So many manifesting books offer nothing but sugar-coated promises. They make everything sound so easy and automatic!
Well, it is simple, yet, as my spiritual teacher Shanta liked to say: “Simple, but not easy.”
It may be simple, but we humans are complex, and that multi-layered complexity can sometimes get in the way of our manifestations. Like aiming an arrow for the bull’s eye: we shoot, but we don’t always hit the mark. Here’s the secret: like any other skill, manifesting takes practice!
The beauty of it is that the more we practice, the more we learn about the true subject of our exploration: ourselves.
We learn, perhaps, that one of our muscles unintentionally pulls the arrow off to one side, or that we need to use a stronger release, or a clearer focus. And if we work on those things, gradually we see our arrows begin to hit their mark more often.
The trouble with books like ‘The Secret’ and others along those lines is that they make it sound one-dimensional. It’s as if all you need to do is think: “I am wealthy” to manifest wealth, or “I am healthy” to manifest health, or “I am in a fabulous relationship” to manifest a love relationship.
It can be that simple, when all channels are clear and all systems are ‘go’ (in my book, The Little Book of Manifesting Big, I tell the story of how I manifested an extra $10,000 in the first week of my class on manifesting – so it definitely can happen that way). But for many potential students of manifesting, this over-simplification becomes a terribly discouraging model: as soon as an obstacle arises, they may simply give up, thinking: “I just don’t have the gift!”
Well you DO have the gift of manifesting, we all do!
Think of learning to manifest as less like buying a lottery ticket, and more like owning a Ferrari. If a lottery ticket is not a winner, you toss the stub and that’s that. But if your Ferrari isn’t running smoothly, you don’t toss the car! Of course not! You keep tinkering until all systems are go, and the car can hit the road with all cylinders firing.
Manifesting is like that. It’s super powerful, and yet like any powerful mechanism, things can get out of balance that prevent it from performing optimally. Many of those things are easily corrected, which is why it is helpful to keep the mindset of the mechanic: keep tinkering until all systems are humming.
The challenge with manifesting is that the process is invisible until the ‘arrow hits the mark’ (or not!). It appears to be binary: we either hit the bull’s eye, or we don’t; the money is sitting in our bank account, or it isn’t!
In truth, though, the process of manifesting is not binary. It’s as nuanced as mastering the art of archery. Like so many forms of mastery, it’s simple when you know how, and yet it can be challenging every step of the way before you achieve mastery.
The good news is that there are myriad tips and techniques we can use to help our manifesting arrows find their target.
Imagine quitting archery when the first arrow falls shy of the target; the idea is ludicrous! Yet if all we see is the result – or not – we may never know how close we might have been to our desired manifestation. We may never know that we were doing nine out of ten things correctly, and we only needed to tweak that tenth thing.
It might have been a matter of just a little more patience, or a tad more trust, or greater comfort with a technique, or a clearer vision of what we desire. In other words, we might have been just a hair’s breadth away from sending our arrows straight to the mark.
Manifesting is not a party game; it is a path of self-knowledge. As we learn about manifesting, we are actually learning about our own nature, and getting in closer alignment with our innate gifts.
Manifestation is a gift. It’s something we’ve ALL been given. The power to create, to manifest, is part of what we are as humans. Like any natural gift, such as a beautiful voice, or athleticism, or any inborn ability, the gift of manifesting needs to be honed and nurtured for it to reach its full potential.
This is to say, give yourself the support you need to develop the awesome gift of your own power to manifest your dreams and desires, and to create your best life. Find a book, a mentor or a course that will guide you past the obstacles that may arise on the path to manifesting success.
Don’t give up as soon as an arrow misses the mark. Keep correcting and improving your aim, your confidence, and your technique, and you will surely succeed!
Here’s a big secret:
The process is the true excitement of the journey! It is not just the cool stuff that matters (though I hope that’s as exciting and fulfilling as you dream it will be!); what matters most is the learning as you travel deeper into the mastery of your subject, which is your own true power and your own magnificent nature.
And here’s an even bigger secret:
The reward of manifesting is not the things or the experiences, or even the learning, rather… the true reward of manifesting is the connection with the Universe as you manifest your dreams. That intimate connection is the heavenly essence of the experience.
Imagine having the power to create what you wish in your life! Imagine feeling at one with your manifesting power and your intimate co-creative connection with the universe!
I encourage you to accept the invitation to get closer to the mystery and magnificence that is such a beautiful and, yes, such a mystical part of the experience of manifesting.
