Manifestation. It’s a buzz word these days.
Here’s how I see it: Manifestation is making things happen and creating a feeling of things flowing. Maybe those “things” are spiritual connection, inspiration, your health, energy, material things, ideas, emotions, relationships, opportunities. Anything really.
One manifestation seems to create a chain reaction of all kinds of things happening. It shifts your energy and that changes lots of things.
I got in that manifestation energy last week after having been out of it for a few months. It feels so good!
I decided to dig into how I created the environment to get the energy flowing again so that opportunities could manifest. I thought you might like to hear it! Here’s what I did:
1.     Ask. I asked for what I wanted. Very specifically. And I wrote it down. This required me to get clear on what exactly I wanted and why. The details of how it will happen are not that important. In fact, a focus on the details of “how” is counter-productive because it rarely looks like what my brain can conjure up. I think the most important part is to stick to what you want and why and write it down in the form of an ask.
2.    Get clear on your mission. Why am I here on this earth in this body, in this place, in this life? What are my priorities? Where can I have the biggest impact? What is my calling? What are my gifts (that I should be using)? I have figured all that out, but I needed to remind myself. Here are a few practical tools I repeatedly use:
Writing in my journal and sometimes typing it out and arranging it in a way that I can explain it to someone else. Like I’m doing here! Whether I share it or not, preparing it as if I’m going to share it creates clarity.
My spiritual practices – meditation to calm & center me, and get out of my monkey mind brain chatter. It reorders me to the truth, which is not about the silly human stuff. It creates a knowing clarity – “oh yes THIS is what’s important.” I also often draw an oracle card to receive a divine message. It’s ALWAYS on point. I also often open to a random page in one of my spiritual books. It’s usually a Grandmothers book. If you haven’t heard me talk about them, you can read more about them here.
Once I have clarity, I ask is this thing I think I want staying true to that? Knowing my mission, does this ask fit into it? If so, how exactly? How can I contribute value here? This keeps your efforts and desires in line with your mission and values.
3.    Take back my power! Get out of the victim energy. Victim energy can dress itself up in a cute little outfit and make you think it’s strength, or fortitude, or something else more noble. Tricky guy. It may sound like this:
“This is just the way it is (poor me). I’ll just bloom where I’m planted.”
“This circumstance/situation/structure/person is wrong and stupid and bad (And I’m right and have all the answers, of course).”
“I don’t want or like this (and you should magically know that and give me what I want and like without me asking).”
Ok. Fine. Whine about it and get all indignant if you must (I usually must ;-)). THEN… how can you take charge in some way? What CAN I control/command? If I don’t want this, then what DO I want? How can I take action to influence the situation?
A side note on action: The action just needs to be the next right step. You don’t have to have it all figured out from A-Z. Figuring all that out makes you tired and overwhelmed and you’ll probably be wrong anyway. Just do SOMETHING. One thing. The first step in that direction. How can you be IN action, rather than stuck in inaction?
4.    Now share it with the humans. Get it outta your noggin girl! Declare it to someone out loud. Talk to friends about it. I’m usually not looking to them for advice or confirmation, but talking it out helps me gain further clarity and builds my conviction and confidence. It also helps me to feel supported.
Then, in this case, I had a tough conversation. I showed up to a meeting to share my truth, to speak with compassion and power, serious and strong, but playful, as is my way. Use your own brand of communication and expression. Stay true to that.
The oracle card that I drew for that week said “My capacity to tune in to the energy of love gives me the words I need when I’m ready to speak up, the compassion I need when it’s time to forgive, and the power I need when I am lost.” I considered that the formula that I needed to use for this tough conversation.
Those were my steps.
So here’s what happened: I had the conversation. I was clear and strong. I was light and playful. I was not tied to the outcome because I was clear on where I stood. I had love and compassion in my heart. No one was right or wrong. I felt powerful and grounded. I knew that whether I got what I wanted or not, that I would be ok.
And the outcome COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER! I was seen, heard, respected, AND I got everything I wanted! Which isn’t always the case and wasn’t my goal. But it’s fun when that happens isn’t it?
And then the energy dam broke. People and opportunities started magnetizing to me. Because that’s how energy works. Dominoes. Two emails that were hanging out there for weeks suddenly replied with enthusiastic “yes let’s get together”. A collaboration opportunity suddenly popped up. A client/friend emailed me and said “I keep seeing things that remind me of you and I thought that means I should reach out!”
Magic seems to be sparking everywhere! I feel alive and motivated and energized!
A qualifier: All of this being said – I think “manifestation”, whatever that means to you, is complex and not always a neat 4 step process. If you follow this formula, results may vary. Or maybe not. Maybe I just unlocked the keys to the Universe. Haha! I’m betting no. There are unforeseen forces at work that our little human brains can’t see or control. So I like to play with the process, and hold it loosely and trust that all is unfolding as it should.
So tell me…what do you think of all this? How do you manifest? I wanna hear it!
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Painting: The Blade, by Amy Kirchner