It seems a lot of people are getting Manifestation confused with randomly wishing, and we don’t want to confuse these two things or we will end up sorely disappointed with the results, or lack thereof.
The reason so many people fail to manifest or even to believe in manifestation, is because they expect to just wish a few times and have everything they want to fall into their laps. When that doesn’t happen, they throw in the towel.
But that’s not how manifestation works. Wishing and taking zero action will lead to zero results.
That’s not to say manifestation needs to be hard, not at all, but there are a few basic steps you should probably take into account if you’re trying to manifest your deepest desires.
1. Be Grateful For What You Have Right Now
“The more you are grateful for what you have, the more you will have to be grateful for”
– Zig Ziglar
The first step, and potentially most important step to manifesting, is to be grateful for what you have right now, like, right at this moment (brownie points for anyone who can sit and wrote a list of 20 things they’re grateful for at this moment).
Manifestation tends to happen when you are vibrating on a high frequency and high vibe (aka, living a grateful and happy life) so if you’re living day to day being ungrateful for everything you have, then you’re going to continue to live in a negative space and negative energy.
Start a gratitude practice and treat your gratitude like a magnet, the more you appreciate the things you have right now, the more things you will attract for you to appreciate. There are various way to practice gratitude, you could start a gratitude jar, you could decide to journal three things you’re grateful for each day, or you could simply just start being more grateful for things in the moment by saying thank you out loud or in your head.
2. Be Clear
To manifest your deepest desires you must be clear on exactly what those deepest desires are. If you’re changing your mind every day then you’re not going to manifest anything, you’re going to be all over the shop.
Get clear on what you want to manifest by writing it down. I personally have what I call a ’Universe Order list’’ that is literally like an Amazon wishlist that I write down everything I am trying to manifest. I then choose the top three things I REALLY want and become explicitly clear on them by looking at them every single day, saying them out loud, writing them in my journal, and affirming them through powerful affirmations. I literally have memorized in my mind because I am so freakin’ clear about what I want. and I am manifesting them constantly.
3. Visualize!
You need to start visualizing the things you want to manifest. Even if it’s just taking a few minutes of your morning (I think half an hour after you wake up is apparently when the brain is super receptive to manifesting and meditating etc) to close your eyes and visualize yourself having the things you desire, visualize yourself as if you already have them, visualize this beautiful life you’re trying to manifest.
Picture who you’re with, what you’re doing, what you’re wearing. This links up with step two, BE CLEAR because you want to have a clear image of your future. Try and remember to visualize it EVERY DAY. Maybe create a vision board and hang it somewhere you will see it every day. Or change your phone background to something that you are trying to manifest, because this worked for me when I was trying to manifest a brand new life in Bali. I share more about this, including exactly how to do it in my Digital Manifestation Workshop.
4. Take action when opportunities come to you
Your dream job, dream relationship, or even that million pounds, they aren’t just going to arrive on your doorstep. Instead, the Universe will send you powerful signs and powerful opportunities. Don’t ignore them!
Manifestation is not just a wishing scheme where you wish for things and they appear. Yes there are serious intentional thoughts behind it, but you also have to start saying yes to things, you have to grab the opportunities that are sent your way. You have to work WITH the Universe. Not to get too deep but YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE! It’s actually you who creates all these opportunities, so don’t then sit back and watch someone else take an opportunity that was meant for you, all because you assume that your deepest desires are being taken care of by the Universe. Yes, they are, but you too are part of the Universe and you need to take action.
The easiest way to understand this part of manifestation can be told via Elizabeth Gilbert and this excerpt from her best selling book Eat Pray Love…
“There’s a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of a great saint, begging, “Dear saint-please, please, please…give me the grace to win the lottery.” This lament goes on for months. Finally, the exasperated statue comes to life, looks down at the begging man, and says in weary disgust, “My son-please, please, please…buy a ticket.”
Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat, Pray, love
If you would like some help with any or all of the above steps to manifesting your deepest desires or setting goals for your future, then why not book a free discovery call with me? Click here to book.