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Manifesting is a hot topic.
When you wish, hope or pray for something and it comes to pass then you
have manifested it. There are many techniques and books on
how to manifest.
Remember the old saying, “be careful of what you wish for, you
may get it.” Always be very clear about what. For example, if you
ask for a shiny new car. You could get a match box car. It fulfills the
wish since you did not specify size, make or the need for an engine.
Many people say they have tried to manifest and it has not worked. In
most cases either they do not really believe in what they are saying or
they fail to ask for anything. You need to believe that your request
can come true. What do we mean that they fail to ask for anything? That
is, they ask for something that is not possible. How do you know if
what you are asking to be manifest is possible? That is real simple. If
you would be surprised when it is manifested then it is
not possible. If you would be surprised if it does not get
manifested, then it is real. To be more positive, you should
expect what you want to be manifested.
There are three basic steps. First, remind yourself that the power
exists to manifest what ever you want. Acknowledge that the Universe or
God, by what ever name you use, is capable of making anything happen.
The second step is to ask for what you want, more about that later. The
third step say “thank you” for what ever comes. Be assured
that what ever comes is for your highest and greatest good.
For example, a friend of ours wanted two things, to complete an
educational program and to get a better job. An opening came for the
job she wanted just when the work load for the education was at its
maximum. Realizing that she could not do both she recommended a friend
of hers, in the same department, for the job. Her friend got the
promotion and she finished her requirements.
Six month later, she had successfully completed all the course work.
Almost as soon as she turned the last of the work in, her friend told
her that the job was too much and was stepping down. Our friend then
got the job. She could think of no scenario that could have been
better. Yet, at the time she had to make the choice she was afraid that
she would never get a chance at a job like that again.
Now back to asking for what you want. Keep your requests positive. If
you ask for others to suffer, in
the end you will suffer. Imagine asking for the destruction of the sign
that blocks your view. Lightning strikes the sign and it burns to the
ground, along with the telephone and electric lines and your house.
A general once said “it is not enough that I win you must also
fail.” All that the general won in battles was lost over the
years that followed. By working together we expand the number of people
we reach. By being positive, we can all win.
There is a process for asking for what you want. It is somewhat
recursive and can hit your comfort levels. Frame your request in the
most complete and exact way you can. Asking that you make more money
could easily result in getting a great raise and a decrease in benefits
that means that you are making more but taking home less.
We are getting to the hard part. Think of your request being answered
with one word, WHY. “I want to receive a raise that will result
in my having $200 per week more in take home pay.” Why? “So
all the bills can be paid and I can have a vacation.” Why? This
should go on at least five times. By this time, you should have arrived
at two goals. First, the deepest wishes you want satisfied. Getting to
that point may be painful. You are exposing your very fibers to your
own mind. As this is done in private or at least in silence if in a
crowd, you are the only one that hears these inner most thoughts. They
can be very disturbing. These are the foundations you build all your
dreams upon.
The second goal is a set of actions you can take today with the
resources you have at hand to satisfy these base goals. These can be as
simple as carving out a half an hour each evening after dinner for
study or in the morning for Tai Chi. They can be as grand as
registering to complete that degree you had not finished or
starting to train for a new career. It is not enough to make the
resolution you must start on
the action.
As you focus on these actions you will feel better. Most times your
original request will come to pass. Sometimes, like our friend with the
request for a new job, another request will be satisfied and you can
look back and see that this is exactly what was for your highest and
greatest good.
Getting the same job at a different company may have been the original
request. You went after an education to make yourself more attractive
to the new company. The company you are with may see your efforts and
knowledge and promote you. Another outcome could be you starting your
own business with someone you met in class. You are not limited on how
often you can go through this exercise. You can, and should, repeat
this exercise for each starting request you have. Repeating reinforces
the goal and lets you gage the progress you are making. When the
request is satisfied, give thanks and acknowledge the power that made
it happen.
Some may think that by taking the action you are the only one working
on the request. There is the old story about the man who is in a house
when a flood arrives. He is forced onto the roof of his house and prays
for God to rescue him. A short time later a man in a canoe floats by
and offers to take the man on the roof to the shelter. He responds by
saying “no thank you. Help someone else. I am waiting for
God.”
A couple of hours go by and he prays again to God. An
hour later the sheriff’s boat goes by and he again refuses.
He prays again. Three hours later the Coast Guard helicopter flies over
and he waves it away. It is starting to get dark and in frustration he
prays again. Suddenly there is a boom in the sky and a big voice
comes down “I sent you a canoe, a motor boat and a
helicopter, wait more do you want?”
Just to recap, there are three basic steps. These
are acknowledging the power, asking, and thanks giving. The
process for asking is a conversation where you ask for what you want in
detail. You then go deeper attempting to answer the question
“Why?” You repeat this five times or until you see the
steps you can take now.
The follow-up is to implement the actions you came up with during the
three-by-five process. Repeat the process often to measure your
progress. When the original request comes, realize that it is what you
asked for. You can make more than one request. Make sure that
the requests do not conflict. Do not ask for a simpler life in one
request and in another request to start a new company while you
continue in your current position.
You must be eager to do the work. If you want a new job and through the
five whys decide that you are going for additional education, embrace
the classes. Enjoy the learning. Remember, you already know that this
is your path to your new position.
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