Things You Need To Know Before Manifesting Part I

1. Reflection. Start with a reflection of what you wish to manifest. Ask yourself if this is what you really want. Some people tend to wish haphazardly. While I do not doubt that you will eventually get what you wish and the universe will not complain with all the orders you send, the fulfillment of your wish may cause some negative effects in your life. It may cause you grief, unhappiness & frustration. So before writing down your order, reflect on it first. If you are just starting out, make some simple wishes.

2. The illusion of control. Another thing to keep in mind before you start manifesting is avoid making a wish where you wish to take control of someone else's life. Each one of us has been granted a free will, to attempt to control another person is a clear violation of that person's right. Imagine how it would feel if you were manipulated by another person.

More so, if you maintain a thought of becoming in control you will end up becoming controlled yourself. The more you keep obsessing a thing or a person, the more you will be controlled such that all your decisions, choices and actions are made with much consideration of that thing. Even if you know that you will not benefit from that action, you will still do it if you think it is a way of controlling the situation.

3. All creations start with a thought. It originates in the mind. Nothing can be made without it being visualized in the mind first. Once you start to think a thought and put a very powerful emotion with it, it is already a combination that will start a chain reaction towards its fulfillment. No this is not to say that it will just assemble itself into something tangible, its creation will come about by a set of orchestrated designs through opportunities. So open your self to opportunities, do not hold on to a design on how it should be done.

To illustrate this, a friend of mine had been wanting to visit a famous island resort. Although there were affordable vacation packages, she & her husband simply didn't have a budget for it at that time. Whenever we see each other she would always talk about what she would be wearing or what she is going to do if she is given a chance to visit the place. So I told her to manifest it. We got a free brochure at the travel agency and I told her that every night before going to sleep she must look at the picture of the resort and imagine herself already there. She was incredulous at first but I told her to take all this as if she is just playing a game, but to just make sure she is really enjoying the game like it is so real.

Fortunately for her, she did what I told her. Every night she pictured herself already on the resort. She said she imagined herself swimming & snorkeling in the blue sea, riding a jet ski or parasailing. 3 months later, her sister-in-law who had migrated to another country called & told her that her family is going to France for a vacation because her husband had gotten an incentive from his company. Another week passed, her sister-in-law called again to say that instead of going to France they will just be coming home.

When the guests arrived and have settled down, talks went to going somewhere for a vacation. Of course my friend immediately suggested the resort! She showed them the brochure she got from the travel agency, the guests liked it and so the rest is history. My friend went swimming & snorkeling, rode a jet ski and went parasailing!

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4. The subconscious. Our mind has 3 levels of consciousness. The one we are in when we are awake is the conscious mind. The conscious mind is filled with active thoughts passing every second. If you have noticed, there is never a moment that your mind is not thinking. We think all the time and the quality of these thoughts has a profound effect on our entire life. Most people's thoughts is on problems & lack, no wonder most people at poor, over stressed & over worked.

The 2nd level is the subconscious mind. The subconscious is the gateway to the realization of your creation. Whatever thought it is fed will become the reality of that person. The subconscious operates when the mind is relaxed such as during meditation or hypnosis. It is the principle being used in self-improvement or to treat smoking through hypnosis. In hypnosis, the subject is put into a trance. In this state, the conscious mind is at rest making the subject open to suggestions.

The subconscious will accept anything that it is being fed. Even during waking hours, the constant repetition of a thought will cause it be embedded or retained by the subconscious mind. Constantly thinking of lack coupled with constant complains & verbalization of lack will lead the subconscious to a belief that there is indeed lack. You will create what you always think about. Lack = lack. Lack cannot be equal to abundance.

You do not need to be in a relaxed mind in order to program yourself for lack. You know why? Because most of us made a habit of thinking only this negative thought. In addition to that, we affirm it daily with our complaints and power it with emotions of frustrations. On the other hand, a positive thought is just so hard to believe in the midst of our conceived reality. If we so believe in the present reality, it is hard to think abundance without saying "Yeah right!".

If you are new to the concept of manifesting or may have heard of it but hasn't applied it yet, you will find it frustrating at the start. Small wishes are easy but major ones need some work. A friend of mine to whom I introduced this knowledge got so interested. She actually purchased a membership at a web site called Manifest Life. The 2-year membership costs $247.00 US. I actually couldn't believe she will spend that much but then the result was quite evident in her jewelry business. She used to complain that it is just making enough for her save a little each month but nothing more. She obviously sank her savings into this product but I can see it is paying off. Her customer base has grown, she was already able to rent a small space at a trendy section of our town (she used to go on a house to house visit to her customers), she bought a slightly used car at a bargain price because the owner is leaving, & she refurnished her home. She had only been in the program for about 6 or 7 months! It took me about a year to learn how to manifest this much! I wish I had this opportunity before. I actually commented on her success & she said it is because of the mentors & community she had at Manifest Life.

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