitudes simply appear to work in the real world. Even Eckhart quoted from Bible the classic 'Whatever you ask in prayer, BELIEVE that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Can a spiritually awakened being have any beliefs about anything? You either believe that you will succeed or you don't believe it. Or does spiritually awakened being somehow drop the whole "believing-dimension" out of the equation? Belief seems to be part of the recipe for reaching goals in real life, proof is again in the pudding.
Can I believe in something but just not identify with it, not put any "self" to it? Could it be that simple?
I'm a musician / performer and I have a good vision of what I will be like, how I will talk, how I will act on stage, what my outer image is like and I'm moving towards that self-image. Previously I have identified with this stuff, put some "self" into it, but now I wonder if I can do all that without identifying it as "me"? It would seem ridiculous that I would lose some ability by becoming conscious, so my ego is probably just tricking me

So there were my current thoughts about it. What do you guys think? What are your thoughts about combining these two schools of thought? There seems to be so much common ground and people are already combining them so I can't help thinking that they belong together.