What's all this hub bub about manifesting stuff into your reality by focusing your thoughts and intentions on a desired result? I want stuff, and sometimes I focus on stuff, but I don't always get the stuff I want. Does all this "Secret" manifestation really work? Or is it just another pipe dream, an easy way out, or another scam perpetrated by modern day snake oil salesmen in an attempt to manifest my cash into their pockets? It all seems too easy, there's no way that just being positive and setting an intention could possibly cause things in the "real" world to come true. There's work that must be done, school that must be attended, effort must be put forth to attain a goal. We can't just twiddle away our time day dreaming about how we wish things would be and expect them to happen, I call it balderdash!!
But seeing as how I've judged things I didn't understand in my past and been wrong, and for the sake of keeping an open mind, lets take a little peak at all of this hokus pokus, at the very least it gave us a chance to say hokus pokus. If we think about this, rationally of course, everything that exist in this world, cars, art, buildings even modern farming, came at first in the form of a thought. We all have thousands of thoughts each day, but it seems the ones that became real had some emotion behind them, some desire to make something better, or to create shelter or to simply have more accessible food. The other aspect of having these emotion filled thoughts come into reality is putting them down on paper, or having a plan, this makes them a little more real. Even our ancient ancestors would take stick to dirt to draw out an idea for primitive shelter or paint on cave walls bountiful hunts. They didn't worry about the HOW at first; they saw the end result. The how just happened as part of the process. Another element it seems is faith, you have to believe that there is a possibility of this idea becoming real, or you may need to become aware of any beliefs you have that would stand in the way of this thought becoming real. So, there does appear to be some work involved, some internal effort has to take place for you to BE what it is that you desire, but is all this heavy emotional/mental lifting worth the effort?
Well let me tell you a little first hand experience of manifestation in my life. I was introduced to and had been practicing meditation for several years, albeit my practice was not consistent I did see some benefits from it. A little over a year ago at the end of 2012 however, I wasn't pleased with some areas of my life, namely where I was living. I was living inland and I am much more of a water creature. I made many excuses for years why I couldn't move towards the ocean, most of which were lame and feeble, "I don't earn enough", "it's too far", "I wont fit in". I know, lame. But none the less, they kept me put, content in my complacency. I decided to put some of this manifestation stuff to work, but be serious about it, give it a real try and be consistent in my practice. I wrote down specifically what I wanted and when I wanted it to happen, I even decided to negotiate with my ego a bit and imagined living NEAR the ocean at first rather then ON the ocean BEFORE 2014, this seemed easier for my ego to swallow and I figured it was a foot in the door. I meditated to clear and focus my mind, I visualized myself living in this place, I acted grateful as if it already existed in my life, I became aware of and removed any beliefs that said this can't happen or wont happen. I did this for 90 days at the start of 2013 along with some other things I wanted to manifest(all of which came true BTW), then I let go in faith that it would happen. The year went by and many amazing things did occur in my life, so much so that I actually forgot about my beach house. Then out of the blue at the end of 2013, a friend told me about a place near the beach that may be something I was interested in, I went to look at it that very weekend, it was perfect, but the property manager told me that it was available December 26th, which I though was a weird time to move into a place, but whatever, I took it and I moved in. At the end of the move in day, exhausted and laying on my couch in my new coastal digs, the memory of my intention popped in my head, "BEFORE 2014 I will be living in a beach front home" I was sitting in my new ocean home 4 days before 2014. An eerie feeling indeed, eerie and exciting. This excitement gave me faith that manifestation does work, it takes some internal work and a bit of courage to walk through the doors of opportunity when they are opened, setting a detailed intention, writing it down, visualizing and emotionalizing my thoughts, removing limiting beliefs, manifestation is very very real if you have faith. I think 2014 is going to be a very fun year, even the curve balls will be less scary with the knowledge that everything is leading to my over all intention, so patiently I wait for the unfolding of my thoughts, it makes the process so much more blissful, like a birthday present is around every corner. Oh, one more thing, I apologize for calling it balderdash in the first paragraph. I just think its a funny word. Manifestation works. Make 2014 the year your thoughts become your currency. Now go forth and dream big!
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