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Released: October 18, 2022
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Change your life with the first truly practical guide to manifesting, the hugely popular self-development practice that will transform your life for good . . .
Clarify your vision
Clarifying your vision is the foundational step in any manifesting journey, underscoring the significance of knowing exactly what you want and visualizing it with precision.
Research suggests that the brain scarcely differentiates between real experiences and vivid visualizations. This neurological response is both powerful and pivotal, as visualization not only inspires but alters behavior and perception, aligning them with one’s goals.
The process of clarifying your vision begins with detailed envisioning –imagining your ideal scenario down to the minutest details, such as the color of your dream house’s front door or the way you’ll spend Saturday mornings with your dream partner.
Next comes emotional engagement with these images. Visualization is not merely about seeing your desires but feeling the reality of their existence, which, in turn, adjusts your vibrational frequency to attract what you envision.
Moreover, visualization serves as a transformative tool for personal identity. Posing questions such as “Who do I want to become?” is essential, as manifesting is not just about achieving external goals but internal evolution. Engaging in regular visualization meditations can significantly aid this process. These sessions, where you mentally immerse yourself in the details of your future self and feel the emotions associated with your desires, are best conducted in a safe and quiet environment to facilitate a deep, distraction-free connection with your visions.
Finally, creating a vision board can further help to sum up your aspirations, offering a daily visual reminder of your goals. This board should reflect your authentic desires, not influenced by external expectations – such as those from family, friends, or the media – but shaped by your genuine aspirations across various facets of life, from career to personal relationships.
As you begin your manifesting journey, it is crucial to first establish a clear, vivid, and emotionally charged vision of what you truly desire and who you wish to become. This clarity then sets the stage for overcoming the two barriers most likely to hinder your path to manifesting your best life – fear and doubt.
Remove fear and doubt
Given that 95% of our thoughts, actions, and reactions are driven by the subconscious mind, keeping our subconscious world a high-vibe space is critical to the manifesting process.
Unfortunately, fear and doubt often reside in this subconscious realm, meaning these two particularly low-vibe emotions have the ability to fundamentally shape our reality, sense of worthiness and capability, holding us back from manifesting our deepest desires.
The process for overcoming these – or other – negative influences begins with identification and acknowledgment. It’s vital to confront these limiting beliefs head-on by asking probing, introspective questions like, “Do I truly believe I am worthy of this?” or “Can I handle what I am asking for?” Doing so not only helps identify the fears and doubts but also diminishes their power, making room for positive beliefs.
Once this room has been made, leaning on empowering language and mantras can be an effective way to reshape and elevate your thought patterns. This reprogramming is crucial because a significant portion of our daily thoughts are repetitive – that is, we have them day after day – which underscores the need for a deliberate and consistent effort to develop a positive and empowering mindset.
Sometimes, though, it might not be fear and doubt in the present that is the problem, but fear and doubt from the past. To free yourself from these low-vibe shackles, it’s imperative to practice forgiveness and non-judgment toward yourself. Recognize that you did your best at the time, learned from the experience, and have grown and evolved as a person since. Your past doesn’t have to define your future – if you choose not to let it.
As your manifesting journey transitions from removing fear and doubt to aligning your behavior – the next step on the path – keep in mind that it is essential to maintain this newfound clarity and focus on nurturing behaviors that reflect your true intentions and desires. But manage to cultivate these three processes in tandem, and you’ll be well on your way to living your best life.
Align your behavior
A common manifesting myth is that you simply “Dream it, then achieve it.” Stick an image of a fit, tanned, healthy body on your vision board, and voilà, you wake up with one the next day. Yet, in reality, manifestation necessitates our active participation. Understandably, our deepest desires expect more from us than our passive waiting.
As a result, aligning your behavior is an essential step in manifesting your best life, serving as the practical application of your aspirations. Aligning your behavior requires embodying the energy of what you wish to attract and showing the universe – through your behavior – your belief in what you deserve. Clear visualization is where you start, yes, but you’ll then need to follow this up with clear action, acting as if you have already achieved your goals.
If you aren’t sure on this point, asking yourself how a successful person in your desired position would act – and then emulating those behaviors – can provide helpful inspiration. This approach will likely push you into discomfort, but growth lives outside your comfort zone, and pushing past these self-imposed boundaries is vital to accessing your true manifesting power.
Removing excuses and practicing persistence will be crucial next steps. Remaining tethered to your motivations – your “why” – will aid the former, while incorporating practices like journaling, meditation, and other forms of self-care can offer support when faced with obstacles that challenge the latter.
Finally, to fully embody the energy you wish to attract, you must start to shed any people-pleasing tendencies and identities imposed by others or your past selves. Remember, your past only defines your future if you let it. So, instead, see if you can begin to step into the version of yourself authentic to this moment. If you do, you’ll discover something magic: by embracing and being unapologetically yourself, you become magnetically attractive to your desires.
Congratulations! You’ve already come such a long way in your manifesting journey! The last step we’ll explore involves deepening your trust in the universe, ensuring that your actions not only reflect your desires but also your confidence in the manifesting process. This trust forms the bedrock upon which your manifested reality will flourish.
Trust the universe
Trusting the universe is the final, yet often most challenging, step in the manifesting process, demanding a deep-seated belief in the journey rather than the destination.
You can think of trust as the feeling of “just knowing” – the inexplicable knowledge that things will unfold as they are meant to, without needing your heavy-handed control.
As you may have experienced first-hand, impatience frequently emerges as a formidable barrier at this stage. Unfortunately, however, impatience disrupts the natural course of events, clashing with the concept of divine timing by injecting urgency and a desire for immediate results. But manifesting isn’t about exerting influence or adhering to stringent timelines; it’s about releasing these constraints to embrace a more fluid and organic approach.
What’s more, trusting the universe strengthens your resilience, enabling you to remain steadfast and joyful even when outcomes don’t align with your initial expectations. Surrendering to the universe also allows you to find contentment in the present, appreciate what already exists, and cultivate mindfulness. This attitude of gratitude helps mitigate the impact of negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and insecurities that can proliferate during periods of waiting.
In fact, the essence of this trusting process is to transcend the act of waiting. Instead of fixating on future achievements, the focus shifts to living fully in the present, celebrating the current moment without constant anticipation of the next. This shift is crucial as it fundamentally changes how you experience your daily life and your journey toward your goals and deepest desires.
In essence, trust is the cohesive force that binds together all seven steps of manifesting. It is the glue that not only holds but also empowers each stage, ensuring that the practice of manifesting remains an aligned, harmonious, and integrated process.
Final Summary
Manifesting is more than just a tool for attracting what you want; it’s a transformative journey toward self-worth and the realization of your deepest desires.
By following this seven-step program, starting with the four we’ve explored here – clarifying your vision, removing fear and doubt, aligning your behavior, and trusting the universe – you can fundamentally change the trajectory of your life. This is because self-belief isn’t merely wishful thinking but a proactive stance on life where self-reflection leads to meaningful action.
Embrace this philosophy, and you may find yourself not just reaching for your dreams, but living them. Each step forward in this journey promises a richer, more fulfilling life, marked by an ever-growing sense of abundance, joy, and purpose.
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